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 Subject Listing for Aerospace medicine
The Index of International Publications in Aerospace Medicine is a comprehensive listing of international publications in clinical aerospace medicine, operational aerospace medicine, aerospace physiology, environmental medicine/physiology, diving medicine/physiology, aerospace human factors, as well as other topics directly or indirectly related to aerospace medicine.
The report was prepared by the Human Factors and Medicine Panel (HMF) on the results of a Technology Watch established by the former AGARD Aerospace Medicine Panel (AMP).
There are links to the full-text of Aerospace Medicine Technical Reports which lists aviation research reports from 1961 available in PDF format and indexes are available by subject and author.
aerade.cranfield.ac.uk /subject-listing/aeromed.html   (10576 words)

  
 Tuomo Leino. Neuroendocrine responses to psychological workload of military flying. ISBN 951-42-5471-6
Academic dissertation to be presented with the assent of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, for public discussion in the Auditorium of the Department of Physiology, on December 10th, 1999, at 12 noon.
herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514254716   (409 words)

  
 Naval Aerospace Medical Institute
NAMI is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Council on Occupational Education as a Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (MED-05) branch campus and annually trains over 400 U.S and international students in aerospace fields as varied as primary aerospace medicine, aerospace physiology, aviation experimental psychology, aviation optometry, and aviation physical examination technicians.
On 19 January 1970, the Laboratory was designated a component command of the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, under an Officer-in-Charge, and a modification was made in the mission of the Institute.
On 7 December 1992, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the official name of the Institute to be changed to the Naval Aerospace and Operational Medical Institute.This name change was authorized to reflect more accurately the mission and functions of the Command as a resource serving all naval warfare specialty communities.
www.nomi.med.navy.mil /NAMI   (406 words)

  
 space_elective
The Centre for Aviation, Space and Extreme environment medicine at University College London is pleased to announce the opening of the selection process for the NASA KSC Aerospace Medicine elective.
This elective will provide an introduction to space flight physiology and medicine, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to witness medical preparations for human space flight first hand and participate in related project work.
To be eligible for this elective, you must be a British Citizen, hold a British Passport and be studying at a UK medical school.
www.case.ucl.ac.uk /elective2/index.htm   (261 words)

  
 Vanderbilt Center for Space Physiology and Medicine
Andrew Gaffney, M.D. is Associate Director of the Center for Space Physiology and Medicine and Professor of Medicine.
David Robertson, M.D. is Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Neurology and Director of the Center for Space Physiology and Medicine.
Rose Marie Robertson, M.D. is Professor of Medicine and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine and Associate Director of the Division of Cardiology.
www.mc.vanderbilt.edu /gcrc/space   (9316 words)

  
 Executive Aerospace Physiology Training
he Executive Aerospace Physiology Training Course is located at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.
The Executive Aerospace Physiology Training site is developed and maintained by MarketNet, Inc.
Our staff has over sixty years of combined military experience in Aviation Physiology.
www.wound.com /aero.html   (9316 words)

  
 Omniseek: /Health /Medicine /Medical Specialties /Aerospace Medicine /
The University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Aerospace Medicine and Physiology (CAMP) is dedicated to the advancement of aviation and space biomedical research and education.
The residency programs at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine are designed to produce the future leaders of the United States Air Force Medical Service.
William E. Thornton, aerospace medicine physician and National Aeronautics and Space Admin- istration (NASA) scientist, and the NASA Johnson Space...
www.omniseek.com /srch/{27510}   (397 words)

  
 XII CONFERENCE ON SPACE BIOLOGY AND AEROSPACE MEDICINE
Aerospace and Hyperbaric Physiology and Medicine: Application of Inert Gases
The Program Committee of the XII Conference on Space Biology and Aerospace Medicine, to be held in Moscow, Russia, June 10-14, 2002, is pleased to note that many scientists from different countries plan to attend the Conference.
Russian-Language Journal "Aerospace and Environmental Medicine" - Publication Quality, Contents, Number of Citations
www.imbp.ru /webpages/engl/Conference/2002/Biomed/inf01.html   (653 words)

  
 Space Applications Services
The European Physiology Modules (EPM) Facility is to be a multi-user facility supporting research in the area of human physiology in weightlessness conditions.
The contract was awarded to Space Applications Services in competition with major aerospace industries in France, Germany and Italy, and will result in a complete Mars rover control system that will be qualified for launch on an Ariane 5 rocket.
The purpose of the Harsh Environments Initiative is to identify potential applications of space technologies in harsch environments, primarily the mining industry and the oil and gas industry, and to transfer and exploit such space technologies in these areas.
www.spaceapplications.com /news.html   (653 words)

  
 Journals - eMedicine
Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine is the monthly journal of the Aerospace Medical Association (ASMA), a non-profit organization working to solve the problems of human existence in threatening environments on or beneath the earth or the sea, in the air, or in outer space.
Australian Journal of Plant Physiology - An international journal of plant function
Plant Physiology - a journal of the American Society of Plant Physiologists which covers biochemistry, enzymology, environmental and stress physiology, growth regulation, and more.
www.emedicine.com /journals.html   (653 words)

  
 Texas BEST: Special Presentation by Story Musgrave
During his career, Musgrave has authored 25 scientific papers in the areas of aerospace medicine and physiology, temperature regulation, exercise physiology, and clinical surgery.
Musgrave went on to earn additional degrees that included a B.A. in chemistry, three master's (computers, physiology and biophysics, and literature), and an M.D. from Columbia University in 1964.
hat the call from NASA and the calling from Space led to was a record-breaking, 30-year career for Musgrave with the space agency and the "next frontier." Musgrave flew six missions, tying the record for most spaceflights by an astronaut.
www.tamu.edu /texasbest/speaker.html   (540 words)

  
 Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Society
We are very pleased to announce that the first New U.S./Japan Panel on Diving Physiology and Technology - including Aerospace Medicine will be held from October 30 to November 1, 2004 in Tokyo, Japan.
Course content will include: diving physics; diving physiology; diving history; hands on equipment demonstrations; nonpulmonary and pulmonary barotrauma; decompression sickness; status of commercial diving; diving medical examinations; contaminated water diving; hyperbaric medicine; and case presentations.
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) is the primary source of information for diving and hyperbaric medicine physiology worldwide.
www.uhms.org   (540 words)

  
 NATO Medical Conference
Lecturers are nominated primarily on the basis of their scientific contribution to aerospace medicine (for more information about SAsMA and Herman Potocnik, please see www.sasma.szd.si).
Ola Eiken, Research Director of the Environmental Physiology Unit at FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency) and head of the Aviation Medicine Laboratory at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden).
The Slovenian Aerospace Medical Society (SAsMA) intiated this series of annual lectures to commemorate the Slovenian aerospace pioneer, Herman Potocnik-Nordung.
www.natoconference.gov.si /annual.htm   (195 words)

  
 College of Engineering II - BU 2004/2005 Undergraduate Bulletin
Foundational work is followed by more advanced engineering coursework and laboratory experiences that combine the quantitative aspects of engineering analysis and design with the full spectra of biology and physiology, from the molecular and cellular levels to entire systems and organisms.
Aerospace engineers are concerned with aerodynamic and structural design, vehicle control and stability, and propulsion systems such as jet engines and rocket motors.
Aerospace engineering students begin working with computers in the freshman introductory computer course.
www.bu.edu /bulletins/und/item19g2.html   (195 words)

  
 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Story Musgrave
Musgrave served a surgical internship at the University of Kentucky Medical Center from 1964 to 1965 and continued there as an Air Force post-doctoral fellow (1965-66), working in aerospace medicine and physiology, and as a National Heart Institute post-doctoral fellow (1966-67).
Story Musgrave is one of NASA's most educated astronauts, with bachelor's degrees in chemistry and in mathematics and statistics; master's degrees in business administration, in operations analysis and computer programming, in physiology and biophysics and in arts and literature and a doctorate in medicine.
Musgrave was born in 1935 in Boston and was educated at several schools between 1954 and 1987, including Syracuse University, UCLA, Marietta College, Columbia University, and the Universities of Kentucky and Houston.
www.astronautscholarship.org /musgrave.html   (457 words)

  
 Dr. David Newman
David completed his PhD in physiology and is a member of the Aerospace Medical Association.
He was awarded the 2000 Arnold D Tuttle Award for the most significant contribution to aerospace medicine research and was recently elected to be the Chairman of the 2001 International Acceleration Research Workshop.
David Newman spent over 12 years in the RAAF as a medical officer and aviation medicine specialist.
www.med.monash.edu /epidemiology/staff/academic/DNewman.html   (174 words)

  
 Virtual Flight Surgeons FAA Pilot Medical Certification & Aviation Medicine - Aerospace Medicine Links
This second edition reference presents 35 contributions that put the field in perspective and discuss physiology in the flight environment, clinical practice, operational practice, and the impact of the aerospace industry on community health.
A sampling of topics: respiratory physiology; spatial orientation in flight; thermal stress; biomedical challenges of spaceflight; civil aviation medicine; aircraft accidents--prevention, survival, and rescue; and the role of aviation in the transmission of disease.
- edited by Roy L. DeHart - Aerospace medicine is the specialty area of medicine concerned with the determination and maintenance of the health, safety, and performance of those who fly in the air or in space.
www.aviationmedicine.com /linkavmed.htm   (174 words)

  
 Virtual Flight Surgeons FAA Pilot Medical Certification & Aviation Medicine - Aerospace Medicine Links
This second edition reference presents 35 contributions that put the field in perspective and discuss physiology in the flight environment, clinical practice, operational practice, and the impact of the aerospace industry on community health.
A sampling of topics: respiratory physiology; spatial orientation in flight; thermal stress; biomedical challenges of spaceflight; civil aviation medicine; aircraft accidents--prevention, survival, and rescue; and the role of aviation in the transmission of disease.
Flight Physical.com AME Quick Search Database and Free Website hosting for all AMEs.
www.aviationmedicine.com /linkavmed.htm   (174 words)

  
 Virtual Flight Surgeons FAA Pilot Medical Certification & Aviation Medicine - Aerospace Medicine Links
This second edition reference presents 35 contributions that put the field in perspective and discuss physiology in the flight environment, clinical practice, operational practice, and the impact of the aerospace industry on community health.
A sampling of topics: respiratory physiology; spatial orientation in flight; thermal stress; biomedical challenges of spaceflight; civil aviation medicine; aircraft accidents--prevention, survival, and rescue; and the role of aviation in the transmission of disease.
Flight Physical.com AME Quick Search Database and Free Website hosting for all AMEs.
www.aviationmedicine.com /linkavmed.htm   (174 words)

  
 Virtual Flight Surgeons FAA Pilot Medical Certification & Aviation Medicine - Aerospace Medicine Links
This second edition reference presents 35 contributions that put the field in perspective and discuss physiology in the flight environment, clinical practice, operational practice, and the impact of the aerospace industry on community health.
A sampling of topics: respiratory physiology; spatial orientation in flight; thermal stress; biomedical challenges of spaceflight; civil aviation medicine; aircraft accidents--prevention, survival, and rescue; and the role of aviation in the transmission of disease.
- edited by Roy L. DeHart - Aerospace medicine is the specialty area of medicine concerned with the determination and maintenance of the health, safety, and performance of those who fly in the air or in space.
www.aviationmedicine.com /linkavmed.htm   (174 words)

  
 Virtual Flight Surgeons FAA Pilot Medical Certification & Aviation Medicine - Aerospace Medicine Links
This second edition reference presents 35 contributions that put the field in perspective and discuss physiology in the flight environment, clinical practice, operational practice, and the impact of the aerospace industry on community health.
A sampling of topics: respiratory physiology; spatial orientation in flight; thermal stress; biomedical challenges of spaceflight; civil aviation medicine; aircraft accidents--prevention, survival, and rescue; and the role of aviation in the transmission of disease.
Focusing on both military and civilian aviation medicine, this is particularly useful for those involved with European aviation.
www.aviationmedicine.com /linkavmed.htm   (174 words)

  
 Aerospace Physiologist
The Naval Aerospace Physiologist training program is designed to develop the skills and self confidence essential for optimal support of the Naval Aerospace Physiology Program (NAPP).
Aviation physiology, land survival, and water survival training is also included.
Topics include Naval Aviation Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) requirements for training, an overview of the numerous curricula that make up the NASTP, administration of the NASTP, program inspection procedures, and a discussion of the US Naval aircraft inventory, with an emphasis on training considerations.
www.nomi.med.navy.mil /Text/NAMI/Training/AerospacePhysiologistTraining.htm   (174 words)

  
 proj11bing
One of the goals of the Aerospace Medicine classes is to teach and to study human physiology in the aerospace environment, including visual illusions and spatial disorientation.
Material: IPDC1 is a wooden box (920x200x200 mm) with a unit which controls 3 red LEDs located inside the chamber opposite the eye of the observer.
IPDC2, also made by wood (445x200x200 mm), has an image display unit placed between the eye of observer and a light source, which regulates the luminosity of the chamber.
www.ipct.pucrs.br /microg/projetos/proj11bing.html   (174 words)

  
 Chiaki Mukai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a JAXA science astronaut, she was a visiting scientist at the Division of Cardiovascular Physiology, Space Biomedical Research Institute, NASA Johnson Space Center, from 1987 to 1988.
Mukai is a member of these organizations: The American Aerospace Medical Association; Japan Society of Microgravity Applications; Japan Society of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine; Japanese Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Japan Surgical Society.
Chiaki Mukai, nee Naito, was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chiaki_Mukai   (701 words)

  
 AEROSPACE EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGIST- NAMI
UNIT 2: A study of the anatomy and physiology of the eye, ear, nose, sinuses, oral cavity and teeth, pharynx, larynx, initial physical assessment and documentation, and introduction to the environmental physiology topics of hypoxia, hyperventilation, trap gas dysbarism and decompression sickness and the effect of stress on aviation personnel.
UNIT 1: An introduction to the naval correspondence and customer service procedures, they use of the Navy Directive Issuance System, Standard Subject Identification Coding, decedent affairs procedures, and Shipboard Automated Medical System (SAMS)
UNIT 3: Instruction, demonstration, practice and laboratory study of various physical examination standards to include: ophthalmic, audiometric and electrographic examination equipment.
www.nomi.med.navy.mil /NAMI/Training/AerospaceMedicineTech.htm   (701 words)

  
 About the Fordham Health Sciences Library at WSU Special Collections & Archives
The focus on aerospace medicine and human factors engineering supports WSU’s Aerospace Medicine Residency Program, the only such civilian program in the United States.
Especially strong in aviation medicine and high-altitude physiology, the collection also includes early American medical imprints, important works on medical jurisprudence, and books on nursing.
The local and regional medical history of the Miami Valley is documented through collections of local physicians and hospitals, medical societies, and the WSU School of Medicine and School of Nursing.
www.libraries.wright.edu /special/about/about_fordham.html   (173 words)

  
 airforce.htm
Know the basic principles of the physiology of flight and how man has progressed in flight from the atmosphere to space because of the skills and knowledge of specialists in aerospace medicine and human engineering, and with protective equipment and pilot training.
Know the careers available in aviation and aerospace.
Know the legends of people's attempts to fly in ancient civilizations throughout the world and the first record of scientific study, first flights, and the impact aviation had on the conduct of war during the period 1775-1898.
www.cobb.k12.ga.us /~schoolimprovement/curriculum/phyed/airforce.htm   (2290 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Record Group Descriptions
He served as director of the Johnson Research Foundation at the University of Pennsylvania (1929-1949), as vice-chairman of the National Advisory Committee on Aerospace (1948-1958), as chairman of the National Research Council (1946-1950), as president of the National Academy of Sciences (1950-1962), and as president of Johns Hopkins University (1949-1953).
A leader in the study of human physiology in aeronautics, he was also a major figure in post-World War II scientific and governmental organizations.
Detlev Wulf Bronk (1897-1975) was president during the transition from Institute to University, from 1954 to 1968.
archive.rockefeller.edu /collections/ru/rgdescriptions.php   (2290 words)

  
 BIBLIOGRAPHY ON HEARING PROTECTION, HEARING CONSERVATION, AND AURAL CARE, HYGIENE AND PHYSIOLOGY
Alexander, M. and Laubach, L. "Anthropometry of the Human Ear (A Photogrammetric Study of USAF Flight Personnel)," Aerospace Med.
Chandler, J. "Partial Occlusion of the External Auditory Meatus: Its Effect Upon Air and Bone Conduction Hearing Acuity," Larynscope 74, 22-54.
Campbell, R. "On an Elevated Level Subjective Method for Determining the Attenuation of Hearing Protectors, Developed in France, by M. Damongeot of the Institute National De Recherche et Securite, Nancy," Report to the Ind. Safety Equip.
www.nonoise.org /hearing/biblio/biblio.htm   (12978 words)

  
 Wally Funk
The Federal Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City conducted Aerospace Physiology courses and tests to finalize the qualifying procedure.
Her first job at age 20 was at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as a Civilian Flight Instructor of noncommissioned and commissioned officers of the United States Army.
It was the first chance many of the women had to meet and exchange information about their experiences in the 1961 Mercury test program, since they had been sworn to secrecy during testing, and each knew of only one or two other women in the program.
www.ninety-nines.org /funk.html   (4114 words)

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