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A Temporospatial Study of Sympathetic Skin Response and Electroencephalogram in Oral Mucosa Thermal Perception [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 ObjectiveTo investigate the temporospatial changes in sympathetic skin response (SSR) and electroencephalogram (EEG) under thermal stimuli and to draw a topographic map of SSR threshold temperature of the oral mucosa.Materials and MethodsA total of 40 ...
Hao Zhang +5 more
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24-h movement behaviour, thermal perception, thirst, and heat management strategies of children and adults during heat alerts: a pilot study [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Background: Heat waves caused by climate change are increasingly challenging the wellbeing of individuals across the lifespan. Current efforts to understand the thermal perceptions and behaviours of people throughout the lifespan during heat waves are ...
Nicholas Ravanelli +4 more
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Daylight affects human thermal perception [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 Understanding the factors that affect human thermal responses is necessary to properly design and operate low-energy buildings. It has been suggested that factors not related to the thermal environment can affect thermal responses of occupants, but these
Giorgia Chinazzo +2 more
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Towards Meaningful University Space: Perceptions of the Quality of Open Spaces for Students
Buildings, 2021 This study investigated students’ attitudes towards the use of outdoor open space in universities, identifying the most comfortable conditions and favourable factors, including urban layout, physical features, and outdoor thermal conditions, as well as ...
Saba Alnusairat +2 more
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The feeling of comfort in residential settings II: a quantitative model
Buildings & Cities, 2023 Building science has historically used quantitative methods to study comfort. Yet, these methods struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes relevant in the determination of people’s comfort.
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 Background: Conditioning is a key mechanism of placebo and nocebo effects in adults. Little is known about the underlying mechanisms of placebo and nocebo effects in youth and how they might be influenced by conscious awareness and cognitive abilities ...
Regula Neuenschwander +5 more
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The feeling of comfort in residential settings I: a qualitative model
Buildings & Cities, 2023 Building science commonly studies comfort—a subjective concept—through quantitative methods. These methods are often not the most appropriate to study subjective concepts because they struggle to consider non-quantifiable factors that are sometimes ...
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Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2013 Global warming is now recognized worldwide. Thermoregulation is critical for human survival when exposed to a severely hot environment. Thermoregulation is closely related to physical fitness, but fitness decreases with advancing age.
Manabu Shibasaki +2 more
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Buildings, 2022 Owing to movement in the spatial environment and changes in activity levels, students’ thermal perception is time varying in classrooms throughout different periods of the day.
Yongkai Sun, Xi Luo, Hui Ming
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Thoughts about the Thermal Environment and the Development of Human Civilisation
Atmosphere, 2022 Thermal conditions are the most challenging factors in studying human biometeorology, indoor and outdoor design, and adaptation to climate change.
Ioannis Charalampopoulos +1 more
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