warm and humid spell

moist heat-treated

heat wave [ hot wave | warm spell | warm wave ]

heat/health warning system | HHWS

steam sterilizer

Definition: Symptoms are presented by the patient as if they were due to a physical disorder of a system or organ that is largely or completely under autonomic innervation and control, i.e. the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory and urogenital systems. The symptoms are usually of two types, neither of which indicates a physical disorder of the organ or system concerned. First, there are complaints based upon objective signs of autonomic arousal, such as palpitations, sweating, flushing, tremor, and expression of fear and distress about the possibility of a physical disorder. Second, there are subjective complaints of a nonspecific or changing nature such as f ...[+++]leeting aches and pains, sensations of burning, heaviness, tightness, and feelings of being bloated or distended, which are referred by the patient to a specific organ or system. | Cardiac neurosis Da Costa's syndrome Gastric neurosis Neurocirculatory asthenia Psychogenic forms of:aerophagy | cough | diarrhoea | dyspepsia | dysuria | flatulence | hiccough | hyperventilation | increased frequency of micturition | irritable bowel syndrome | pylorospasm

This phenomenon, known as the urban heat island effect, can have serious consequences, particularly during heat waves, for the health of vulnerable groups of people, such as those who are chronically ill or the elderly.

Among the most visible effects of climate change are summer heat waves, which can cause forest fires and devastate crops as well as increasing mortality rates (the summer of 2003 provides a forcible reminder of the effects).

According to the climatic operating environment in which the instrument is intended to be used either the damp heat-steady state (non-condensing) or damp heat cyclic (condensing) test may be appropriate.

The 2003 heat wave was the hottest on record in Europe since at least 1500[5].