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Applicability of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) in occupational heat stress assessment: a case study in brick industries. [PDF]

Ind Health, 2016
The present study aimed to investigate the applicability of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as an innovative and science-based index in public health researches, in occupational heat stress assessment. All indoor and outdoor workers (200 people) of Brick industries of Shahroud, Iran participated in the research.
Vatani J, Golbabaei F, Dehghan SF, Yousefi A.   +3 more
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Deriving the operational procedure for the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) [PDF]

International Journal of Biometeorology, 2011
The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) aimed for a one-dimensional quantity adequately reflecting the human physiological reaction to the multi-dimensionally defined actual outdoor thermal environment. The human reaction was simulated by the UTCI-Fiala multi-node model of human thermoregulation, which was integrated with an adaptive clothing model.
Bröde, Peter, Fiala, Dusan, Blazejczyk, Krzysztof, Holmér, Ingvar, Jendritzky, Gerd, Kampmann, Bernhard, Tinz, Birger, Havenith, George   +7 more
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The Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI Compared to Ergonomics Standards for Assessing the Thermal Environment

Industrial Health, 2013
The growing need for valid assessment procedures of the outdoor thermal environment in the fields of public weather services, public health systems, urban planning, tourism & recreation and climate impact research raised the idea to develop the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI based on the most recent scientific progress both in thermo-physiology ...
Bröde, Peter, Blazejczyk, Krzysztof, Fiala, Dusan, Havenith, George, Holme, Ingvar, Jendritzky, Gerd, Kuklane, Kalev, Kampmann, Bernhard   +7 more
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Comparative reliability assessment of PET and UTCI thermal comfort indices using Monte Carlo simulation in urban microclimates [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Urban thermal comfort analysis in hot-arid climates requires robust methodological frameworks to address intensifying heat stress. This study introduces a reliability-based thermal comfort framework using Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate six urban ...
Mohammad Ali Sargazi, Abolfazl Heidari, Jamshid Davtalab, Jamshid Piri   +3 more
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Comparing Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices/environmental parameters during 12 months of the year

Weather and Climate Extremes, 2018
Heat stress negatively influences human health and performance, and leading to lower efficiency in daily activities. The present study sought to examine the relationship between UTCI, other heat indices (SET, PET, PMV, PPD, and WBGT), and environmental parameters. Daily data, encompassing a 12 month period in 2016 (from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sajad Zare, Naser Hasheminejad, Hossein Elahi Shirvan, Rasoul Hemmatjo, Keyvan Sarebanzadeh, Saeid Ahmadi   +5 more
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Influence of meteorological conditions on herpes zoster occurrence: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
IntroductionHerpes zoster is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, typically affecting older adults and immunocompromised individuals.
Michał Ochal, Katarzyna Glińska Lewczuk, Ewa Dragańska, Iwona Cymes, Jerzy Romaszko   +4 more
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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for the Summertime in the Period 2000–2021 in Slovenia: The Implication of Heat Stress for Agricultural Workers

Agronomy, 2023
Due to climate change crisis, the risk of occupational heat stress for agricultural workers has recently increased. The temporal and spatial biometeorological conditions in different climatic regions of Slovenia during summer were analyzed using the ...
Zalika Črepinšek, Zala Žnidaršič, Tjaša Pogačar   +2 more
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Application of Statistical Learning Algorithms in Thermal Stress Assessment in Comparison with the Expert Judgment Inherent to the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

Atmosphere
This study concerns the application of statistical learning (SL) in thermal stress assessment compared to the results accomplished by an international expert group when developing the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI).
Peter Bröde, Dusan Fiala, Bernhard Kampmann   +2 more
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Long‐Term Changes of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) Estimated From Weather Stations and Gradient‐Boosted Decision Trees Throughout Japan

International Journal of Climatology
ABSTRACTEvaluating long‐term changes in thermal comfort can be useful for considering measures against thermal‐related health risks. In this study, spatio‐temporal changes in thermal comfort, using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), were calculated from observations at 140 weather stations across Japan for the 1980–2020 period.
Hiroki, Ryoga, Varquez, Alvin, Khanh, Do Ngoc, Rynazal, Ryza, Renard, Florent, Alonso, Lucille, Kanda, Manabu   +6 more
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Future changes of bioclimate in Greece: Variations in thermal stress according to the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

Science of The Total Environment
The climate change and rising global surface temperature present urgent, immediate challenges, particularly in Mediterranean regions, where bioclimate is shifting significantly. This study examines the future bioclimate in Greece by projecting changes in thermal stress from 2031 to 2060 relative to 1991-2020.
Katerina, Pantavou, Vassiliki, Kotroni, Konstantinos, Lagouvardos, Petros, Kyriakou   +3 more
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