Heat damage to seed can occur as a result of the cumulative effects of respiration and fungal heating, and by the accumulation and retention of radiant heat within the seed mass following harvest both situations being collectively referred to as ‘field heating’. Another type of heating damage occurs in heated air drying systems. Excessive drying air temperature can have deleterious effects on s...

• Oxygen-moisture kinetics control the oxidative ageing and moisture damage of bitumen. The transport reaction processes oxygen in bitumen are reviewed. Moisture-oxygen strongly affect physicochemical mechanical properties. possibilities for coupling effects discussed. Oxidative key factors degradation asphalt pavement deterioration. on governed by their processes. This paper provides an overvi...

BACKGROUND Respiratory health effects of damp housing are well recognised, but less is known about the effect of dampness and water damage in schools. The HITEA study previously reported a higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms in pupils from moisture damaged schools, but the role of specific microbial exposures remained unclear. OBJECTIVES To study associations between school dampness, le...

High-porosity granular rocks are moisture-sensitive solids, in that their strength and deformability modulated by the relative humidity of environment. Here, a novel continuum breakage–damage framework is developed to characterize simulate inelasticity cemented materials subjected changes humidity. A microstructural model proposed describe evolution solid–fluid interfaces emerging from grain br...

Wildland firefighters work in unfavourable environments involving both heat and moisture. Moisture in clothing systems worn by wildland firefighters may increase or decrease heat transfer, depending on its source and location in the clothing system, location on the body, timing of application and degree of sorption. In this experiment, 4 outerwear/underwear combinations were exposed to 1 of 5 d...