Visually scored delta activity (stages 3 and 4, SWS) as well as computerized delta activity measures increase after total and selective sleep deprivation. It is, however, still controversial if SWS amount is only a function of prior waking duration, or if it is related to the structure of the previous sleep period (i.e., to the time spent in SWS). In order to clarify if the amount of SWS is cru...

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We studied five male nonobese patients (mean age, 61 years) who had moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Each patient underwent three successive nights of systematic monitoring of sleep variables. On nights 2 and 3, patients received placebo and flurazepam (30 mg). Patients were also given flurazepam (15 mg) for seven consecutive nights and underwent sleep monitoring on nights...

Acomparison of China and India is both exciting and challenging, and should ideally lead to a serious consideration of various policy implications. In this context, our conference today marks the beginning of a long journey. In my remarks, I will try to compare the banking sectors in China and India, largely focusing on structure and robustness as well as the effectiveness of the banking superv...

STUDY OBJECTIVES This study provides estimates of reliability for aggregated values from 1 to 7 recording nights for five commonly used actigraphic measures of sleep patterns, reliability as a function of night type (weeknight or weekend night), and stability of measures over several months. DESIGN AND SETTING Data are from three studies that obtained 7 nights of actigraph data (using Mini Mo...