All animals face the possibility of limitations in food resources that could ultimately lead to
starvation-induced mortality. The primary goal of this review is to characterize the various …

Systemic inflammation-associated syndromes (eg, sepsis and septic shock) often have high
mortality and remain a challenge in emergency medicine. Systemic inflammation is usually …

The common practice of defining operational settings for Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings is to use fixed set points, which assume …

Human thermoregulation and acclimatization are core components of the human coping
mechanism for withstanding variations in environmental heat exposure. Amidst growing …

The last 'hibernation book'was published in 1982, nearly 40 years ago, so clearly an update
was needed. The options were a book written by a single author or an edited book written by …

Maintaining thermal comfort in built environments is important for occupant health, well-
being, and productivity, and also for efficient HVAC system operations. Most of the existing …

HVAC systems are the major energy consumers in commercial buildings in the United
States. These systems are operated to provide comfortable thermal conditions for building …

Ectothermic vertebrates, eg. fish, maintain their body temperature within a specific
physiological range mainly through behavioural thermoregulation. Here, we characterise the …

Ectotherms that maintain thermal balance in the face of varying climates should be able to
colonise a wide range of habitats. In lizards, thermoregulation usually appears as a variety …

Fever is an evolutionary conserved defense mechanism which is present in both
endothermic and ectothermic vertebrates. Ectotherms in response to infection can increase …