Early works on so called segment (compartment) models were based on extremely simplified geometry and covered mainly only passive heat transfer [3,4]. Later developed models were devoted on development of active thermoregulation part, focusing on precise description of changes in: non-shivering thermogenesis (metabolic heat production), perfusion of selected tissues and sweating. The number of ...

The intent of this book, if one were to judge from the title, would be a handbook in the supporting structures necessary for the accomplishment of patient care in pediatric surgery. After reviewing the material in some detail, I find that it does not fulfill this role and that it indeed fulfills no evident role that can be determined from reading it. The treatment of most individual sections is...

Temperature influence on the physiology and biochemistry of living organisms has long been recognized, which propels research in the field of thermoregulation. With the cloning and characterization of the transient receptor potential (TRP) ion channels as the principal temperature sensors of the mammalian somatosensory neurons, the understanding, at a molecular level, of thermosensory and therm...

In the present article the authors propose to modernize relationship therapy by integrating novel sensor and actuator technologies that can help optimize people's thermoregulation, especially as they pertain to social contexts. Specifically, they propose to integrate Social Thermoregulation Theory (IJzerman et al., 2015a; IJzerman and Hogerzeil, 2017) into Emotionally Focused Therapy by first d...

Argyropoulos, George, and Mary-Ellen Harper. Invited Review: Uncoupling proteins and thermoregulation. J Appl Physiol 92: 2187–2198, 2002; 10.1152/japplphysiol.00994.2001.—Energy balance in animals is a metabolic state that exists when total body energy expenditure equals dietary energy intake. Energy expenditure, or thermogenesis, can be subcategorized into groups of obligatory and facultative...

Electrophysiological studies of hypothalamic thermosensitive neurons have been conducted for the past 25 years. These studies have greatly improved our understanding of the neural control of thermoregulation. They have added a sense of reality to black-box models, and they have fostered the development of neuronal models having a major effect on the predictions and conclusions made in thermoreg...

Therapeutic hypothermia is rapidly becoming an integral part of post-resuscitative care for post-cardiac arrest patients, with cooling increasingly being initiated in the pre-hospital setting in order to improve patient outcome. However, commercially available devices are not sufficiently portable or do not provide enough cooling power. Additionally, despite the significant impact of thermoregu...

Lizards thermoregulate by behavioral and physiological adjustments. The resultant control over metabolic processes is generally assumed to be beneficial. However, these thermoregulatory adjustments have associated costs which, if extensive, make thermoregulation impractical. We extend this idea into an abstract mathematical, cost-benefit model of thermoregulation in lizards. Investigation of th...

We examined the roles of wing melanisation, weight, and basking posture in thermoregulation in Polyommatus Icarus, a phenotypically variable and protandrous member of the diverse Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae). Under controlled experimental conditions, approximating to marginal environmental conditions for activity in the field (= infrequent flight, long duration basking periods), warming rates are...

Thermoregulation is the maintenance of a relatively constant core body temperature. Humans normally maintain a body temperature at 37 ̊C and maintenance of this relatively high temperature is critical to human survival. So important is it that control of thermoregulation is often the principal example cited when teaching physiological homeostasis. A basic understanding of the processes underpinn...