Seating Supplement Foreword

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Foreword to His-bundle pacing supplement: Everything that is old will be new again.

Physiological pacing has been a term that has been used to describe many phenomena. It was used over 30 years ago to describe the advent of AV synchronous or dual chamber pacing, later the addition of the rate-responsive mode to pacing, and even more recently to describe biventricular pacing. In the last several years, there has been a resurgence of interest in pacing the conduction system: sel...

A dynamic seating intervention for wheelchair seating discomfort.

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a new user-adjustable wheelchair seating system designed to relieve discomfort for long-duration wheelchair users. DESIGN This objective was carried out using the newly developed Tool for Assessing Wheelchair disComfort (TAWC) as the primary outcome measure. Two wheelchair users each tested two different designs and fee...

Foreword to Supplement 1: research on a polar species—the Arctic fox

The Arctic fox has a circumpolar distribution and is intensively studied because it is adapted to extreme environments and influences the ecology of many other species. We introduce here a collection of 12 articles on Arctic fox biology and management. After summarizing the main biological features of the species, we explore the peer-reviewed literature dealing with the Arctic fox through a bib...

The Impact of Seating Location and Seating Type on

While an extensive body of research exists regarding the delivery of course knowledge and material, much less attention has been paid to the performance effect of seating position within a classroom. Research findings are mixed as to whether students in the front row of a classroom outperform students in the back row. Another issue that has not been fully examined in higher education is the eff...