The biology of human survival :: life and death in extreme environments /
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| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index. |
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| 505 | 8 | |a 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. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 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. | |
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| spelling | Piantadosi, Claude A. The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / Claude A. Piantadosi. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003. 1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index. Print version record. 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 -- Antioxidant defenses and the oxidant-antioxidant balance -- The free radical theory of aging. Extreme environments. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006065 Adaptation (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000800 Human physiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062884 Adaptation (Physiology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000801 Adaptation, Physiological Survival physiology Adaptation, Biological https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000220 Environment Milieux extrêmes. Adaptation (Biologie) Physiologie humaine. Adaptation (Physiologie) MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh Adaptation (Physiology) fast Adaptation (Biology) fast Extreme environments fast Human physiology fast Print version: Piantadosi, Claude A. Biology of human survival. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003 0195165012 (DLC) 2003040497 (OCoLC)51454527 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=161222 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Piantadosi, Claude A. The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / 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 -- Antioxidant defenses and the oxidant-antioxidant balance -- The free radical theory of aging. Extreme environments. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006065 Adaptation (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000800 Human physiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062884 Adaptation (Physiology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000801 Adaptation, Physiological Survival physiology Adaptation, Biological https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000220 Environment Milieux extrêmes. Adaptation (Biologie) Physiologie humaine. Adaptation (Physiologie) MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh Adaptation (Physiology) fast Adaptation (Biology) fast Extreme environments fast Human physiology fast |
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| title | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / |
| title_auth | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / |
| title_exact_search | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / |
| title_full | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / Claude A. Piantadosi. |
| title_fullStr | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / Claude A. Piantadosi. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The biology of human survival : life and death in extreme environments / Claude A. Piantadosi. |
| title_short | The biology of human survival : |
| title_sort | biology of human survival life and death in extreme environments |
| title_sub | life and death in extreme environments / |
| topic | Extreme environments. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89006065 Adaptation (Biology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000800 Human physiology. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85062884 Adaptation (Physiology) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000801 Adaptation, Physiological Survival physiology Adaptation, Biological https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000220 Environment Milieux extrêmes. Adaptation (Biologie) Physiologie humaine. Adaptation (Physiologie) MEDICAL Physiology. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. bisacsh Adaptation (Physiology) fast Adaptation (Biology) fast Extreme environments fast Human physiology fast |
| topic_facet | Extreme environments. Adaptation (Biology) Human physiology. Adaptation (Physiology) Adaptation, Physiological Survival physiology Adaptation, Biological Environment Milieux extrêmes. Adaptation (Biologie) Physiologie humaine. Adaptation (Physiologie) MEDICAL Physiology. SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy & Physiology. Extreme environments Human physiology |
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