Transportation PEEC focuses its transportation research mostly on behavioral approaches to more energy-efficient personal mobility. Such topics include boosting public transportation and translating car fuel efficiency into dollars saved. PEEC has also analyzed U.S. policies to reduce gasoline consumption and invented a device to recycle otherwise wasted heat from car motors into electricity.
Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the zona fasciculata of the adrenal cortex (in the adrenal gland). It is a vital hormone that is often referred to as the stress hormone as it is involved in the response to physical and psychological stress.
The cortisol blood test measures the level of cortisol in the blood. Cortisol is a steroid (glucocorticoid) hormone produced by the adrenal gland. Cortisol can also be measured using a urine or saliva test.