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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"heat related illness"”.
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A Comparison of the Prediction Models for the Impact of Heat Wave on Total Mortality and Incidence of Heat-related Illness in the Republic of Korea
Heatwave surveillance systems of patients with heat-related illness generated by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been reported since 2010. So, there are few studies about relationship between incidence of heat-related illness and temperature during heat wave in Korea. This …
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Psychoneuroimmune Implications of Non-Infectious Neuroimmune System Activation and the Impact of Type 2 Diabetes
… of a variety of conditions including hypoxia and heat-related illness. This literature review focuses on the influence of cytokines on type 2 diabetes and associated complications, including the psychoneuroimmunological impact of acute cerebral hypoxia. Chapters 2 through 4 establish that (1) …
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Weighing the Options: Assessing Two-A-Day Practices in Collegiate Football
… the amount of weight loss and the number of heat related incidences (i.e. heat illness and IV fluid administration) from 2001 through 2004 seasons to determine if a change in practice patterns could reduce or minimize heat related illnesses. There were numerous findings from the study to …
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Evaluating Overheating Preventative Measures in Residential Buildings and Passive Survivability
… the exterior wall to decrease the probability of heat-related illness and overheating. Assessments within this research are within a two-story residential building. The outdoor weather data selected for the assessments is from New York, NY during an extreme hot week. Assessments made within this …
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Extreme value modelling of heatwaves
… persist over many days. For example, the 2003 heatwave over Europe caused 40,000 deaths over a four week period at a cost of e 13.1 million to the agriculture sector. It is clear that accurate models for the risks associated with heatwaves are important to decision makers and planners who wish …
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Heat acclimatization during seasonal wildfire suppression
… The purpose of this study was to determine heat acclimatization across a 4-month fire season in the western United States. Methods: Wildland firefighters (WLFF) (n =12) and non-WLFFs (n =14) completed a 60-min heat stress trial (treadmill walking at 50% peak VO2) in a climate controlled …
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Heat acclimatization during seasonal wildfire suppression
… The purpose of this study was to determine heat acclimatization across a 4-month fire season in the western United States. Methods: Wildland firefighters (WLFF) (n =12) and non-WLFFs (n =14) completed a 60-min heat stress trial (treadmill walking at 50% peak VO2) in a climate controlled …
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Social impacts of climate change and occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of mining workers in Ghana
Excessive heat exposure due to rising temperatures associated with climate change adversely affects workers’ health, safety, productivity, and psychosocial well-being in occupational settings. In the hot and tropical regions of developing countries, long hours of physically demanding work, coupled …