UNLABELLED BACKGROUND/STUDY CONTEXT: The cortisol diurnal rhythm has previously been examined in relation to age and health behaviors. However, less is known about the relationship between multiple health behaviors and diurnal cortisol in the context of aging, where it is possible that the impact of health behaviors on cortisol varies as a function of age. This study compared the awakening resp...

BACKGROUND   Fluctuations in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms related to regulatory deficits in arousal states are themselves characterized by circadian rhythms. Although cortisol is an important circadian arousal-related marker, studies focusing on across-the-day cortisol variations in ADHD are scarce. There is no study with multiple measurements to take into account in...

Abstract The central goal of traditional mindfulness practice is bodhi , often translated as “awakening.” A critical examination arguments proposed by Bhikkhu Bodhi in support the alternative rendering “enlightenment” confirms preferability understanding to refer indeed a form “awakening” way conveying that chief purpose Buddhist lead realizing liberating insight.

Many published prospective trials have reported clinically meaningful morning-evening, treatment-time differences in the blood pressure (BP)-lowering efficacy, duration of action, and safety of most classes of hypertension medications. Most important, it was recently documented that routine ingestion of the full daily dose of ≥1 hypertension medications at bedtime, compared with ingestion of al...

The Awakening is a short but first class novel of the late nineteenth century written by Kate Chopin. It about Edna’s 
 gradual awakening and her subsequent seeking artistic development sexual fulfillment outside marriage. Based on theories existentialism, this paper tries to analyze self-pursuit life journey from absurdity Marriage, alienation freedom choice.

the literature of sufism is a magnificent part of the persian literature which consists of awakening purports and topics about the love of free. but because of the sequestered lives of a great many sufies, this reality is in a state of neglect. in this article , the author has tried to mention this reality that sufism litreture is an awakening litreture and at the same time, has analyzed the es...

OBJECTIVES It has long been speculated that effortful listening places children with hearing loss at risk for fatigue. School-age children with hearing loss experiencing cumulative stress and listening fatigue on a daily basis might undergo dysregulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity resulting in elevated or flattened cortisol profiles. The purpose of this study was to e...

Dried urine spot testing for hormones and their metabolites is an area of recent commercial and diagnostic interest within the medical community and general public. Proponents of dried urine testing claim to provide total and diurnal rhythm type hormone measurements using a 4-sample collection regimen of urine collected then dried on filter paper. The timing of sample collection is generally se...