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.
Cortisol is one of the steroid hormones and is made in the adrenal glands. Most cells within the body have cortisol receptors. Secretion of the hormone is controlled by the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenal gland, a combination glands often referred to as the HPA axis. What does cortisol do? Because most bodily cells have cortisol receptors, it affects many different functions in the body. Cortisol can help control blood sugar levels, regulate metabolism, help reduce inflammation, and assist with memory formulation. It has a controlling effect on salt and water balance and helps control blood pressure.