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Effects of Near-Infrared Light on Well-Being and Health in Human Subjects with Mild Sleep-Related Complaints: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study

open access: yesBiology, 2022
Modern urban human activities are largely restricted to the indoors, deprived of direct sunlight containing visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths at high irradiance levels.
Marina Cecilia Giménez   +10 more
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Circadian and ultradian NREM-REM sleep modulation of dream recall : effects of age and spectral activity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis deals with the electrophysiological correlates of sleep prior to dream recall and the age-related effects on dream processing. The dual NREM/REM sleep cycle and the circadian modulation of REM sleep sum to generate dream processing.
Laxhmi Chellappa, Sarah
core   +1 more source

Melanopsin-Mediated Acute Light Responses Measured in Winter and in Summer: Seasonal Variations in Adults with and without Cataracts

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2017
Seasonal adaptation is a ubiquitous behavior seen in many species on both global hemispheres and is conveyed by changing photoperiods. In humans this seasonal adaptation is less apparent, in part because changes in daylength are masked by the use of ...
Mirjam Münch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Seasonal Ambient Temperature on Sleep and Thermal Comfort in Older People Living in Public Elderly Facilities

open access: yesBuildings, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the thermal environment and thermal comfort of elderly occupants living in elder care facilities and to compare the quality of sleep, in all four seasons, of these elderly occupants. A total of 16 healthy participants with
Kazuyo Tsuzuki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of sleep in the psychological functioning of adolescents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Adolescents’ sleep is related to psychological functioning. The present cumulative dissertation examined three main issues: First, whether parents’ sleep patterns are associated with their adolescent children’ sleep Patterns using objective assessment of
Kalak, Nadeem
core   +1 more source

Better quality sleep promotes daytime physical activity in patients with chronic pain? : A multilevel analysis of the within-person relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Promoting physical activity is key to the management of chronic pain, but little is understood about the factors facilitating an individual’s engagement in physical activity on a day-to-day basis. This study examined the within-person effect
Tang Nicole K. Y.   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

A review of Japanese-style bathing: its demerits and merits

open access: yesJournal of Physiological Anthropology, 2022
Japanese-style bathing (JSB), which involves soaking in hot water up to the shoulders in deep bathtubs for a long time in the evening to night, is unique. Many experimental and epidemiological studies and surveys have shown that JSB improve sleep quality,
Yutaka Tochihara
doaj   +1 more source

The correlation of vitamin D level with sleep quality and mood in patients with chronic insomnia

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2023
Objective To investigate relationship between vitamin D level and season, sleep quality and anxiety and depression in patients with chronic insomnia.
HAO Yong⁃ci   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Sleep Apnea Worse in the Winter ?

open access: yesWorld Family Medicine Journal/Middle East Journal of Family Medicine, 2016
Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the seasonal variability of AHI values among patients with sleep apnea. Patients and Methods: In order to conduct the retrospective study, we accepted 304 patients (223 male and 81 female) between May 2014 to May 2015 into our study at Mugla Sitki Kocman University Medical faculty of sleep disorders ...
Mustafa Yilmaz   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Seasonal changes in sleep duration and sleep problems: A prospective study in Japanese community residents.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundA scientific understanding of the effects of seasonal changes on sleep duration and sleep problems such as insomnia and hypersomnia has yet to be elucidated; however, such an understanding could aid the establishment of an optimal sleep hygiene
Masahiro Suzuki   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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