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Cancer patients’ attitudes towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine in the management of sleep problems

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Baykal D., Dedeoğlu Demir B., Yildirim D.

European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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2023

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issue 3

546-552

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Introduction and aim. Sleep problems are frequently experienced in cancer patients and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is solve the problem. However, patients’ attitudes towards this practice are crucial. This study was purpose to investigate the attitudes of cancer patients towards CAM practices in the management of sleep problems. Material and methods. This cross-sectional. and descriptive study was conducted between February-June 2020, on 140 cancer patients in oncology/haematology clinics, three different hospitals in Istanbul. Data were collected by using the Information Form, “Richard Campbell Sleep Questionnaire and The Attitudes towards Holistic Complementary and Alternative Medicine scale”. Results. It was found that the patients had problems with sleep in general 42.74±21.31, mostly in the aspect of the quality of sleep 36.28±26.1. It was determined that stage IV cancer, education and income level of patients affect sleep problems. While female holistic health attitudes were more negative and, their attitudes towards CAM were positive. It was found in the analysis of variance that was performed to determine the difference between the mean scores towards sleep problems of patients in different stages (F=3.062; p<0.05). Conclusion. It was found that cancer patients usually had sleep problems, and their attitudes towards CAM practices were positive.

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Sleep, Work and Globalization: The Evening/Night Shift Employees in Call Centre in Romania

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Marinache R.

International Review of Social Research

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2016

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vol. 6

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issue 3

129-136

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In order to ensure synchronized operation of companies who use workforce around the world, work schedules have been divided in two or three shifts and a large number of people work in evening or night shifts. Based on interviews with 25 employees of a call centre in Romania, I describe three processes: sleep desynchronization, i.e. working during night and sleeping during the day, synchronization with those having similar nocturnal schedules and, finally, its resynchronization with the mainstream. I describe the tensions and conflicts which accompany each such transformation.

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Uni ja unenäod udmurdi kultuuris

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Anisimov N., Toulouze E.

Mäetagused

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2021

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vol. 80

155-184

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In Udmurt culture sleep (iz’on, kölon, um) as well as dreams (vöt, uyvöt) have occupied a significant place. According to ordinary understandings, dreams are not subjected to this world’s rules of time and space: in a dream, places and spaces may suddenly change, and time moves quickly, or it does not move at all; it has stopped. Sleep and dreams are not thoroughly explained phenomena, and as such, they play a significant role in the communication between the world of the living and the world of the deities (spirits). Their importance is confirmed by the rules one has to follow when going to bed. The dream becomes a sacred space, in which it is possible to acquire sacred knowledge and skills. The narratives we are acquainted with tell us that during sleep one of the person’s souls, called urt, can fly away. Probably this is the reason why it is forbidden to suddenly awake a person sleeping: they may not wake up at all or may even lose their reason. Earlier the Udmurt even organised special rituals to catch the second soul. In the Udmurt culture, sleep and dreams constitute a non-real space, in which the living and the dead are able to meet and communicate. The initiators of the dreams can be both the living and the dead, in different situations. Through dreams, the dead are able to transmit to the living their wishes, their knowledge about events or accidents to come; they may complain about certain circumstances, etc. Today, the Udmurt are attentive to all dreams; they see in them signs connected to the real world and given from above, and they must be considered in order not to disturb the balance between the worlds.

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Dreaming as Performance. An Attempt to Explain the Phenomenon of the Inner Mental Theatre Stage

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Krpič T.

Didaskalia. Gazeta Teatralna

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2023

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issue 177

110-132

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This article addresses the phenomenon of sleeping performance artists. Several performance artists have investigated or included sleep in their performance art. These artists radically transform Eric Bentley’s conventional theatre model from ‘A impersonates B, while C looks on’ into “A impersonates A, while A looks on.’ The sleeping performer builds a mental inner theatre stage inside their body, becoming the ‘spectActor,’ who simultaneously embodies both the performer and the spectator. The spectActor’s consciousness is generated by memories stored in his or her body. He or she is in the state of aesthetic inner-bodymind.

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Sny a umrlci v rukopisných pramenech českého baroka

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Wolf J.

Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)

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2019

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vol. 11

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issue 1

97-108

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The study first briefly outlines European and indigenous historiographic productions examining the relationship between dreams and death. It also focuses on a semiotic definition of the space of sleep and dream on the basis of period printed sources and manuscripts. The core of the paper consists of an overview and subsequent typology of the interconnections between sleep and death, as it emerges from the early modern Czech and Saxon sources.

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Występowanie nadmiernej senności dziennej wśród studentów wrocławskich uczelni wyższych.

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Czyż R., Leszczyńska J., Krawczyk K., Majkut M., Zyśko D.

Współczesne Pielęgniarstwo i Ochrona Zdrowia

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2013

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issue 2

36-39

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Wstęp. Zaburzenia snu i nadmierna senność dzienna to powszechne zjawiska wśród ludzi młodych.

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Background. Sleep disturbances and excessive daytime sleepiness is a common phenomenon among young people.

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Identification of factors determining anxiety, depression and aggression, with particular emphasis on pain in Polish adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis

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Cepuch G., Tomaszek L., Pawlik L.

Family Medicine & Primary Care Review

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2018

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issue 2

112-116

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Measuring the effects of night-shift work on cardiac autonomic modulation: an appraisal of heart rate variability metrics

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Fink A. M.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2020

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vol. 33

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issue 4

409-425

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Night-shift workers may develop poor cardiovascular health. Studies about heart rate variability (HRV) metrics could identify risk factors in this population and be used to examine the effectiveness of interventions for optimizing the health of night-shift workers. The purpose of this review was to examine the use of HRV methodologies in studies about night-shift work. Overall, 34 articles met the selection criteria and underwent a methodological critique. The main conclusion across these studies was that night-shift work could increase the sympathetic influences on the variability between heartbeats. In many cases, however, important methodological details were omitted (e.g., the number and duration of electrocardiogram recordings, sampling rates, R–R segment duration, wavelet transform methods). Recommendations include adding measures of disease outcomes, using ≥250 Hz sampling rates and 600-s R–R segments, and measuring sleep and circadian rhythms. With these approaches, researchers can design investigations that identify therapeutic targets for improving the health of night-shift workers.

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Authors’ response (July 6, 2017) to the letter to the Editor concerning the paper “Impact of road traffic noise on sleep disturbances and attention disorders amongst school children living in Upper Silesian Industrial Zone, Poland”

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Skrzypek M., Kowalska M., Czech E. M., Niewiadomska E., Zejda J. E.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2017

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vol. 31

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issue 1

127-127

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Impact of road traffic noise on sleep disturbances and attention disorders amongst school children living in Upper Silesian Industrial Zone, Poland

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Skrzypek M., Kowalska M., Czech E. M., Niewiadomska E., Zejda J. E.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2017

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vol. 30

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issue 3

511-520

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Objectives Published reports suggest that some adverse health impact may be related to noise exposure, and motor vehicle traffic is considered to be the main source of environmental hazard of noise. The aim of this study has been to assess an association between occurrence of sleep and attention disorders with exposure to the noise generated by motor vehicle traffic in the case of a large group of children living in an urban environment. Material and Methods The data was obtained using a cross sectional study design in Bytom (Silesia, Poland) from 2003–2007 for a selected group of 7–14 year olds (N = 5136). The geographic information system was used for assessing the exposure to noise generated by the motor vehicle traffic. The association between occurrences of sleep disturbances or attention disorders and exposure to the traffic noise was examined by means of multivariable logistic regression. Results Sleep disturbances and attention disorders were found to be statistically significantly associated with exposure to the traffic noise. The multivariable logistic regression results suggest that sleep disturbances and attention disorders were more likely to occur in the case of children living in the area with higher traffic density, the odds ratio (OR) = 1.44 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.05–1.97) and 1.38 (95% CI: 1.03–1.86), respectively. Conclusions The results of the study have confirmed that the exposure to the traffic noise could be a significant risk factor for sleep disturbances and attention disorders among children. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 2017;30(3):511–520

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Effects of work-related sleep restriction on acute physiological and psychological stress responses and their interactions: A review among emergency service personnel

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Wolkow A., Ferguson S., Aisbett B., Main L.

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

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2015

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vol. 28

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issue 2

183-208

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Emergency work can expose personnel to sleep restriction. Inadequate amounts of sleep can negatively affect physiological and psychological stress responses. This review critiqued the emergency service literature (e.g., firefighting, police/law enforcement, defense forces, ambulance/paramedic personnel) that has investigated the effect of sleep restriction on hormonal, inflammatory and psychological responses. Furthermore, it investigated if a psycho-physiological approach can help contextualize the significance of such responses to assist emergency service agencies monitor the health of their personnel. The available literature suggests that sleep restriction across multiple work days can disrupt cytokine and cortisol levels, deteriorate mood and elicit simultaneous physiological and psychological responses. However, research concerning the interaction between such responses is limited and inconclusive. Therefore, it is unknown if a psycho-physiological relationship exists and as a result, it is currently not feasible for agencies to monitor sleep restriction related stress based on psycho- physiological interactions. Sleep restriction does however, appear to be a major stressor contributing to physiological and psychological responses and thus, warrants further investigation.

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Powieść „Inny” Jurija Mamlejewa wobec artystycznego poznania Fiodora Dostojewskiego

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Przybysz A. K.

Kultury Wschodniosłowiańskie - Oblicza i Dialog

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2014

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issue 4

169-179

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The aim of this article is to show the undeniable influence of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s artistic method on Yuri Mamlejev’s literary works in particular in relation to his novel The Other. Relying on these determinants of fantastic realism, which for many researchers are referred to as the most significant elements of Dostoyevsky’s artistic method, we make an attempt to show that the carnival which combines the two orders in the works of the 19th century writer: the real (scientific) and the surreal (magic), makes the fantasy become an integral part of the surrounding space. Simultaneously the concept of fiction should be understood through such categories as: paradoxicality, iconicity, a word as a vessel, sleep, hallucinations, picture in picture, doppelgänger that foster deep psychological self-understanding of the entity. In the article we aim to expose some of the abovementioned categories of constructing the world of Dostoyevsky’s works and making up, as defined by the author himself “the realism of higher sense” which, in a slightly modified form, although still clearly visible, is also reflected in Mamleev’s artistic method – metaphysical realism. The main emphasis is put on the categories of sleep and doppelgänger which are the clearest examples of Yuri Vitalevich’s inspiration.

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The aim of this article is to show the undeniable influence of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s artistic method on Yuri Mamlejev’s literary works in particular in relation to his novel The Other. Relying on these determinants of fantastic realism, which for many researchers are referred to as the most significant elements of Dostoyevsky’s artistic method, we make an attempt to show that the carnival which combines the two orders in the works of the 19th century writer: the real (scientific) and the surreal (magic), makes the fantasy become an integral part of the surrounding space. Simultaneously the concept of fiction should be understood through such categories as: paradoxicality, iconicity, a word as a vessel, sleep, hallucinations, picture in picture, doppelgänger that foster deep psychological self-understanding of the entity. In the article we aim to expose some of the abovementioned categories of constructing the world of Dostoyevsky’s works and making up, as defined by the author himself “the realism of higher sense” which, in a slightly modified form, although still clearly visible, is also reflected in Mamleev’s artistic method – metaphysical realism. The main emphasis is put on the categories of sleep and doppelgänger which are the clearest examples of Yuri Vitalevich’s inspiration.

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The cruelty of waking: ahypnotic experience in the world of Franz Kafka

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Chavalka J.

Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)

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2023

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vol. 71

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issue Special_issue_1

40-66

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The study interprets two novels by Kafka (Metamorphosis and Disciplinary Camp), and shows that one of the motives both novels share is the “ahypnotic experience”, i.e., the state in which the character of the story is frightened by sleep, since in sleep he loses control over himself, and is given up to the forces which rid him of of his human form (Metamorphosis). Based on the analysis of the apparatus of torture, interpreted here as “apparatus for producing justice”, the paper argues that for Kafka, the law means not freedom, but inhumanity (Disciplinary Camp). The following part of the paper explains that a similar process is uncovered in Donnarumma’s Amygdala art installation, and poses the question as to whether the increasing autonomy of modern technology intensifies Kafka’s fears of dehumanisation of the world. The final part of the paper offers an alternative conclusion to the problem building on Nietzsche’s understanding of the sense of the sublime.

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Cancer patients’ attitudes towards holistic complementary and alternative medicine in the management of sleep problems

Sleep, Work and Globalization: The Evening/Night Shift Employees in Call Centre in Romania

Uni ja unenäod udmurdi kultuuris

Dreaming as Performance. An Attempt to Explain the Phenomenon of the Inner Mental Theatre Stage

Sny a umrlci v rukopisných pramenech českého baroka

Występowanie nadmiernej senności dziennej wśród studentów wrocławskich uczelni wyższych.

Identification of factors determining anxiety, depression and aggression, with particular emphasis on pain in Polish adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis

Measuring the effects of night-shift work on cardiac autonomic modulation: an appraisal of heart rate variability metrics

Authors’ response (July 6, 2017) to the letter to the Editor concerning the paper “Impact of road traffic noise on sleep disturbances and attention disorders amongst school children living in Upper Silesian Industrial Zone, Poland”

Impact of road traffic noise on sleep disturbances and attention disorders amongst school children living in Upper Silesian Industrial Zone, Poland

Effects of work-related sleep restriction on acute physiological and psychological stress responses and their interactions: A review among emergency service personnel

Powieść „Inny” Jurija Mamlejewa wobec artystycznego poznania Fiodora Dostojewskiego

The cruelty of waking: ahypnotic experience in the world of Franz Kafka