Background: A heat susceptibility indicator based on current information systems was developed in order to identify elderly subjects at increased risk of dying during heat-wave days compared to non-heat-wave days. Methods: Susceptibility was measured as the relative difference between the predicted probabilities of dying during heat-wave days and non-heat-wave days, estimated through a Poisson ...

In this work, a generalized solution for the thermoelastic plane wave in a semi-infinite solid induced by pulsed laser heating is developed. The solution takes into account the non-Fourier effect in heat conduction and the coupling effect between temperature and strain rate, which play significant roles in ultrashort pulsed laser heating. Based on this solution, calculations are conducted to st...

BACKGROUND Using current climate models, regional-scale changes for Florida over the next 100 years are predicted to include warming over terrestrial areas and very likely increases in the number of high temperature extremes. No uniform definition of a heat wave exists. Most past research on heat waves has focused on evaluating the aftermath of known heat waves, with minimal consideration of mi...

The process of baroclinic equilibration in the atmosphere is investigated using a high-resolution two-layer quasigeostrophic model in a b-plane channel. One simple channel geometry is investigated for which only two zonal waves are initially unstable, with the shorter being linearly more unstable but nonlinearly less effective. It is discovered that the mechanism of nonlinear baroclinic adjustm...

Casting is considered as a major manufacturing process. Thermal analysis of a solidifying medium is of great importance for appropriate design of casting processes. The conventional governing equation of a solidifying medium is based on the Fourier heat conduction law, which does not account for the phase-lag between the heat flux and the temperature gradient. In this paper, the concept of phas...

a growing global concern that teeming millions might be at greater risk of death, disease and disability due to extreme heat events in the tropics and other regions. It has been estimated that about 48 million people were affected in Asia during the year 2008, due to climatological, geophysical, hydrological and meteorological events. Despite projection of changing climate and occurrence of inc...

Several symmetry problems are discussed. These include the Pompeiu problem and similar conjectures for the heat and wave equations.

Increases in the frequency, duration and intensity of heat waves are frequently evoked in climate change predictions. However, there is no universal definition of a heat wave. Recent, intense hot weather events have caused mass mortalities of birds, bats and even humans, making the definition and prediction of heat wave events that have the potential to impact populations of different species a...