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The document discusses factors that affect body temperature, including heat production, heat loss, and temperature regulation in the body. It describes how basal metabolic rate, muscle activity, shivering, and cellular metabolism can increase heat production, while radiation, conduction, convection, and evaporation are mechanisms of heat loss. The hypothalamus controls temperature through heat loss and production. Normal temperatures, factors influencing temperature, and methods for assessing and measuring temperature are also outlined.