The determination of the thermal comfort indices needs the evaluating devices. The physical measured parameters of the milieu input in this device. We measure air temperature of the area, temperature of the surfaces of walls, floor and the ceiling –medium radiant temperature, air flow velocity and air moisture. Other parameters are the date of his clothes and his physical activity. Outputs of t...

Human thermal comfort conditions can be evaluated by using various indices based either on simple empirical approaches or on more complex and reliable human-biometeorological approaches. Latter ones are based on the energy balance models of the human body and their calculation is supplemented with some computer software. Facilitating the interpretation of the results, the generally applied indi...

Weather, climate and tourism are interconnected in many different ways. All of them are of both global and local significance. Weather and/or climate information is of interest for tourists and the tourism industry. Crucial for tourism is information on thermal comfort or thermal stress conditions. Thermal indices, i.e., physiologically equivalent temperature, can deliver relevant information f...

Thermal management and air distribution performance are assuming a key role for achieving the energy saving and the IT equipment reliability for data centers (DCs). In recent years, to monitor and to control their variation several thermal performance metrics were introduced. This work presents a critical review on the most important thermal indices for DCs currently used. The main formulas and...

A critical review of the literature provides the basis for an analysis of the effects of thermal stress on human performance. Research in this area to date reflects a wide divergence of opinion regarding the magnitude, direction and significance of performance changes occurring under conditions of high temperature, humidity, solar radiation, etc. An attempt to resolve major conflicts in experim...

Serial assessments of neurocognitive functioning in athletes with concussion are commonly used for return to play decisions. This study provides reliable change indices (RCIs) for computerized tests from 40 NCAA Division I collegiate athletes that suffered a sports-related concussion. The normative data that resulted from the RCIs and subsequent analyses of differences between improved and not ...

The effects of thermal fluctuations of the mass (horizon area) and electric charge, on the entropy of non-rotating charged macroscopic black holes, are analyzed using a grand canonical ensemble. Restricting to Gaussian fluctuations around equilibrium, and assuming a power law type of relation between the black hole mass, charge and horizon area, characterized by two real positive indices, the g...

In this paper is exposed a set of applications of global sensitivity analysis to building thermal modelling. The aim is to demonstrate the interest of such tools for model analysis and to encourage their use. Indeed, since the last ten years important improvements have been made in the field of sensitivity analysis and especially in ANOVA-based computational methods. Yet, their use in the field...