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Holography in medicine and biology Holography in medicine and biology International Workshop on Holography in Medicine and Biology (1979 Münster, Germany) Living systems are fundamentally dynamic and adaptive, relying on a constant throughput of energy. They are also, by definition, self-sustaining over the full range of length and time scales. This ch… OL12504594W
Internal time Internal time Till Roenneberg Early birds and night owls are born, not made. Sleep patterns may be the most obvious manifestation of the highly individualized biological clocks we inherit, but these clocks also regulate bodily fu… OL16471289W
Seasons of life Seasons of life Russell G. Foster Just as daily events are timed by living creatures through circadian rhythms, so seasonal events are timed through an internal calendar that signals birds to return to nesting grounds, salmon to spaw… OL17871034W
Human sleep and cognition Human sleep and cognition G. A. Kerkhof,Hans P. A. van Dongen There is a critical, bidirectional relationship between sleep and cognition, yet the literature in this area is scattered and it is surprisingly difficult to find a comprehensive overview of the basi… OL19856266W
Reset your inner clock Reset your inner clock Michael Terman "An enlightened approach to insomnia, depressed mood, fatigue, and other sleep-related problems of everyday life, harnessing the power of light therapy to reset the natural clock. Sleep problems and … OL20637589W
Biologic rhythms in clinical and laboratory medicine Biologic rhythms in clinical and laboratory medicine Yvan Touitou Everyone has heard of nature's "biological clocks", the phenomenon of periodic activity in plants, animals and humans. But what does chronobiology have to do with modern medicine? This book presents … OL20713755W
Sleep, sleepiness, and performance Sleep, sleepiness, and performance Timothy H. Monk Monk, Timothy H., Investigator, Non-NASA Center: U Pittsburgh, PA. OL20713893W
Le sommeil et vous Le sommeil et vous Diane B. Boivin « Qui n'a jamais passé une nuit blanche à regarder avec envie l'autre dormir profondément ? Comment retrouver le sommeil de l'enfant, celui qui berce, soigne, revigore et satisfait pleinement et qui … OL27975958W