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Altitude Stress During Participation of Medical Congress [PDF]

open access: yesNeurointervention, 2016
Medical congresses often held in highlands. We reviewed several medical issues associated with altitude stress especially while physicians have participated medical congress held in high altitude. Altitude stress, also known as an acute mountain sickness
Soon Bae Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Program study of mountaineering as outdoor education - The example of safety management that uses physiological index - [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The purpose of this study was to practice the effects of outdoor education in college students who participated in a 4-days nature recreational trekking course.
Miura Toshihiro   +5 more
core   +1 more source

THE URBAN METABOLISM OF FLOOD PROTECTION INFRASTRUCTURE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Investments in large‐scale climate infrastructures are central to emerging forms of climate urbanism. In Jakarta, flood protection infrastructures seek to protect the city from devastating flood events in anticipation of future catastrophes.
Sophie Webber, Wahyu Kusuma Astuti
wiley   +1 more source

Mountain & Alpine Medicine

open access: yesDeutsche Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin, 2020
The interest in trekking and mountaineering is increasing, and growing numbers of individuals are travelling to high altitude. Following ascent to high altitude, individuals are at risk of developing one of the three forms of acute high-altitude illness:
Berger MM   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Theophylline improves acute mountain sickness [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Journal, 2000
A randomized two-part study was conducted in order to determine the efficacy of theophylline in the treatment of acute mountain sickness during fast ascent to altitudes >2,500 m. Fourteen healthy male subjects participated in a randomized single-blind placebo-controlled crossover study carried out in a decompression chamber (simulated altitude 4,500
R, Fischer   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Wilderness medicine at high altitude: recent developments in the field. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Travel to high altitude is increasingly popular. With this comes an increased incidence of high-altitude illness and therefore an increased need to improve our strategies to prevent and accurately diagnose these.
Cooke, M   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

The Hour that Never Comes and the Time that Remains

open access: yesJournal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay proposes a symbolic and clinical investigation of psychic temporality through two archetypal experiences of time: the hour that never comes and the time that remains. Drawing on analytical psychology, trauma theory and aesthetic philosophy, text explores how certain forms of suffering resist chronological resolution and persist as ...
Daniel Françoli Yago
wiley   +1 more source

Mäestikuhaigus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Seoses seiklusreiside populaarsemaks muutumisega ei ole mäestikuhaigus tänapäeval enam ainuüksi alpinistide probleem, vaid see võib tabada ka n-ö tavalist inimest.
Poots, Marja
core   +2 more sources

Cardiovascular Plasticity and Adaptation of High‐Altitude Birds and Mammals

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This schematic depicts the cardiovascular adaptations of mammals and birds to high‐altitude hypoxia. It highlights key phenotypic changes in oxygen transport and cardiac responses, driven by molecular mechanisms including transcriptional regulation and genetic modifications.
Huishang She, Yanhua Qu
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of Spontaneous versus Paced Breathing on Heart Rate Variability at High Altitude [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: There is conflicting data at sea-level to suggest that Paced Breathing (PB) versus Spontaneous Breathing (SB) during short-term Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measurement improves data reliability.
Christopher John Boos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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