INTRODUCTION
HYPOTHESIS
The month a person is born in has an influence on their temperature tolerance.
AIM
• Find out most common trends on temperature tolerance.
• Find out specifically the months which have the highest and lowest temperature tolerances.
• Find out if month people are born in affects their temperature tolerance.
MOTIVATION
I have chosen this topic as it influences me every day and because it is spoken about every day as people use figures of speech exclaiming they are “summer babies”. I wondered if this actually had an effect on their temperature tolerance. While reading an article in the Daily Mail I realised that there are a lot more people interested in a similar topic. The article spoke of how a season a person is born …show more content…
university of IOWA. (5 February 2012). acclimatisation: adjusting to the temperature. Available: www.iuhealthcare.org/health-library/acclimatisation-adjusting-to-the-temperature/ 5 February 2012. Last accessed 21 January 2016.
SUMMARY: Explains that acclimatisation is when the body adjusts to the temperature it is most used to. For example in summer, spending most time in an air-conditioned environment will often leave outside feeling drastically hotter (University of IOWA professor states)
This plays an important role in how well we tolerate temperature. Acclimatisation occurs in two weeks in a healthy body. The process responds faster to heat than cold. Lean people tolerate heat better while obese tolerate cold better. Elderly people do not tolerate temperature extremes as well as youth. Bodily responses become delayed and reduced the older they are. Medications may interfere and metabolic rate also has a role to play. A high metabolic rate makes more heat than low metabolic rates.
EVALUATION
Purpose: To educate people about acclimatisation. Intended audience are medical …show more content…
(May 2009). Normal body temperature and the effects of age, sex, ambient temperatures and body mass Index on normal oral temperature. Available: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19128801. Last accessed 21 January 2016.
SUMMARY:
Shows how body temperature is an indicator of health status however, thermoregulatory function is thought to decline with aging. An experiment to obtain normal body temperature and the effects of age, sex, ambient temperature and Body Mass Index. Group design to compare four similar adults born in different seasons and concluded that those 65 and over and 22-64 where 7 degrees lower than normal. “Older is colder”
EVALUATION
Value: Author credentials where given. The article was cited by one pubmed control article: Feeling too hot or cold after breast cancer.[int. J Hyperthermia 2010] Frequently viewed in Medgen. Authors credentials: Department of nursing, college of medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
This adds value to my research as it show the difference in the results such as the 65’s and older were much colder, giving my second aim more information. The intended audience are medical students. This article has a high impact factor of 9, although not as recent as it was performed in 2009. This article was peer reviewed as well as sighted by other
HYPOTHESIS
The month a person is born in has an influence on their temperature tolerance.
AIM
• Find out most common trends on temperature tolerance.
• Find out specifically the months which have the highest and lowest temperature tolerances.
• Find out if month people are born in affects their temperature tolerance.
MOTIVATION
I have chosen this topic as it influences me every day and because it is spoken about every day as people use figures of speech exclaiming they are “summer babies”. I wondered if this actually had an effect on their temperature tolerance. While reading an article in the Daily Mail I realised that there are a lot more people interested in a similar topic. The article spoke of how a season a person is born …show more content…
university of IOWA. (5 February 2012). acclimatisation: adjusting to the temperature. Available: www.iuhealthcare.org/health-library/acclimatisation-adjusting-to-the-temperature/ 5 February 2012. Last accessed 21 January 2016.
SUMMARY: Explains that acclimatisation is when the body adjusts to the temperature it is most used to. For example in summer, spending most time in an air-conditioned environment will often leave outside feeling drastically hotter (University of IOWA professor states)
This plays an important role in how well we tolerate temperature. Acclimatisation occurs in two weeks in a healthy body. The process responds faster to heat than cold. Lean people tolerate heat better while obese tolerate cold better. Elderly people do not tolerate temperature extremes as well as youth. Bodily responses become delayed and reduced the older they are. Medications may interfere and metabolic rate also has a role to play. A high metabolic rate makes more heat than low metabolic rates.
EVALUATION
Purpose: To educate people about acclimatisation. Intended audience are medical …show more content…
(May 2009). Normal body temperature and the effects of age, sex, ambient temperatures and body mass Index on normal oral temperature. Available: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19128801. Last accessed 21 January 2016.
SUMMARY:
Shows how body temperature is an indicator of health status however, thermoregulatory function is thought to decline with aging. An experiment to obtain normal body temperature and the effects of age, sex, ambient temperature and Body Mass Index. Group design to compare four similar adults born in different seasons and concluded that those 65 and over and 22-64 where 7 degrees lower than normal. “Older is colder”
EVALUATION
Value: Author credentials where given. The article was cited by one pubmed control article: Feeling too hot or cold after breast cancer.[int. J Hyperthermia 2010] Frequently viewed in Medgen. Authors credentials: Department of nursing, college of medicine, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
This adds value to my research as it show the difference in the results such as the 65’s and older were much colder, giving my second aim more information. The intended audience are medical students. This article has a high impact factor of 9, although not as recent as it was performed in 2009. This article was peer reviewed as well as sighted by other