Temperature Control Equipment
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Equipments Used to Measure Body Temperature
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2024
Body temperature can be assessed using various devices and measured in Celsius or Fahrenheit. Glass-bulb Thermometer: Glass-bulb thermometers are hollow glass tubes with a bulb tip containing liquid such as ethanol or mercury. Historically, glass bulb mercury thermometers were the standard device to measure body temperature. Today, mercury thermometers are prohibited in many countries due to the hazardous effects of mercury and the risk of exposure if the glass bulb breaks. In general,...
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Studying the Protein Quality Control System of D. discoideum Using Temperature-controlled Live Cell Imaging
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2016
The social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum has recently been established as a system to study protein misfolding and proteostasis. Here, we describe a new imaging-based methodology to study temperature-induced protein aggregation and the cellular stress response in D. discoideum.
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Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
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2017
This study presents a novel method to provide efficient patient temperature control for cooling or warming patients. A single use, triple lumen device is placed into the esophagus, analogous to a standard orogastric tube, and connects to existing heat exchange units to perform automatic patient temperature management.
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Physical Methods for Controlling Microbial Growth: Temperature
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2025
Heat is a widely used method to control microbial growth by targeting and denaturing cellular proteins, thereby killing or inactivating microbes. This method's effectiveness is quantified using parameters such as the thermal death point (TDP), thermal death time (TDT), and decimal reduction time (D value). TDP represents the lowest temperature at which all microorganisms in a liquid suspension are eliminated within 10 minutes, whereas TDT is the time necessary to achieve sterilization at a...
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Proper Personal Protective Equipment
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2023
Robert M. Rioux & William A Elliott, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Hazards are many and varied in the laboratory, but the right choice of PPE can make the laboratory a safe place to work.
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A temperature sensor measures the current condition and sends that information to a feedback controller. The controller compares the measurement with the selected set point, identifies a deviation, and activates heating or cooling components as needed. This repeated measurement-and-correction cycle minimizes temperature changes, helping biological experiments and stored materials remain within their intended thermal conditions.
Sensors provide the measurements needed to determine whether conditions match the target, while feedback controllers use those measurements to guide corrective action. Without this comparison, heating or cooling components could not respond systematically to deviations. Their coordinated operation supports stable environments, which improves experimental reproducibility and helps protect specimens, samples, and reagents from unsuitable conditions.
These systems address different biological requirements. Incubators maintain controlled conditions for cell growth, whereas thermal cyclers produce precise temperature changes needed for nucleic acid amplification. Refrigerated or frozen storage systems instead slow the degradation of samples and reagents. The appropriate equipment therefore depends on whether the task requires sustained growth conditions, programmed temperature changes, or preservation.
First, the user selects the thermal condition required for the experiment or material. The equipment then measures the current temperature, compares it with the set point, and activates heating or cooling components when a difference occurs. Continued feedback minimizes deviations during the task, supporting consistent cell growth, nucleic acid amplification, or sample and reagent preservation.
Researchers choose an incubator when controlled thermal conditions are needed to support cell growth. A thermal cycler is appropriate when nucleic acid amplification requires precise temperature changes. Refrigerated or frozen storage is used when the goal is to slow degradation of samples or reagents. Matching the system to the biological task helps maintain suitable conditions and avoid preventable loss of material.
Reliable control can improve reproducibility by keeping experiments under stable, defined thermal conditions. It can also protect biological materials by slowing degradation during refrigerated or frozen storage. In addition, precise temperature changes enable nucleic acid amplification, while sustained controlled conditions support cell growth. These outcomes make thermal regulation relevant to both active experiments and biological material preservation.