Once diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a titration with either continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) is planned to know the pressure required to abolish the airflow limitation during sleep.Majority of OSA patients are treated with such positive pressure therapy (PAP) devices, but it is n
Mind Invasion: Situated Affectivity and the Corporate Life Hack
In view of the philosophical problems that vex the debate on situated affectivity, it can seem wise to focus on simple cases.Accordingly, theorists ROSEMARY SHAMPOO often single out scenarios in which an individual employs a device in order to enhance their emotional experience, or to achieve new kinds of experience altogether, such as playing an i
Linguistic Complexity of Patient Information Leaflets: A Coh-Metrix Analysis
The present study explored linguistic complexity of patient information leaflets based on the Coh-Metrix analytical tool.Using 100 patient information leaflets of seven common ailments in Ghana, the researcher analyzed the lexical and syntactical features of the leaflets to ascertain their linguistic complexity.The results revealed patient informat
Anchors on prices of consumer goods only hold when decisions are hypothetical
We elicit willingness to pay for different types of consumption goods, systematically manipulating irrelevant anchors (high vs.low) and incentives to provide true valuations (hypothetical questions vs.Becker-DeGroot-Marschak mechanism).On top of a strong Throwing hypothetical bias, we find that anchors only make a substantial, significant differenc