Occupational heat stress and its health impacts- an overview of research status and need for further research in Southeast Asia with special emphasis on mitigation strategies in North East India.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC predicts that hot seasons will get even hotter due to global climate change. There exists a critical dependence of human metabolic processes on temperature. Changes in thermal balance therefore, have an adverse effect on health because they raise body temperature, cause excessive sweating, and accelerate the rate of dehydration.

Impact of heat stress on thermal balance, hydration and cortical response among outdoor workers in hot environment - an exploratory report from North East India.

Objective: The objective of our study was to assess the impact of heat stress on hydration and cognition among outdoor workers in hot environment.

Methods: Area heat stress assessments were measured using Quest Temp WBGT monitor. Sweat rate for dehydration and reaction time for acute cognitive processing were recorded using standard procedures.

Closing the Yield Gap of Sugar Beet in the Netherlands-A Joint Effort.

The reform of the European Union's sugar regime caused potential decreasing beet prices. Therefore, the Speeding Up Sugar Yield (SUSY) project was initiated. At the start, a 3 × 15 target was formulated: in 2015 the national average sugar yield in the Netherlands equals 15 t/ha (60% of the sugar beet potential) and the total variable costs 15 euro/t sugar beet, aspiring a saving on total variable costs and a strong increase in sugar yield.

revisited.

In 2007 a new leaf spot disease of (sugar beet) spread through the Netherlands. Attempts to identify this destructive sp. in sugar beet led to a phylogenetic revision of the genus.

Fungal Planet description sheets: 400-468.

Novel species of fungi described in the present study include the following from Australia: Vermiculariopsiella eucalypti, Mulderomyces natalis (incl. Mulderomyces gen. nov.