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The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612 |
| Soggetto topico |
Extreme environments
Adaptation (Biology) Human physiology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-53383-8
9786610533831 0-19-974807-1 1-4237-8497-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""1. The Human Environment""; ""The nature of human physical boundaries""; ""The importance of preparation for extreme exposures""; ""Some basic concepts of survival analysis""; ""Characteristics of life-support systems""; ""2. Survival and Adaptation""; ""The science of human physiology""; ""Principles of physiological regulation and adaptation""; ""Defining physiological adaptation to the environment""; ""Acclimatization and acclimation""; ""3. Cross-Acclimation""; ""The complexity of adaptation to environment""; ""Positive and negative cross-acclimation""
""Biochemical mediators of physiological adaptation""""Stress proteins and the stress response""; ""4. Food for Thought""; ""A brief overview of human starvation""; ""Starvation: an affliction of the very young and the very old""; ""Assessing the severity of starvation""; ""Why children die of starvation""; ""Other critical factors in human starvation""; ""Starvation and obesity: strange bedfellows""; ""The molecular basis of obesity and hunger""; ""5. Water and Salt""; ""The composition of body water""; ""Why do human food and water requirements differ?"" ""The body�s minimum daily water requirements""""The mechanism of dehydration and the body�s responses""; ""Dehydration and heat tolerance""; ""Survival time without drinking water""; ""6. Water That Makes Men Mad""; ""The composition of seawater""; ""Ingestion of seawater""; ""Survival at sea""; ""Lessons from the USS Indianapolis""; ""A practical approach to salt and water loss at sea""; ""7. Tolerance to Heat""; ""Mammalian homeothermy""; ""Humans as tropical primates""; ""Body heat balance""; ""Heat acclimatization""; ""Heat acclimatization and physical fitness"" ""The limitations of human tolerance to heat""""Heat illnesses""; ""Death by heatstroke""; ""8. Endless Oceans of Sand""; ""The camel and the Berber""; ""Desert lessons from Pablo and the Haj""; ""Thermal stress and behavior""; ""Importance and regulation of heat-escape activities""; ""9. Hypothermia""; ""The effects of extreme cold on the extremities""; ""Settings for systemic hypothermia""; ""The physiology of hypothermia""; ""Unexpected effects of cold and hypothermia""; ""The subtle effect of winter on human mortality""; ""10. Life and Death on the Crystal Desert""; ""Life in Antarctica"" ""The race for the South Pole""""Failure to adapt to Antarctic conditions""; ""Engineering out the need to tolerate cold""; ""Human acclimation to cold""; ""Estivation""; ""Hibernation""; ""Hibernation, energy conservation, and suspended animation""; ""11. Survival in Cold Water""; ""The sinking of the Titanic""; ""Water temperature and human survival""; ""Prediction of survival time in cold water""; ""Survival behavior in cold water""; ""Hypothermia in deep sea diving""; ""Respiratory heat losses and slow cooling""; ""12. Air as Good as We Deserve""; ""Life in an oxidizing atmosphere"" ""Biological oxidations and oxygen toxicity"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451575703321 |
Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612 |
| Soggetto topico |
Extreme environments
Adaptation (Biology) Human physiology |
| ISBN |
0-19-773743-9
1-280-53383-8 9786610533831 0-19-974807-1 1-4237-8497-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""1. The Human Environment""; ""The nature of human physical boundaries""; ""The importance of preparation for extreme exposures""; ""Some basic concepts of survival analysis""; ""Characteristics of life-support systems""; ""2. Survival and Adaptation""; ""The science of human physiology""; ""Principles of physiological regulation and adaptation""; ""Defining physiological adaptation to the environment""; ""Acclimatization and acclimation""; ""3. Cross-Acclimation""; ""The complexity of adaptation to environment""; ""Positive and negative cross-acclimation""
""Biochemical mediators of physiological adaptation""""Stress proteins and the stress response""; ""4. Food for Thought""; ""A brief overview of human starvation""; ""Starvation: an affliction of the very young and the very old""; ""Assessing the severity of starvation""; ""Why children die of starvation""; ""Other critical factors in human starvation""; ""Starvation and obesity: strange bedfellows""; ""The molecular basis of obesity and hunger""; ""5. Water and Salt""; ""The composition of body water""; ""Why do human food and water requirements differ?"" ""The body�s minimum daily water requirements""""The mechanism of dehydration and the body�s responses""; ""Dehydration and heat tolerance""; ""Survival time without drinking water""; ""6. Water That Makes Men Mad""; ""The composition of seawater""; ""Ingestion of seawater""; ""Survival at sea""; ""Lessons from the USS Indianapolis""; ""A practical approach to salt and water loss at sea""; ""7. Tolerance to Heat""; ""Mammalian homeothermy""; ""Humans as tropical primates""; ""Body heat balance""; ""Heat acclimatization""; ""Heat acclimatization and physical fitness"" ""The limitations of human tolerance to heat""""Heat illnesses""; ""Death by heatstroke""; ""8. Endless Oceans of Sand""; ""The camel and the Berber""; ""Desert lessons from Pablo and the Haj""; ""Thermal stress and behavior""; ""Importance and regulation of heat-escape activities""; ""9. Hypothermia""; ""The effects of extreme cold on the extremities""; ""Settings for systemic hypothermia""; ""The physiology of hypothermia""; ""Unexpected effects of cold and hypothermia""; ""The subtle effect of winter on human mortality""; ""10. Life and Death on the Crystal Desert""; ""Life in Antarctica"" ""The race for the South Pole""""Failure to adapt to Antarctic conditions""; ""Engineering out the need to tolerate cold""; ""Human acclimation to cold""; ""Estivation""; ""Hibernation""; ""Hibernation, energy conservation, and suspended animation""; ""11. Survival in Cold Water""; ""The sinking of the Titanic""; ""Water temperature and human survival""; ""Prediction of survival time in cold water""; ""Survival behavior in cold water""; ""Hypothermia in deep sea diving""; ""Respiratory heat losses and slow cooling""; ""12. Air as Good as We Deserve""; ""Life in an oxidizing atmosphere"" ""Biological oxidations and oxygen toxicity"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777644303321 |
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Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| The biology of human survival [[electronic resource] ] : life and death in extreme environments / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina | 612 |
| Soggetto topico |
Extreme environments
Adaptation (Biology) Human physiology |
| ISBN |
0-19-773743-9
1-280-53383-8 9786610533831 0-19-974807-1 1-4237-8497-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""1. The Human Environment""; ""The nature of human physical boundaries""; ""The importance of preparation for extreme exposures""; ""Some basic concepts of survival analysis""; ""Characteristics of life-support systems""; ""2. Survival and Adaptation""; ""The science of human physiology""; ""Principles of physiological regulation and adaptation""; ""Defining physiological adaptation to the environment""; ""Acclimatization and acclimation""; ""3. Cross-Acclimation""; ""The complexity of adaptation to environment""; ""Positive and negative cross-acclimation""
""Biochemical mediators of physiological adaptation""""Stress proteins and the stress response""; ""4. Food for Thought""; ""A brief overview of human starvation""; ""Starvation: an affliction of the very young and the very old""; ""Assessing the severity of starvation""; ""Why children die of starvation""; ""Other critical factors in human starvation""; ""Starvation and obesity: strange bedfellows""; ""The molecular basis of obesity and hunger""; ""5. Water and Salt""; ""The composition of body water""; ""Why do human food and water requirements differ?"" ""The body�s minimum daily water requirements""""The mechanism of dehydration and the body�s responses""; ""Dehydration and heat tolerance""; ""Survival time without drinking water""; ""6. Water That Makes Men Mad""; ""The composition of seawater""; ""Ingestion of seawater""; ""Survival at sea""; ""Lessons from the USS Indianapolis""; ""A practical approach to salt and water loss at sea""; ""7. Tolerance to Heat""; ""Mammalian homeothermy""; ""Humans as tropical primates""; ""Body heat balance""; ""Heat acclimatization""; ""Heat acclimatization and physical fitness"" ""The limitations of human tolerance to heat""""Heat illnesses""; ""Death by heatstroke""; ""8. Endless Oceans of Sand""; ""The camel and the Berber""; ""Desert lessons from Pablo and the Haj""; ""Thermal stress and behavior""; ""Importance and regulation of heat-escape activities""; ""9. Hypothermia""; ""The effects of extreme cold on the extremities""; ""Settings for systemic hypothermia""; ""The physiology of hypothermia""; ""Unexpected effects of cold and hypothermia""; ""The subtle effect of winter on human mortality""; ""10. Life and Death on the Crystal Desert""; ""Life in Antarctica"" ""The race for the South Pole""""Failure to adapt to Antarctic conditions""; ""Engineering out the need to tolerate cold""; ""Human acclimation to cold""; ""Estivation""; ""Hibernation""; ""Hibernation, energy conservation, and suspended animation""; ""11. Survival in Cold Water""; ""The sinking of the Titanic""; ""Water temperature and human survival""; ""Prediction of survival time in cold water""; ""Survival behavior in cold water""; ""Hypothermia in deep sea diving""; ""Respiratory heat losses and slow cooling""; ""12. Air as Good as We Deserve""; ""Life in an oxidizing atmosphere"" ""Biological oxidations and oxygen toxicity"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812469003321 |
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Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mankind beyond Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| Mankind beyond Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.4500973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronautics - United States - Forecasting
Manned space flight - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-231-53103-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Hindsight and foresight -- pt. 2. A home away from home -- pt. 3. Where are we going?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462785603321 |
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Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mankind beyond Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| Mankind beyond Earth [[electronic resource] ] : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.4500973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronautics - United States - Forecasting
Manned space flight - History |
| ISBN | 0-231-53103-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Hindsight and foresight -- pt. 2. A home away from home -- pt. 3. Where are we going?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785708003321 |
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Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mankind beyond Earth : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi
| Mankind beyond Earth : the history, science, and future of human space exploration / / Claude A. Piantadosi |
| Autore | Piantadosi Claude A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.4500973 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronautics - United States - Forecasting
Manned space flight - History |
| ISBN | 0-231-53103-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Hindsight and foresight -- pt. 2. A home away from home -- pt. 3. Where are we going?. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816288703321 |
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Piantadosi Claude A
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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