Getting personal about HEAT STRESS.

Industrial Safety & Hygiene News;  May 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......hazard assessment and identified heat stress as a potential problem in one work area. You've developed a heat stress management plan, put engineering...cooler protective apparel. Think your heat stress problem is solved? Think again...

Keeping your cool. (heat stress protection)(includes related article)

Plant Engineering;  June 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Protecting workers from heat stress is more than a summer job. It requires...employees against the hazards of heat stress. Although this condition is more...of us tend to think more about heat stress problems when days become sunny...

A practical heat stress assessment methodology for UK industry.

M2 Presswire;  October 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......October 2002-UK Government: A practical heat stress assessment methodology for UK industry...difficulty in managing and assessing heat stress. It has long been known that work related heat stress could compromise health and safety and...

Sensitivity of Peanut to Timing of Heat Stress during Reproductive...

Crop Science;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......above 40 [degrees] C (ICRISAT, 1994). Heat stress and moisture stress have been identified...breeding programs, but the effect of heat stress is not uniform during all stages of...understand the effects of the timing of heat stress on reproductive development and yield...

Technical Manual Offers Insight on Heat Stress Inspection

Compliance Magazine;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Benchmark your heat stress program against OSHA's guidelines for inspections. OSHAs technical manual on heat stress outlines the process for a safety...guidelines for evaluating employee heat stress outlined in the technical manual are...

The Effect of Heat Stress and Lameness on Time Budgets of Lactating Dairy...

Journal of Dairy Science;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......observed and traditionally associated with heat stress were confounded by changes in locomotion...described were because of mild to moderate heat stress. The finding that activity shifts occur...temperature of around 21C. Key words: heat stress, lameness, time budget INTRODUCTION...

HSE provides guidance on preventing heat stress.

M2 Presswire;  August 26, 2003 ;     467 words ......HSE provides guidance on preventing heat stress(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE...produced a free information sheet on heat stress in the workplace. It explains the risks...of thermal comfort in the workplace. Heat stress in the workplace. What you need to know...

Nine steps to prevent heat stress in stock.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  August 11, 2006 ;     435 words ......strongly suggest animals are suffering heat stress, especially if they are relatively inactive...said: Regardless of clear symptoms, heat stress is almost certainly compromising cattle...help producers minimise the effects of heat stress: * Provide grazing stock with access...

Heat Stress Induces an Aggregation of the Light-Harvesting Complex of...

Plant Physiology;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Spinacia oleracea) plants were subjected to heat stress (25C-50C) in the dark for 30 min. At...sensitive physiological processes to heat stress in green plants (Berry and Bjorkman...1980; Havaux, 1993, 1996). For example, heat stress results in a loss of the oxygen evolving...

REPUBLICAN SENATORS CRITICIZE LABOR AND INDUSTRIES'S UPCOMING HEAT STRESS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of Labor and Industries to impose heat stress requirements upon employers starting...effect." Under L&I's proposed heat stress rule, affected employers will be required to provide heat stress training, have a written heat stress...

REPUBLICAN SENATORS CRITICIZE LABOR AND INDUSTRIES UPCOMING HEAT STRESS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of Labor and Industries to impose heat stress requirements upon employers starting...effect." Under L&I's proposed heat stress rule, affected employers will be required to provide heat stress training, have a written heat stress...

Temperature-Humidity Indices as Indicators of Milk Production Losses due...

Journal of Dairy Science;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......measure losses in milk production due to heat stress in the semiarid climate of Arizona and...using 2 models to determine threshold of heat stress and rate of decline of milk production...specific THI. Differences in thresholds of heat stress were found among indices and between...

Selective activation of the developmentally regulated Ha hsp17.6 G1...

Plant Physiology;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Regulated Ha hsp17.6 G1 Promoter by Heat Stress Transcription Factors1 Using two well-characterized heat stress transcription factors (Hsfs) from...promoter fused to the Ha hsp17.6 G1 heat stress cis-element. Furthermore, the same...

Diet: limited help during heat.(nutritional considerations can help reduce...

Dairy Today;  April 1, 2003 ;     401 words ...Diet has far less impact on reducing heat stress than does altering the environment...nutritional considerations can help reduce heat stress: * Water is the most important nutrient...recommendation for fiber and NFC in diets during heat stress periods. A good target: a minimum of...

Physiological and production responses to feeding schedule in lactating...

Journal of Dairy Science;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of a 5-d thermoneutral phase, a 5-d heat stress phase and a 5-d thermoneutral recovery...data indicate that short-term, moderate heat stress, which occurs during the spring and...losses associated with this type of heat stress. (Key words: heat stress, time of feeding...