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Subject(s)

• Heat exhaustion [Browse]
• Heat—Physiological effect [Browse]

Series

• CRC focus series. [More in this series]
• CRC focus

Summary note

"This book presents the fundamental principles of how people respond to hot environments and how those principles can be applied in practical applications. Heat stress leads to heat casualties in both indoor and outdoor environments across the world. This book provides a concise and comprehensive coverage of the subject in an accessible form for those interested in how people respond to heat and how to predict and avoid heat causalities"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Author
• 1 Human Heat Stress
• Human Heat Stress
• The Human Disposition
• The Body Heat Equation
• The Six Basic Parameters
• Body Heat Transfer by Convection
• Body Heat Transfer by Radiation
• Body Heat Transfer by Evaporation
• Regulating Body Temperature and Comfort-Human Thermoregulation
• Feeling Hot
• 2 Thermoregulation and Human Response to Heat
• The Hot Environment
• Human Thermoregulation
• Physiological Thermoregulation
• Heat Detection
• Central Processing
• Human Physiological Response
• Blood Flow
• Sweating
• Acclimatization
• Behavioral Acclimatization
• 3 Human Metabolic Heat
• Body Heat
• Units
• Measurement and Estimation of Metabolic Rate
• Whole Body Calorimetry
• Indirect Calorimetry
• Average Metabolic Rate of a Group
• Estimation of Metabolic Rate from Heart Rate
• Estimation of Metabolic Rate Using Databases and Tables
• ISO 8996 (2004) Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Determination of Metabolic Rate
• Metabolic Rate in Load Carriage
• Subjective Methods
• Clothing and Metabolic Rate
• Different Populations and Vulnerable People Including People With Disabilities
• 4 Human Heat Stress and Clothing
• Clothing Restricts Heat Transfer
• The Thermal Properties of Clothing
• Vapor Permeability of Clothing
• Clothing Ventilation
• Measurement of the Dry Thermal Insulation of Clothing
• Measurement of Clothing Vapor Permeation, Ventilation, and Pumping
• Measurement and Assessment of the Thermal Properties of Clothing Using Human Subjects
• Heat Strain in Protective Clothing and Equipment
• Smart Clothing
• Clothing and Behavioral Thermoregulation.
• ISO 9920 (2007) (Corrected 2008): Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Estimation of Thermal Insulation and Water Vapor Resistance of a Clothing Ensemble
• 5 Measurement of Heat Stress
• The Six Parameters
• Air Temperature (T[sub(A)])
• Mean Radiant Temperature (T[sub(R)])
• Solar Radiation
• Air Velocity (v)
• Humidity (ɸ)
• The Psychrometric Chart
• Natural Wet-Bulb Temperature (T[sub(NW)])
• NW Operative Temperature (T[sub(O)])
• The Heat Stress Index
• 6 Measurement of Heat Strain
• Physiological Indicators of Heat Strain
• Internal Body Temperature
• Skin Temperature
• Heart Rate
• Sweating-Body Mass Loss
• Personal Monitoring Systems
• Psychological Measures
• 7 Assessment of Heat Stress Using the WBGT Index
• The Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index
• Avoiding Heat Casualties in the U.S. Marine Corps
• ISO 7243 (2017): Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Assessment of Heat Stress Using the WBGT Index
• Global Warming, Heat Stress, the WBGT, and Productivity
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 2016 Revised Criteria for Occupational Exposure to Heat and Hot Environments
• WBGT Limits in Sport
• 8 Assessment of Heat Stress Using the Body Heat Equation
• Evaporation Required for Heat Balance
• ISO 7933 (2004): Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Analytical Determination and Interpretation of Heat Stress Using Calculation of the PHS
• ISO 7933 (2004) Computer Program
• ISO DIS 7933 (2018)
• 9 Computer Models for Assessing Human Heat Stress
• Human Models and Heat Stress
• Computer Models of Human Thermoregulation
• The Stolwijk and Hardy Model
• The 2-Node Model of Human Thermoregulation
• The Passive System, Inputs, and a Thermoneutral Start
• The Thermoregulatory Controller
• Timers to Plot Variations in Body Condition with Time
• Gagge's 2-Node Model-The Computer Program.
• Outputs
• Other Thermal Models
• Thermal Models and Heat Stress Indices
• 10 Human Heat Illness and Prevention
• Heat Illness Mostly Affects the Vulnerable and the Sporty
• Temperature Regulation Heatstroke
• Heat Syncope
• Water and/or Salt Depletion Heat Exhaustion
• Water and/or Salt Depletion Heat Cramps
• Prickly Heat
• Anhidrotic Heat Exhaustion
• Transient Heat Fatigue
• Chronic Heat Fatigue
• Prevention of Heat Illness
• Heat Wave Action Plans
• Advice for the Public
• Advice for Service Providers
• Advice for General Medical Practitioners
• Advice for Retirement and Care Home Managers
• Water, Fans, and Air Conditioning
• Drugs
• Working Practices for Hot Environments
• Cooling of People Involved in Sport
• 11 Human Performance and Productivity in the Heat
• Human Performance Model
• The Effects of Heat Stress on the Capacity to Carry Out Tasks
• Time Off Task Due to Distraction
• Time Off Job for Safety Reasons
• Putting It All Together
• 12 Skin Burns and Contact with Hot Surfaces
• Safe Surface Temperatures
• Human Skin
• Burns
• Burn Thresholds
• Contact Temperature
• ISO 13732-1 (2001) Ergonomics of the Thermal Environment-Methods for the Assessment of Human Responses to Contact with Surfaces. Part 1: Hot Surfaces
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

• 0-429-66516-4
• 0-429-66788-4
• 0-429-02083-X

OCLC

1089835751

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