Partial- and whole-body thermal sensation and comfort—Part II: Non-uniform environmental conditions

Partial- and whole-body thermal sensation and comfort, Part II: Non-uniform environmental conditions

Subjects were exposed to sequences of partial-body cooling and warming over a period of three hours. Skin temperatures, core temperature, thermal sensation, and comfort responses were collected for nineteen local body parts, and for the whole body. This paper relates local thermal sensations and comfort to skin and core temperatures, and examines how the thermal sensation and comfort perceived ...

Partial- and whole-body thermal sensation and comfort, Part I: Uniform environmental conditions

Subjects exposed to uniform environments were polled for their local and overall (whole-body) thermal sensation and comfort. Sensation and comfort for local body parts vary greatly. In cool environments, hands and feet feel colder than other body parts. The head, insensitive to cold but sensitive to warm, feels warmer than the rest of the body in warm environments. Overall sensation and comfort...

Introduction to Non-uniform and Partial Hyperbolicity

These are notes for a minicourse given at Regional Norte UdelaR in Salto, Uruguay for the conference “CIMPA Research School Hamiltonian and Langrangian Dynamics”. They are a preliminary version which have not had enough proof-reading, in particular there can be errors of any type (orthographical, typos, and mainly serious mistakes). Any comment is welcome. The purpose of the notes is to present...

Thermal sensation and comfort in women exposed repeatedly to whole-body cryotherapy and winter swimming in ice-cold water.

Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC; -110 degrees C) and winter swimming (WS) in ice-cold water are severe ambient cold exposures, which are voluntarily practiced by humans in minimal clothing. The purpose was to examine thermal sensation and thermal comfort associated with WBC and WS. Twenty women similar in body mass index, age, physical activity, and use of hormonal contraception were pairwise rando...

Analysis of Free Vibration of Triangular Plates with Non-Uniform Linear Thickness and Arbitrary Boundary Conditions