Because they are a whole grain, they have more nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and fiber, then other processed grains. Oats also have more soluble fiber than most grains, much of which is beta-glucan, thought to be beneficial for cholesterol.
To try to quantify how big the difference is between the optimal temperature for men vs. women, researchers from Maastrict University in the Netherlands recruited 16 women to sit inside a temperature chamber set at 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit (or 24 degrees Celsius), on the warmer end of a typical setting for an office.
This figure shows measured office equipment power use (in watts per square foot)for 44 buildings comprising 1.3 million ft 2 (121 000 m 2). The simple average is 0.83 watts per square foot (8.9 W/m 2). 44 ASHRAE Journal December 1997 standard deviation (Ï) of 0.21 watts per square foot (2.3 W/m 2).Assuming the data are normally distributed, therefore,suggests that only 2.5% of the data will have a value greaterthan Âµ+2Ï, or 1.25 watts per square foot (13.4 W/m 2).he third option, based on experienceand accepted practice, is the most com-mon. Informal discussions with engi-neers and HVAC system designersreveal that typical assumptions are in the2 to 5 watts per square foot (21.5 to 53.8W/m 2) rangeâa bit lower than ASH-RAEâs upper boundary.