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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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 263 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2005

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	4	4
1997	0	3	3
1998	1	3	4
1999	0	4	4
2000	0	5	5
2001	0	8	8
2002	0	7	7
2003	2	10	12
2004	0	17	17
2005	6	13	19
2006	3	8	11
2007	0	11	11
2008	2	10	12
2009	0	13	13
2010	3	4	7
2011	1	12	13
2012	1	7	8
2013	0	12	12
2014	0	6	6
2015	0	13	13
2016	1	12	13
2017	1	8	9
2018	3	4	7
2019	2	9	11
2020	3	6	9
2021	0	6	6
2022	1	5	6
2023	0	3	3
2024	3	3	6
2025	0	4	4

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

Oshinubi K, Hepp CM, Chen Y, Doerry E, Busser N, Townsend J, Will J, Ruberto I, Kretschmer M, Mihaljevic J. Accounting for spatial variation in weather factors predicts spatial variations in Culex quinquefasciatus abundance in the Desert Southwest. Parasit Vectors. 2026 Mar 11; 19(1).

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Carlino A, Loeher M, P?ez DJ, Hershberger P, Wolf N, Mihaljevic J. Stochastic within-host dynamics and climate-sensitive traits generate predictable patterns of variation in disease outcomes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2026 Mar 05; 381(1945).

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Fonseca BF, Robinot R, Michel V, Mendez A, Lebourgeois S, Chiv? C, Jeger-Madiot R, Vaid R, Bondet V, Maloney E, Guivel-Benhassine F, Schwartz O, Duffy D, Mondal T, Gobaa S, Chakrabarti LA. Stealth replication of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in the nasal epithelium at physiological temperature. J Virol. 2026 01 20; 100(1):e0200825.

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Miller JA, Pahlavan B, Gamboa B, Santamaria F. Incorporating the thermodynamic effects of temperature and pressure on modeling neuronal gating kinetics. PLoS One. 2025; 20(10):e0333592.

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Ahmed B, Hasan T, Hasan K, Khan JM, Kumar D, Mahbub S, Goni MA, Hoque MA. Association and binding nature of sodium dodecyl sulfate with ofloxacin antibiotic drug in potassium-based electrolyte solutions: a conductometric and UV-Visible spectroscopic investigation. Sci Rep. 2025 Aug 13; 15(1):29695.

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Garc?a Criado M, Myers-Smith IH, Bjorkman AD, Elmendorf SC, Normand S, Aastrup P, Aerts R, Alatalo JM, Baeten L, Bj?rk RG, Bj?rkman MP, Boulanger-Lapointe N, Butler EE, Cooper EJ, Cornelissen JHC, Daskalova GN, Fadrique B, Forbes BC, Henry GHR, Hollister RD, H?ye TT, Jacobsen IBD, J?gerbrand AK, J?nsd?ttir IS, Kaarlej?rvi E, Khitun O, Klanderud K, Kolari THM, Lang SI, Lecomte N, Lenoir J, Macek P, Messier J, Michelsen A, Molau U, Muscarella R, Nielsen ML, Petit Bon M, Post E, Raundrup K, Rinnan R, Rixen C, Ryde I, Serra-Diaz JM, Schaepman-Strub G, Schmidt NM, Schrodt F, Sj?gersten S, Steinbauer MJ, Stewart L, Strandberg B, Tolvanen A, Tweedie CE, Vellend M. Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic. Nature. 2025 06; 642(8068):653-661.

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Mihaljevic JR, P?ez DJ. Systematic shifts in the variation among host individuals must be considered in climate-disease theory. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 Feb; 292(2040):20242515.

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McAfee A, Alavi-Shoushtari N, Labuschagne R, Tran L, Common J, Higo H, Pernal SF, Giovenazzo P, Hoover SE, Guzman-Novoa E, Currie RW, Veiga PW, French SK, Conflitti IM, Pepinelli M, Borges D, Walsh EM, Bishop CA, Zayed A, Duffe J, Guarna MM, Foster LJ. Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time. Sci Rep. 2025 01 02; 15(1):286.

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Jayes FL, Corder RD, Vachieri RB, Khan SA, Taylor DK. Multiple hour antifibrotic drug release enabled by a thermosensitive quadpolymer. Int J Pharm. 2025 Jan 25; 669:125097.

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Rodr?guez-Barreras R, Tosado-Rodr?guez EL, Dominicci-Maura A, Godoy-Vitorino F. Effects of temperature and size class on the gut digesta microbiota of the sea urchin Tripneustes ventricosus. PeerJ. 2024; 12:e18298.

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