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Life support systems for humans in space

Erik Seedhouse, Author | Cham : Springer | 2020

Life support systems are an integral part of crewed spacecraft designs and habitation systems. This textbook introduces the LSS capabilities that sustain humans who live and work in space, and it is written at a level appropriate for both underg[...]

Endure : mind, body, and the curiously elastic limits of human performance

Alex Hutchinson, Author | New York : Custom House | 2018

"The capacity to endure is the key trait that underlies great performance in virtually every field--from a 100-meter sprint to a 100-mile ultramarathon, from summiting Everest to acing final exams or completing any difficult project. But what if[...]

Cardiovascular system, red blood cells, and oxygen transport in microgravity

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Victoria Weller von Ahlefeld, Author ; Hans-Joachim Appel Coriolano, Author ; Andreas Werner, Author ; Uwe Hoffmann, Author | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2016

This book comprehensively describes the physiological changes and consequences that occur in humans during spaceflight. It specifically explains the adaptations of the cardiovascular and the respiratory system. Specific changes occurring after [...]

Exercise in space : a holistic approach for the benefit of human health on earth /

Stefan Schneider, Editor ; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Editor | New York, NY : Springer | SpringerBriefs in space life sciences | 2016

This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Translational research of the past years has shown that exercise can be regarded as[...]

Human physiology in extreme environments

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Oliver Opatz, Author ; Mathias Steinach, Author ; Alexander Christoph Stahn, Author | London : Academic Press | 2015

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. Cover[...]

Human physiology in extreme environments

Hanns-Christian Gunga, Author ; Oliver Opatz, Author ; Mathias Steinach, Author ; Alexander Christoph Stahn, Author | London : Academic Press | 2015

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. Cover[...]

E-resource

Using medicine in science fiction : the SF writer's guide to human biology

H.G. Stratmann, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Science and fiction | 2015

This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction. Science fiction in print, in movies and on television all too often presents dubious or simply inco[...]

E-resource

Textbook of medical physiology

Arthur C. Guyton ; John E. Hall | [S.l.] : Saunders | 2001