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ETTA OSH Division 919 7077876 Objectives In this course students will become familiar with Heat stress illnesses The importance of hydration Environmental and causal factors The heat index. Stress is a way that our body responds to the demands made upon us by the environment our relationships and our perceptions and interpretations of those demands We all experience bo th good stress and bad stress Good stress is that optimal amount of Marching Band Members. Introduction. Heat-related health problems can be serious. Even when all efforts are made to ensure safe conditions for activities, it’s not always possible to regulate temperature – or to predict individual reactions to heat.. Objective . . It . is the policy of . CSP to . provide equipment necessary . to . prevent . injury in the event of exposure to high ambient temperatures while wearing chemical protective equipment. . Chapter 4. What is Stress?. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93ywqFa6CM. Stress. is the effect of physical and psychological demands on a . person.. Almost . everyone feels the effects of stress (argument with a friend, a lower than expected grade, a minor auto . BRASSICA SPP.. Region IV Southwest 2014. Introduction. Region IV, Southwest, conducted a referee that was a vigor test in the form heat stress testing on . Brassica sp. ., specifically Broccoli.. Heat stress testing is a fairly narrow assessment of seed vigor, which has a practical application for many crops being produced in hot dry climates.. How about that stress?. Evolutionary Basis. Meet Hans . Selye. , . Father of Stress Research…. Medical . researcher in Montreal . Studied hormonal . changes in rats . Late . 1930s, he realized that the rats he was studying were responding not merely to his . : . Jennifer Alfonso M. BA. , MSW, LCSW-C . Facing the Facts. “I feel I have to rush to get everything done each day.” 45% of parents respond “always” or “most of the time” to this statement. (Center on Work and Family, Boston University). Mike Schmoldt. , MS, MS, MBA. CIH, PE, CHMM, CPEA. Principal Industrial Hygienist . June 1, 2015. Heat Stress. Consider. “…men over the age of 40 were found to be 10 times more susceptible to heat stroke than were younger men”.. B. Swathi, P.S.P. Gupta and D. Nagalakshmi,. Need to produce safe food. Concern for food safety from the food born infections.. Consumer demand for food free from chemical and antibiotic residues. International standards are to be met to keep up the export of raw & processed foods. Bruno Lemke. , . Tord. . Kjellstrom. Quantifying Climate Change. Climate . change will increase temperatures in most places around the world in the coming decades. Temperatures in urban areas will go even higher due to the “heat island effect”. In order to measure the effect of climate change on worker productivity a heat stress index that incorporates temperature, humidity, wind speed and solar radiation is needed. . Heat. Heat. is energy that flows from a higher-temperature object to a lower-temperature object because of the difference in temperatures.. SI Unit of Heat:. joule (J).. SI unit for heat is the joule, J. What is heat stress?. Heat stress is a general term which describes a variety of symptoms produced when the human body is exposed to a combination of heat and work which interferes with the body’s ability to dissipate the heat energy.. WHAT IS HEAT STRESS??. Heat Stress:. A situation where too much . heat.  is absorbed by a person, a plant or an animal and causes . stress. , illness or even death. ... It can also cause . heat.  cramps, . PROjection. for near-Future (HIIPROF). 1. Sagnik Dey and . 2. S. K. Dash. 1. Centre . for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, . India. 2. Former Head, CAS and President, IMS. Contact: . sagnik@cas.iitd.ac.in.