heat stress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheatandstress
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heat
noun
uk/hiːt/us/hiːt/
the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature ...
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stress
noun
uk/stres/us/stres/
great worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes ...
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(Definition ofheatandstressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofheat stress
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Medical problems associated with protracted work andheatstressin horses.
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The effect of climate change on development is also ambiguous, as bothheatstressand cold stress affect people with cardiovascular disorders.
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Effects of chromium supplementation from inorganic and organic sources on nutrient utilization, mineral metabolism and meat quality in broiler chickens exposed to naturalheatstress.
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The present result indicated thatheatstressand use of anthelmintics induced the expression of excretory - secretory products in vitro.
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Effects ofheatstressand moderately high temperature on grain growth and malting quality of barley.
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In heat-stressed hatched blastocysts, a more even distribution was noted followingheatstressrelative to corresponding controls, indicating their competence to respond to elevated temperature.
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Heatstressis dependent on the weather during the season and dense clouds and frequent rains would minimize the occurrence ofheatstress.
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The text is organized into twelve chapters that address cellular and molecular changes to:heatstress, drought and salinity tolerance, together with adaptation to low phosphorous availability.
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Heatstresshas been shown to decrease estrus activity, fertility, ova implantation and overall reproductive efficiency of the sow24.
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The increased stillbirth rate in the hot weather suggests that further studies should be made to see if women are suffering fromheatstressduring the summer months.
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Moreover, trees surviving the fire had significantly thicker bark than living trees in unburnt forest plots, indicating that thin-barked trees are more prone to selective mortality induced byheatstress.
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In our rat models, heterotaxy of the viscera is induced not by genetic mutation but by teratogens, such as 13-cis retinoic acid andheatstress.
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Heat and cold stress are assumed to affect only the elderly, non-reproductive population;heatstressonly affects urban population.
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Population falls with climate change deaths, resulting from changes inheatstress, cold stress, malaria, and tropical cyclones.
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Other personnel are more susceptible toheatstressas a result of the effects of another illness such as diarrhoea.
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Figures on the number of broiler chickens which have died fromheatstressare not available.
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