heat transferhuman bodyhuman thermal environmentslaws of physicsthermodynamics
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The human body is subject to the laws of thermodynamics. The first law states that energy is neither created nor destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another. The second is that there is a natural direction of transfer. For heat, that is from a hot body to a cold one. In the case of the laws of physics, there is nothing special about people.
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Energy within human thermal systems is conserved and can transform between different forms.
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Heat transfer has a natural direction from hotter bodies to colder bodies.
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Human thermal environments can be understood through the thermodynamic laws governing the human body.
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The thermodynamic laws apply to humans without any special exception compared with other physical systems.
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the human body
Research Subject
thermodynamic laws governing energy transformation and heat transfer in the human body
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2014-03-25
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