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Human Physiology in Extreme Environments

Author : Hanns-Christian Gunga
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0123869986
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (238 download)

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Book Synopsis Human Physiology in Extreme Environments by : Hanns-Christian Gunga

Download or read book Human Physiology in Extreme Environments written by Hanns-Christian Gunga and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Physiology in Extreme Environments is the one publication that offers how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments while highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Covering a broad range of extreme environments, including high altitude, underwater, tropical climates, and desert and arctic climates as well as space travel, this book will include case studies for practical application. Graduate students, medical students and researchers will find Human Physiology in Extreme Environments an interesting, informative and useful resource for human physiology, environmental physiology and medical studies. - Presents human physiological challenges in Extreme Environments combined in one single resource - Provides an excellent source of information regarding paleontological and anthropological aspects - Offers practical medical and scientific use of current concepts

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments

Author : Hanns-Christian Gunga
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780128159422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Human Physiology in Extreme Environments written by Hanns-Christian Gunga and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human Physiology in Extreme Environments, Second Edition, offers evidence on how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments, also highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Covering a broad range of extreme environments, including high altitude, underwater, tropical climates, desert climates, arctic climates and space travel, the book also includes case studies that can be used to illustrate practical application. Graduate students, medical students and researchers will find this to be an interesting, informative and useful resource for human physiology, environmental physiology and medical studies.

Higher and Colder

Author : Vanessa Heggie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022665088X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Higher and Colder written by Vanessa Heggie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya to Antarctica and beyond, Higher and Colder presents the first history of extreme physiology, the study of the human body at its physical limits. Each chapter explores a seminal question in the history of science, while also showing how the apparently exotic locations and experiments contributed to broader political and social shifts in twentieth-century scientific thinking. Unlike most books on modern biomedicine, Higher and Colder focuses on fieldwork, expeditions, and exploration, and in doing so provides a welcome alternative to laboratory-dominated accounts of the history of modern life sciences. Though centered on male-dominated practices—science and exploration—it recovers the stories of women’s contributions that were sometimes accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, erased. Engaging and provocative, this book is a history of the scientists and physiologists who face challenges that are physically demanding, frequently dangerous, and sometimes fatal, in the interest of advancing modern science and pushing the boundaries of human ability.

Physiology in Extreme Conditions: Adaptations and Unexpected Reactions

Author : Maria G. Trivella
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889453383
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (894 download)

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Book Synopsis Physiology in Extreme Conditions: Adaptations and Unexpected Reactions by : Maria G. Trivella

Download or read book Physiology in Extreme Conditions: Adaptations and Unexpected Reactions written by Maria G. Trivella and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physiology in extreme conditions can reveal important reactions of the human body, which help our assessment of limits emerging under healthy conditions and critical signals of transition toward disease. While many mechanisms could simply be associated with adaptations, others refer to unexpected reactions in response to internal stimuli and/or external abrupt changes.

The Biology of Human Survival

Author : Claude A. Piantadosi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190290021
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Biology of Human Survival written by Claude A. Piantadosi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The range of environments in which people can survive is extensive, yet most of the natural world cannot support human life. The Biology of Human Survival identifies the key determinants of life or death in extreme environments from a physiologist's perspective, integrating modern concepts of stress, tolerance, and adaptation into explanations of life under Nature's most austere conditions. The book examines how individuals survive when faced with extremes of immersion, heat, cold or altitude, emphasizing the body's recognition of stress and the brain's role in optimizing physiological function in order to provide time to escape or to adapt. In illustrating how human biology adapts to extremes, the book also explains how we learn to cope by blending behavior and biology, first by trial and error, then by rigorous scientific observation, and finally by technological innovation. The book describes life-support technology and how it enables humans to enter once unendurable realm, from the depths of the ocean to the upper reaches of the atmosphere and beyond. Finally, it explores the role that advanced technology might play in special environments of the future, such as long journeys into space.

Human Thermal Environments

Author : Ken Parsons
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420025244
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Human Thermal Environments written by Ken Parsons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-03-22 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our responses to our thermal environment have a considerable effect on our performance and behavior, not least in the realm of work. There has been considerable scientific investigation of these responses and formal methods have been developed for environmental evaluation and design. In recent years these have been developed to the extent that detailed national and international standards of practice have now become feasible. This new edition of Ken Parson's definitive text brings us back up to date. He covers hot, moderate and cold environments, and defines these in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiate temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person's activity. There is a focus on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology and environmental physics with applied ergonomics. Water requirements, computer modeling and computer-aided design are brought in, as are current standards. Special populations, such as the aged or disabled and specialist environments such as those found in vehicles are also considered. This book continues to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortably and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments.

Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309172764
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Committee on Military Nutrition Research written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-08-04 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The activities of the Food and Nutrition Board's Committee on Military Nutrition Research (CMNR, the committee) have been supported since 1994 by grant DAMD17-94-J-4046 from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). This report fulfills the final reporting requirement of the grant, and presents a summary of activities for the grant period from December 1, 1994 through May 31, 1999. During this grant period, the CMNR has met from three to six times each year in response to issues that are brought to the committee through the Military Nutrition and Biochemistry Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at Natick, Massachusetts, and the Military Operational Medicine Program of USAMRMC at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The CMNR has submitted five workshop reports (plus two preliminary reports), including one that is a joint project with the Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women; three letter reports, and one brief report, all with recommendations, to the Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, since September 1995 and has a brief report currently in preparation. These reports are summarized in the following activity report with synopses of additional topics for which reports were deferred pending completion of military research in progress. This activity report includes as appendixes the conclusions and recommendations from the nine reports and has been prepared in a fashion to allow rapid access to committee recommendations on the topics covered over the time period.

Extremophile Fishes

Author : Rüdiger Riesch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319133624
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Extremophile Fishes written by Rüdiger Riesch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert, hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well as naturally and anthropogenically toxic waters, while pointing out generalities that are evident across different study systems. Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species. Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of life in extreme environments.

Life in Extreme Environments

Author : Guido di Prisco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108498566
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Life in Extreme Environments written by Guido di Prisco and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diverse account of how life exists in extreme environments and these systems' susceptibility and resilience to climate change.

Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments

Author : Kenneth V. Iserson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071770011
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (717 download)

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Book Synopsis Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments by : Kenneth V. Iserson

Download or read book Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments written by Kenneth V. Iserson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliver quality healthcare in the most challenging field conditions Full of practical clinical pearls and proven strategies, this indispensible guide shows you how to operate outside your comfort zone and devise effective treatment solutions when the traditional tools (medications, equipment, and staff) are unavailable—or when you need to provide care outside of your specialty. Improvised Medicine is a must for anyone who plans to work in global, disaster, or other resource-poor settings. FEATURES: Simple-to-follow directions, diagrams, and illustrations describe practical techniques and the improvised equipment necessary to provide quality care during crises. Contains improvisations in anesthesia and airway management, dentistry, gynecology/obstetrics, infectious disease/laboratory diagnosis, internal medicine, otolaryngology, pediatrics and malnutrition, orthopedics, psychiatry, and surgery. Also includes basic disaster communication techniques, post-disaster forensics, a model hospital disaster plan, and innovative patient-transport methods. LEARN HOW TO: Make an endotracheal tube in seconds Perform digital-oral and blind-nasotracheal intubations Make plaster bandages for splints/casts Give open-drop ether, ketamine drips, and halothane Use subcutaneous/intraperitoneal rehydration/transfusion Make ORS and standard nutrition formulas Clean, disinfect, and sterilize equipment for reuse Warm blood units in seconds inexpensively Take/view stereoscopic x-rays with standard equipment Quickly and easily stop postpartum hemorrhage Fashion surgical equipment from common items Evacuate patients easily for high-rise hospitals Make esophageal and precordial stethoscopes Quickly improvise a saline lock Make ECG electrode/defibrillator pads and ultrasound gel

Extremophiles

Author : Koki Horikoshi
Publisher : Wiley-Liss
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Extremophiles written by Koki Horikoshi and published by Wiley-Liss. This book was released on 1998-01-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is devoted to a particular class of microbe & focuses on its ecology, systematics, physiological & molecular biology. Also included is a discussion of potentially exploitable biotechnological & industrial uses for extremophiles.

At The Human Edge: The Limits Of Human Physiology And Performance

Author : Marcus Ranney
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811210136
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Book Synopsis At The Human Edge: The Limits Of Human Physiology And Performance by : Marcus Ranney

Download or read book At The Human Edge: The Limits Of Human Physiology And Performance written by Marcus Ranney and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a non fiction-based piece of popular science which unravels the amazing adaptive physiological responses that our bodies undergo as we push it to the limits in extreme sports and natural environments. Each chapter captures the history, geography and physical challenges which our bodies face when we as a species have tried to conquer the great outdoors. From Mt Everest to the South Pole, from a journey to Mars to the bottom of the Mariana trench, the book makes the subject accessible to readers, with a basic knowledge of science, and also tries to bring in the author's own personal experiences and those of many legends from this sphere.For the reader (someone interested in science, particularly the life sciences or those who enjoy the outdoors and partake in extreme sports and outdoor activities), this is aimed to make physiology accessible and relatable, not as a piece of academic text.The reader will come away with a stronger understanding of human physiology (particularly at the extreme), how the body first deteriorates, then adapts and finally excels when faced with running a marathon, summiting Everest or going to Mars. Its cross functional nature, being a piece of non-fiction / popular science with personal anecdotes and history mixed in, will make for an interesting and memorable reading.

Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments

Author : Committee on Military Nutrition Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309556775
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments written by Committee on Military Nutrition Research and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-05-29 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the research pertaining to nutrient requirements for working in cold or in high-altitude environments and states recommendations regarding the application of this information to military operational rations. It addresses whether, aside from increased energy demands, cold or high-altitude environments elicit an increased demand or requirement for specific nutrients, and whether performance in cold or high-altitude environments can be enhanced by the provision of increased amounts of specific nutrients.

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Team Working and Collaborative Processes

Author : Eduardo Salas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119673704
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of the Psychology of Team Working and Collaborative Processes written by Eduardo Salas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A state-of-the-art psychological perspective on team working and collaborative organizational processes This handbook makes a unique contribution to organizational psychology and HRM by providing comprehensive international coverage of the contemporary field of team working and collaborative organizational processes. It provides critical reviews of key topics related to teams including design, diversity, leadership, trust processes and performance measurement, drawing on the work of leading thinkers including Linda Argote, Neal Ashkanasy, Robert Kraut, Floor Rink and Daan van Knippenberg.

Environmental Physiology of Animals

Author : Pat Willmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444309226
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Environmental Physiology of Animals written by Pat Willmer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new and updated edition of this accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of the comparative physiology of animals within an environmental context. Includes two brand new chapters on Nerves and Muscles and the Endocrine System. Discusses both comparative systems physiology and environmental physiology. Analyses and integrates problems and adaptations for each kind of environment: marine, seashore and estuary, freshwater, terrestrial and parasitic. Examines mechanisms and responses beyond physiology. Applies an evolutionary perspective to the analysis of environmental adaptation. Provides modern molecular biology insights into the mechanistic basis of adaptation, and takes the level of analysis beyond the cell to the membrane, enzyme and gene. Incorporates more varied material from a wide range of animal types, with less of a focus purely on terrestrial reptiles, birds and mammals and rather more about the spectacularly successful strategies of invertebrates. A companion site for this book with artwork for downloading is available at: www.blackwellpublishing.com/willmer/

Bioengineering in Extreme Environments

Author : Mary D. McMahon
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781516587179
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Bioengineering in Extreme Environments written by Mary D. McMahon and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bioengineering in Extreme Environments is an engaging text that supports students' education in both technology and the natural world. Students learn about natural science, human body responses, and various technologies that enable or could enable humans to thrive in extreme environments. The text demystifies technology for readers, demonstrating that many technologies are simply well-developed solutions to everyday problems. Over the course of 11 chapters, students visit Death Valley, Antarctica, the Great Salt Lake, Chernobyl, Jupiter, Mt. Everest, and other extreme locations to learn about their environments, effects on the human body, and the types of technology they each would require for human survival. Each chapter includes learning objectives, the core text, and instructions and assignments for small groups. Students are challenged to work together to cultivate knowledge, complete interactive homework assignments, and answer thought-provoking questions. Embracing active learning and interdisciplinary knowledge-building, Bioengineering in Extreme Environments is an ideal textbook for undergraduate general education courses in science and the natural world.

Computational Cell Biology

Author : Christopher P. Fall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387224599
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Computational Cell Biology written by Christopher P. Fall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-04 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides an introduction to dynamic modeling in molecular cell biology, taking a computational and intuitive approach. Detailed illustrations, examples, and exercises are included throughout the text. Appendices containing mathematical and computational techniques are provided as a reference tool.