Thermal performance of radiation heater in summer period by V. I. Karagusov, V. A. Nemykin

“…Calculations made using experimental data showed that the heat generated by the solar radiation heating of water or non-freezing liquid in summer is sufficient for hot water supply around the clock, as well as for heating water and providing comfortable conditions in the rooms at night and in cold weather conditions…”
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Acupuncture in the Treatment of a Female Patient Suffering from Chronic Schizophrenia and Sleep Disorders by Peggy Bosch, Sabina Lim, Sujung Yeo, Sook-Hyun Lee, Heike Staudte, Maurits van den Noort

“…The actiwatch data revealed a beneficial effect of acupuncture, showing better sleep latency, a trend towards better sleep efficiency, and a decrease in the number of minutes that the patient was awake during the night after acupuncture treatment. In sum, this study showed that acupuncture might be beneficial in the treatment of sleep disorders in patients suffering from chronic schizophrenia, but future, large, randomized (placebo), controlled, clinical trials are needed in order to replicate the present preliminary findings.…”
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Efficacy and Safety of Immunotherapy with Interferon-Gamma in the Management of Chronic Sulfur Mustard-Induced Cutaneous Complications: Comparison with Topical Betamethasone 1% by Yunes Panahi, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Seyyed Masoud Davoudi, Mojtaba Amiri, Fatemeh Beiraghdar

“…Forty subjects who were suffering from chronic skin complications of SM and were diagnosed to have severe atopic dermatitis, were assigned to IFN-γ (50 μg/m2) subcutaneously three times per week (n=20) or betamethasone valerate topical cream 0.1% (n=20) every night for 30 days. Extent and intensity of cutaneous complications was evaluated using scoring atopic dermatitis (SCORAD) index, and quality of life using dermatology life quality index (DLQI) at baseline and at the end of trial. …”
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Disseminated Histoplasmosis as an AIDS-Defining Illness Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin in an 11-Year-Old Female by Kathryn E. Kalata, Christina Osborne, Amy Willis, Kacey Navarro, Laura Z. Fenton, Christiana Smith

“…A previously healthy 11-year-old female, who emigrated from Central America four years prior, was admitted with eight days of fever, night sweats, and anorexia. Past medical history included severe bronchiolitis, varicella, and hepatitis A as a child. …”
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Health Behaviors and Overweight in Nursing Home Employees: Contribution of Workplace Stressors and Implications for Worksite Health Promotion by Helena Miranda, Rebecca J. Gore, Jon Boyer, Suzanne Nobrega, Laura Punnett

“…Of 1506 respondents, 20% reported exposure to three or more workplace stressors (physical or organizational), such as lifting heavy loads, low decision latitude, low coworker support, regular night work, and physical assault. For each outcome, the prevalence ratio was between 1.5 and 2 for respondents with four or five job stressors. …”
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Promising Therapeutic Functions of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived-Exosome in Asthma by Jia-Ying Yuan, Xiang-Yun Wang, Zhi-Ying Tong, Yu-Chao Dong, Jia-Yi Zhao, Yi Zhang, Yan Shang

“…Wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, especially at night or in the early morning, are typical symptoms of asthma. …”
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Seasonal recurrence and modular assembly of an Arctic pelagic marine microbiome by Taylor Priest, Ellen Oldenburg, Ovidiu Popa, Bledina Dede, Katja Metfies, Wilken-Jon von Appen, Sinhué Torres-Valdés, Christina Bienhold, Bernhard M. Fuchs, Rudolf Amann, Antje Boetius, Matthias Wietz

“…Nitrosopumilus, Syndiniales, and the machinery to oxidise ammonia and reduce nitrite are signatures of early polar night, while late summer is characterised by Amylibacter and sulfur compound metabolism. …”
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Automatic Sleep Staging Method Using EEG Based on STFT and Residual Network by Ran Zhang, Rui Jiang, Haowei Hu, Ying Gao, Wei Xia, Boming Song

“…The proposed method demonstrated a classification accuracy of 85.71% on seven selected full-night recordings from the Sleep-EDF dataset, with a macro-average F1-score of 85.05%. …”
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The Association between Birth Weight and Gestational Age and Asthma in 6-7- and 13-14-Year-Old Children by Zamani Raheleh, Alikhani Ahmad, Heydarzadeh Abtin, Zare Roghaye, Hashemain Sara, Rahimi Siavash

“…With respect to gestational age, higher risks of “wheeze ever,” “asthma ever,” and “night cough in the past 12 months” were found in age group 13-14 years born before 37 weeks and the risk of “severe asthma” was higher in younger group (6-7 years). …”
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Effects of Environmental Conditions, Core Temperature, and Hydration Status on Women’s Soccer Performance by Sean Collins, Abigail Poague, Robert Huggins, Thomas Bowman

“…Before each training session, participants recorded the previous night's sleep quantity and quality via the Karolinska Sleep Diary (KSD). …”
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Frequency and Distribution of Parasites Detected in Children Between 2017-2022 (6-year Period) by Yelda Sorguç

“…Objective: In the study, various complaints such as gastrointestinal complaints such as diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, night urination, itching around the anus, malnutrition, malabsorption, anemia, intelligence and developmental delay were reported to University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Dr. …”
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Effect of Nanosilica and Nanophosphate Composition on Characteristics of Artificial Insemination Semen Storage Ampoules by I Karyasa, Enike Kusumawati

“…The laboratory research used a factorial completely randomized design (CRD) consisting of two factors, namely the measurement day factor consisting of 21 treatments (day 1 to 21) and the measurement time factor consisting of two treatments (day and night), each repeated three times. The variables studied included temperature (oC), humidity (%), and water content (%). …”
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Response of Rice Nitrogen Physiology to High Nighttime Temperature during Vegetative Stage by Song Chen, Xiaoguo Zhang, Xia Zhao, Danying Wang, Chunmei Xu, Chenglin Ji, Xiufu Zhang

“…The effects of night temperature on plant morphology and nitrogen accumulation were examined in rice (Oryza sativa L.) during vegetative growth. …”
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Tomographic presentation with miliary appearance in an immunocompromised patient with pulmonary candidiasis: A case report by Luis Alejandro Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Diana Cecilia Ruiz-Caballero, César Augusto Colunche-Narváez, Amalia Guadalupe Vega-Fernández, Theresina Elizabeth Rodríguez-Sáenz

“…Case report 48-year-old male patient with persistent productive cough, mucopurulent expectoration, dyspnea on moderate exertion, night sweats, elevated temperature, and weight loss. …”
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Overnight oximetry in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy: a single center experience by C. Carrie Liu, Kathleen H. Chaput, Valerie Kirk, Warren Yunker

“…Children with one or more abnormal sleep oximetry parameters were more likely to be observed in hospital for at least one night (OR 2.4, p < 0.0001). Conclusions Our study suggests that surgeons are using home-based sleep oximetry findings to inform the post-operative care of children with suspected OSA, as those with abnormal home-based sleep oximetry findings were more likely to be observed in hospital. …”
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Sexual Absorption of Vaginal Progesterone: A Randomized Control Trial by Kathryn S. Merriam, Kristina A. Leake, Mollie Elliot, Michelle L. Matthews, Rebecca S. Usadi, Bradley S. Hurst

“…In the third week, women used progesterone gel at night and abstained from intercourse. Results. Serum progesterone was significantly reduced with vaginal progesterone gel + intercourse compared with vaginal progesterone gel + abstinence (P=0.0075). …”
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Elicitation of Health-related Quality-of-life Concepts Associated with Overactive Bladder: A Qualitative Study by Natalia Hawken, Zalmai Hakimi, Samuel Aballéa, Jameel Nazir, Isaac A. O. Odeyemi, Mondher Toumi

“…Factors which affected more than 50% of patients were going for a short walk, waking up at night, travelling/holidays, socializing/going out, embarrassment/shame, need to plan activities, and restriction of places visited. …”
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Analysis of the Refrigeration Performance of the Refrigerated Warehouse with Ice Thermal Energy Storage Driven Directly by Variable Photovoltaic Capacity by Junyu Liang, Wenping Du, Dada Wang, Xingyu Yuan, Mei Liu, Kunhao Niu

“…In the cycle mode of refrigeration and cold energy storage during the day and cold energy release at night, the stored cold energy can still meet the refrigeration required by the load for 48 hours after eight days of continuous operation. …”
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Longer respiratory events in childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome constitute a trait of older children with excessive daytime sleepiness by Plamen Bokov, Benjamin Dudoignon, Boris Matrot, Christophe Delclaux

“…HRV indices were obtained from the whole-night ECG of polysomnography. The slope of desaturation (0.64%.s−1) during apnea was related to baseline end-tidal PO2 (r2 = 0.74; p < 0.001), which is influenced by small airway disease (reactance at 5 Hz and its area). …”
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U-shaped association between sleep duration and frailty in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study by Yanliqing Song, Haoqiang Liu, Kenan Gu, Yue Liu

“…Compared with older adults in China who slept 6–8 h at night, those with a sleep duration of &lt;6 h (OR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.36–1.82) were more likely to be frail. …”
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