Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major
contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability …

The human thermoregulatory system dictates the transfer of heat, produced within organs
and skeletal muscles, through body layers and its dissipation to the environment. With the …

Wearable physiological status monitoring is part of modern precision medicine that permits
predictions about an individual's health and performance from their real-time physiological …

Global climate is changing as a result of anthropogenic warming, leading to higher daily
excursions of temperature in cities. Such elevated temperatures have great implications on …

Internal migration from rural to urban areas is prevalent in China. Past studies demonstrated
that thermal adaptation differed among people from various climate regions. However, the …

New Findings What is the topic of this review? The treatment of exertional heat stress, from
initial field care through the return‐to‐activity decision. What advances does it highlight …

To fully address the multi-faceted challenges of urban heat, it is paramount that humans are
placed at the center of the agenda. This is manifested in a recent shift in urban heat studies …

The study of heat adaptation in military personnel offers generalizable insights into a variety
of sporting, recreational and occupational populations. Conversely, certain characteristics of …

Workers in many industries are required to perform arduous work in high heat-stress
conditions, which can lead to rapid increases in body temperature that elevate the risk of …

Over the last decade, technological advancements have been made available and applied
in a wide range of applications in several work fields, ranging from personal to industrial …