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Clocks & Sleep, 2023 It is well known that variations in light exposure during the day affect light sensitivity in the evening. More daylight reduces sensitivity, and less daylight increases it.
Isabel Schöllhorn +3 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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Global implications of evidence ‘biased’ practice: management of the third stage of labour [PDF]
, 2008 Increasing attention is being paid to the promotion of clinical and cost-effective care informed by the highest level of evidence to ensure health outcomes are optimised and access to health care is equitable.
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) +10 more
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Trakya Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2019 In this work, we focus on the film Winter Sleep (2014) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose works place special emphasis on various aspects of boredom. As one of the main figures in slow cinema, Ceylan, in this influential work of art, enable us to explore boredom through three main characters: Aydın (Haluk Bilginer), Nihal (Melisa Sözen) and Necla (Demet Akbağ)
Elif Gezgın, Argun Abrek Canbolat
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Seasonal aspects of sleep in the Djungarian hamster
BMC Neuroscience, 2003 Background Changes in photoperiod and ambient temperature trigger seasonal adaptations in the physiology and behaviour of many species, including the Djungarian hamster. Exposure of the hamsters to a short photoperiod and low ambient temperature leads to
Deboer Tom +2 more
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A PERIOD3 variant causes a circadian phenotype and is associated with a seasonal mood trait. [PDF]
, 2016 In humans, the connection between sleep and mood has long been recognized, although direct molecular evidence is lacking. We identified two rare variants in the circadian clock gene PERIOD3 (PER3-P415A/H417R) in humans with familial advanced sleep phase ...
Fu, Ying-Hui +15 more
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Exploring the Impact of Natural Light Exposure on Sleep of Healthy Older Adults: A Field Study
Journal of Daylighting, 2018 Studies among people with dementia demonstrated that the sleep quality and rhythm improves significantly when people are exposed to ambient bright light.
Mariëlle P. J. Aarts +3 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2007 Duration of nocturnal melatonin secretion, a marker of “biological night” that relates to sleep duration, is longer in winter than in summer in patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD), but not in healthy controls.
Janna Volkov +7 more
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Journal of Circadian Rhythms, 2020 Although sleep is ubiquitous, its evolutionary purpose remains elusive. Though every species of animal, as well as many plants sleep, theories of its origin are purely physiological, e.g. to conserve energy, make repairs or to consolidate learning.
Andrew S. Freiberg
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Inclusion of window opening habits in a window model based on activity and occupancy patterns [PDF]
, 2019 The occupants’ window opening behaviour can have a substantial influence on the indoor climate and the energy use in low energy dwellings. In literature, most window opening models are based on outdoor and/or indoor climate variables.
Delghust, Marc +3 more
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