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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"sleep disorders"”.
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Sleep disorders and melatonin secretion-excretion patterns in children with epilepsy /
Sleep disorders in children provide a frequent cause for parents to seek medical care. If a child has several kinds of sleep disorders and (or) has another illness, their diagnosis and treatment typically become more complicated. Sleep disorders are a frequent comorbidity to epilepsy. In the …
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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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Aptamer-Based Detection of Salivary Melatonin for Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders Monitoring
Circadian rhythms sleep disorders are linked to the disruption of daily levels of circulating melatonin. Current circadian rhythm sleep disorder diagnostic approaches are typically based on questionnaires (which lack objectivity), and/or on dim light melatonin onset tests (which are costly, …
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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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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 prevalence of sleep disturbances in adolescents and the link to mental health disorders
There is a large body of research showing that sleep disorders are becoming more prevalent, especially in developing children in the United States. The negative effects of sleep disorders are well researched in adults. One such negative effect is the connection between sleep disorders and mental …
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"At the Still Point of the Turning World": A Reference to Time and Movement
A Clinic for the study of Sleep Disorders The proposal for a clinic for sleep disorders sited on the edge of Dupont Circle within the District of Columbia. This thesis is a reference to time and movement as it relates to our individual perception. We each experience our environments differently and …
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Investigation of hypothalamic molecular mechanisms underlying narcolepsy and obesity through DNMT1 and leptin receptor signalling
Sleep disorders and obesity are common diseases that can reduce the length or quality of life for millions of people. These diseases result in part from the dysfunction of cell populations in the hypothalamus that regulate the sleep/wake cycle and energy balance, respectively. There has been …
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Associations between sleep disturbances, personality, and trait emotional intelligence
Insomnia is defined by difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking earlier than desired with inability to return to sleep. Complaints of nonrestorative sleep (NRS) are often associated with insomnia but can occur independently. Fragmented sleep and NRS have been shown to relate to one’s …
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Sleep Disturbances in Adults with TSC: Influences of Treatment and Clinical Features
… as TAND, or TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders. Sleep disorders are a common feature of TAND; however, they are not well characterized in the adult TSC population. Likewise, little is known about how clinical features of the condition and commonly prescribed medications impact sleep. …
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The Validation of an Existing Sleep Apnea Questionnaire and its Application to Clinical Orthodontics
<p>The purpose of this study was to validate a sleep apnea questionnaire from the Loma Linda University Sleep Disorders Center, and then to utilize the questionnaire in order to identify potential sleep apnea patients from a pre-orthodontic patient sample. Study patients were selected from the Loma …
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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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Asmenų, susiduriančių su miego sunkumais, patirtys dailės terapijos procese /
Topic: experiences of people with sleep difficulties in art therapy process. Research problem: sleep disorders are one of the most common medical complaints and are becoming an increasingly topical subject. Despite advances in diagnostic techniques and growing awareness of sleep health, a large …
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Effects of the Deep Meditative Relaxation Technique (DMRT) On Nocturnal Self-Awakening Sleep/Wake Quality Among University Students
… Relaxation Technique (DMRT)on self-awakening sleep/wake quality among university students. DMRT is apsycho-physiological, self-control intervention that operates on the theory that ifpsycho-physiological mind/body systems are unified to produce a desired effect withcue-directives projected in …
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A norm- and control-referenced comparative study of the neuropsychological profiles of shift workers and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
Shift work and Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) have been associated with excessive daytime sleepiness and increased risk of road traffic accidents. There is evidence that daytime sleepiness does not provide as satisfactory explanation for accidents, and occupational and social failures associated …
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Targeting NMDA Receptors to Tune Corticothalamic Circuit Function
… within CT circuitry leads to absence seizures, sleep disorders, and attention deficits. E/I balance may be restored by independently modulating excitatory CT input to the ventral posteromedial (VPM) thalamus and inhibitory input to the VPM through the CT-thalamic reticular nucleus (nRT)-VPM …
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The relationship between moderate physical activities and sleep quality and quantity among persons with dementia
… increasing worldwide due to an aging population. Sleep disorders are a common characteristic of dementia, and pose a significant threat to the quality of life of persons with the condition and their families. This study compared the sleep quantity and quality between active and inactive persons …
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Long driving hours and health of truck drivers
… has led to such illnesses as musculoskeletal disorders, obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke, sleep disorders and psychological distress. Prolonged sitting, whole-body vibration, physical and psychological fatigues were found to be the main risk factors that are related to the …
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Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Action of Melatonin in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
… as a hormone with beneficial effects on sleep disorders, jet lag and longevity. Recent attention has focused on its role in circadian physiology. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is the circadian pacemaker in all mammals. Melatonin phase advances the circadian rhythm of the activity of …
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The Roles of the Neuropeptide Receptor NPR-14 in the Regulation of Sleep Behaviours in Caenorhabditis elegans
Most animals with a nervous system exhibit sleep behaviour(s) during their life cycle, which appears as a decreased level of physical activity and changes in metabolism. Even animals with a simple nervous system like Caenorhabditis elegans have shown sleep behaviour. Two types of sleep have been …
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