In task-oriented robot domains, a human is often designated as a supervisor to monitor the robot and correct its inferences about its state during execution. However, supervision is expensive in terms of human effort. Instead, we are interested in robots asking non-supervisors in the environment for state inference help. The challenge with asking non-supervisors for help is that they may not al...

multiple sclerosis (ms) and migraine are two common neurological disorders affecting women more than men. sleep quality impairment has been reported in both diseases. the goal of this study was to compare sleep quality and depression between women with ms and migraine. seventy women with migraine and 75 women with ms were enrolled in this study. participants were asked to fill-out valid and rel...

OBJECTIVE Based on Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, it has been reported that most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients suffer from various degrees of sleep problems. Sleep disorders can affect quality of life, physical and social functioning and can also cause chronic fatigue. Some psychological and physiological factors are related to sleep quality. The purpose of the present st...

OBJECTIVE To investigate subjective sleep quality among women in the menopausal period and to confirm and diagnose the possible sleep disturbances with polysomnographic (PSG) evaluation objectively. MATERIAL AND METHODS Sixty-seven women with menopause were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics and the features of menopause were recorded. We assessed subjective sleep quality...

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Background: Cardiac resynchronization therapy is known to promote symptom improvement, increased survival, and decreased hospitalizations for heart failure. However, one third of patients on cardiac may not achieve any clinical improvement. One the factors lack improvement an inadequate adjustment device programming, because such adjustments are commonly made at rest. optimization can be done b...

BACKGROUND Alteration of the intensity of light reaching the pineal gland through the visual pathway affects the sleepwake cycle in humans. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, types and severity of sleep-wake disorders in the blind and their relation to the degree and cause of blindness. METHODS One hundred and seventy consecutive blind patients were included in the study. The patients w...