Rebekah A. I. Lucas

TL;DR: Current and future ergonomic risks associated with working in the heat as well as potential methods for maintaining the health and productivity of workers, particularly those most vulnerable to excessive heat exposure are discussed.

TL;DR: Recommendations emanating from the workshop included measuring workload, heat, and water and solute loss among workers; quantifying nephrotoxic agents in drinking water and food; using biomarkers of early kidney injury to explore potential causes of MeN; and characterizing social and working conditions together with methods for valid data collection of exposures and personal risk factors.

TL;DR: Cerebral oxygenation was maintained, presumably via enhanced O2-extraction or regional differences in cerebral perfusion, and heating-induced hypocapnia and peripheral redistribution of cardiac output would compromise blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery and cerebral oxygenation.

TL;DR: This study profiled occupational heat stress impacts on the health and productivity of workers in select organized and unorganized Indian work sectors during hotter and cooler seasons according to International workplace guidelines.

TL;DR: The results show that the balance of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) pressures in arterial blood explains 40% of the change in brain blood flow upon arrival at high altitude (5050 m).