Hot weather and heat extremes: health risks
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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01208-3
Abstract: Hot ambient conditions and associated heat stress can increase mortality and morbidity, as well as increase adverse pregnancy outcomes and negatively affect mental health. High heat stress can also reduce physical work capacity and motor-cognitive… read more here.
Keywords: heat related; health; heat; health risks ... See more keywords
Optimal Low-Cost Cooling Strategies for Infant Strollers during Hot Weather.
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DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2023.2172212
Abstract: The current study aimed to identity the optimal low-cost stroller cooling strategies for use in hot and moderately humid summer weather. A commercially available stroller was instrumented to assess the key parameters of the thermal… read more here.
Keywords: stroller; cooling strategies; optimal low; low cost ... See more keywords
1525 The impact of sustained hot weather on risk of acute work-related injury in melbourne, australia
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DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.73
Abstract: Introduction Increasing global temperatures will expose workers to hot days more often. The aim of this study was to quantify the impact of exposure to consecutive days of hot weather on the risk of work-related… read more here.
Keywords: consecutive days; risk; work related; hot weather ... See more keywords
Motivation for Heat Adaption: How Perception and Exposure Affect Individual Behaviors During Hot Weather in Knoxville, Tennessee
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DOI: 10.3390/atmos10100591
Abstract: Heat is the deadliest meteorological hazard; however, those exposed to heat often do not feel they are in danger of heat-health effects and do not take precautions to avoid heat exposure. Socioeconomic factors, such as… read more here.
Keywords: knoxville tennessee; hot weather; exposure; heat ... See more keywords
An Optimal Air-Conditioner On-Off Control Scheme under Extremely Hot Weather Conditions
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DOI: 10.3390/en13051021
Abstract: Being reliant on Air Conditioning (AC) throughout the majority of the year, desert countries with extremely hot weather conditions such as Qatar are facing challenges in lowering weariness cost due to AC On-Off switching while… read more here.
Keywords: weather conditions; temperature; control; extremely hot ... See more keywords