Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAnthropogenic climate change has amplified human thermal discomfort in urban environments. Despite the considerable risks posed to public health, there is a lack of comprehensive research, evaluating the spatiotemporal changes in human thermal discomfort
Safi Ullah +3 more
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At-home thermal discomfort is associated with non-communicable chronic diseases [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2023 Abstract Background Air temperature is a relevant environmental determinant of hospitalization and mortality. Less known is the prevalence of at-home thermal discomfort and its associations with health indicators.
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THE ROLE OF HUMAN THERMOREGULATION IN THERMAL DISCOMFORT IN LOWER-LIMB PROSTHETICS: A SCOPING REVIEW [PDF]
Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics JournalBACKGROUND: Thermal discomfort is one of the most prevalent issues experienced by lower-limb prosthetic users where, on average, 54% of users report thermal-related issues.
Rowan Edwards, Laura Murray, Arjan Buis
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Vision-Based Contactless Pose Estimation for Human Thermal Discomfort
Atmosphere, 2020 Real-time and effective human thermal discomfort detection plays a critical role in achieving energy efficient control of human centered intelligent buildings because estimation results can provide effective feedback signals to heating, ventilation and ...
Junpeng Qian +6 more
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A Systematic Literature Review of Non-Invasive Indoor Thermal Discomfort Detection [PDF]
Applied Sciences, 2020 Since 1997, scientists have been trying to utilize new non-invasive approaches for thermal discomfort detection, which promise to be more effective for comparing frameworks that need direct responses from users.
Alla Marchenko, Alenka Temeljotov-Salaj
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Consideration of the importance of measuring thermal discomfort in biomedical research [PDF]
Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2023 Core temperature stability is the result of a dynamically regulated balance of heat loss and gain, which is not reflected by a simple thermometer reading. One way in which these changes manifest is in perceived thermal comfort, 'feeling too cold' or 'feeling too hot', which can activate stress pathways.
Cameron R, MacDonald +3 more
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Thermal discomfort caused by personal protective equipment in healthcare workers during the delta COVID-19 pandemic in Guangzhou, China: A case study [PDF]
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022 Background: In contrast to the previous COVID-19 pandemic, most frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) worked on residents’ nucleic acid tests in outdoor environments, instead of taking care of COVID-19 patients in hospitals during the hot summer of 2021 ...
Yongcheng Zhu +10 more
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Analysis of Outdoor Thermal Discomfort Over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [PDF]
GeoHealth, 2021 AbstractIn this study, the variability and trends of the outdoor thermal discomfort index (DI) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) were analyzed over the 39‐year period of 1980–2018. The hourly DI was estimated based on air temperature and relative humidity data obtained from the next‐generation global reanalysis from the European Center for Medium ...
Hari Prasad Dasari +4 more
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Thermal discomfort in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]
La Medicina del Lavoro, 2021 Introduction: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are now required to use additional personal protective equipment (PPEs) to protect themselves against the virus. That led to an increased clothing insulation which is negatively affecting the perceived healthcare workers’ thermal sensation.
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Behavioural responses to cold thermal discomfort [PDF]
Building Research & Information, 2015 Heating energy demand in buildings depends in part on occupants' behavioural responses to thermal discomfort during the heating season. The understanding of this has become one of the priorities in the quest to reduce energy demand. Thermal comfort models have long been associated with occupants' behaviour by predicting their state of thermal comfort ...
Gauthier, S., Shipworth, D.
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