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...April Fools' Day). These days, the government has backed off and sees benefit in consumer-led economic growth. That translates into blinking lights and plastic wreaths for anyone who can afford them, and lots of waitresses dressed in Santa's red-and-whites that show a bit of leg. (Nativity scenes and other overtly religious displays are still forbidden by government decree.) Some restaurants in Beijing offer $300-a-plate Christmas dinners that newspapers deride as "money-burning meals." All over China, department stores run Christmas sales and cardboard Santas peer from shop windows...
Without a good theory of what sleep is for, scientists for many years concentrated on describing what it is--and treating conditions that interfere with it, such as anxiety, restless-leg syndrome and sleep apnea (see box). They've learned that most mammals, with the possible exception of dolphins and whales, cycle between two distinct phases of sleep, one of which is characterized by rapid eye movement--the famous REM sleep. The other is called, straightforwardly enough, non-REM sleep. Humans generally take about 90 minutes to complete a full cycle of REM and non-REM sleep. As dawn approaches...
...addition to the mentor program, Woodbridge organizes FIP, which is financed by the international office and occurs just before freshman move-in. “It’s the first welcome you get after a long flight, jet leg, questioning from immigration officers about visas,” Zlatinova says...
...hurt, the water is up to our nose, and we need someone to throw us a rope to help us out. ramsi came, took us to hospital, and now we're recovering. But what will ramsi do next? Will they take us home when we're discharged but our leg is still in a cast? Will they help us to start a garden? Or will they just leave us to find our own way home?" In partnership with ramsi, the country's many brave, honest and able citizens have their best - perhaps last - chance to step...
...soldiers who return from Iraq missing a leg from the thigh down are getting back on their feet a lot faster these days, thanks to the Rheo Knee. The new prosthetic joint, developed in Iceland, is designed to learn the nuances of an individual's movements and adjust itself. An innovative control module--made up of sensors, a computer chip and software--reacts instantaneously to changes in the wearer's gait, so there's less strain on the hips and back...