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...

Citation: Bento R, Feary DA, Hoey AS and Burt JA (2017) Settlement Patterns of Corals and other Benthos on Reefs with Divergent Environments and Disturbances Histories around the Northeastern Arabian Peninsula. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:305. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00305 Settlement Patterns of Corals and other Benthos on Reefs with Divergent Environments and Disturbances Histories around the Northeast...

The potential benefits of outsourcing are well known, but the decision to contract with subcontract partner can be daunting. This article examines how to determine if a product is suitable for outsourcing and the steps to take to identify and qualify the correct outsourcing company.

On average 1–2 tropical cyclones form over the Arabian Sea each year, and few of these storms are intense enough to be classified as very severe or super cyclonic storms. As such, few studies have explicitly identified the seasonal to interannual changes in environmental conditions that are associated with Arabian Sea tropical cyclogenesis. However, over the last 30 yr several intense Arabian s...

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...

night work can have a significant impact on health, well-being, performance and occupational safety of workers. night workers often complain about the sleep disorder characterized by excessive sleepiness.  the aim of the study was to determine the level of sleepiness among night workers and investigate its relationship with oral temperature in a hot industry. this cross-sectional study involved...

Polygraphic sleep recordings were made from 46 healthy adult volunteers during 159 nights and evaluated visually. Sleep stages for each 30 sec epoch were entered into a computer data base from which plots of individual nights, as well as color "dormograms" and/or statistical parameters for a set of nights, could be produced. The total mean dormogram in which all the nights were synchronized at ...

Jabal Al-Ward is one of the Hijazi mountains situated between Al-Ulā and Al-Wajh, southwest Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia’s northwesterly border region. It considered highest mountain in this area enriched wildlife. For first time, present research aimed to investigate floristic composition, phytogeographical distribution, plant diversity Al-Ward. One hundred ninety-eight species representing 47...