International Union of Physiological Sciences teaching workshop, April 7-10, 2005, Pali Mountain, California.

International union of physiological sciences physiology teaching workshop, March 31-April 1, 2012, Arabian Gulf University, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Since 2009, the Department of Physiology had planned an International Union of Physiological Sciences Physiology Teaching Workshop at Arabian Gulf University. The date was set for March 5-6, 2011; however, due to civil unrest, the workshop was postponed to March 31-April 1, 2012. The workshop was a success, bringing together 92 speakers and participants from 23 countries. Twenty-eight participa...

International Union of Physiological Sciences teaching workshop, August 21-24, 2001, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand.

A very successful, interactive Workshop on Teaching Physiology was held at Lincoln University, representing the fifth such gathering in association with an International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) International Congress. In total, 70 participants came from 25 countries. Participants were housed comfortably together on the campus of the Lincoln University; local staff were friendly a...

Energy and water balance at high altitude.

Many studies have shown that subjects lose significant amounts of body mass, fat mass as well as fat-free mass, during a climb to and/or a stay at high altitude. Altitude-induced weight loss is mainly caused by malnutrition due to hypoxia-related satiety, independent of acute mountain sickness.

Alveolar flooding at high altitude: failure of reabsorption?

Na-driven fluid reabsorption prevents alveolar fluid accumulation. Hypoxia augments fluid filtration by hemodynamic effects and inhibits Na reabsorption in cultured cells. A combination of both effects in vivo causes alveolar flooding, edema, thickening of the diffusion barrier for oxygen, and hypoxemia, a life-threatening situation for mountaineers in remote high-altitude mountain ranges.

XXXV International Congress of Physiological Sciences (IUPS Congress 2005).