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| Rubicon Foundation, Inc. | |
| Type | 501(c)(3) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Durham, North Carolina |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Focus | research, exploration, science and education |
| Revenue | Grants and donations |
| Volunteers | 11 |
| Employees | 0 |
| Website | http://rubicon-foundation.org |
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Rubicon Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization devoted to contributing to the interdependent dynamic between research, exploration, science and education. The foundation, started in 2002, is located in Durham, North Carolina and is primarily supported by donations and grants. Funding has included the Office of Naval Research from 2008 to 2010. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has provided pro bono services to assist in copyright searches and support.
The Rubicon Foundation projects make it easy for divers, aviators and researchers worldwide to find the answers to their diving, aerospace, and space medical questions or research the history of their sport and/or profession.
[edit] Rubicon Research Repository
The Rubicon Research Repository (RRR) is the foundations premier project that started in 2006. It aims to improve the available resources for students, professionals and the general public. The RRR is an online database of environmental physiology reports including both hyperbaric and hypobaric medicine as well as other environmental physiology topics. The largest collection of diving medical literature available online can be found within the repository.
[edit] Contents of the RRR include:
- American Academy of Underwater Sciences workshops and proceedings (AAUS)
- Divers Alert Network's workshops and Report on Decompression Illness, Diving Fatalities, and Project Dive Exploration publications (1988-2007)
- Diving Science And Technology Corp/ Professional Association of Diving Instructors (DSAT / PADI) symposia and technical reports
- National Underwater Accident Data Center at the University of Rhode Island diving accident and fatality reports (1970-1989)
- Smithsonian Institution Scientific Diving Program workshops (SI-SDP)
- South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal (1971-2005) (SPUMS)
- Theses about diving and hyperbaric medicine
- Journals, abstracts, and workshops from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
- Undersea Biomedical Research Journal (1974 to 1992) (UBR)
- Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine (1986 to 1992) (JHM)
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal (1993 to 2007) (UHM)
- (See UHMS publications for the later issues)
- Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts (1974 to current)
- Many of the scientific workshops
- Technical reports from organizations that include:
- Defence R&D Canada (DRDC)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Royal Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine (RAN)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- US Naval Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU)
- US Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI)
- US Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL).
- US Brooks Air Force Base and The Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (USAF)
See also Rubicon Foundation's suggested reading list.
Other publications they have made electronic that are not currently included in the RRR:
- Some UHMS Workshops supported by Divers Alert Network (DAN)
- Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences supported by UHMS
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Review (1980 to 1985)
[edit] The Rubicon Review
The Rubicon Review is a Yahoo! Group with periodic updates of literature in environmental physiology (The Rubicon Review). The project started in 2007.
[edit] B-25 Recovery and Preservation Project
The B-25c Mitchell bomber was ditched on 4 April 1943 and remained 45 meters (150 feet) below the surface of Lake Murray (South Carolina) for 60 years. The recovery effort was headed by Dr. Robert Seigler and supervised by Gary Larkins of the Air Pirates. Rubicon Foundation divers participated in the recovery effort in 2005. The project was documented by the History Channel and televised on their show Mega Movers. The plane is being preserved by the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama.
[edit] Publications
- Global Underwater Explorers Productions. The Mysterious Malady: Toward an Understanding of decompression injuries. DVD. 2006.
- Hobbs GW. Diving Medical Literature. Global Underwater Explorers Conference, Gainesville, FL.
- Carden VRM, Koonts RS, Peterson RA, Lackey CS, Thibodeau PL, Hobbs GW. Creating an Information Revolution in Hyperbaric Medicine. Presented: Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. May 18-23, 2007. (available here)
- Hobbs GW, Armstrong BM, Armstrong HC, Schreiber JS, Kaylor ZM, Vann RD. What Can The Medical Community Do For Technical Divers? Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting, Kapaluna, Maui Hawaii, 2007. 5180
- Lackey CS, Hobbs GW, Carden VRM, Koonts RS, Peterson RA, Thibodeau PL. Recommended Key Words for Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Literature. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Meeting, Kapaluna, Maui Hawaii, 2007. RRR ID: 5161
- Carden VRM, Koonts RS, Peterson RA, Lackey CS, Thibodeau PL, Hobbs GW. Serving Up Hyperbaric Medicine Information – Cooking with the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society & Rubicon Foundation. Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007. (available here)
