Direct calorimetry is the gold standard means of measuring human metabolic rate and its
use has been fundamental for understanding metabolism in health and disease. While …

In this, the second of four historical reviews on human thermoregulation during exercise, we
examine the research techniques developed by our forebears. We emphasise calorimetry …

The measurement of whole body heat loss in humans and the performance characteristics of
a modified Snellen whole body air calorimeter are described. Modifications included the …

A technical description, constructional details and performance characteristics are presented
for a whole-body calorimeter. With the equipment metabolic heat production (oxygen …

Zusammenfassung Eine Versuchsperson, im Calorimeter für Menschen einer warmen
Umgebung ausgesetzt, zeigte auffallend grosse Unterschiede in der Schweissrate im Schlaf …

Heat production during sleep was studied by continuous indirect calorimetry with
simultaneous electroencephalographic monitoring. Controlling for gross influences on heat …

South Africa was founded as a nation in 1910; its research history has been short and
distorted politically. The highlights of South African research in thermal physiology of the …

Canada is the second-largest country on earth, extending from the mid-latitudes to the high
Arctic, spanning 89° of longitude, and bordered by the cold coastlines of three oceans: the …

A new method for the direct measurement of the convective heat loss from a human body
working in a natural posture under different environmental conditions in a climatic chamber …

A new type of whole-body calorimeter was constructed for measuring human energy
expenditure in the form of dry heat and evaporative heat. Fresh air at a predetermined …