Five female and five male subjects with no known cardiovascular abnormalities nor any neuromuscular disorders were examined during exercise on a cycle ergometer or a 30 min immersion in warm water with and without exercise to determine the effects of immersion on cardiac output, heart rate, blood pressure, forearm blood flow, muscle blood flow, skin blood flow and muscle relaxation. Muscle rela...

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)-related heating for certain implants may be excessive, causing substantial patient injury. The determination of implant heating is particularly challenging because of the numerous variables that must be considered in order to properly identify both MRIand implant-related conditions that can impact the findings (1,2). Therefore, I applaud the recent commentary by...

Recently builders have shown considerable interest in combining the features of active and passive solar space heating systems into a hybrid system employing active collection and some form of passive discharge/storage device. Ye examined the performance and economics of a hybrid2 air-based, residential system using 18.5 m of roof-mounted air collectors and a hollow-core slab that discharges di...

Decreasing heating needed energy of building located in mountainous areas without any urban infrastructure of energy supply and services is one of the most important things to get thermal comfort. Accordingly, using building conditions based on different types of applicability and passive design strategies should be considered. Therefore, the objective of this study was to achieve the pro...