Heat stress and the labour force DOI Creative Commons
Shouro Dasgupta, Elizabeth Robinson, Soheil Shayegh

et al.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 21, 2024

Heat stress affects the health of workers through physiological and behavioural responses, in turn, affecting labour force impacts on supply, productivity capacity. In this Review, we explore extent to which heat discuss corresponding occupational economic impacts. The relationship between outcomes temperature is largely nonlinear, declining sharply beyond peak thresholds. Observed projected losses are heterogeneous across regions, sectors warming levels. High-exposure such as agriculture construction experience greatest under future warming, with ~33%, ~25% ~18% declines effective Africa, Asia Oceania, respectively, a 3 °C scenario. Labour also expected low-exposure manufacturing utilities, but Northern Europe tends benefit short run. These collective lead considerable reductions global gross domestic product (GDP) welfare, GDP 5.9% South 3.6% Africa. Improved local-scale exposure–response functions incorporating adaptation into models required advance understanding labour. Rising temperatures increasing stress, influencing force. This Review outlines observed changes capacity, offering insight their macroeconomic opportunities.

Language: Английский

Impact of Vitamin E and Selenium supplementation on growth, reproductive performance, and oxidative stress in Dexamethasone-stressed JAPANESE QUAIL cocks DOI Creative Commons
Ifeanyi Emmanuel Uzochukwu, Luke Chukwudi Ali, Bright Chigozie Amaefule

et al.

Poultry Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 104(3), P. 104888 - 104888

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

This study investigated the effects of dietary vitamin E (VE) and selenium (Se) supplementation on body weight changes, blood profile, semen quality in Dexamethasone (DEX)-stressed Japanese quails. One hundred five 10-week-old quail cocks were acclimated divided into treatment groups: negative control - G1, DEX-treated (20 mgL-1 drinking water) G2, DEX + VE (180 mg kg diet-1) G3; Se (0.3 G4; G5. The birds received their respective treatments over 21 days, various performance, hematological, parameters measured. Results indicated that significantly reduced gain (WG) feed intake (P < 0.05). Supplementation with Se, individually combined, ameliorated these effects, groups G3, G4, G5 showing similar WG to control. Hematological analysis revealed significant increases 0.05) packed cell volume, hemoglobin, white count compared G1. Treatment did not affect glucose cholesterol levels ≥ Plasma antioxidant assays showed elevated superoxide dismutase catalase functions malondialdehyde indicating oxidative stress. No marked differences seen plasma glutathione peroxidase activities across groups. Sperm motility was impaired DEX-only group but improved supplementation. In conclusion, effectively mitigated impacts DEX-induced stress growth, status, spermatozoa cocks. could be beneficial enhancing welfare productivity poultry under

Language: Английский

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Lightweight and hierarchically porous hydrogels for wearable passive cooling under extreme heat stress DOI
Xueyan Hu,

Peiying Hu,

Ling Liu

et al.

Matter, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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7
Emerging Passive Cooling Technologies and Their Multidisciplinary Applications: An Integrative Review DOI Creative Commons
Xhamla Nqoro, Raymond Taziwa,

Thabo Hasheni

et al.

International Journal of Energy Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 2025(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

The persistent rise in temperature driven by the emission of greenhouse gases presents a pressing contemporary challenge, fostering innovative cooling techniques. Currently, passive technologies have gained attention various research fields for their effectiveness combating heat accumulation. Compared to traditional active methods, which rely on electricity or other energy sources, significantly reduces consumption and demand. These demonstrated potential reductions ~1°C–24°C, translating substantial savings about 2–300 kWh/year. This paper uses an integrative review approach highlight fundamental principles design strategies underlying technologies, such as phase change materials, radiative cooling, evaporative cooling. Special emphasis is placed implementation, from preserving biological materials buildings, electronics, personal clothing. Passive methods offer cost over time due lower maintenance operational costs potentially simpler designs.

Language: Английский

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Exploring cognitive functions variability at ambient temperatures from 20 °C to 48 °C: An fNIRS study DOI
Jing Geng, Yin Tang, Song Wang

et al.

Energy and Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 115424 - 115424

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Occupational Heat Exposure & Mental Health Outcomes: A Review and Framework Incorporating Social Determinants of Health to Guide Future Research DOI
Stefani Florez Acevedo,

Maria Blancas,

June T. Spector

et al.

Current Environmental Health Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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Experimental study on human physiology, subjective responses, and cognitive performance at 20–48 °C DOI
Jing Geng, Yin Tang, Yan Zhang

et al.

Building and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 265, P. 111930 - 111930

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Reducing humid heat impacts on outdoor workers DOI
Vimal Mishra

Nature India, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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The role of forests in global climate adaptation DOI Creative Commons
Josephine Elena Reek, Gabriel Reuben Smith, Constantin M. Zohner

et al.

Published: Sept. 2, 2024

Forests play a crucial role in regulating the global climate. Yet, forests also influence local climate conditions through biophysical processes that directly impact human wellbeing. With growing policy emphasis on these adaptation effects, we review scale dependent impacts of and their implications for Generally, existing buffer temperatures, with warming effects cold regions cooling hot regions. At scale, trees are more conducive to where dense would naturally exist. Additionally, generally reduce water runoff, which can flooding wet areas, but it limit availability downstream, especially drier Together, findings suggest positive tree tend be most frequent occur, highlight consensus around importance natural adaptation.

Language: Английский

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Higher urban heat hazard in wealthier neighborhoods in the Global South DOI
TC Chakraborty

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 5, 2024

Abstract Urbanization leads to local warming in addition background climate change, which disproportionately impacts society due the high population densities of cities. Scientific and media discourse around urban heat is often framed intra-urban differences hazard exposure spatial heterogeneity cities segregation sub-populations. Since almost all multi-city assessments income-based disparities are from U.S., it important examine whether these patterns replicated for Global South. Here, we use various gridded datasets, including satellite-derived estimates, demonstrate that wealthier neighborhoods generally have higher South, opposite results seen U.S. This because income/wealth distributions within result their unique cultural history population-level living preferences, do not follow typical patterns. Parallel analyses vegetation distributions, modulate hazard, show more nuanced relationships with income, though general still differ those We recommend being cautious about treating scientific evidence as universal norm understanding risk encourage comprehensive vulnerability studies

Language: Английский

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Heat stress and the labour force DOI Creative Commons
Shouro Dasgupta, Elizabeth Robinson, Soheil Shayegh

et al.

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 21, 2024

Heat stress affects the health of workers through physiological and behavioural responses, in turn, affecting labour force impacts on supply, productivity capacity. In this Review, we explore extent to which heat discuss corresponding occupational economic impacts. The relationship between outcomes temperature is largely nonlinear, declining sharply beyond peak thresholds. Observed projected losses are heterogeneous across regions, sectors warming levels. High-exposure such as agriculture construction experience greatest under future warming, with ~33%, ~25% ~18% declines effective Africa, Asia Oceania, respectively, a 3 °C scenario. Labour also expected low-exposure manufacturing utilities, but Northern Europe tends benefit short run. These collective lead considerable reductions global gross domestic product (GDP) welfare, GDP 5.9% South 3.6% Africa. Improved local-scale exposure–response functions incorporating adaptation into models required advance understanding labour. Rising temperatures increasing stress, influencing force. This Review outlines observed changes capacity, offering insight their macroeconomic opportunities.

Language: Английский

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