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Wearable Technologies for Helping Human Thermophysiological Comfort

Wearable Technologies for Helping Human Thermophysiological Comfort

Radostina A. Angelova
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781522532903|ISBN10: 1522532900|EISBN13: 9781522532910
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3290-3.ch008
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Angelova, Radostina A. "Wearable Technologies for Helping Human Thermophysiological Comfort." Examining Developments and Applications of Wearable Devices in Modern Society, edited by Saul Emanuel Delabrida Silva, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 203-231. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3290-3.ch008

APA

Angelova, R. A. (2018). Wearable Technologies for Helping Human Thermophysiological Comfort. In S. Delabrida Silva, R. Rabelo Oliveira, & A. Loureiro (Eds.), Examining Developments and Applications of Wearable Devices in Modern Society (pp. 203-231). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3290-3.ch008

Chicago

Angelova, Radostina A. "Wearable Technologies for Helping Human Thermophysiological Comfort." In Examining Developments and Applications of Wearable Devices in Modern Society, edited by Saul Emanuel Delabrida Silva, Ricardo Augusto Rabelo Oliveira, and Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro, 203-231. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3290-3.ch008

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Abstract

The thermophysiological comfort is one of the aspects of the human comfort. It is related to the thermoregulatory system of the body and its reactions to the temperature of the surrounding air, activity and clothing. The aim of the chapter is to present the state of the art in the wearable technologies for helping the human thermophysiological comfort. The basic processes of body's thermoregulatory system, the role of the hypothalamus, the reactions of the body in hot and cold environment, together with the related injuries, are described. In the second part of the chapter smart and intelligent clothing, textiles and accessories are presented together with wearable devices for body's heating/cooling.

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