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Light-enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy for sleep and fatigue: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial during chemotherapy for breast cancer [PDF]

Trials, 2020
Background Women with breast cancer experience a significantly higher prevalence of sleep disturbance and insomnia than the general population. The experience of persistent sleep disturbance places these women at a higher risk of psychological and ...
Helena R. Bean, Lesley Stafford, Ruth Little, Justine Diggens, Maria Ftanou, Marliese Alexander, Prudence A. Francis, Bei Bei, Joshua F. Wiley   +8 more
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Sleep quality and the integrity of ascending reticular activating system – A multimodal MRI study

Heliyon
Sleep is crucial for maintaining brain homeostasis and individuals with insufficient sleep are prone to more pronounced brain atrophy as compared to sufficiently sleeping peers.
Viktória Kokošová, Lubomír Vojtíšek, Marek Baláž, Silvia Mangia, Shalom Michaeli, Pavel Filip   +5 more
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Chronicles of the midnight strain: Exploring graveyard shift stress and its impact on employee burnout in call centers [PDF]

ITM Web of Conferences
This study, titled “Chronicles of the Midnight Strain: Exploring Graveyard Shift Stress and Its Impact on Employee Burnout in Call Centers,” delves into the intricate relationship between the demanding nature of graveyard shift work in call centers and ...
Saiyed Sahilali, Shih I-Tung, Urooj Bushra, Hariyadi Eko, Chiou Kuo-Ching   +4 more
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Exploring the Relationship Between Sleep Apnea, Myocardial Infarct Size, and Coronary Collaterals in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Multidisciplinary Study

Nature and Science of Sleep
Vaishnavi Kundel,1 Kavya Devarakonda,1 Samira Khan,1 Mayte Suarez-Farinas,1 Oren Cohen,1 Carlos Santos-Gallego,1 Mark A Menegus,2 Annapoorna Kini,1 Yuliya Vengrenyuk,1 Naotaka Okamoto,1 Hiroshi Ueda,1 Umesh Gidwani,1 Jorge R Kizer,3 Susan Redline,4 ...
Kundel V, Devarakonda K, Khan S, Suarez-Farinas M, Cohen O, Santos-Gallego C, Menegus MA, Kini A, Vengrenyuk Y, Okamoto N, Ueda H, Gidwani U, Kizer JR, Redline S, Kaplan R, Shah N   +15 more
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Face Memorization Using AIM Model for Mobile Robot and Its Application to Name Calling Function

Sensors, 2020
We are developing a social mobile robot that has a name calling function using a face memorization system. It is said that it is an important function for a social robot to call to a person by her/his name, and the name calling can make a friendly ...
Masahiko Mikawa, Haolin Chen, Makoto Fujisawa   +2 more
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Rhythmicity in heart rate and its surges usher a special period of sleep, a likely home for PGO waves

Current Research in Physiology, 2022
High amplitude electroencephalogram (EEG) events, like unitary K-complex (KC), are used to partition sleep into stages and hence define the hypnogram, a key instrument of sleep medicine.
Andreas A. Ioannides, Gregoris A. Orphanides, Lichan Liu   +2 more
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Sleep and cognition [PDF]

, 2014
Sleep is an ancestral and primitive behaviour, an important part of life thought to be essential for restoration of body and mind. As adults, we spend approximately a third of our lives asleep and as we progress through life there are certain shifts in ...
Wright, Hayley, Hough, Josie, Josie Hough, Cappuccio, F. P., Hayley Wright, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Cappuccio, Francesco, Michelle A. Miller, Hough, J., Miller, Michelle A., Miller, M. A., Wright, Hayley; id_orcid   +11 more
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Investigating the potential link between lunar cycle and multiple sclerosis relapses: a call for further studies

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2023
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating disease that causes inflammation of the central nervous system, resulting in myelin damage and axon degeneration.
Narimen Yousfi, Saloua Mrabet, Helmi Ben Saad, Karim Chamari   +3 more
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Restless legs syndrome in an elderly patient induced by combined use of low dose quetiapine and citalopram

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a relatively common sensory-motor disorder. However, it is frequently unrecognized. The main clinical characteristics of RLS are “an urge to move” and “uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations” in the legs, which can ...
Sadiye Visal Buturak, Kemal Yazici, Aylin Ertekin Yazici, Senel Tot, Ayse Devrim Basterzi   +4 more
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Implementing a 48 h EWTD-compliant rota for junior doctors in the UK does not compromise patients’ safety : assessor-blind pilot comparison [PDF]

, 2009
Background: There are currently no field data about the effect of implementing European Working Time Directive (EWTD)-compliant rotas in a medical setting.
Bennett-Jones, David, Lowe, Alice, Taggart, Frances M., Sullivan, J.P., Landrigan, C. P., Pounder, R., Cappuccio, Francesco, Kamdala, N B, Lockley, S. W., Taggart, Frances, Cooper, Dan, Landrigan, Christopher, Czeisler, Charles, Miller, Marianne, Edmunds, Mair, Bakewell, A., Lockley, Steven, Ward, Gregory, Chen, Ji, Pohl, Joseph, Kidd, Jane, Peile, Ed, Sullivan, Jason, Ward, G., Edmunds, M., Bakewell, Anne, Pounder, Roy, Ji, Chen, Short, Alasdair   +28 more
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