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The association between sleep and bullying behavior

Description:
Background: Bullying is a prevalent behavior in school-aged children and adolescents, affecting nearly 20-30% of the population globally. Sleep difficulties affect around 25% of children …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Woods, Laura-Allison (author)
Gjelsvik, Annie (advisor)
Dunsiger, Shira (advisor)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Bullying
Children
Sleep
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
Biostatistics and Applied Data Analysis
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Causal effects in sleep

Description:
Through a partnership with a company that makes the most popular sleep tracking app on the market (with over 10 million installs), we have access …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Agarwal, Ishaan (creator)
Huang, Jeff (advisor)
Brown University. Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (research program)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Sleep
Causation
Human-computer interaction
Collection:
Summer Research Symposium
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Conserved Mechanisms of G-Alpha(o) Signaling in C. elegans Sleep

Description:
Sleep is a conserved, polygenic behavior requiring coordinated regulation of neural circuits, yet the intracellular mechanisms integrating sleep-promoting signals remain poorly understood. In C. elegans …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Friedberg, Adam (creator)
Hart, Anne (Advisor)
Kaun, Karla (Reader)
Liu, Judy (Reader)
Raizen, David (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
behavioral neuroscience
Neurogenetics
Sleep
Neuropeptides
C. elegans
Melatonin
RIS neuron
Developmentally-timed sleep
G-protein-coupled receptors
GNAO1 encephalopathy
EIEE17
CRISPR-associated protein 9
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
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Detecting Sleep Deprivation in Working Environments

Description:
Sleep deprivation in high-stress work environments can compromise safety, cause health issues, and negatively impact the work being done. Our research focuses on the detection …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Magavi, Maya (creator)
Yeh, Kyle (creator)
Marissa Gray (advisor)
LINK Awards (research program)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Machine learning
Sleep
Sleep deprivation
Sleep deprivation--Physiological effect
Sleep deprivation--Research
Detectors
Language:
English
Collection:
Summer Research Symposium
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Do nasal dilator strips impact site of obstruction and severity of sleep disordered breathing during pregnancy?

Description:
A greater proportion of women are entering pregnancy with chronic conditions that are pre-existing risk factors for the development or exacerbation of sleep disordered breathing …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Maxwell, Mariko (Author)
Sequeira, Tamara (Author)
Allenson, Christine (Author)
Bourjeily MD, Ghada (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentrator (research program)
Subject:
Sleep
Pregnancy
Sleep apnea syndromes
Language:
English
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
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Enhancing Visual Perceptual Learning Through Reward and Sleep

Description:
Abstract of “Enhancing Visual Perceptual Learning Through Reward and Sleep” by Aaron V. Berard, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2016 Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is defined …
Year:
2016
Contributor:
Berard, Aaron V (creator)
Watanabe, Takeo (Director)
Sasaki, Yuka (Reader)
Welch, Leslie (Reader)
Brown University. Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences: Cognitive Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
visual perceptual learning
reward
consolidation
Sleep
Plasticity
Perception
Language:
English
Collection:
Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
Cognitive Sciences
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Evidence for Heart Rate Differences During NREM and REM Sleep with Alcohol Consumption

Description:
Background: Alcohol elevates sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity, which should result in an overall increased heart rate (HR) during sleep. We propose to examine HR …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Rosenzweig, Rebecca L (creator)
Carskadon, Mary (thesis advisor)
Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Alcohol
Heart beat
Heart rate monitoring
NREM
Rapid eye movement sleep
Language:
English
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Exploring the effects of consecutive nights of pre-sleep alcohol on sleep architecture

Description:
Alcohol is the most used and abused psychoactive substance globally, yet our understanding of how it alters brain function and behavior is incomplete. For centuries …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
McCullar, Katie (creator)
Berson, David (Reader)
Dyche, Jeff (Reader)
Saletin, Jared (Reader)
Carskadon, Mary (Advisor)
McGeary, John (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Electroencephalography
Sleep
Alcohol use
Consecutive nights
Sleep spindles
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Exploring the role of sleep in sequence processing

Description:
Sequence processing is a cognitive function underlying many daily tasks, for example, following the steps to make a cup of coffee. Adequate sleep is critical …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
Lu, Vivian (creator)
Desrochers, Theresa (thesis advisor)
Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Brain
sequence
Language:
English
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
Full Record

Good night

Description:
  • At head of text: Read by Major Edward Bowes, Capitol Theatre "Family," Sunday, January 12th, 1930.
  • First line: Sleep sweetly in this quiet room.
Year:
1930
Genre:
broadsides
Subject:
Sleep
Local ID:
HB12148
Collection:
Brown University Library
Harris Broadsides
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Infant Sleep Safety – A Qualitative Analysis of Differences Between Siblings

Description:
BACKGROUND: The US has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the developed world, ranking 33rd among the 37 OECD countries. Sleep-related infant deaths …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Ormanoski, Martha (Author)
Duffy, Susan (Author)
Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentrator (research program)
Subject:
Sleep
Infants
Infants--Sleep
Language:
English
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
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Menstruation and Visual Perceptual Learning

Description:
Visual Perceptual Learning (VPL) is the ability to detect, discriminate, or identify visual information through training over a long period of time. While sleep has …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Berhe, Hana (creator)
Sasaki, Yuka (thesis advisor)
Yamada, Takashi (thesis advisor)
Watanabe, Takeo (reader)
Brown University. Biology Undergraduate Education (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Cognitive neuroscience
Visual perception
Cognition
Neuroplasticity
Learning
Menstruation
Language:
English
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Multi-Limb Sensor Fusion for Actigraphy-Based Sleep/Wake Classification

Description:
Actigraphy-based sleep monitoring has gained popularity due to its affordability and unobtrusive nature compared to polysomnography (PSG), the clinical gold standard. However, existing single-sensor actigraphy …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Green, Dylan Nathan (creator)
Gray, Marissa (Advisor)
Webb, Andrea (Advisor)
Hughes, Christopher (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Multisensor data fusion
Class Imbalance
Collection:
Computer Science
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Neurometabolites in the dlPFC and mPFC during Sleep

Description:
Introduction: The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (dlPFC) are critical regions involved in cognitive and emotional regulation, yet their exact roles in …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Kalyan, Pooja (creator)
Sasaki, Yuka (thesis advisor)
Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Neuroscience
GABA
Prefrontal cortex
glutamate
Polysomnography
Language:
English
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Novel Insights From Humanization in C. elegans: Functional Rescue of Gαo-Dependent Behavior

Description:
Sleep is an essential behavior observed across species. A key characteristic of sleep is behavioral quiescence, which includes cessation of movement and feeding. C. elegans …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Cho, Jacqueline S. (creator)
Hart, Anne (thesis advisor)
Brown University. Neuroscience (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Sleep
Caenorhabditis elegans--Genetics
Caenorhabditis elegans
Language:
English
Collection:
Neuroscience
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
Full Record

Pathways regulating C. elegans exercise-induced fatigue during prolonged swimming activity

Description:
Fatigue is poorly understood, beyond muscle energetics. For C. elegans, swimming is a more energetically costly behavior than crawling and can be classified as a …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Schuch, Kelsey Nicole (creator)
Hart, Anne (Advisor)
DeLong, Alison (Reader)
Wharton, Kristi (Reader)
Weinreich, Daniel (Reader)
Bai, Jihong (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Neuromodulation
Caenorhabditis elegans
Sleep
Fatigue
Collection:
Biology and Medicine
Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

Reported Sleep Disturbances in Incarcerated Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders: Assessing the Need for a Sleep Hygiene Protocol

Description:
Objectives: There is little knowledge about rates of sleep disruption in incarcerated samples of justice-involved youth with a history of substance use. This study explores …
Year:
2017
Contributor:
Belay, Thea (creator)
Lowenhaupt, Elizabeth A. (creator)
Conrad, Selby (creator)
Owens, Timothy (creator)
Kelly, Lourah (creator)
Genre:
posters
Subject:
Adolescents
Sleep
Collection:
Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium
Full Record

Sleep and academic performance

Description:
This project aims to display the relationship between the amount of sleep a student ets and the student's academic performance. The visualization combines multiple data …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Bugbee, Erin (creator)
Hodder, Jordan (creator)
Loor, Cristian (creator)
Nimmagadda, Raghu (creator)
Peters, Anmol Emmanuel (creator)
Wang, Hsin-Lei Charlene (creator)
Yoon, Chris (creator)
Genre:
photographs
Subject:
Cofounding variables
Sleep
Academic achievement
Collection:
Data Science Initiative
APMA0110: What’s the Big Deal with Data Science?
Full Record

Sleep and Pediatric ADHD: Effects of Sleep Restriction on Performance on the Multi-Source Interference Task

Description:
This thesis examines the cognitive consequences of sleep loss in the context of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptom severity in children. We used a wake extension …
Year:
2020
Contributor:
de Queiroz Campos, Gabriela (creator)
Carskadon, Mary (Advisor)
Saletin, Jared (Reader)
Badre, David (Reader)
Sasaki, Yuka (Reader)
Brown University. Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Sleep
pediatric adhd
Collection:
Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
Theses and Dissertations
Full Record

SLEEP AND PEDIATRIC ADHD: NATURALISTIC SLEEP PATTERNS ACROSS 12 WEEKS REFLECT ADHD SYMPTOMATOLOGY IN CHILDREN

Description:
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with poor sleep in children. Yet, there are few studies that have objectively measured naturalistic sleep patterns over long …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
de Queiroz Campos, Gabriela (creator)
Carskadon, Mary (thesis advisor)
Saletin, Jared (reader)
Brown University. Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
Actigraphy
Sleep
Language:
English
Collection:
Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences
Theses and Dissertations
Available to Brown-affiliated users only
Full Record

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