Essays about: "Sleep loss"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words Sleep loss.

  1. 11. Den hjälplösa hästen : en riskanalys av inlärd hjälplöshet hos häst

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Joline Zacharias; [2019]
    Keywords : Inlärd hjälplöshet; häst; träning; negativ förstärkning; positiv förstärkning;

    Abstract : Inlärd hjälplöshet är ett begrepp myntat på 1960-talet efter studier på hundar som utsatts för elchocker utan möjlighet att undvika dessa. Detta resulterade i att hundarna slutade försöka ta sig undan elchockerna när möjligheten fanns. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Blacked Out Brain : Neural Mechanisms of Unconsciousness in General Anesthesia and Disorders of Consciousness

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Phillie Bahrd; [2019]
    Keywords : neural mechanisms of consciousness; anesthesia; disorders of consciousness;

    Abstract : Finding the neural mechanisms of unconsciousness is a pursuit with significance to both the scientific study of consciousness as well as for the improvement of clinical diagnosis of patients with severe structural brain damage that has resulted in disorders of consciousness (DOC), such as coma or vegetative state . This literature review gives an account for what consciousness studies have contributed to the understanding of the neural mechanisms of unconsciousness, focusing on experiments using anesthetic agents to investigate the loss and return of consciousness. READ MORE

  4. 13. Automatic Sleep Scoring To Study Brain Resting State Networks During Sleep In Narcoleptic And Healthy Subjects : A Combination Of A Wavelet Filter Bank And An Artificial Neural Network

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för medicin och hälsa

    Author : Federica Viola; [2014]
    Keywords : Automatic Sleep Scoring; Discrete Wavelet Transform; Filter Bank; Artificial Neural Network; Resting State Networks; Narcolepsy.;

    Abstract : Manual sleep scoring, executed by visual inspection of the EEG, is a very time consuming activity, with an inherent subjective decisional component. Automatic sleep scoring could ease the job of the technicians, because faster and more accurate. READ MORE

  5. 14. Light pollution : consequences and sustainable lighting design

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anna Maria Insulander; [2012]
    Keywords : consequences of lighting; glare; lighting design; light pollution; sustainable lighting;

    Abstract : Light has always fascinated humans but ever since the invention of the first light bulb, the use of artificial lighting has accelerated dramatically. Darkness has never been as rare as today and the overuse of lighting has created a new phenomenon called light pollution. READ MORE

  6. 15. Eutanasi : en skonsam död

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Camilla Assarsson; Rut Brohede; [2006]
    Keywords : eutanasi; avlivning; katt; hund; häst; avlivningsmetoder; farmakologisk avlivning; avlivning med bultpistol; farmaka för avlivning; dödförklaring; omhändertagande av kroppen; slakt; kremering; lagar;

    Abstract : This work is about euthanasia and how to use it on horses, dogs and cats. A description for each animal is done, about when it is time, why, which methods can be used and who is allowed to use them, how and where it shall be done. READ MORE