objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of restriction sleep treatment on the quality of sleep in the elders. methods & materials: the study was a quasi-experimental research. the study population consisted of 5000 elders who were members of jahandidegan center of shiraz. sample included 50 elder’s who were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. foll...

A 40-year-old woman presented with an eight-year history of migraine headaches. The headaches occurred once or twice per week, but usually responded well to a triptan taken soon after onset. Sometimes the headache returned the next day, necessitating a second dose. Occasionally the headaches did not respond well to the triptan; they caused the patient to miss work about once per month. The pati...

Companion dogs with no previous experience were trained in a drug detector dog adapted method to recognise the scents of ‘prey’ animals and allowed sleep their natural habitat, at home owners. After each two consecutive nights they evaluated on next days. We tested declarative memory (knowing that) also procedural how), by using chase-and-fetch training testing routines, which involved walking ...

Unihemispheric sleep, during which one half of the brain sleeps while the other half remains awake, is seen in some aquatic mammals and birds, particularly in risky situations. It now appears that humans sleeping in unfamiliar environments do something quite similar.

The optimal anesthetic technique for transvaginal ultrasound guided oocyte retrieval (TUGOR) is not known. We present a case series of patients having TUGOR under intravenous remifentanil infusion and paracervical block (PCB). One hundred four unpremedicated patients were included in our study. After monitoring heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) a...

Reducing the energy consumption of computers is becoming increasingly important with rising energy costs and environmental concerns. It is especially important for mobile devices such as laptops where battery lifetime is always an issue. Sleep states such as S3 (suspend to RAM) save energy but prevent the device from responding to incoming network events, for example remote desktop logins and f...

In her 2018 novel Before She Sleeps Bina Shah depicts an oppressive, dystopian society. This has emerged as one consequence of uncontrollable virus outbreak which resulted in a disproportionate ratio men to women. such gender-imbalanced world intimacy is commodified, allowing women some means revolt misogynistic and fertility-obsessed world. explores the horrifying aftermath pandemics, identify...