Landscape rules predict optimal superhighways for the first peopling of Sahul

SA Crabtree, DA White, CJA Bradshaw, F Saltré… - Nature human …, 2021 - nature.com
Archaeological data and demographic modelling suggest that the peopling of Sahul
required substantial populations, occurred rapidly within a few thousand years and …

Nutritional requirements for sustaining health and performance during exposure to extreme environments

SM Pasiakos - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Dietary guidelines are formulated to meet minimum nutrient requirements, which prevent
deficiencies and maintain health, growth, development, and function. These guidelines can …

A biomechanics dataset of healthy human walking at various speeds, step lengths and step widths

TJ van der Zee, EM Mundinger, AD Kuo - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
The biomechanics of human walking are well documented for standard conditions such as
for self-selected step length and preferred speed. However, humans can and do walk with a …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the metabolic costs of heavy military backpacking

DP Looney, EM Lavoie, SV Vangala… - … and Science in …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose This study aimed to develop and validate an equation for estimating metabolic
rates during heavy backpacking for the US Army Load Carriage Decision Aid (LCDA), an …

Comparing distance, time, and metabolic energy cost functions for walking accessibility in infrastructure-poor regions

A Páez, Z Anjum, SE Dickson-Anderson… - Journal of transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
Accessibility is a widely used concept in transportation planning and research. However a
majority of the literature is concerned with accessibility in infrastructure-rich regions where it …

[PDF][PDF] Metabolic costs of standing and walking in healthy military-age adults: a meta-regression

DP Looney, AW Potter, JL Pryor… - Medicine & Science …, 2019 - researchgate.net
No. 2, pp. 346–351, 2019. Introduction: The Load Carriage Decision Aid (LCDA) is a US
Army planning tool that predicts physiological responses of soldiers during different …

Gender disparities in summer outdoor heat risk across China: Findings from a national county-level assessment during 1991–2020

P Zeng, D Shi, M Helbich, F Sun, H Zhao, Y Liu… - Science of the total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Increasing anthropogenic global warming has emerged as a significant challenge to human
health in China, as extreme heat hazards increasingly threaten outdoor-exposed …

Dual challenges of heat wave and protective facemask-induced thermal stress in Hong Kong

D Shi, J Song, R Du, PW Chan - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing protective facemasks (PFMs) can effectively
reduce infection risk, but the use of PFMs can amplify heat-related health risks. We studied …

Validation of new method for predicting human skin temperatures during cold exposure: The Cold Weather Ensemble Decision Aid (CoWEDA)

AW Potter, DP Looney, WR Santee, JA Gonzalez… - Informatics in Medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The accuracy of the US Army's Cold Weather Ensemble Decision Aid (CoWEDA)
was assessed for the prediction of human skin temperatures while exposed to cold …

Review of the rational and mathematical basis of the SCENARIO thermal model

A Potter, D Looney, J Hancock… - Journal of Sport and …, 2022 - jhp-ojs-tamucc.tdl.org
Mathematical models of human thermal responses can be used to provide useful
information to prevent heat injuries, plan risk mitigation strategies, and evaluate potential …