Hardcover, xxxiii + 365 pages, b&w illustrations in text. Printed in the USA. Weight: 888g. Ex-foreign university library, marked withdrawn; internal ownership & inventory markings, some covered with blank stickers. Book shows gentle wear only, pages are clean, with unmarked text, firmly bound. Age-toned outer page edges. Boards show regular handling wear, scuff-marks and a few scratches; an inventory label on lower spine. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Proceedings of Fifth International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space, Washington, D.C., 27-30 November, 1973. Contents: Spacelab concept and its utilization for science; Prospective life-science payloads; Subgravity states: key to understanding the role of terrestrial gravity in human behaviour; Recent advances in the physiology of whole body immersion; Long-term biological investigations in space; Vestibular function in the space environment; Reflex contributions to the assessment of the vertical; Development of Skylab medical equipment and flight preparations; Weightlessness: a case history; Quantitative electrocardiography during extended space flight; Physiological mass measurements on Skylab 1/2 and 1/3; Endocrine responses in long-duration manned space flight; Bone mineral measurement: Skylab experiment M-078; Skylab experiment results: hematology studies; Individual differences in susceptibility to motion sickness among six Skylab astronauts; Study of water-salt metabolism and renal function in cosmonauts; Characteristics of metabolism during prolonged water immersion; Subatmospheric decompression: neurological and behavioural studies; Changes in the vestibular function during space flight; Otorhinolaryngological problems in medical support of space flights; Control of posture and movements during REM sleep: neurophysiological and neurochemical mechanisms; Effects of muscle electrostimulation during simulated weightlessness; The biological effectiveness of HZE-particles of cosmic radiation studied in the Apollo 16 and 17 Biostack experiments; Skylab experiment M-092: results of the first manned mission; Mineral and nitrogen balance study: results of metabolic observations on Skylab II 28-day orbital mission; Postmission plasma volume and red-cell mass changes in the crews of the first two Skylab missions; The Skylab sleep monitoring experiment: methodology and initial results; Skylab task and work performance (experiment M-151 - time and motion study); Skylab experiment M-171 "Metabolic Activity" - results of the first manned mission.

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Title: Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space
Publisher: Pergamon Press
Publication Date: 1976
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0080210678
ISBN 13: 9780080210674
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good

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