{"id":4,"date":"2015-03-18T19:18:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T19:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/altitude\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2018-09-13T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T15:41:27","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/altitude\/","title":{"rendered":"homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;121&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Biology of High Altitude People<\/strong><\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>The Purpose<\/h3>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span class=\"style7\">Research on humans at high-altitudes contributes to understanding the processes of human adaptation to the environment and evolution. The unique stress at high altitude is hypobaric hypoxia caused by the fall in barometric pressure with increasing altitude and the consequently fewer oxygen molecules in a breath of air, as compared with sea level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style7\" align=\"justify\">The natural experiment of human colonization of high-altitude plateaus on three continents has resulted in two\u2014perhaps three\u2014quantitatively different arterial-oxygen-content phenotypes among indigenous Andean, Tibetan and Ethiopian high-altitude populations.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex \">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element cwru-grid-fill-height\">\r\n\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/altitude\/2018\/01\/03\/nepali-pilgrims-to-gosainkunda\/\">Nepali Pilgrims to Gosainkunda<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An awareness raising film on High Altitude Sickness and associated risks among Nepali Pilgrims to Gosainkunda.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center cwru-grid-drop-bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"background-color:#003071; 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featuring Dr. Beall&#8217;s work<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BBC Horizon documentary \"Are we still evolving?\"\u00a0featuring Dr. Beall's work<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center cwru-grid-drop-bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"background-color:#003071; color:#ffffff;\" class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-lg vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-custom vc_btn3-block\" href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/altitude\/2015\/03\/19\/bbc-horizon-documentary-are-we-still-evolving-featuring-dr-bealls-work\/\" title=\"Learn More\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- End single column -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-md-6\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element cwru-grid-fill-height\">\r\n\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/altitude\/2015\/03\/19\/sciencelives-interview-science-diplomacy-in-high-altitude-tibetan-biology\/\">ScienceLives interview &#8220;Science Diplomacy in High-Altitude Tibetan Biology&#8221;<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ScienceLives interview \"Science Diplomacy in High-Altitude Tibetan Biology\"<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-center cwru-grid-drop-bottom\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"background-color:#003071; 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