Altitude

The purpose of the high altitude experiment was to find out how the human body react at high altitudes and when there is a lack of oxygen. This experiment was done in hopes to find a way to help the German pilot if he was ever shot and did not have access to a parachute or oxygen. Victims selected for the experiment would be locked in a low pressure chamber. The pressure would then be changed to 68 thousand feet (“High Altitude Experimentation”) in order to imitate the pilot’s…

During the Holocaust the Jews were tortured and kill. But were the benefits of science justified for the Jewish. Nazi doctors conducted almost as many as 30 different types of experiments on prisoners that were in the concentration camps. You will find out how the Holocaust start as well. They did these experiments to see what the German military could handle in war. You will also find that it wasn’t worth hurting and murdering people in the end. The Nazis started to target the jewish because…

publically and privately owned active communication satellites in orbit with more than 2,600 inactive ones causing a significant amount of space debris. Importantly, communication satellites provide our security and our entertainment. At a high altitude of nearly 36,000km from Earth, the geosynchronous orbit (GEO) is an ideal location for communication satellites that have a requirement to be over the same position of Earth. This “sweet spot” above Earth takes one full day to complete an orbit…

per Square Inch Absolute). This pressure is caused by the weight of the Earth’s atmosphere being pulled towards Earth’s surface by gravitational forces. At this pressure, water’s boiling point is 212˚ Fahrenheit. Pressure decreases with increasing altitude, and as a result, the boiling point of water deceases as elevation increases. Since pressure and temperature are directly correlated to each other, when the pressure (PSIA) is…

Certain groups of people work very well at high altitudes. People who live at higher altitudes are expected to have a higher hemoglobin count since hemoglobin helps deliver oxygen to tissues. The amount of oxygen in the atmosphere decreases as the altitude increases. The increase in hemoglobin helps blood cells carry more oxygen to nourish the body. This is true with the majority of people who live in these regions such as in the Andes, Rockies, and the Alps. There is a group of people from…

Exercise 1 The abundance of nitrogen in the standard dry atmospheric composition is 781,000ppmv. The mass mixing ratio is the volume mixing ratio multiplied by the molecular mass of nitrogen all divided by the molecular mass of air. As the molecular mass of air, 28.8g, is higher than the molecular mass of nitrogen, 28g, the mass mixing ratio would be lower than the volume mixing ratio. a) m=F/a m=101300/9.8=10,336 An estimate of the total mass of a column of the atmosphere with a base…

The practice of internal medicine in a conflict zone is a unique challenge. In counter insurgency/ counter terrorism (CI/CT) areas, the hostile environment, austere conditions and limited logistics makes the decision making more difficult. There is enough literature available on the role of surgeon in combat zone both internationally and in Indian armed forces1,2, however there is paucity of literature on the role of internal medicine specialists in combat zone 3, 4. This article is aimed at…

Zerki Kale, and Babulkhel. Surrounding the valley are high mountainous ridges. A humpback ridge, located on the western side, nicknamed The Whale, is nine thousand feet in altitude, one mile wide, and four miles long. The highest peak in the valley is Takur Ghar and is ten thousand, four hundred and sixtey-nine feet in altitude, with the eastern ridgeline running north. There is an arrowhead shaped ridgeline on the southern end of the valley, nicknamed The Finger. Limited access routes and high…

Skydiving is a group organized and professionally guided sporting activity that involves individuals jumping from an aircraft, at a high altitude with parachutes and performing several acrobatic maneuvers during free fall before safely landing on the ground with the help of the parachutes. The free fall flights, which give people rests and restores them from work as a kind of recreation, stimulate people’s passion of lives and become parts of their wonderful memories. Jumping out of the airplane…

Medical Experiments During the Holocaust Around the time of the Holocaust, physicians and doctors started experimenting on the inmates at concentration camps. These experiments were done without the victim’s consent and sometimes without their knowledge. There were at least 30 different famous experiments done (Seheff, ReduceTheBurden.org). These experiments could result in death, mental distress, or permanent disability. Afterwards, some of the doctors were put on trial. The most well known…