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Recreational scuba diving: negative or positive effects of oxidative and cardiovascular stress? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Environmental conditions and increased physical activity during scuba diving are followed by increased production of free radicals and disturbed redox balance.
Dumić, Jerka   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Safety Priorities and Underestimations in Recreational Scuba Diving Operations: A European Study Supporting the Implementation of New Risk Management Programmes

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2018
Introduction: Scuba diving is an important marine tourism sector, but requires proper safety standards to reduce the risks and increase accessibility to its market.
Serena Lucrezi   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low-level laser therapy for treatment of tinnitus in Red Sea scuba divers: a randomized clinical study

open access: yesThe Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology, 2022
Background Scuba diving has become a popular hobby. However, diving puts the auditory system at the risk of a wide variety of complaints including tinnitus. Low-level laser therapy is a new modality in treatment of tinnitus.
Osama A. Elsayad, Basel Alsharif
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of fitness for recreational scuba diving in candidates with asthma: a pilot study

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020
Background Asthma may be regarded as a contraindication to scuba diving.Purpose A clinical algorithm to assess fitness to dive among individuals with asthma was developed and tested prospectively in clinical practice.Study design Cohort study.Methods All
Amalie Ustrup   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alveolar Hemorrhage After Scuba Diving: A Case Report

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2010
Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) diving is increasingly popular in Taiwan. There are few references in the literature regarding pulmonary hemorrhage as the sole manifestation of pulmonary barotrauma in scuba divers, and no study from
Ming-Ju Tsai   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of scuba diving experience on divers' perceptions, and its implications for managing diving destinations.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Scuba diving experience-which can include accumulated diving experience and familiarity with a diving location-is an important descriptor of diver specialisation and behaviour.
Serena Lucrezi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Pilot Survey Investigating Naturoid Reefs as a Tool for Sustainable Marine Ecotourism

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022
Recreational SCUBA diving is currently a nature-based USD multibillion tourism industry across the globe. However, degradation of many recreational diving destinations all over the world due to “soft” ecotourists necessitates the adoption of innovative ...
Panayota Koulouri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Charging for Nature: Marine Park Fees and Management from a User Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
User fees can contribute to the financial sustainability of marine protected areas (MPAs), yet they must be acceptable to users. We explore changes in the fee system and management of Bonaire National Marine Park (BNMP) from the perspective of users ...
Calvo Uyarra, MC, Côté, IM, Gill, JA
core   +1 more source

Short- and long-term effects of diving on pulmonary function

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2017
The diving environment provides a challenge to the lung, including exposure to high ambient pressure, altered gas characteristics and cardiovascular effects on the pulmonary circulation.
Kay Tetzlaff, Paul S. Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

Scuba Search : when selection meets innovation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
We proposed a new search heuristic using the scuba diving metaphor. This approach is based on the concept of evolvability and tends to exploit neutrality in fitness landscape.
Clergue, Manuel   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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