ACG Actigraphy ADHD Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder ANOVA Analysis of variance AS Asperger syndrome CBCL Children's behaviour checklist CDI Children's depression inventory CI Confidence interval CSRF Children's self-report form for sleep disturbances DSPS Delayed sleep phase syndrome EEG Electroencephalography fMRI Functional magnetic resonance imaging INCL Infantile neuronal ceroi...

Symptoms and signs in 12 patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome have been presented. The most common symptoms were snoring , increased motor activity during sleep and excessive daytime somnolence. The factors predisposing to OSA syndrome were obesity and anatomic abnormalities of the upper airway structure. In some cases the signs of OSA syndrome included hypertension, righ...

Childhood obesity is a worldwide epidemic and public health problem. Sleep an important factor in this process, its quality duration are associated with metabolism, eating behavior, cognition, psychology. Physical activity encompasses hormonal, thermoregulatory, fatiguing, restorative processes, metabolic regulator of sleep, modestly reduces body fat through elevated energy expenditure regulati...

OBJECTIVE To assess duration of excessive crying and its relation to sleep and eating disturbances in a population sample of infants. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Random digit-dialing survey, enrolling birth cohorts between 1999 and 2003, in Germany. PARTICIPANTS Children aged 4 years and younger. MAIN EXPOSURES Excessive crying, retrospectively ascertained according to modifie...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Epidemiological studies have suggested a pathophysiological link between sleep apnea syndrome and cerebrovascular diseases. The mechanism by which sleep disturbance can affect the predisposition to developing stroke is not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome have an increase in atherosclerosis indicators a...

This review describes recent research in pediatric sleep disorders associated with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) and their treatment. NDDs affect more than 2% of the general population and represent more than 35% of the total cases of children referred to a neuropsychiatric center for sleep problems. Specific clinical and therapeutic aspects of sleep disorders associated with Down synd...

This chapter describes the application of an intelligent machine learning technique (Support Vector Machines, SVM) to diagnose the patients with sleep apnoea syndrome using Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. Sleep apnoea syndrome is a medical condition caused by sleep apnoea which is defined as the cessation of breathing for short periods during sleep. First, the importance of early diagnosis and ...

INTRODUCTION Environmental motion can affect shipboard sleep of crewmembers. Slamming and similar harsh motion may interfere with sleep, whereas mild motion and sopite syndrome may enhance sleep. If sleep needs vary by sea condition, this factor should be considered when assessing human performance at sea. The goal of this study was to assess sleep duration in different sea conditions. METHOD...

BACKGROUND To examine an association between self-reported sleep quality determined by Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) and metabolic syndrome. METHODS This study was designed as cross-sectional study. Participants were 1481 adults aged 20 years and above from general population (549 males and 932 females). We assessed the global sleep quality by PSQI. PSQI consists of 7 elements, i.e. s...