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...study found that 99 cardiovascular events occurred among all volunteers. The incidence rate was about 33% higher among people who slept less than seven and a half hours a night and had elevated overnight blood pressure - the so-called "riser pattern" - compared with longer sleepers. But those who slept less than seven and a half hours a night yet experienced no overnight hypertension showed no increased cardiac risk; their rate of heart disease was the same as that of the long sleepers. Particularly when it comes to elderly patients, the authors write that "physicians should inquire about sleep duration...
...between their first and second years of school, MBA candidates typically intern in the hopes of securing a promised position after graduation. But this year, more students than usual are in a holding pattern, even after successful internships. Firms want to see how the economy looks at year's end before committing to a new class of recruits. "There's likely to be more 'as-needed' hiring," says Regina Resnick, Assistant Dean at the Columbia Business School, where about half of the graduating class typically pursues employment in financial services, whether in venture capital, private equity, investment banking or something...
...plan calls for a pattern of interwoven streets through the new campus that the architects said would be a “gentle grafting of the campus and the neighborhood, in a supportive...
...used to work as a bioengineer, how has your scientific background influenced your music? I think, if anything, just the meticulous nature of engineering goes hand-in-hand with what I do. I use a calculator to make sure things fall on a rhythmic pattern that is informed by math. My work has always involved sitting down at a computer and focusing on the smallest detail and working on tiny little things for hours at a time that eventually go toward a bigger picture. And that's kind of how I approach my music...
Jason B. McCoy ’08, this year’s campus life fellow, or “fun czar,” said he agreed that the trend in the past has been toward tightening restrictions but that he does not think this year follows that pattern...