Rubicon Foundation, Inc. is a
non-profit organization
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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
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has provided pro bono services to assist in copyright searches and support.diving medicine
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, aerospace physiology
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, and space medicine
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, as well as historical information.[
As of 2021 the Rubicon Research Repository is no longer available online.
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History
In 2002, divers Brian Armstrong, Gene Hobbs, and James Wagner formed the first board of directors for the Rubicon Foundation.
Rubicon Research Repository
The Rubicon Research Repository (RRR) is the foundation's premier project that started in 2006.hyperbaric
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and hypobaric
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medicine, as well as other environmental physiology
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topics.[
The RRR contains workshops and annual meeting proceedings][ from the American Academy of Underwater Sciences;]decompression illness
Decompression Illness (DCI) comprises two different conditions caused by rapid decompression of the body. These conditions present similar symptoms and require the same initial first aid. Scuba divers are trained to ascend slowly from depth to av ...
, diving fatalities, and Project Dive Exploration publications spanning from 1988 to 2007;Professional Association of Diving Instructors
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symposia and technical reports;National Underwater Accident Data Center
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at the University of Rhode Island
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diving accident and fatality reports spanning 1970 to 1989;Smithsonian Institution
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Scientific Diving Program;Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
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[ such as: '' Undersea Biomedical Research Journal'' which spans 1974 to 1992;][ from organizations that include: Defence R&D Canada;]Naval Medical Research Institute
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;Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
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;Brooks Air Force Base
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and The Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine.
Rubicon Foundation's suggested reading list
Other publications they have made electronic that are not currently included in the RRR are some UHMS's ''Underwater Medicine and Related Sciences'' and the ''Hyperbaric Oxygen Review'' journal which was published from 1980 to 1985.
The Rubicon Review
The Rubicon Review was a Yahoo! Group with periodic updates of literature in environmental physiology.[
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B-25 Recovery and Preservation Project
The B-25c Mitchell
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bomber was ditched on 4 April 1943 and remained below the surface of Lake Murray (South Carolina)
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for 60 years. The recovery effort was headed by Dr. Robert Seigler and supervised by Gary Larkins of the Air Pirates.History Channel
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and televised on their show Mega Movers
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The program details the preparations and inside problems and details of large moves, such as historical buildings being relocated to new sites mile ...
.Birmingham, Alabama
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.Explorers Club
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flag number 103.
Project Pink Tank
In 2010, Rubicon started Project Pink Tank with a goal to improve the knowledge available to breast cancer
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survivors about their engagement in scuba diving.
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