For the ICAD conference 2004 in Sydney a sonification of ECG and other data was carried out to merge the boundaries between artistic sonification and scientific auditory display. Listen (Awakening) attempts to create in sound the activity of the brain becoming aware of a piece of music and gradually building in its subconscious reaction and appreciation. Certain constraints were put on the soni...

Awakening heterochromatin ites in the human genome once thought to be inert structural material are brought to life in response to stress, according to results from Jolly et al. (page 25). These inactive DNA stretches are binding sites for HSF1, a transcription factor that activates individual heat shock genes and accumulates in nuclear granules after heat shock. These granules were, like HSF1,...

BACKGROUND A reliable predictor for early recovery of consciousness in comatose patients is of great clinical significance. Here we aimed to investigate the potentially prognostic value of electroencephalogram-reactivity (EEG-R) in combination with sleep spindles, termed EEG-awakening, for behavioral awakening in etiologically diverse comatose patients. METHODS We performed a prospectively ob...

with the unfolding of recent developments in the arab world and fall of political systems in some of arab countries as well as spread of islamic thoughts, new grounds have been created for new wave of islamic awakening. it seems that this wave has become dynamic over the past few years. islamic awakening is an opportunity for realization of the ideal of palestine. the present paper is an attemp...

Purpose: To evaluate whether oral clonidine premedication affects the induction dose of propofol and awakening time from epidural and propofol anesthesia. Methods: Thirty-nine female patients (ASA I or II) were randomly allocated to receive 5 jL/g-kg" clonidine po or no clonidine 90 min before induction of anesthesia. After epidural anesthesia was achieved with lidocaine, general anesthesia was...

PURPOSE To evaluate whether oral clonidine premedication affects the induction dose of propofol and awakening time from epidural and propofol anesthesia. METHODS Thirty-nine female patients (ASA I or II) were randomly allocated to receive 5 microg x kg(-1) clonidine p.o. or no clonidine 90 min before induction of anesthesia. After epidural anesthesia was achieved with lidocaine, general anest...

Background & Objective: Stress contributes to sleep-wake behavior in all animals. It seems that factors such as learning and memory processes can improve sleep disorders. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the effects of stress and learning (spatial memory) on total post-stress rapid-eye-movement (REM), non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM) and waking time in rats. Materials & Met...

BACKGROUND The normal development of cortisol regulation during childhood is thought to be influenced by a complex interplay between environmental and genetic factors. METHOD The aim of this study was to estimate genetic and environmental influences on basal cortisol levels in a sample of 151 twin pairs aged 9-16 years. Salivary cortisol was collected on two consecutive days when the children...