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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Sleep/wake patterns"”.
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Sleep/wake patterns and sleep problems in South Australian children aged 5-10 years: biopsychosocial determinants and effects on behaviour.
… seemingly simple question “But exactly how much sleep is required by this developing organism (child) for its healthy functioning and growth?” (Bracketed italics added). Almost 100 years later, this question remains largely unanswered. Whilst it is well acknowledged that sleep duration decreases …
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Sleep/wake patterns and key predictors for sleep impairment in patient-caregiver dyads:: a longitudinal observational study among women with early stage breast cancer and their informal caregivers during chemotherapy treatment
… and Objectives: Alterations in the habitual sleep/wake patterns of women with breast cancer and their informal caregivers may be concurrently exacerbated and co-vary during the patient’s treatment. The current study set out to longitudinally ex-plore sleep-wake patterns of patient-caregiver …
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EFFECTS OF SLEEP DISRUPTION AND QUETIAPINE ON COCAINE ABUSE: THE PATH TO DEVELOPMENT OF A MONKEY MODEL OF PTSD
… the aspects of PTSD investigated included sleep disturbance, cognitive disruptions and drug abuse. These studies used Old World macaques, rhesus monkeys, because of their close phylogeny to humans, their similar sleep-wake patterns and their cognitive abilities.
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Child and Adolescent Sleep Disturbances and Psychopathology in a Mental Health Clinic Sample
Sleep disturbances in children and adolescents (hereafter children) are associated with significant short-term and long-term impairments including more severe psychopathology, reduced cognitive functioning, and poorer general health. We know that children being treated in specialty mental health …
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An exploration of emotional distress and sleep in a stroke rehabilitation setting
… to explore experiences of emotional distress and sleep-wake patterns in an acute stroke rehabilitation setting. Both the systematic review and research paper are being prepared for submission to the international Journal of Stroke; the guidelines of which are included in the appendices (Appendix …
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Non-Contact Sleep Monitoring
… health, and social and emotional wellbeing; sleep is implicitly linked to each of these factors. This thesis focusses on the investigation and development of an unobtrusive sleep mon- itoring system, particularly suited towards long-term placement in the homes of older adults. The Under …
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Methods for monitoring the human circadian rhythm in free-living
… In addition to wearables, we also investigate if sleep-wake patterns can be revealed from smartphone context information. We introduce novel methods to detect sleep opportunity, which incorporate expert knowledge to filter and fuse classifier outputs. Furthermore, we estimate light exposure from …
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ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF A WILD NOCTURNAL PRIMATE, THE JAVAN SLOW LORIS (NYCTICEBUS JAVANICUS)
… In Chapter 4, I monitored and quantified sleeping site selection and its potential role as a thermal refuge for slow lorises as a selective pressure. Bamboo stands buffered ambient temperatures (Ta), providing stable microclimate temperatures for sleeping sites. In Chapter 5, I used …