Heat waves are considered to be increasing in frequency and intensity whereas they comprise a significant weather-related cause of deaths in several countries. Two heat waves occurred in Greece in summer 2007. These severe heat waves are assessed by analyzing the prevailing synoptic conditions, evaluating human thermal discomfort, through the Heat Load Index (HL), as well as investigating its i...

The paper deals with the probability estimates of temperature extremes (annual temperature maxima and heat waves) in the Czech Republic. Two statistical methods of probability estimations are compared; one based on the stochastic modelling of time series of the daily maximum temperature (TMAX) using the first-order autoregressive (AR(1)) model, the other consisting in fitting the extreme value ...

In this paper, relations between the asymptotic behavior for a stochastic wave equation and a heat equation are considered. By introducing almost surely D–α-contracting property for random dynamical systems, we obtain a global random attractor of the stochastic wave equation νutt + ut − uν + f (uν) = √ νẆ endowed with Dirichlet boundary condition for any 0 < ν 1. The upper semicontinuity of thi...

Whether a dopamine-deficiency syndrome in a Parkinson-syndrome (PS) may occur more easily during a heat wave than during more temperate climate conditions is unknown. We report a case that may suggest this. A 56 yo male with heterozygosity for metachromatic leucodystrophy and a history of metabolic myopathy, PS and diabetes experienced worsening of the PS during a heat wave. His condition furth...

Non-Fourier heat conduction model with dual phase lag wave-diffusion model was analyzed by using well-conditioned asymptotic wave evaluation (WCAWE) and finite element method (FEM). The non-Fourier heat conduction has been investigated where the maximum likelihood (ML) and Tikhonov regularization technique were used successfully to predict the accurate and stable temperature responses without t...

According to the Smolukowski-Kramers approximation, we show that the solution of the semi-linear stochastic damped wave equations μutt (t, x) = u(t, x)−ut (t, x)+ b(x, u(t, x)) + QẆ(t), u(0) = u0, ut (0) = v0, endowed with Dirichlet boundary conditions, converges as μ goes to zero to the solution of the semi-linear stochastic heat equation ut (t, x) = u(t, x)+b(x, u(t, x))+QẆ(t), u(0) = u0, end...

* Corresponding author, [email protected] ABSTRACT The objective of this research is to develop an appropriate model for simulating the transient heat transfer processes in tissue welding subject to irradiation of ultrashort laser pulses. The ultrafast laser tissue welding process is modeled in three steps. First, there is an immediate local temperature response due to radiation absorption d...

We prove Gaussian estimates for heat kernels on semisimple Lie groups by using the method of Bloch wave representation. We also give a large time asymptotic expansion for heat kernels on compact extensions of abelian Lie groups.

This study analyzes the mechanism of influence of heat waves with strong sudden cooling on cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in ApoE-/- mice. The process of heat waves with strong sudden cooling was simulated with a TEM1880 meteorological-environment simulation chamber according to the data obtained at 5 a.m. of 19 June 2006 to 11 p.m. of 22 June 2006. Forty-eight ApoE-/- mice were divided into six...