Exercise induces arterial flow patterns that promote functional and structural adaptations, improving functional capacity and reducing cardiovascular risk. While heat is produced by exercise, local and whole-body passive heating have recently been shown to generate favorable flow profiles and associated vascular adaptations in the upper limb. Flow responses to acute heating in the lower limbs h...

an investigation on the thermal performance of the soil as geothermal heat energy storage medium has been conducted. the thermal characteristics of the soil storage and the heat transfer from a heat exchanger in the soil, surrounding and bottom surface will be discussed. this investigation forms a contribution to a project to realize such storage to be charged from a solar heating system. this ...

Energy conservation through energy storage combined with intensive use of renewable energies will support the effort to meet the objectives of reduction of climatic gases formulated in the Kyoto protocol. Potential studies have shown that in Germany about 20 – 25 % of the end-energy consumption for space heating and domestic hot water can be covered by solar energy. Solar district heating with ...

Asparagus spears are sensitive to thermal treatments. Lengthy pasteurization at elevated temperatures may cause severe thermal degradation. In this research we explored the application of short-time microwave pasteurization for pickled asparagus in glass bottles and studied the effect of this process on the textural quality of the products in comparison with the conventional hot-water pasteuriz...