Eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) exhibit a distinct thermal preference that might be related to the thermal optimum for physiological performance. Sprint speed and treadmill endurance of S. undulatus were insensitive to body temperature in the ranges of 28–381C and 25–361C, respectively. Both locomotor and digestive performances are optimized at the preferred body temperature of S. ...

MEMS thermal actuators have been employed in a broad range of applications, often operating in different environments (e.g. vacuum, air or liquid). Since the involved heat dissipation mechanisms are different in different operating environments, the device performances are expected to be different. In this paper, we report experimental measurement and multiphysics modeling of device performance...

Trees play an important part in landscaping as well thermal environment adjustment. This study selected a satellite city of Sichuan Province China, Xindu, for field measurement about tree’s crown characteristics on their cooling performances five sunny summer days during August 2019. There were several parameters showing tree used, including canopying size (tree radius, TCR), geometry (the rati...