Sentences with phrase «high functioning despite»

Genetics may explain why some senior athletes are high functioning despite having one or both hip abnormalities typically associated with early onset osteoarthritis (OA): developmental dislocation of the hip (dysplasia), a loose hip joint; or femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), a condition in which the hip bones are abnormally shaped, according to new research presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

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We call them resilient because they're able to maintain normal functioning despite being subjected to high levels of stress.

The T - cells» functions are barely hindered despite the marker — and PET technology provides high - contrast images.

The inability of IER to mitigate the negative effects of a high - fat diet upon markers of vascular function, despite comparable improvements in lipid profiles and weight - loss, suggests that individuals will still need to employ healthy eating principles on non-restricted days.

Even within the health - conscious, high rates of prescription medications and antibiotic use lead to digestive disorders and impaired gut function, causing malabsorption of not only magnesium, but of minerals and nutrients in general, despite an otherwise clean diet.

− it has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects; − its potassium load helps the natural detox function of our bodies; − despite its sweet taste, it actually regulates the blood sugar levels giving the high amounts of fiber it contains; − it contains special starch - related molecules with antibacterial and antifungal properties; − its unique storage proteins, sporamins, prevent oxidative damage to our cells.

From a health and performance standpoint, the body has a great capacity to adapt to the possibility of higher or lesser amounts of water loss in the short term, such as during a race — a reason some athletes appear to function well despite significant (~ 3 percent) water losses.

I had a high functioning metabolism which caused me to be underweight despite eating anything and everything I wanted and having had two babies.

Let's take the case of Carlos, an upper elementary student with high - functioning Autism who has fallen years behind in reading despite a solid IQ.

Despite its focus on function over flash, the Pilot's interior has a very high quality feel.

Despite its focus on function over flash, the interior has a very high quality feel.

Most high - end restaurants in China continue to serve shark fins to customers despite the Chinese government's move to phase out from official functions dishes with ingredients from threatened shark species.

Despite the high rates of psychopathology when compared with a normative population, according to global functioning assessments, these adolescents had good social adaptation.

Mothers reported healthy levels of functioning despite high levels of parental stress.

It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.