Rationale There is increasing concern about occupational illness, injury and productivity
losses due to hot weather in a changing climate. Most of the current understanding appears …

Construction sites continue to operate despite inclement weather, exposing workers to
unpleasant working circumstances that can lead to various physical and mental health …

Heating the human body to maintain a relatively constant temperature is pivotal for various
human functions. However, most of the current heating strategies are energy-consuming …

Purpose Since the handling of environmentally sensitive products requires close monitoring
under prescribed conditions throughout the supply chain, it is essential to manage specific …

Personal thermal management, especially heating up the space around human body,
consumes substantial global resources. While traditional methods (such as room heaters) …

Maintaining human thermal comfort in the cold outdoors is crucial for diverse outdoor
activities, eg, sports and recreation, healthcare, and special occupations. To date, advanced …

Many physically demanding occupations in both developed and developing economies
involve exposure to extreme thermal environments that can affect work capacity and …

Although not a barrier to perform sport, cold weather environments (low ambient
temperature, high wind speeds, and increased precipitation, ie, rain/water/snow) may …

Passive radiative heating textile offers an energy-saving pathway to increase body
temperature in cold weather. However, the basic properties of clothing, such as color and …

Personal thermal management (PTM) textiles for outdoor activities have become
increasingly important for addressing energy consumption and thermal comfortable …