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Understanding Sleep and Dreaming
Although sleep has been the subject of serious study for several decades, there has not been available an integrated, introductory text for more than ten years. Understanding Sleep and Dreaming fills this need with complete coverage of all aspects of sleep, dreaming, and sleep disorders, and is comprehensible as well as comprehensive. In accessible language, this text reviews the basic physiological mechanisms of sleep and the intertwined psychological ramifications. Most important, it is up-to-date, containing the latest information on the influence of orexin/hypocretin, nocturnal eating syndrome, the local cell theory of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation, and the advantages of delaying school start times for teenagers.
The Pain Management Workbook : Powerful CBT and Mindfulness Skills to Take Control of Pain and Reclaim Your Life
You'll find a comprehensive outline of this effective biopsychosocial approach, as well as scientifically supported interventions rooted in cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you take control of your pain--and your life! You'll learn strategies for creating a pain plan for home and work, reducing reliance on medications, and breaking the pain cycle. Also included are tips for improving sleep, nutrition for pain, methods for resuming valued activities, and more.
Temporomandibular joint and airway disorders : A translational perspective
This book on the local and systemic manifestations and correlates of temporomandibular joint disorders (TMDs) encompasses the two intertwined facets of translational science – translational research and translational effectiveness – as they relate specifically to TMDs.
Surgery for Sleep-Disordered Breathing
In recent years, the spectrum of therapy for sleep-related breathing disorders has been immensely enriched by numerous innovative surgical procedures and techniques. Deciding which therapy is most appropriate for which patient is often a difficult matter, especially in light of the non-surgical alternatives. This book analyses the efficiency of the recognised surgical procedures; it is rooted in evidence-based medicine. Indications, techniques, complications, and specific follow-up treatments in the realm of sleep medicine have been compiled in the form of a primer. The authors are directors of one of the largest otolaryngological sleep laboratories in the world and perform approximately 1,500 surgical sleep medicine procedures per year. The complete surgical and sleep medicine know-how of the authors, as well as the experience of numerous international courses on sleep surgery, have been incorporated into this volume. It is therefore the fundamental textbook for sleep medicine surgeons.
Sugar and skin health
Carbohydrates are an important source of energy for the body. Some types are more healthful than others. For instance, dietary fiber is a carbohydrate that protects heart and gut health, whereas added sugars can lead to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and overweight, Following a well-balanced diet that includes unprocessed 5carbohydrates, and getting enough sleep and physical activity, are more likely to lead to good health and a healthful body weight than focusing on or eliminating a particular nutrient.
States of Consciousness : Models for Psychology and Psychotherapy
Consciousness has always been a particularly elusive concept and one vigorously argued in the scientific community. This new volume takes on the task of defining normal and altered consciousness in their most relevant clinical terms. In States of Consciousness, Andrzej Kokoszka expands on the pioneering work of J.H. Jackson, offering contemporary models for studying consciousness as it applies to both pathology and normal altered states, e.g., relaxation, sleep, meditation, and hypnosis. He makes clear distinctions between the neuroscientific and psychiatric components of consciousness; at the same time, his theories are rooted firmly in the biopsychosocial approach.
Stabilità funzionale e controllo neuroumorale = Functional stability and neurohumoral control
Stability of function has been the guiding concept from C. Bernard to the present, both for biology and clinical medicine. Only recently, however, have two illustrious physicists, Grégoire Nicolis and Ilya Prigogine, winners of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics, offered a comprehensive description of the stability of a variable, and therefore of a functional state, in terms so clear, precise, and comprehensive that it can also be applied to the biological field. The previously confused concepts on which we based our thinking now arrange themselves in an acceptable manner, and from their newly acquired meaning, they already draw attention to the potential emergent order. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to a biological topic: from systems theory and far-from-equilibrium thermodynamics to the functional states of sleep, wakefulness, and muscular exercise. Simple descriptions, precise definitions, and abundant illustrations will facilitate the reader's study of the stability of complex systems and understanding how the autonomic nervous system controls this stability.
Sleep Neurology : A Comprehensive Guide to Basic and Clinical Aspects
This practical text provides knowledge of the basic neuroscience of sleep and sleep disorders as they interrelate with various neurologic conditions.Chapters in the first section cover neural networks involved in normal sleep processes, including dreams and memory. Also discussed are how these neural networks interact in various sleep stages and sleep disorders, such as sleep related movement disorders. The book's second section explores the pathophysiology of sleep disorders in the spectrum of neurologic conditions in both adults and children. This includes sleep changes in patients with dementia, seizures, headaches, and stroke, and other common neurologic disorders.
Sleep Disorders in Women : From Menarche Through Pregnancy to Menopause : A Guide for Practical Management
Reviews various aspects of sleep disorders in women at different stages of life, and emphasizes the impact that each reproductive and endocrine stage has on normal sleep and sleep disorders. The authors help physicians recognize the symptom patterns of sleep disorders in their female patients and offer guidance on diagnosing, and treating them.
Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Dentistry : Clinical Guide on Diagnosis and Management
This book is designed to enable (pediatric) dentists to recognize the signs and symptoms of sleep disorders in their pediatric patients, it will help to understand the potential negative impact of a sleep disorder on the metabolic and cognitive neurodevelopment of a child and how to collaborate with others to implement appropriate management, including early (dentofacial) orthopedic intervention when necessary.
Sleep Disorders
The body maintains a biological rhythm called circadian rhythm which oscillates in cycles of 24 hours. This normal circadian rhythm orchestrates normal physiological cycles happening each day. The circadian rhythm controlled by both the internal genetic components of biological clock and external factors including those from nutrition and environment. Sleep disorder are common and affect sleep quality and quantity, leading to increase morbidity. Restless leg syndrome is characterized by ague to move the legs that worsens with rest, is relieved by movement, and often occurs in the evening or at night. Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive sleepiness cataplexy.
Sleep and Sleep Disorders : A Neuropsychopharmacological Approach
This timely book serves to present updated information about the neuropsychopharmacology of sleep as this field enters mainstream psychiatry, neurology and medicine This volume has assembled articles that summarize and review carefully, a chosen selection of the latest discoveries concerning sleep medicine, sleep physiology and sleep pharmacology. Outstanding contributions have been sought from acknowledged experts in their respective fields. The goal of the volume is to present the more recent developments and advances in the fields of sleep and neuropsychopharmacology, as well as to provide a context for considering them both in depth and from multidisciplinary perspectives.
Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine
Provides an evidence-based introduction to the interface between sleep wide range of medical disorders. Many patients experience sleep disturbances secondary to their primary illness and this often has a negative effect on their quality of life. Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine is essential reading for all health care professionals concerned with their patients’ well being. A clinically focused, comprehensive review for physicians and other health providers, this volume is a state-of-the-art reference work that can also serve as a textbook for students and researchers who wish to become familiar with the impact of sleep on quality of life.
Serotonin and Sleep : Molecular, Functional and Clinical Aspects
Serotonin and Sleep: Molecular, Functional, and Clinical Aspects covers the complete spectrum of the field and explores the link between the latest basic molecular, functional, and clinical aspects of serotonin and the practice of sleep medicine. The volume focuses on 24 different areas of research, with special emphasis relating the state of basic and clinical research to potential applications: changing concepts in serotonin research, topographic organization and chemoarchitecture, receptor mechanisms – its organization and regulation of behavioral states, electrophysiological mechanisms – in vitro, in vivo, and behaving animals and other areas of molecular neurobiology. Also highlighted are studies related to the circadian control of behavioral states, and mechanisms involved in the serotonergic inhibition of REM sleep. Such discussion has profound implications for the basic biology of serotonin.
Rhinologic and Sleep Apnea Surgical Techniques
While information is becoming available in several journals, there is a definite need for a single surgical atlas-like book that contains precise descriptions of the surgical techniques used in rhinology and sleep apnea surgery. Each chapter was written by surgeons with extensive experience in each topic who have already published on the specific procedure described. Each chapter contains diagrammatic or illustrative descriptions of surgical techniques and provides tips and pearls of wisdom to avoid complications when the procedures are performed. This comprehensive work of surgical information serves as a valuable resource for otolaryngologists in training to augment their surgical education and for practicing otolaryngologists as a review source to best approach the surgical pathologies they encounter in their practice of rhinology and treatment of sleep apnea.
Research Problems in Discrete Geometry
Research Problems in Discrete Geometry is the result of a 25-year-old project initiated by the late Leo Moser. It is a collection of more than 500 attractive open problems in the field. The largely self-contained chapters provide a broad overview of discrete geometry, along with historical details and the most important partial results related to these problems. This book is intended as a source book for both professional mathematicians and graduate students who love beautiful mathematical questions, are willing to spend sleepless nights thinking about them, and who would like to get involved in mathematical research.
Raspberry pi based vehicle starters on face detection and voice commands: “Smart Vehicle”
As the number of thefts and identity fraud has become a serious issue and with the increase of accidents rate, and the need for smart and flexible dealing with the vehicle becomes necessary, the idea of this project is born. Which aspire to develop a security access control application based on face recognition algorithms and which receives voice commands from the user to fulfill certain requests. Also, ensure that the eyes remain open while driving to avoid accidents. In addition, it stores all feelings and person’s data in the event of an accident and detects the car’s location. This all is done in an embedded device known as Raspberry Pi. The project has four modules, face recognition module, speech recognition module, accidents and emotions detection and sleepiness detection module.
Primary Care Sleep Medicine : A Practical Guide
This book coming at an important time for the increasing number of patients with sleep disorders who are seen in primary care practices. The importance of primary care physicians having more in-depth education and training in sleep medicine has been emphasized in the Institute of Medicine report, “Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation—An Unmet Public Health Problem. Lack of sleep can lead to increased rates of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attack, and stroke. In addition, one-fifth of all serious car accidents are associated with driver sleepiness.
Practicing Neurology : What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do
In this new edition, Practicing Neurology: What You Need to Know, What You Need to Do, the latest volume from our Current Clinical Neurology™ series, Rahman Pourmand takes readers through the process of treating neurological conditions from evaluation to emergencies. For each condition, Pourmand provides basic facts, key definitions, step-by-step instructions for conducting a concise physical examination, neurologic signs to watch for, treatment strategies, and the prognosis. In Part I, the author outlines neurological history and examination, highlighting some common neurological constructs while elucidating the most up-to-date neurodiagnostic tests and procedures. Part II details common neurological conditions including stroke, seizure and epilepsy, central nervous system infections, complications from alcohol, dizziness and vertigo, headaches, sleep disorders, and back and neck pain. In Part III, neurological urgencies and emergencies, such as comas, status epilepticus, brain edema, transtentorial herniation, metastatic epidural spinal cord compression, acute meningitis, delirium tremens, Wernicke's encephalopathy, myastenia gravis crisis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and temporal arteritis are covered in detail.
Power-Aware Computer Systems ; 3rd International Workshop, PACS 2003, San Diego, CA, USA, December 1, 2003, Revised Papers
Welcome to the proceedings of the 3rd Power-Aware Computer Systems (PACS 2003) Workshop held in conjunction with the 36th Annual International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO-36). The increase in power and - ergy dissipation in computer systems has begun to limit performance and has also resulted in higher cost and lower reliability. The increase also implies - duced battery life in portable systems. Because of the magnitude of the problem, all levels of computer systems, including circuits, architectures, and software, are being employed to address power and energy issues. PACS 2003 was the third workshop in its series to explore power- and energy-awareness at all levels of computer systems and brought together experts from academia and industry. These proceedings include 14 research papers, selected from 43 submissions, spanning a wide spectrum of areas inpower-aware systems.We have grouped the papers into the following categories: (1) compilers, (2) embedded systems, (3) microarchitectures, and (4) cache and memory systems. The ?rst paper on compiler techniques proposes pointer reuse analysis that is biased by runtime information (i.e., the targets of pointers are determined based on the likelihood of their occurrence at runtime) to map accesses to ener- e?cient memory access paths (e.g., avoid tag match). Another paper proposes compiling multiple programs together so that disk accesses across the programs can be synchronized to achieve longer sleep times in disks than if the programs are optimized separately.
