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    A diving weighting system is ballast weight added to a diver or diving equipment to counteract excess buoyancy. They may be used by divers or on equipment...
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    back-mount scuba harness Diving cylinder – Container to supply high pressure breathing gas for divers Diving weighting system – Ballast carried to counteract...
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    An atmospheric diving suit (ADS), or single atmosphere diving suit is a small one-person articulated submersible which resembles a suit of armour, with...
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    Saturation diving is diving for periods long enough to bring all tissues into equilibrium with the partial pressures of the inert components of the breathing...
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  • Diving physics, or the physics of underwater diving is the basic aspects of physics which describe the effects of the underwater environment on the underwater...
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    Surface-supplied diving is a mode of underwater diving using equipment supplied with breathing gas through a diver's umbilical from the surface, either...
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    Diving bells are usually suspended by a cable, and lifted and lowered by a winch from a surface support platform. Unlike a submersible, the diving bell...
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  • Diving support equipment is the equipment used to facilitate a diving operation. It is either not taken into the water during the dive, such as the gas...
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    Standard diving dress, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment, deep sea diving suit or heavy gear, is a type of diving suit that was formerly...
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    would have been: Close the diving bell door, which would have been open to the trunk. Slightly increase the pressure in the diving bell to seal the bell door...
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    Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and...
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    effect of most diving suits. A diving weighting system can be worn to counteract this buoyancy. Overalls may be worn over the diving suit as additional...
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    occupation. ama (海女) – a sea-diving fisherwoman ama (海士) – a sea-diving fisherman ama (海人), kaijin (海人) – a sea-diving fisherperson of either gender...
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    atmospheric pressure are provided for diving-related applications such as saturation diving and diver decompression, and non-diving medical applications such as...
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    A diving team is a group of people who work together to conduct a diving operation. A characteristic of professional diving is the specification for minimum...
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    deep diving without using dive tables, decompression software or a dive computer. It is generally taught as part of the "DIR" philosophy of diving promoted...
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  • unit volume of a material In underwater diving, a dense object used for ballast in a diving weighting system Balance weights, part of a weighing scale...
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    A diving support vessel is a ship that is used as a floating base for professional diving projects. Basic requirements are the ability to keep station...
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    buoyancy changes during the dive using a buoyancy compensator: Diving weighting system - to counteract the buoyancy of the diving suit and diver to allow...
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  • safety of breathable atmosphere at the surface. Cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and diving inside or under other natural or artificial underwater...
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    Surface-supplied diving equipment (SSDE) is the equipment required for surface-supplied diving. The essential aspect of surface-supplied diving is that breathing...
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    Professional diving is underwater diving where the divers are paid for their work. Occupational diving has a similar meaning and applications. The procedures...
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    Recreational diving or sport diving is diving for the purpose of leisure and enjoyment, usually when using scuba equipment. The term "recreational diving" may...
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    Diving activities Diving activities are the things people do while diving underwater. People may dive for various reasons, both personal and professional...
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  • need to be appropriately buoyant at all times when in the water. Diving weighting systems can cause problems if the diver carries too much or too little...
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    The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human...
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    the life-support system are life-critical, and are designed and constructed using safety engineering techniques. In underwater diving, the breathing apparatus...
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  • The Avelo diving system is a single cylinder, back-mounted scuba set with variable density buoyancy control. The gas cylinder is a carbon fibre over aluminium...
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    equipment Parachutes Scuba equipment Diving rebreather Dive computer (depending on use) Railway signalling and control systems Platform detection to control...
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    arts competitions and trained with Greg Jackson in the fighting/grappling system of Gaidojutsu. He was an avid cricket fan. This was seen during his visit...
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