Recent Advances in Aerospace Medicine Proceedings XVIII International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine Amsterdam 1969

This book is a collection of scientific papers presented at the XVIII International Congress of Aviation and Space Medicine held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 15-18 September 1969. It is dedicated to General E. de Vries and Dr. K. Vaan­ drager, President and Vice-President of the Congress, who...

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Other Authors: Busby, D.E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1970, 1970
Edition:1st ed. 1970
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I / Man in the Exploration of Space
  • Summary of Medical Experience in the Apollo 7 through 11 Manned Spaceflights
  • Physiological Information Monitoring Techniques for the Soyuz Spacecraft
  • Peculiarities of Responses of the Acoustic Analyzer of Man Exposed to Prolonged Noise Effects During a Year-Long Medico- Engineering Experiment
  • Exobiology
  • Section II / Clinical Aviation Medicine
  • Coronary Risk Factors and Prevention
  • Expertise cardiologique et personnel navigant: ses principales difficultés
  • Syndrome de Wolff-Parkinson et White et aptitude au personnel navigant
  • Norms for Quantitative Vectorcardiography with Special Emphasis on the Medical Evaluation of Flying Personnel
  • The Diagnostics of Early Forms of Atherosclerosis and Latent Coronary Insufficiency in Flight Crews
  • Medical Wastage of Military and Civil Aircrew in Great Britain 1963—68
  • Les malaises en vol dans l’armée de l’air française: étude analytique de 1961 à 1968
  • The Urinary Excretion of Hormonal Metabolites Before, During and After Intercontinental Flights
  • Methods for the Study of the Behaviour of Human Circadian Rhythms in Kidney Function Before, During and After Global Flights
  • Decompression Sickness in Aviation
  • Decompression Sickness and the Cardiovascular System
  • Factors Influencing the Time of Safe Unconsciousness (TSU) for Commercial Jet Passengers Following Cabin Decompression
  • Gas Exchange at Low Ambient Pressure
  • Oxygen Tolerances and Adverse Reactions
  • Oscillations in Expiratory Gas Flow During Performance of Forced Vital Capacity
  • Section IV / Man in His Kinetic Environment
  • Dynamic Cross-Coupling in the Semicircular Canals
  • Interactions between Semicircular Canals and Gravireceptors
  • The Threshold Value for Stimulation of the Horizontal Semicircular Canals
  • Central Regulation of Vestibular Function
  • Tracking Performance During Sinusoidal Stimulation of the Vertical and Horizontal Semicircular Canals
  • Un nouveau test de désorientation spatiale avec quelques résultats concernant le rôle des otolithes dans le mécanisme de reorientation
  • Importance of Labyrinthine and Other Sensory Information for Normal Driving
  • Selection of Airline Transport Pilots: Psychiatric and Psychological Approach
  • À propos des recommandations de l’O.A.C.I. sur les normes auditives du personnel navigant technique
  • A Study of Simulated Airline Pilot Incapacitation. Phase I: Obvious and Maximal Loss of Function
  • Prevention of Food-Borne Diseases in Civil Aviation
  • Unscheduled Landings for Medical Reasons: A Five-year Survey of the Experience at American Airlines
  • U.S. Aircraft Hijackings — Epidemiological Considerations
  • Experience with a Physiologically-Based Formula for Determining Rest Periods on Long-Distance Air Travel
  • Hypnotics and Jet-Age Travel
  • Psychothérapies et chimiothérapies en médecine aéronautique
  • La part de la radiologie dans l’enquete médicale après éjection des pilotes militaires d’avions à réaction.-The Centrifuge as a Therapeutic Device
  • Selective g-Force Application in the Treatment of Retinal Detachment
  • Section III / Man in His Gaseous Environment
  • Studies of Effects of Variations in the Direction and Magnitude of the Gravitational-Inertial Force Environment on the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
  • Effets des accélérations positives prolongées (+3 Gz) sur les variations du débit cardiaque humain. (Mesure par pléthysmographic électrique aortique transthoracique: influence du vêtement anti-G)
  • Résistance du corps humain aux accélérations élevées de courte durée: effets mécaniques et hémo-dynamiques
  • The Effect of Supersonic Flying on the Urinary Catecholamine Excretion in Pilots
  • Section V / Man in His Thermal Environment
  • Tolerance à la chaleur dans le cas de panne de laclimatisation sur avion de transport supersonique
  • Influence de l’altitude sur les échanges thermiques de l’homme
  • Section VI / Man in his Temporal Environment
  • Circadian Periodicity of Reaction-Times
  • Circadian Rhythm and Performance