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Seeking for a fingerprint: analysis of point processes in actigraphy recording [PDF]

, 2016
Motor activity of humans displays complex temporal fluctuations which can be characterized by scale-invariant statistics, thus documenting that structure and fluctuations of such kinetics remain similar over a broad range of time scales.
Beldzik, E., Chialvo, D. R., Domagalik, A., Fafrowicz, M., Gudowska-Nowak, E., Marek, T., Nowak, M. A., Ochab, J. K., Oginska, H., Oles, K., Szwed, J., Tyburczyk, J.   +11 more
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Participation for mental health service development in China: Conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study analyzes a participatory project to develop peer support services for people with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) in China. Drawing on interviews with psychiatrists, social workers, service users, and a family caregiver, it examines the conditions, challenges, facilitators, and outcomes of participation in a paternalistic context ...
Zhiying Ma, Yu Fan, Xiyuan Chen, Lindsay Sheehan, Sang Qin, Aoxuan Cao, Liang Zhou   +6 more
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The Effects of Total Sleep Deprivation on Bayesian Updating [PDF]

Recent evidence suggests that nearly 25% of U.S. adults (47 million) suffer from some level of sleep deprivation. The impact of this sleep deprivation on the U.S. economy includes direct medical expenses related to sleep deprivation and related disorders,
David L. Dickinson, Sean P.A. Drummond
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THE EFFECTS OF 30 HOURS SLEEP DEPRIVATION ON BASIC FOOTBALL SKILLS OF SOCCER PLAYERS [PDF]

, 2012
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of sleep deprivation on the passing and shooting skills of football players. To this end, 18 students of Sahand University, with age range 20 to 24 years performed basic soccer skills (shoot and pass) in ...
Mehrdad Hefzollesan, Naser Behpoor, Sohrab Ghalehgi   +2 more
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Diurnal rhythms in the human urine metabolome during sleep and total sleep deprivation [PDF]

, 2015
Understanding how metabolite levels change over the 24 hour day is of crucial importance for clinical and epidemiological studies. Additionally, the association between sleep deprivation and metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity requires ...
Davies, SK, Giskeodegard, GF, Keun, H, Revell, VL, Skene, DJ   +4 more
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Marfan Syndrome Associated With Intellectual Disability and Behavioral Anomalies: Further Evidence for the Effect of Compound Heterozygous Variants in FBN1 on Phenotypic Severity

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a rare connective tissue disorder characterized by involvement of the cardiovascular, ocular, and musculoskeletal systems. Pathogenic variants in FBN1 cause most of the MFS cases; however, intellectual disability (ID) is rarely observed. A non‐consanguineous Pakistani family with four affected individuals was recruited.
Azmatullah Khan, Naseebullah Kakar, Ainullah Kakar, Malte Spielmann, Sajid Malik   +4 more
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Acute sleep deprivation induces a local brain transfer information increase in the frontal cortex in a widespread decrease context [PDF]

, 1936
Sleep deprivation (SD) has adverse effects on mental and physical health, affecting the cognitive abilities and emotional states. Specifically, cognitive functions and alertness are known to decrease after SD.
Joan Alonso, Sergio Romero, Miguel Mañanas, Marta Alcalá, Rosa Antonijoan, Sandra Giménez, Alhola, Borbély, Brunner, Corsi-Cabrera, Deboer, Corsi-Cabrera, Wibral, Babkoff, Johns, Cajochen, Drummond, Aeschbach   +17 more
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Don't Worry About Her; Intersectionality, and the Role of Systems and Structures in the Embodied Experiences of Young Women's Use of Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Systems and structures designed to protect and support young people, specifically (in this paper) young women, are ironically the same systems that maintain gender disparity. Consequently, this has influenced the embodied identities of young women who experience and use violence. Such systemic and structural intersectionality has impacted upon
Louise Rak, Tamara Blakemore, Elsie Randall, Meaghan Katrak Harris   +3 more
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UEffect of acute sleep deprivation on concentration and mood states with a controlled effect of experienced stress

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2011
Background: Sleep is a biological function, which enables and allows regeneration, rest and preparation for further activity and also allows for previous activity and experience to organize and merge with our pre-existing experience.
Tanja Kajtna, Vita Štukovnik, Leja Dolenc Grošelj   +2 more
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Sleep deprivation: A risk factor for the pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer's disease

Heliyon
Sleep deprivation refers to an intentional or unintentional reduction in sleep time, resulting in insufficient sleep. It is often caused by sleep disorders, work demands (e.g., night shifts), and study pressure.
Zhengyun Han, Xingmao Yang, Shuiqing Huang   +2 more
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