Temperature

"Temperature" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms.

Descriptor ID	D013696
MeSH Number(s)	G01.906.595 G16.500.275.063.725.710 G16.500.750.775.710 N06.230.150.450 N06.230.300.100.725.710
Concept/Terms	Temperature Temperature Temperatures

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Temperature".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physical Phenomena [G01]
Thermodynamics [G01.906]
Temperature [G01.906.595]
Biological Phenomena [G16]
Ecological and Environmental Phenomena [G16.500]
Environment [G16.500.275]
Atmosphere [G16.500.275.063]
Weather [G16.500.275.063.725]
Temperature [G16.500.275.063.725.710]
Meteorological Concepts [G16.500.750]
Weather [G16.500.750.775]
Temperature [G16.500.750.775.710]
Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Environment [N06.230]
Environment, Controlled [N06.230.150]
Temperature [N06.230.150.450]
Meteorological Concepts [N06.230.300]
Atmosphere [N06.230.300.100]
Weather [N06.230.300.100.725]
Temperature [N06.230.300.100.725.710]

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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Temperature".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Temperature" by people in this website by year, and whether "Temperature" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 143 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	6	7
1997	0	4	4
1998	0	4	4
1999	0	3	3
2000	1	3	4
2001	1	2	3
2002	1	5	6
2003	0	5	5
2004	0	9	9
2005	0	3	3
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	9	9
2008	5	5	10
2009	0	5	5
2010	0	6	6
2011	2	5	7
2012	0	2	2
2013	0	8	8
2014	1	7	8
2015	0	2	2
2016	0	4	4
2017	0	4	4
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	5	6
2020	1	3	4
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	5	5
2023	0	3	3
2024	2	4	6

Below are the most recent publications written about "Temperature" by people in Profiles.

Lantz C, Xi Z, Rider RL, Walker TE, Hebert M, Russell DH. Temperature-Dependent Trimethylamine N-Oxide Induced the Formation of Substance P Dimers. J Phys Chem B. 2024 11 21; 128(46):11369-11378.

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Lantz C, Rider RL, Yun SD, Laganowsky A, Russell DH. Water Plays Key Roles in Stabilities of Wild Type and Mutant Transthyretin Complexes. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2024 Aug 07; 35(8):1854-1864.

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Stau? AC, Fuchs C, Jansen P, Repert S, Alcock K, Ludewig S, Rozhon W. The Ninhydrin Reaction Revisited: Optimisation and Application for Quantification of Free Amino Acids. Molecules. 2024 Jul 10; 29(14).

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King-Smith PE, Begley CG, Braun RJ. High Resolution Images of Human Meibum Spread on Saline. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 07 01; 65(8):41.

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Hemo O, Dotan A, Shvero A, Kleinmann N, Dotan ZA, Zilberman DE. High ambient temperature impact on the pattern of emergency-room visits due to renal colic in the Middle East. Urolithiasis. 2024 Apr 02; 52(1):54.

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Weir TB, DeTullio L, Patel SJ, Lorenzana DJ, Arango SD, Livesey MG, Gilotra MN, Osterman AL, Miller AJ. Validation of Temperature Sensors to Monitor Thermoplastic Splint Wear in Hand Surgery Patients. Hand (N Y). 2025 Sep; 20(6):923-930.

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Cliburn KD, Kemp PM, Huestis MA, Wagner JR, Payton M, Liu L, Liang Y, Maxwell LK. Time- and?temperature-dependent postmortem ?9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration changes in?rabbits following controlled inhaled cannabis administration. J Anal Toxicol. 2023 Dec 12; 47(9):850-857.

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Miller AC, Koeneman SH, Suneja M, Cavanaugh JE, Polgreen PM. Diurnal temperature variation and the implications for diagnosis and infectious disease screening: a population-based study. Diagnosis (Berl). 2024 02 01; 11(1):54-62.

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Shankar K, Hwang K, Westcott JL, Saleem S, Ali SA, Jessani S, Patel A, Kavi A, Somannavar MS, Goudar SS, Hibberd PL, Derman RJ, Hoffman M, Wylie BJ, Goldenberg RL, Thorsten VR, McClure EM, Krebs NF. Associations between ambient temperature and pregnancy outcomes from three south Asian sites of the Global Network Maternal Newborn Health Registry: A retrospective cohort study. BJOG. 2023 Nov; 130(Suppl 3):124-133.

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Crandall G, Elliott Thompson R, Eudeline B, Vadopalas B, Timmins-Schiffman E, Roberts S. Proteomic response of early juvenile Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) to temperature. PeerJ. 2022; 10:e14158.

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