Many physically demanding occupations in both developed and developing economies
involve exposure to extreme thermal environments that can affect work capacity and …

Heat waves represent a public health risk to elderly people, and typically result in an
increased rate of hospital admissions and deaths. Studies of thermoregulation in this cohort …

This book serves as a current resource for Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal analysis using
MATLAB®. This technology is critical in the evaluation of medical and diagnostic data …

Exertional heat illness (EHI) is an occupational hazard among military personnel. This
systematic review describes the incidence, risk factors, clinical manifestations, and …

Objectives This review aimed to describe the epidemiology of all heat-related illnesses in
women compared with men in the armed forces and to identify gender-specific risk factors …

Background: Although climate change is one of the biggest global health threats, individual-
level and short-term data on direct exposure and health impacts are still scarce. Wearable …

Objective: With the expanding role of women into previously closed combat military
occupational specialties, women will likely be exposed more to challenging and extreme …

Global warming, provoked by the greenhouse effect of high levels of atmospheric gases,
and most notably of carbon dioxide and methane, directly threatens human health and …

Purpose Heat illnesses are important and potentially fatal conditions among physically
active individuals. We determined predictors of heat illness among enlistees in a large …

Military activities in hot environments pose 2 competing demands: the requirement to
perform realistic training to develop operational capability with the necessity to protect …