Rubicon Foundation
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Rubicon Foundation, Inc. is an online repository of diving and hyperbaric medical literature. Supported by donations and grants, it is a non-profit organization undertaking research projects and storing research results.
[edit] Rubicon Research Repository
The Rubicon Research Repository (RRR) is the foundations premier project. It contains the following information:
- Technical reports, including from:-
- US Naval Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU)
- US Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI)
- US Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL).
- Smithsonian Institution Scientific Diving Program (SI-SDP).
- US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM)
- Theses about diving and hyperbaric medicine
- Abstracts from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
- Journals published by the UHMS:-
- Undersea Biomedical Research Journal (1974 to 1992) (UBR)
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal (1993 to 2005) (UHM)
- (See UHMS publications for the later issues)
These articles contain information on:
- Evaluations of diving suit and rebreather technology.
- Human factors engineering as it relates to underwater tool design ("knobology") / construction
- Unpublished reports about Technical diving and aspects of other Professional diving operations.
[edit] Other Archived Works
Other publications they have made electronic that are not currently included in the RRR:
- UHMS Workshops supported by Divers Alert Network (DAN)
- Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences supported by UHMS
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Review (1980 to 1985)
- Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine (1986 to 1992)
