The mean falls from sitting FRC were 3.5% and 1.9% in the 0 degree supine and 0 degree lateral decubitus postures, respectively, and little further volume loss occurred in head-dependency. Eight patients actually increased FRC when recumbent.
Circumcision is a religious or cultural ritual for many Jewish and Islamic families, as well as certain aboriginal tribes in Africa and Australia.Circumcision can also be a matter of family tradition, personal hygiene or preventive health care.ircumcision is a religious or cultural ritual for many Jewish and Islamic families, as well as certain aboriginal tribes in Africa and Australia.
Circumcision may be carried out for: 1  religious reasons â circumcision is a common practice in the Jewish and Islamic faiths, and is also practised by many African communities as a tribal or ethnic tradition.2  medical reasons â although alternative treatments are usually preferred to circumcision.ntroduction. Male circumcision is the surgical removal of the foreskin (the hood of skin covering the end of the penis, which can be gently pulled back).