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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"sleep disorder"”.
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Sleep Disorders and Kidney Transplant Outcomes: Findings From an 18-Year (1997-2015) Historical Cohort Study
… conducted to examine the associations between sleep disorders and kidney transplant outcomes. Adult kidney transplant recipients who were transplanted and failed or died with a functioning graft during the designated study time period (January 1, 1997 to September 1, 2015, inclusive) were …
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The Impact of Sleep Disorders on Driving Safety - Findings from the SHRP2 Naturalistic Driving Study
… on the association between seven types of sleep disorder and driving risk using large-scale naturalistic driving study data involving more than 3,400 participants. Regression analyses revealed that females with restless leg syndrome or sleep apnea and drivers with insomnia, shift work sleep …
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Effects of Trypanosoma brucei brucei on spatial learning and memory
Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, is a sub-Saharan African disease caused by trypanosome parasites and transmitted through tsetse flies. The HAT is clinically defined by two diagnostic stages, commencing with an early-stage also known as the haemolymphatic stage where …
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Improving the Quality of Life of Patients with Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea through Intraoral Devices // Подобряване качеството на живот при пациенти с хъркане и обструктивна сънна апнея чрез интраорални апарати
Sleep apnea is a common and potentially dangerous sleep disorder characterized by alternating periods of cessation and resumption of breathing and increased resistance of the upper respiratory tract. Among the main symptoms of the disease are severe snoring and periods of complete lack of breathing …
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Bayesian methods for hurdle models.
… of the new methods on data from a hypothetical sleep disorder study.
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Telehealth Training of Caregivers to Increase PAP Machine Use in Adults with Down syndrome
A common sleep disorder among individuals with Down syndrome is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The most common treatment of OSA is Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) therapy. However, adherence to PAP therapy prescriptions is low. The high prevalence of OSA and low adherence with PAP therapy emphasized …
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Sono e vida acadêmica: implicações no cotidiano dos discentes
This work entitled "Sleep and academic life: implications for the daily lives of students" aimed to evaluate the influence of sleep quality in college students daily life and their perception about the impact on their work performance. The research population were students from different periods of …
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A Diagnostic and Prescriptive Conformal Prediction Framework: Applied to Sleep Disorders
… conditions, specifically patients with sleep disorders, given their clinical history. Via the use of a conformal algorithm with a classifier as its base model, we are able to utilize a patients history of diagnoses, pharmacy dispensing, and other features to produce a set of possible …
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Inhibitory Control of Muscle Activity in Sleep
… thesis, I examined the inhibitory control of REM sleep motor activity using both a pharmacological rat model and a genetic mouse model. I characterized the role for GABA and glycine in mediating the REM-specific suppression of muscle activity as well as their involvement in regulating the phasic …
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Another Word for Autumn and Other Stories
… successes mattered. A man who suffers from a sleep disorder that causes him to die instead of sleep is disillusioned with the girl he thinks he loves and a married couple must deal with their dead son’s dog, who they’ve never met. The strangeness of life and fantasy are woven through most of …
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Exploring The Effectiveness Of Telehealth Adolescents' Interventions On Sleep: A Meta-Analysis
… of any telehealth interventions that report sleep outcomes on adolescents, ages 11-20 years old. It was hypothesized that most studies will favor telehealth treatment, regardless of type of treatment, and will present medium to high effect sizes sleep improvements. The following databases …
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The Impact of Sleepiness and Sleep Constructs on Driving Performance
<p>Sleepiness causes performance decrements that lead to thousands of crashes and fatalities annually. Research supports the conclusions that sleep duration and circadian rhythms impact sleepiness and affect driving performance. Conflicting in the literature is whether severity of sleep disorders, …
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An evaluation of a new cognitive-behavioral technique for the treatment of insomnia in older adults
Poor sleep quality and complaints of insomnia are particularly prevalent in aging individuals. However, not all older people who experience what may be developmentally inevitable sleep disruption complain of insomnia. Psychological therapies for sleep disorder have been explored extensively with …
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Using the STOP-BANG Questionnaire as a Quality Improvement Tool For OSA
… screening and managing patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). The central question addressed is whether this educational intervention enhances the knowledge and confidence of NPs in OSA management.Background: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder that often goes …
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Effectiveness of Nursing Intervention for Delirium Prevention on Prevalence of Delirium and Cognitive Function of Patients in Intensive Care Unit
… increased or decreased mental activities, and sleep disorder. This study is aimed to determine the effect of Nursing Intervention for Delirium Prevention (NIDP) on prevalence of delirium and cognitive function in ICU patients. It was conducted with control group of 26 ICU patients and treatment …
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Surgical Prehabilitation: Expansion to a Novel Outcome and Population Target
… research to include a novel outcome, sleep health, and a novel surgical subgroup, living liver donors (LLDs). Objectives: Study 1 examined the relationship between sleep health, frailty and functional capacity in patients awaiting elective surgery. Study 2 synthesized and evaluated …
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Automatic Behaviour in Individuals With Narcolepsy: A Qualitative Approach
Narcolepsy is a debilitating sleep disorder, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnogogic hallucinations, sleep paralysis and automatic behaviour. Automatic behaviour can be defined as 'stereotyped and repetitive sequences of actions that are performed without awareness', …
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Stillbirth and trauma associated sleep disturbances: A population-based study of 27,605 women
… association of stillbirth and trauma associated sleep disturbances has received limited attention. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to assess the association of having experienced a stillbirth and the proposed trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) in a large nationally representative …
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The Effects of Exercise Training On the Severity and Health Consequences of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
<p>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent and harmful sleep disorder, with numerous health consequences if left untreated. Available treatment options are either suboptimal in efficacy or undesirable due to side effects. Despite intriguing preliminary epidemiologic and experimental evidence, …
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Insuline resistance and insuline sensibility in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), also referred to as obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH), is a sleep disorder that involves cessation or significant decrease in airflow in the presence of breathing effort. It is the most common type of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and is characterized by …
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