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...outside The Garage and watched people fall on the ice.” He’s restless, fingering the tattoos of Japanese characters and a cross he has on either side of his neck. “Physically, my body is telling me to go to sleep, but my mind is telling me to stay awake because I’d miss something. Except nothing ever happens.” How long has he been awake? “Days. Weeks. Years. It never ends...
...volunteers that have been sleeping for the last four hours are woken up so the next shift can sleep before breakfast preparation. Guests must leave the shelter immediately after breakfast at eight...
...Where else can I find Masters who’d even sacrifice their own sleep so that their student can pursue a passion?” Tsay wrote in an email...
...Sleep is critical to the healing process, yet sound sleep in a hospital is notoriously difficult to come by. To get to the source of the problem, a team of nurses conducted a study at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The nurses placed noise dosimeters in patient rooms, and two volunteered to sleep over and note bothersome sounds in a thoracic-surgery unit packed with humming equipment and monitors. Peak dosimeter readings as high as 113 decibels--roughly equivalent to the din of a chain saw or jackhammer--came during the 7 a.m. staff changeover...
...been building devices for the Army as part of the Warfighter Physiological Status Monitoring program, including, according to Pentland, gear to be worn by every soldier that would report back to officers "who's on the ragged edge, who's not." Sensors track hydration, heart function, sleep status, psychological status, tremors and blood flow because the Army, like a family, wants to account for the health of its members and prevent bad situations by catching problems early...