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Pages 126-128

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From page 126...
... This may be due to either faulty research design, such as changes of the acceleration pattern involved, or it may concern individuals having an extremely low or pathological motion sensitivity. On the other hand, relatively fast and reliable adaptation to these states was observed if normal or pre-conditioned subjects were employed, and if preventative and protective measurements were taken.
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From page 127...
... Subjects immersed in water reported a rapid loss of orientation when visual clues were excluded; and large changes in body position were made before they were noticed by the test subjects. However, the immersion technique provides a rather crude simulation of the weightless state with respect to the neurological and psychological parameters involved.
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From page 128...
... c. Clinical studies of certain critical physiological functions such as cardio- and hemodynamics, respiration, digestion, and basal metabolic rate, under conditions of changed gravitational vectors.
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