Human Environmental Physiology

Author : Michael Tipton,Mike Tipton,Igor Mekjavic,Mark Hetherington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0415491002

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Human Environmental Physiology by Michael Tipton,Mike Tipton,Igor Mekjavic,Mark Hetherington Pdf

Most of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, desert, ice or mountains. Thus for humans (a sub-tropical, low altitude, air-breathing animal) most of the planet represents a hostile environment. This important new book presents an in-depth introduction to human physiological and psychological responses to extreme environments, as well as methods for selecting, preparing and protecting individuals that enter those environments. Drawing on a wide range of cutting edge scientific sources, including the latest research in molecular biology, the book examines human responses to short and long term exposure to heat, cold air and water, pressure, altitude, microgravity and environmental pollution. Each section contains a detailed introduction to the core science, outlines the typical hazards associated with each environment and includes recommendations for mitigating decrements in performance and threats to life – such as acclimatization and protective clothing. The book also traces an important evolutionary theme, explaining the physiological implications of mankind’s migration from sub-tropical origins to all corners of the planet and into space. Human Environmental Physiology contains case studies, data, summaries and illustrations throughout, as well as an appendix outlining the most important methodologies and techniques employed in environmental research. It is essential reading for all students and researchers working in sport and exercise, physiology, medicine or biomedical science.

Author : Hanns-Christian Gunga
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128159439

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Human Physiology in Extreme Environments by Hanns-Christian Gunga Pdf

Human Physiology in Extreme Environments, Second Edition, offers evidence on how human biology and physiology is affected by extreme environments, also highlighting technological innovations that allow us to adapt and regulate environments. Covering a broad range of extreme environments, including high altitude, underwater, tropical climates, desert climates, arctic climates and space travel, the book also includes case studies that can be used to illustrate practical application. Graduate students, medical students and researchers will find this to be an interesting, informative and useful resource for human physiology, environmental physiology and medical studies. Includes coverage of current global challenges and their consequences on human physiology and performance Presents human physiological challenges in extreme environments Provides an excellent source of information on paleontological and anthropological aspects Offers practical medical and scientific uses of current concepts

Author : Stephen S. Cheung,Philip N. Ainslie
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781492593980

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Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology by Stephen S. Cheung,Philip N. Ainslie Pdf

"Short, factual description of the book (summary of what it includes, without subjective or promotional language.) This book, for upper undergraduate and graduate students and professionals in the field, is used to provide an overview of how the environment impacts exercise"--

Author : George Edgar Folk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Adaptation (Physiology)
ISBN : UOM:39015000290091

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Textbook of Environmental Physiology by George Edgar Folk Pdf

Author : Stephen S. Cheung,Philip Ainslie
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781492593997

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Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology by Stephen S. Cheung,Philip Ainslie Pdf

Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, offers physiology students and exercise science professionals a complete look at the major topics and debates in the field of environmental physiology. In this second edition, Dr. Stephen Cheung is joined by the coauthor Dr. Phil Ainslie, who has extensive professional expertise in mountaineering and high-altitude physiology and has led numerous high-altitude research expeditions. Among the issues explored in this text are the effects of heat, hydration, and cold in the thermal environment; diving, altitude training, and other pressure effects on the human system; and the influences that pollution and air quality have on exercise. The text also explores the microgravity (space) environment and chronobiological rhythms. The second edition includes new chapters on heat adaptation and therapy, breath-hold diving, physiological adjustments to acute hypoxia, sex differences in environmental response, and cross-adaptation. Through Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, readers will learn the following: The initial physiological responses upon exposure to an environment that a person is not adapted to How the body adapts to repeated exposure to an environment How various environments affect the ability to exercise and work Individual variability in response to stressful environments Countermeasures that people can take to minimize the impact of environmental stressors Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, contains twice the number of figures and illustrations from the previous edition to offer better visualization and explanation of the content. New learning aids include chapter objectives, chapter summaries, and review questions to enhance reader comprehension. Sidebars throughout the text highlight lively areas of current research and debate to stimulate further investigation. Supported by evidence-based information and numerous references, Advanced Environmental Exercise Physiology, Second Edition, addresses the primary environmental factors affecting people when they are working, exercising, and competing in sport. By linking research with recommendations for real-world situations, this text serves as an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike.

Author : Douglas H. K. Lee,David Minard
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781483270043

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Physiology, Environment, and Man by Douglas H. K. Lee,David Minard Pdf

Physiology, Environment, and Man is based on a symposium conducted by the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council, August 1966. While one might expect a textbook to present its field in organized and comprehensive fashion, a symposium necessarily follows more of an illustrative pattern, according to the personal interests or even idiosyncrasies of the participants. It is interesting to note that, in spite of these limitations, the presentations did in fact cover the range of physiological concerns with environmental effects, from the genetic to the temporal, and from the molecular to the holistic. The book opens with a discussion of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council’s broad-based critical study of the physiological underpinning of current concepts of biological responses to toxic chemicals and physical stresses. Subsequent chapters deal with topics such as the metabolic fate of common environmental agents; growth and trophic factors in carcinogenesis; environmental factors in aging and mortality; adaptation to heat and cold; and the definition of an optimum environment.

Author : N. Balfour Slonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39076006451251

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Environmental Physiology by N. Balfour Slonim Pdf

Author : Brian Eddy,Richard D. Handy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199540952

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Ecological and Environmental Physiology of Fishes by Brian Eddy,Richard D. Handy Pdf

Fish have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species. This title presents a current and comprehensive overview of fish physiology to demonstrate how living fish function in their environment.

Author : Ferenc Obál,G. Benedek (medycyna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9630526913

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Environmental Physiology by Ferenc Obál,G. Benedek (medycyna) Pdf

Author : Vir Singh
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000024906

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Environmental Plant Physiology by Vir Singh Pdf

Magnitude and quality of life as well as sustainable human progress inescapably depend on the state of our environment. The environment, in essence, is a common resource of all the living organisms in the biosphere as well as a vivacious basis of the evolution of life on Earth. A sustainable future broods over a sustainable environment—an environment encompassing life-originating, life-supporting, and life-sustaining uniqueness. A deteriorating environment haplessly sets in appalling conditions leading to shrinkage of life and a halt in human progress. The current global environment scenario is extremely dismal. Environmental disruptions, largely owing to anthropogenic activities, are steadily leading to awful climate change. Horribly advancing toward mass extinction in the near or distant future and posing a threat to our Living Planet, the unabatedly ongoing climate change, in fact, is an unprecedented issue of human concern about life in the recorded human history. How to get rid of the environmental mess and resolve environmental issues leading to climate change mitigation is the foremost challenge facing humanity in our times. There are several measures the whole world is resorting to. They are primarily focused on cutting down excessive carbon emissions by means of development of technological alternatives, for example, increasing mechanical efficiencies and ever-more dependence on clean-energy sources. These are of great importance, but there is yet a natural phenomenon that has been, and will unceasingly be, pivotal to maintain climate order of the Earth. For it to phenomenally boost, we need to explore deeper aspects of environmental science. It is the environmental plant physiology that links us with deeper roots of life. Environmental Plant Physiology: Botanical Strategies for a Climate-Smart Planet attempts to assimilate a relatively new subject that helps us understand the very phenomenon of life that persists in the planet’s environment and depends on, and is influenced by, a specific set of operating environmental factors. It is the subject that helps us understand adaptation mechanisms within a variety of habitats as well as the implications of the alterations of environmental factors on the inhabiting organisms, their populations, and communities. Further, this book can also be of vital importance for policy makers and organizations dealing with climate-related issues and committed to the cause of the earth. This book can be instrumental in formulating strategies that can lead us to a climate-smart planet. Features: • Provides ecological basis of environmental plant physiology • Discusses energy, nutrient, water, temperature, allelochemical, and altitude relations of plants • Reviews stress physiology of plants and plants’ adaptations to the changing climate • Examines climate-change effects on plant physiology • Elucidates evolving botanical strategies for a climate-smart planet

Author : Lawrence C.H. Wang
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642740787

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Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology by Lawrence C.H. Wang Pdf

When survival is challenged by the cold, animals react by employing both behavioral and physiological solutions. Depending on the magni tude of the cold stress and the nature of the adjustment, simple avoidance or sophisticated capacity or resistance compensations may be used. Thus, migration, shelter seeking, metabolic and insulative compen sation, torpor, and freezing avoidance and tolerance are successful tac tics used by diverse groups of animals. To understand and appreciate the benefits of these tactics, it is necessary to examine not only the well being of the whole animal but also their basic underlying mechanisms. In ad dition, it is also of fundamental importance to grasp how seasonal cold affects the survivorship and reproductive success of populations when confronted by a general reduction in primary productivity and an elevated energy cost for maintenance (e. g. in endotherms). In this regard, a synthetic overview which integrates aspects of cell biology, biochem istry, physiology, neurobiology, behavior, and population biology should be a fruitful approach in providing a holistic understanding on how animals adapt to cold. The present volume is an attempt to achieve such an overview; its objective is to provide a depth and breadth of coverage that is essential to a full appreciation of animal adaptation to cold. It is the hope of the contributing authors that this book will serve as an effective reference text for all senior undergraduate and graduate students as well as research scientists with an interest in cold physiology.

Author : F. Obál,G. Benedek
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483190136

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Environmental Physiology by F. Obál,G. Benedek Pdf

Advances in Physiological Sciences, Volume 18: Environmental Physiology covers the physiological mechanisms in living organisms. This book discusses the circadian system properties and the control of secretion in reptilian salt glands. This book deals first with the central neural substrates for osmoregulation in the mammal; properties of the body fluids affecting basal salt gland secretion and urine formation in birds; properties of sleep-promoting factor S derived from human urine; and interrelation between sleep and temperature regulation. Other chapters present an introduction to hormonal and pharmacological aspects in exercise physiology, as well as the physiological responses during sustained isomeric contractions. These topics are followed by a discussion on the mechanism of exercise, nutrition, and growth. The last chapters are devoted to the oxytocin influences on the central nervous system of healthy young men. These chapters also describe drug metabolism in athletes. The book can provide useful information to veterinarians, scientists, students, and researchers.

Author : Martin E. Feder,Warren W. Burggren
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992-10-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226239446

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Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians by Martin E. Feder,Warren W. Burggren Pdf

Through its emphasis on recent research, its many summary tables, and its bibliography of more than 4,000 entries, this first modern, synthetic treatment of comparative amphibian environmental physiology emerges as the definitive reference for the field. Forty internationally respected experts review the primary data, examine current research trends, and identify productive avenues for future research.

Author : George N. Somero,Brent Lockwood,Lars Tomanek
Publisher : Sinauer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 160535564X

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Biochemical Adaptation by George N. Somero,Brent Lockwood,Lars Tomanek Pdf

The abiotic characteristics of the environment—including temperature, oxygen availability, salinity, and hydrostatic pressure—present challenges to all biochemical structures and processes. This volume first examines the nature of these perturbations to biochemical systems and then elucidates the major adaptive strategies that enable organisms from all Domains of Life—Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya—to conserve common types of biochemical structures and processes across a wide range of environments. In addition to these conservative adaptations that foster a biochemical unity among diverse species, other adaptations can be viewed as innovative changes that enable organisms to exploit new features of the environment that may themselves be the result of biological activities.

Author : George Edgar Folk,Marvin LeRoy Riedesel,Diana L. Thrift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053342732

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Principles of Integrative Environmental Physiology by George Edgar Folk,Marvin LeRoy Riedesel,Diana L. Thrift Pdf

This text is designed for use in a one semester graduate or upper undergraduate-level course in environmental physiology. It includes detailed analyses of the physiological responses of healthy mammals to natural changes or extremes in the physical environment and climate. It is also an excellent reference book for environmental facts and figures.