Physiology of Man in Space. ([2015?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by J. H. U. Brown.
• Editors: Brown, J. H. U (Jack Harold Upton), 1918-2004
• Contents: Contributors; ; Preface; ; Neuromuscular Aspects of Space Travel; ; I. Muscles; ; A. Structure; ; B. Method of Action; ; C. Antigravity Muscles; ; D. Microscopic Structure; ; E. Innervation; ; II. Muscular Stresses in Space Flight; ; A. General; ; B. Weightlessness; ; C. High g; ; D. Radiation; ; III. Conclusions; ; References; ; Acceleration; ; I. The Human Centrifuge; ; II. Subjective Sensations of Acceleration; ; III. Objective Changes during Headward Acceleration; ; A. Effects on the Cardiovascular System; ; B. Cerebral Circulation; ; C. Respiratory Effects; ; D. Summary; ; IV. Footward Acceleration; ; V. Acceleration Perpendicular to the Long Axis of the Body; ; VI. Methods of Protection Against the Effects of Acceleration; ; A. Development of Antiblackout Suits; ; B. Water Immersion; ; C. Protective Devices for Footward and Transverse Acceleration; ; D. Summary; ; VII. Angular Acceleration; ; References; ; Stress; ; I. Stressors, Stress, and Disease; ; II. Stress in Orbital and Space Flight; ; A. Acceleration; ; B. Weightlessness; ; C. Thermal Extremes; ; D. Meteorites; ; E. The Cabin Atmosphere; ; F. Nutritional Problems; ; G. Isolation and Sensory Deprivation; ; H. Ionizing Radiation; ; I. General Medical Emergencies; ; J. Conclusions; ; III. The Pathological Effects of Stress; ; A. Mental Disturbances; ; B. Cardiovascular Disorders; ; C. Gastrointestinal Disorders; ; D. Infectious Diseases and Inflammation; ; IV. Summary; ; References; ; Human Tolerances; ; I. Psychophysiological Stress; ; II. Tolerance for Gravitational Forces; ; A. Acceleration; ; B. Deceleration Tolerance and Effects of Weightlessness; ; III. The Psychophysiological Problem of Hyperventilation; ; IV. High Altitude Tolerance; ; A. Breathing Normal Air; ; B. Breathing 100% Oxygen; ; C. Breathing Oxygen under Pressure; ; D. Pressure Suit; ; V. Dysbarism or Decompression Sickness; ; VI. Tolerance for Hypercapnia; ; VII. Tolerance for Temperature Extremes; ; VIII. Tolerance for Physical Work; ; A. Functional Limitations; ; B. Metabolic Limitations; ; C. Environmental Effects on Work Capacity; ; References; ; Psychological Aspects of Space Flight; ; I. Psychological Requirements for Man in Space; ; II. Sensing and Perceiving; ; A. Vision; ; B. Audition; ; C. Time Perception and Time Orientation; ; D. Vestibular and Kinesthetic Senses; ; E. Illusions and Spatial Disorientation; ; III. Perceptual and Motor Skill Performance; ; A. Effects of Acceleration Stress on Perceptual and Motor Skill Performance; ; B. Performance Studies during Centrifuge Simulations of Space Flight; ; C. Psychological Principles Concerning Performance Capabilities under g; ; D. Effects of Weightlessness on Perceptual and Motor Skills; ; E. Performance Reliability during Prolonged Confinement; ; IV. Cognitive Processes and Other Higher Mental Abilities; ; A. The Problem of Measuring Higher Mental Abilities; ; B. Effects of Acceleration on Higher Mental Abilities; ; C. Effects of Confinement on Higher Mental Abilities; ; V. Personality and Emotional Behavior; ; A. Isolation, Confinement, and Sensory Alteration; ; B. The "Break-off" Phenomenon-the Feeling of Earth Separation; ; C. Emotional Behavior; ; D. Personality and Emotional Behavior during Space-Flight Simulation; ; VI. Psychological Conditioning and Training; ; A. Acceleration Training; ; B. Training on Flight Attitude Control Tasks; ; C. Academic Training; ; D. Procedures Training, Trouble Shooting, and Emergency Training; ; E. Navigation and Orientation Training; ; F. Perceptual Training; ; G. Egress and Survival Training; ; H. Building Confidence; ; I. Psychological Training Problems; ; VII. Psychological Aspects of Astronaut Selection; ; References; ; Biomedical Capsules; ; I. Experiments in Design; ; II. Design Criteria; ; References; ; Space Flight Dynamics-Weightlessness; ; I. Background; ; II. History; ; III. Methods of Studying Weightlessness; ; IV. Studies in Weightlessness; ; V. Summary and Conclusions; ; References; ; Ecological Systems; ; I. Atmospheric Requirements of Man in Space; ; A. Pressure; ; B. Oxygen; ; C. Carbon Dioxide; ; D. Temperature and Relative Humidity; ; E. Microcontaminant Levels; ; F. Energy Requirements; ; G. Water; ; II. Waste Removal and/or Storage; ; III. Solutions to Man's Atmospheric Requirements; ; IV. Biological Regenerative Systems; ; V. Ground-Based Simulators; ; References; ; Author Index; ; Subject Index; ; ; ; ; ; ;
• Publisher Details: Academic Press : New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 1963
• Extent: 1 online resource (348 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 616.98; Space medicine
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483225838; 1483225836
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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