Ethnicity and spirometric indices: hostage to tunnel vision?

The Normal Ranges in Spirometric Indices

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The normal ranges in spirometric indices.

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Protein Translocation: Tunnel Vision

Hostage Posting

We survey research on incurring commitments by voluntary hostage posting as a mechanism of cooperation. The Trust Game is employed as a paradigmatic example of cooperation problems. We sketch a very simple game-theoretic model that shows how voluntary hostage posting can bind the trustee and thus induce trustfulness of the trustor as well as trustworthiness of the trustee. We then indicate how ...

The effect of applying ethnicity-specific spirometric reference equations to Asian migrant workers in Korea

OBJECTIVES Asian migrant workers in Korea have various ethnicities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the difference in spirometric interpretation made using the set of third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) reference equations and the relevant ethnicity-specific reference sets. METHODS Spirometry was performed on 166 migrant and 498 Korean male workers be...