Bridging the gap between concepts derived from Second Law of Thermodynamics and their
application to Engineering practice, the property exergy and the exergy balance can be a …

With the burgeoning of wearable devices and passive body/brain-computer interfaces
(B/BCIs), automated stress monitoring in everyday settings has gained significant attention …

Exergy analysis is applied to assess the energy conversion processes that take place in the
human body, aiming at developing indicators of health and performance based on the …

The exergy analysis of the human body is a tool that can provide indicators of health and life
quality. To perform the exergy balance it is necessary to calculate the metabolism on an …

Exergy analysis is applied to assess the quality of the energy conversion processes that take
place in the human body, aiming at developing indicators of thermal comfort based on the …

The aim of this work is to apply performance indicators for individuals under physical activity
based on the concepts of exergy destroyed and exergy efficiency. The cardiopulmonary …

Background Obesity prevalence is increasing worldwide, and it causes restrictions in the
respiratory system. Bioenergetics is known as energy management in a living cell …

Thermodynamic aspects of skeletal and cardiac muscle work performance are assessed
with the data obtained from the literature. Since the second law muscle work efficiency …

A precedent study about the effects of obesity on exergy behavior concluded that higher
body fat per se does not lead to higher mortality among obese people; the focus must be …

The effect of altitude on exercise performance of lowlanders has long been discussed, but it
is still unclear whether the performance reduction is related to inefficiency of the respiratory …