Information and Communication Technology-Based Application for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Insomnia: Development and Validation Study by Yeonhee Lee, Inseong Kim, Seonheui Lee, Soyoung Yu

“…This study successfully developed, implemented, and evaluated a new mobile application called Smart Sleep for community-dwelling older adults with insomnia.…”
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How to select observers by Robert Garisto

“…Then we use our formalism to resolve a debate in the philosophy community called the “Sleeping Beauty problem.” Finally, we conclude with a heuristic summary, free from equations, and point to possible future directions of this line of research.…”
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Implementation of Energy Efficiency Based on Time Scheduling to Improve Network Lifetime in Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) by Subono ., M. Udin Harun Al Rasyid, I Gede Puja Astawa

“…In this study, we propose a method of time scheduling called cycle sleep period (CSP) as WBAN solutions to save energy and improve energy efficiency. …”
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UK children’s sleep and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic by Victoria C. P. Knowland, Elaine van Rijn, M. Gareth Gaskell, Lisa Henderson

“…Conclusions These findings further support calls for sleep quality (in particular, time taken to fall asleep) to be taken as a key indicator of mental health in children, particularly under usual circumstances when schools are open and sleep duration may be less resilient.…”
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Sleep Characteristics of Pediatric Burn Patients by Esra Ardahan Akgül, Hatice Yıldırım Sarı

“…Aim:Soft tissue injuries which happen because of high heat, chemicals etc. are called burns. Sleep is a complex behavior regulated by the interaction of anatomical and neurochemical areas in the central nervous system. …”
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Sleep disorders and obesity in adolescents: peculiarities of psycho-cognitive status (literature review) by O. N. Berdina, L. V. Rychkova, I. M. Madaeva

“…The peculiarity of this period of life is called a sleep delayed phase phenomenon, which can play the important role in the development of eating disorders and cause risk of obesity. …”
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Sleep Quality Disturbances Are Associated with White Matter Alterations in Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Philine Rojczyk, Johanna Seitz-Holland, Elisabeth Kaufmann, Valerie J. Sydnor, Cara L. Kim, Lisa F. Umminger, Tim L. T. Wiegand, Jeffrey P. Guenette, Fan Zhang, Yogesh Rathi, Sylvain Bouix, Ofer Pasternak, Catherine B. Fortier, David Salat, Sidney R. Hinds, Florian Heinen, Lauren J. O’Donnell, William P. Milberg, Regina E. McGlinchey, Martha E. Shenton, Inga K. Koerte

“…Our findings highlight the significant impact of sleep disturbances on brain health in veterans with PTSD+mTBI, calling for sleep-targeted interventions.…”
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Designing and Developing a Vision-Based System to Investigate the Emotional Effects of News on Short Sleep at Noon: An Experimental Case Study by Ata Jahangir Moshayedi, Nafiz Md Imtiaz Uddin, Amir Sohail Khan, Jianxiong Zhu, Mehran Emadi Andani

“…<b>Methods:</b> A novel system called the sleep visual analyzer (VSleep) was designed to analyze sleep movements and generate reports based on changes in body position angles. …”
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Impacts of Australian Firefighters’ On-Call Work Arrangements on the Sleep of Partners by Grace E. Vincent, Simone Karan, Jessica Paterson, Amy C. Reynolds, Michelle Dominiak, Sally A. Ferguson

“…Two key research questions were investigated: (1) Does the frequency of calls impact sleep and relationship happiness? and, (2) Does the (a) sleep quantity and (b) sleep quality of partners impact perceived relationship happiness? …”
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Sphingosine Kinase Regulates Microtubule Dynamics and Organelle Positioning Necessary for Proper G₁/S Cell Cycle Transition in <named-content content-type="genus-species... by Deborah A. Pasternack, Aabha I. Sharma, Cheryl L. Olson, Conrad L. Epting, David M. Engman

“…T. brucei is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa, where over 70 million people and countless livestock are at risk of developing T. brucei infection, called African sleeping sickness, resulting in economic losses of ~$35 million from the loss of cattle alone. …”
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A First Glimpse at the Latent Structure of Sleep Valuation Using a Sleep Valuation Item Bank by Kay DB, Simmons Z, Nielson SA, Braithwaite SR, Esplin C

“…Multiple regression analyses were used to investigate the variables associated with each factor.Results: The factor analysis identified 29 items with factor loadings ≥ 0.4 on four major factors, tentatively called (1) sleep wanting, (2) sleep prioritizing, (3) sleep onset preference, and (4) sleep devaluation. …”
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Deep Learning for Diagnosis and Classification of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Nasal Airflow-Based Multi-Resolution Residual Network by Yue H, Lin Y, Wu Y, Wang Y, Li Y, Guo X, Huang Y, Wen W, Zhao G, Pang X, Lei W

“…Huijun Yue,1,* Yu Lin,1,* Yitao Wu,2,* Yongquan Wang,1 Yun Li,1 Xueqin Guo,1 Ying Huang,3 Weiping Wen,1 Gansen Zhao,2 Xiongwen Pang,2 Wenbin Lei1 1Otorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 2School of Computer Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 3Guangdong Province Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Guangzhou, 510000, People&rsquo;s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wenbin LeiOtorhinolaryngology Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 58 Zhongshan Road II, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, People&rsquo;s Republic of ChinaTel +86-13922113299Email leiwb@mail.sysu.edu.cnXiongwen PangSchool of Computer Science, South China Normal University, 55 West Zhongshan Avenue, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510631, People&rsquo;s Republic of ChinaTel +86-18620638848Email augepang@scnu.edu.cnPurpose: This study evaluated a novel approach for diagnosis and classification of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), called Obstructive Sleep Apnea Smart System (OSASS), using residual networks and single-channel nasal pressure airflow signals.Methods: Data were collected from the sleep center of the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, and the Integrative Department of Guangdong Province Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital. …”
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Towards robust and label-efficient time series representation learning by Emadeldeen Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed Eldele

“…We first propose a novel attention-based deep learning architecture called AttnSleep to classify EEG-based sleep stages, being one of the common time series healthcare data types. …”
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