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The Future of Diving: 100 Years of Haldane and Beyond
Lang, Michael A. and Alf. O. Brubakk. (eds.) 2009. Proceedings
of The Future of Diving: 100 Years of Haldane and Beyond.
Norway, 286 pp.
Table of Contents:
| FOREWORD by David H. Elliott | vii |
| ACKNOWLEDGMENTS by Michael A. Lang and Alf O. Brubakk | ix |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | xi |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Introductory Remarks Alf O. Brubakk | 1 |
| Welcoming Remarks Stig A. Slørdahl | 3 |
| J. S. Haldane, the First Environmental Physiologist Alf O. Brubakk and Michael A. Lang | 5 |
| Environmental Physiology of the Future Richard E. Moon | 11 |
| DECOMPRESSION PHYSIOLOGY | |
| An Introduction to Clinical Aspects of Decompression Illness (DCI) Costantino Balestra | 17 |
| Haldane Still Rules! David J. Doolette | 29 |
| Biochemical Approach to Decompression Susan R. Kayar | 33 |
| Exercise and Decompression Russell S. Richardson | 41 |
| Diving Medicine and the Cellular Stress Response George A. Perdrizet | 47 |
| Individual Risk of Decompression Sickness: Possible Effects of Genomic or Epigenomic Variation Altering Gene Expression Andreas Møllerløkken and Ingrid Eftedal | 53 |
Inducing HSP for Protection against DCS: Heat Exposure before Diving Reduces Bubble Formation in Man Jean-Eric Blatteau, Emmanuel Gempp, Jean-Michel Pontier, Costantino Balestra, Tony Mets, and Peter Germonpré |
59 |
| Lack of Signs of Brain Injury in Rats on MRI after Decompression Marianne B. Havnes, Marius Widerøe, Marte Thuen, Andreas Møllerløkken, and Alf O. Brubakk | 65 |
| Exercise, Endothelium, and Diving Physiology Željko Dujic | 71 |
| Animal Experiments for Evaluating Decompression: Development of the Modern Submarine Escape Method Mikael Gennser | 77 |
| DECOMPRESSION METHODOLOGY | |
| Ultrasound for Evaluating Decompression Olav S. Eftedal | 83 |
| Current Trends in Ultrasound Imaging Technology, SURF Imaging, and Decompression Induced Microbubbles Lasse Løvstakken, Andreas Møllerløkken, and Svein-Erik Måsøy | 87 |
| The Future of Dive Computers Michael A. Lang and Sergio Angelini | 91 |
| Discussion: Decompression Physiology and Methodology | 101 |
| STRATEGIC APPROACHES | |
| Breeding Diving Scientists: Cloning, Spawning, or Cultivation? Øyvind Ellingsen | 109 |
| National Centre for Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Marit Grønning | 111 |
| Baromedical and Environmental Physiology Group (BAREN) Alf O. Brubakk | 113 |
| Physiopathology of Decompression (PHYPODE) Network Francois Guerrero, Jacek Kot, Peter Germonpré, Jean-Michel Pontier, Alessandro Marroni, Adel Taher, Frans Cronje, Bernard Gardette, D. Nicola, and Costantino Balestra | 117 |
| International Cooperation in Diving Research Matthew Swiergosz | 119 |
| Discussion: Diving Researcher Recruitment | 123 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY | |
| How Do Marine Mammals Avoid DCS? Andreas Fahlman | 129 |
| Does Diving Destroy the Brain? Stephen Daniels | 137 |
| Effects of Diving on the Lung Einar Thorsen | 145 |
| The Limits of Breath-Hold Diving Peter Lindholm | 147 |
| Parameters of Extreme Environment Diving Michael A. Lang | 153 |
| Creativity and Improvisation As Phenomena and Acting Potential in Different Contexts Bjørn Alterhaug | 161 |
| Discussion: Environmental Physiology and Strategies for the Next 100 Years | 171 |
| APPENDIX A: The Prevention of Compressed-Air Illness (1908) | 175 |
| APPENDIX B: Syposium Speakers | 281 |
| APPENDIX C: Symposium Participants | 285 |