| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 -- Antioxidant defenses and the oxidant-antioxidant balance -- The free radical theory of aging |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Extreme environments.
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Human physiology.
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Adaptation (Physiology)
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Adaptation, Physiological
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Survival -- physiology
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Adaptation, Biological
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Environment
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MEDICAL -- Physiology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
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Adaptation (Physiology)
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Adaptation (Biology)
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Extreme environments
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Human physiology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199748075 |
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0199748071 |
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0195165012 |
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9780195165012 |
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