Oxford University Press; 440 pages; $52.95 and £29.95 An analysis of the evolutionary changes that took place on Earth in response to sudden changes in temperature or atmospheric conditions, by two followers of James Lovelock, the father of the popular theory of Gaia, the self-regulating planetary system.
The height profiles depicted in Figs. 2 and 4 exhibit fluctuations with shorter vertical wavelengths, which could be due to the gravity waves generated from the strong wind shears and sudden changes in temperature due to the eclipse effect.
A thermal fatigue cycling test is carried out to investigate the resistance or strength of coating as regards sudden changes in temperature (heating and cooling) (Javadi et al. 2014; Koilraj et al. 2012; Lakshminarayanan and Balasubramanian 2007; Mishra and Ma 2005) and to examine the withstanding of the sprayed coatings under the severity of thermal cycling.
Rock engineering and stone constructions are always suffering recurrent thermal shock (TS) generated by sudden changes in temperature, and rock mechanical behaviors in projects usually involve responses to stress pulses or impact loads due to the widely existed blasting operation, mechanized construction and seismic oscillation.
Some previous studies have examined the effects of sudden changes in temperature on cardiovascular disease, and found similar results.
Sudden changes in temperature have been associated with risk factors for human health, such as increases in blood cholesterol levels, blood pressure, plasma fibrinogen concentrations, peripheral vasoconstriction, heart rate, platelet viscosity, and reducing the immune system's resistance [17], [20], [21].
Unlike many animal pathogens, plant pathogenic bacteria typically only undergo gradual temperature changes related to seasonal change in environment and are not subjected to sudden changes in temperatures when switching hosts.
The three available studies in the Temperature-change-effect Group suggest that a sudden change in temperature might cause an increase in mortality.
The Temperature-change-effect Group defined cold spell as a sudden change in temperature.
But when the system is disturbed by a sudden change in temperature or pressure, the gases eventually reach new equilibrium concentrations to suit the new conditions.
It is the way the artist creates the sudden change in temperature with heavy cold color and blocked-out sunlight, however, that brings the chill of the experience to the viewer.
