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.

Rubicon Research Repository

The Rubicon Research Repository (RRR) is the foundations premier project. It contains this 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 2006) (UHM)
  • Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine (1986 to 1992) (JHM)
    • (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• Unpublished reports about Technical diving and aspects of other Professional diving operations.

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)

See also

• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
• Diving Diseases Research Centre

Other external links

• Rubicon Research Repository
• Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
• Divers Alert Network
• Global Underwater Explorers