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...theory is consistent with new research conducted by Rebecca Bernert, a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Florida State University who specializes in the relationship between sleep and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and who also presented her work at the sleep conference this week...
Past studies have also established a link between chronic sleep disruption and suicide. Sleep complaints, which include nightmares, insomnia and other sleep disturbances, are listed in the current Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's inventory of suicide-prevention warning signs. Yet what distinguishes Bernert's research is that when nightmares and insomnia were evaluated separately, nightmares were independently predictive of suicidal behavior. "It may be that nightmares present a unique risk for suicidal symptoms, which may have to do with the way we process emotion within dreams," Bernert says...
...campaign together in just five weeks, Krafcik had ads running on TV by early January, in time for the much watched National Football League playoffs. The offer instantly grabbed headlines across the country. "Give them credit, they made some noise," says Gary Dilts, a senior vice president at auto-research firm J.D. Power in Troy, Mich. Hyundai "got people into the showroom...
...Hyundai believes it did much more than that. Based on company research, Krafcik figures the program boosted sales by 10% from what they would have been otherwise. That was more than enough for Hyundai to outdistance rivals. True, Hyundai's U.S. sales fell 3.6% overall in the first four months of 2009 from the same period a year earlier. But total auto demand plunged more than 37%, so Hyundai's U.S. market share actually jumped to 4.3% compared with 2.8% the year before. "We're hopeful that [Hyundai's gains] are sustainable," Krafcik says. And the program hasn't backfired...
...Selling computers is a tough business at the best of times. These are the worst of times - global computer sales slumped nearly 7% in the first quarter of 2009. But PC maker Acer has bucked the trend. According to research firm IDC, Acer's PC shipments rose 10% in the first quarter of 2009 from the same period a year earlier, lifting Acer's global market share to 11.9%, up from 10.1% the year before. In notebook computers - Acer's speciality - the company claimed 17% of the world market in the first quarter, enough to make it the world...