Analysis of variance of the thermal comfort in vehicles

Author(s):  
Camelia Gavrila
1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick H. Rohles

In order to determine if affective responses to cool, neutral, and warm temperatures were related to the season of the year and the time of day, 108 subjects were exposed in groups of six (3 males and 3 females) for 3 hours to three temperatures 20.0°C, 25.6°C and 31.7°C at 50%rh during the morning (0900–1200) afternoon (1300–1600) and evening (1800–2100) in the summer and winter. The subjects were sedentary and wore similar clothing; a 9 category Thermal Sensation ballot and a 7-pair semantic differential scale for measuring Thermal Comfort were administered every half hour during the three hour exposure. An analysis of variance showed that the main effects, Time of Day, Sex and Season were not significant and only Temperature and Voting were significant; both measures showed significant Season x Temperature interactions. Basically, the 20.0°C environment was judged to be more comfortable in the summer than in the winter and the 31.7°C environment was judged to be more comfortable in the winter than in the summer. The seasonal findings are opposite to those found in recent research and suggest that different temperature criteria for thermal comfort should be considered for summer and winter conditions.


Author(s):  
C. Patrick Doncaster ◽  
Andrew J. H. Davey
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Author(s):  
Glenn Gamst ◽  
Lawrence S. Meyers ◽  
A. J. Guarino
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Author(s):  
Gili Curiel-Levy ◽  
Laura Canetti ◽  
Esti Galili-Weisstub ◽  
Myrna Milun ◽  
Eitan Gur ◽  
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This study examines the expression of selflessness – the tendency to ignore one’s own needs and serve others’ needs – in Rorschach protocols of women suffering from anorexia nervosa. The protocols of 35 women suffering from anorexia nervosa were compared to 30 protocols of a psychiatric comparison group. A multivariate analysis of variance over five variables (AG, PER, PHR, COP, and GHR) was significant: Anorexic patients showed higher characteristics of selflessness compared to the psychiatric comparison group. These findings contribute to the validation of the Rorschach technique and to the clinical observation of selflessness in anorexic patients, and they emphasize specific characteristics in the treatment of anorexia nervosa patients.


1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1326-1327
Author(s):  
Nerella V. Ramanaiah
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