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The effects of posture on obstructive sleep apnea.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
To determine whether the adoption of a more upright sleep posture would improve breathing and gas exchange in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), 13 male patients with OSAS were studied during an all-night polysomnographic study while ...
McEvoy Rd, D. Sharp, A. Thornton
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Postural Pseudoanemia: Posture-Dependent Change in Hematocrit [PDF]

open access: possibleMayo Clinic Proceedings, 2005
To determine the magnitude of posture-related changes in blood components.Twenty-eight healthy subjects were studied between 1995 and 2004 at the Vanderbilt Autonomic Dysfunction Center, Nashville, Tenn. Lying and standing plasma volume (PV) and hematocrit (Hct) values were determined for each subject.Individual PV decreases on standing ranged from 6 ...
David Robertson   +6 more
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Tongue posture

British Dental Journal, 1981
Orthodontists have never agreed as to whether the tongue plays a primarily adaptive role in dental abnormalities or whether, at times, it can create a malocclusion. An hypothesis is put forward suggesting that, in the short term, the former is true but that, in the long term, bone will respond to posture.
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How a Firm's Competitive Environment and Digital Strategic Posture Influence Digital Business Strategy

MIS Q., 2013
In this paper, we examine how the competitive industry environment shapes the way that digital strategic posture (defined as a focal firm's degree of engagement in a particular class of digital business practices relative to the industry norm) influences
Sunil Mithas, Ali Tafti, W. Mitchell
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Ethical Postures and Ethical Posturing

The American Review of Public Administration, 1983
It seems* plausible to suppose that "the desire to do good" is a significant motive for many who choose a career in the public service. As for the rest, virtually all of us have been raised to love good and hate evil, no matter how well or poorly we are able to discern the difference, or how stalwart or irresolute we may be in seeking the one and ...
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Posture, Postural Redintegration and Hypnotherapy

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 1953
Abstract The use of postural analysis, and directives regarding posture and their importance in hypnotherapy are discussed. Theoretically, it is indicated that a chronic postural condition may act to elicit an emotional state with which it was originally associated.
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Sleep and posture

The Laryngoscope, 1994
AbstractComputer‐assisted open catheter studies of 10 healthy, nose‐breathing men in dorsal and in lateral recumbent sleep demonstrated stable intrasubject transpharyngeal differential pressures and airflow resistances. They averaged 19.6 Pa (± standard deviation [SD] 11.9) and 0.103 Pa/cm3 per second (± SD 0.065) in the dorsal posture and stage II ...
Victor Hoffstein   +4 more
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Top Management Teams, Global Strategic Posture, and the Moderating Role of Uncertainty

, 2001
The complexity surrounding globalization offers a unique context in which to study the moderating role of uncertainty on top management team (TMT) demographic effects.
Mason A. Carpenter, J. Fredrickson
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Postural hypotension

Medical Journal of Australia, 1995
Postural hypotension is a common and important problem in elderly patients and necessitates a careful review of medication and lifestyle factors which may precipitate it. Drugs to be avoided if possible include diuretics, alpha-adrenoceptor blocking agents and nitrates.
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Exploring the optimum posture for driver comfort

, 2014
Published postural angles for driving comfort are based on theoretical calculations and not observed driving postures. An experiment was conducted to investigate observed optimum driving postures and positions of the main driving controls for comparison ...
J. Porter, D. Gyi
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