Thesis--Wisconsin. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-77).

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins university, 1901. / Vita.

Thesis (EDD)--University of Montana, 2010. / Contents viewed on May 28, 2010. Title from author supplied metadata. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2007. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 178 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-133).

OBJECTIVE: Our main objective was to evaluate the relationship between Sleep Disordered Breathing (SDB) and dental arch characteristics. Specifically, we explored the relationship between maxillary constriction and SDB in children aged 3 to 18. METHODS: In this case control study, a retrospective review of data was collected over 4 years (2013-2017) was conducted. The data was obtained from a larger ongoing observational study on sleep disturbances in children aged 3 to 18 in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine. Based on parents’ responses in a brief sleep-screening questionnaire, the case group included children with disturbed sleep and the control group included children without any sleep disturbances. Parents of the participating children also completed a detailed questionnaire that collected information on participants’ demographics and sleep patterns. A thorough clinical examination was conducted which consisted of intra-oral and extra-oral examinations that assessed the facial profile, breathing patterns, skeletal and dental classifications, crossbite and transverse maxillary arch. Statistical analysis was conducted to explore differences in the presence of maxillary constriction among children with and without sleep disturbances. RESULTS: Among the sample of 134 subjects, the prevalence of SDB was 33.5%. Snoring and heavy breathing during sleep were significantly higher among children with SDB compared to children without SDB (p<0.001 and p<0.002 respectively). The prevalence of maxillary constriction with or without cross bite among all subjects was 20.9%. Children with SDB had a lower prevalence of maxillary constriction (17%) when compared to children without SDB (22%) (p = 0.81). CONCLUSION: There were no differences in the presence of maxillary constriction between children with SDB and children without SDB in this study. Therefore, there was insufficient statistical evidence in this study to support that the presence of constricted palate as a risk factor for SDB. Larger studies with accurate clinical measurements of the palatal constriction may help to further explore the correlation between maxillary constriction and SDB.

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) in the Department of Psychology, University of Zululand, South Africa, 2013. / The study investigated the effect of breathing techniques on test anxiety among students at the University of Zululand. Data was collected on a sample of one hundred (N=100) full time students aged between eighteen (18) and thirty two (32). The study consisted of the intervention group (N=60) and the control group (40). Results of the study indicated that participants in the intervention group obtained different results after the intervention of breathing techniques. There was a small discrepancy between the control and the intervention group in the post-test phase. This verified the hypothesis that breathing techniques had a positive effect on students with test anxiety. The results were however not statistically significant probably because of a shorter period of breathing intervention. On the whole, the intervention suggests that breathing does have a positive effect on test taking anxiety.

Modulation of breathing rate is crucial to flexibly explore the olfactory environment. Inhalation gates the perception of scents, and the act of sniffing is necessary for the olfactory percept. In olfaction, sniffing increases the airflow velocity inside the nostrils and the number of odor molecules that contact the olfactory epithelium during each inhalation. Yet, animals can discriminate odor concentration regardless of the velocity of their inhalation. Sniffing and regular breathing differently influence the activity of the olfactory cortex during a single inhalation. Still, the population representation of odor concentration is invariant to fluctuations in the breathing rate. This can be explained by the fact that inhalation speed and odor concentration responses are uncorrelated within and across neurons in the piriform cortex. Thanks to this feature, a faster odor inhalation and an increase in concentration change the cortical activity pattern in distinct ways. This encoding strategy may represent a broader principle by which the brain maintains perceptual stability against the sensory perturbations introduced by active sampling behaviors.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1981. / "A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment ... in pedodontics ..."

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1986.