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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Human Body and Weightlessness
    sub title: Operational Effects, Problems and Countermeasures
  name:
    name part: Thornton, William.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Bonato, Frederick.
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2017
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIX, 320 p. 181 illus., 142 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book focuses on all of the major problems associated with the absence of body weight in space, by analyzing effects, adaption, and re-adaptation upon returning to Earth, using sound scientific principles embedded in a historical context. Serious problems for space travelers range from Space Motion Sickness (SMS) to recently discovered ocular effects that may permanently impair vision. Fluid loss and shifts, spinal changes, and bone and muscle loss are also all results of weightlessness. Starting with a brief definition and history of weightlessness, the authors then address in detail each problem as well as the countermeasures aimed at alleviating them. In some cases, alternative hypotheses regarding what can and should be attempted are also presented. As plans for long-term missions to the Moon and Mars develop, it will be essential to find countermeasures to weightlessness that are effective for missions that could span years.
  table of contents: 1. An Introduction to Weightlessness and Its Effects on Humans -- 2. Basic Mechanisms -- 3. Space Motion Sickness and Vestibular Adaptation to Weightlessness -- 4. Fluid Shifts and Loss -- 5. Cephalic Fluid Dynamics and Ocular Changes in Weightlessness -- 6. Loss of Muscle and Bone During Spaceflight -- 7. Countermeasures to Loss of Muscle and Bone During Spaceflight -- 8. Loss of Aerobic Capacity During Weightlessness -- 9. Neuromuscular Inhibition -- 10. Loss of Body Mass During Weightlessness -- 11. Accommodations to Weightlessness.
  note: by William Thornton, Frederick Bonato.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Human physiology
  subject:
    topic: Rehabilitation
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace engineering
  subject:
    topic: Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
  subject:
    topic: Human Physiology
  subject:
    topic: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
  subject:
    topic: Rehabilitation
  subject:
    topic: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
  classification: QH505
  classification: 571.4
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319328294
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32829-4
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    record change date: 20171013061537.0
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