Anti-sea-sickness effect of a new homeopathic drug [see text] and its influence on operator's working capacity during Coriolis acceleration was evaluated in blind placebo-controlled investigation conducted in practically healthy volunteers with low vestibular resistance. For comparison "Dimenhydrinate" was used. The investigation has demonstrated that [see text] has rather strong anti-sea-sickness effect, is comparable with dimenhydrinate effectiveness and prevents the development of disorders in sensory-and-motor and cognitive functions during the influence of static-and- kinetic loads.
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Spatial orientation of six normal subjects (19-28 y/o males) was investigated on a centrifuge with a radius of 6.55 m by the method of subjective haptic vertical during head movements on the pattern of working head movements of pilots impacted by +Gz loads. The investigation showed that the trend and intensity of G-excess illusion could be related to the occurrence of tangential components of the gyroscopic moment +Gz vector in the utricle otolith plane.
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Health standards for noise were exceeded 3 times when noise characteristics were measured at jobs and in apartments of engineers engaged in maintenance of modern aircraft. These specialists were exposed to noise in working hours and at night. Audiometry registered hearing problems in 69% of the examinees.
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