<b>Korean Women Divers ‘</b><b><i>Haenyeo</i></b><b>’: Bathing Suits and Acclimatization to Cold</b>

The varying effects of warm-water bathing therapies: partial bathing decreases exercise tolerance to levels similar to full-body bathing.

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine differences in postural sway and tolerance to exercise before and after full-body, forearm, and lower leg bathing in warm-water. [Subjects and Methods] Thirteen healthy, young adult males were subjected to full-body, forearm, and lower leg bathing at 41 °C for 10 minutes. [Results] The 2-point discrimination sense value and total trajectory l...

Shell suits

It’s a problem not widely faced amongst animals: but, for those such as beetles and turtles with hard, round shells, it is serious. Ending upside down presents a major, lifethreatening problem if they are unable to right themselves pretty quickly. A new study of this convex problem is reported by Gabor Domokos at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Peter Varkonyi at Princeto...

Women at altitude: ventilatory acclimatization at 4,300 m.

Women living at low altitudes or acclimatized to high altitudes have greater effective ventilation in the luteal (L) compared with follicular (F) menstrual cycle phase and compared with men. We hypothesized that ventilatory acclimatization to high altitude would occur more quickly and to a greater degree in 1) women in their L compared with women in their F menstrual cycle phase, and 2) in wome...

Acclimatization to Cold in Humans

Acclimatization to Heat in Humans