Thermal Comfort and Sleep Quality of Indonesian Students Living in Japan during Summer and Winter
Buildings, 2021 Thermal comfort is crucial in satisfaction and maintaining quality sleep for occupants. In this study, we investigated the comfort temperature in the bedroom at night and sleep quality for Indonesian students during summer and winter.
Wiwik Budiawan, Kazuyo Tsuzuki
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Increased Steps in Japanese Older Adults Associated with Improved Winter Sleep Quality [PDF]
Gerontology and Geriatric MedicineObjective: We aimed to assess seasonal and age-related variations in sleep quality using Fitbit data and offer lifestyle recommendations for enhancing winter sleep quality.
Nozomi Harai MD +4 more
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The impact of school life and holidays on sleep and physical activity patterns in junior high school students: a small-sample longitudinal study using wearable devices [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundThe structured day hypothesis posits that the characteristics of a structured school environment play a protective role in adolescents’ physical activity.
Yun Chen +6 more
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Sleep stage and skin temperature regulation during night‐sleep in winter [PDF]
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 1999 To clarify the thermally comfortable environment for satisfied sleep, we investigated the relationship between skin temperatures and sleep stages during night‐sleep in winter, summer and autumn. Four healthy young females served as the subjects. The experiments were performed in a climate chamber under three conditions: at 13°C‐RH70% with futon and ...
H, Kubo, T, Yanase, H, Akagi
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A novel theory of rapid eye movement sleep as an integral component of the seasonal timekeeping apparatus [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceAlthough we have an increasingly sure grasp of much of its proximate circuitry, we continue to lack the ultimate physiological rationale of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
Martin N. Raitiere
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Ceylan's Winter Sleep: From Ambiguity to Nothingness
CINEJ Cinema Journal, 2018 Nuri Bilge Ceylan is a puzzling filmmaker who started his career as a photographer and initially made films with a “photographic” spirit. But from his first films known as the Trilogy of Province to his award winning latest feature Winter Sleep, Ceylan ...
Aslı Daldal
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Effects of Bathing and Hot Footbath on Sleep in Winter
Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science, 2000 The effects of daily bathing and hot footbath (immersion of feet in hot water) in winter on the sleep behavior of nine healthy female volunteers were studied. Subjects were assigned to three sleep conditions: sleep after bathing (Condition B), sleep after hot footbath (Condition F), and sleep without either treatment (Control).
Yutaka Tochihara
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Where does bluetongue virus sleep in the winter?
PLoS Biology, 2008 Bluetongue recently spread to northern Europe for the first time. Outbreaks in temperate regions are often interrupted by cold weather, but may reappear months later. Where, then, might bluetongue virus sleep in the winter?
Anthony Wilson +2 more
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Optimizing Winter‐Type Seasonality Criteria in East Asian Populations: A Machine Learning Approach Using the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire [PDF]
Brain and BehaviorBackground The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) evaluates seasonal variations in mood and behavior. According to Kasper's criteria, individuals meeting diagnostic standards for seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or subsyndromal SAD (S‐SAD)
Ji Won Yeom +4 more
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BMC PsychiatryObjectives The present study aimed to investigate sleep disturbance and mental health symptoms in elite athletes during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics preparatory period and whether they were associated with chronotype.
Sifan Hu +14 more
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