Jo M. Solet

TL;DR: It is concluded that actigraphy is overall a useful and valid means for estimating total sleep time and wakefulness after sleep onset in field and workplace studies, with some limitations in specificity.

TL;DR: It is shown that it is possible to predict an individual's ability to maintain sleep in the face of sound using spontaneous brain rhythms from electroencephalography (EEG), and that individuals who generated more sleep spindle production went on to exhibit higher tolerance for noise during a subsequent, noisy night of sleep.

TL;DR: Gender disparity in grant funding is largely explained by gender disparities in academic rank, however, gender differences in grant application behavior at lower academic ranks also contribute to gender disparity inGrant funding for medical science.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the cortical arousal responses during sleep to typical hospital noises by sound level and type and sleep stage, and found that sounds in NREM stage 3 were less likely to cause arousals than sounds in non-REM stage 2; however, the probability of arousal to sounds presented in REM sleep varied less by sound type and caused a greater and more sustained elevation of instantaneous heart rate.

TL;DR: Small modifications in hospital routines, especially in the timing of vital signs and routine medication administration, can significantly reduce sedative use in unselected hospital patients.