Annotated Bibliography Of Melatonin

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For EACH source, include an MLA citation, summary of key information, and a thorough evaluation of its credibility. The summary and credibility analysis should be at least 300 words for each one, so take your time fully develop your ideas.
When choosing sources, remember that at least 2 MUST be scholarly articles, but you can have more. The rest depend on what YOUR product requires - paintings? court documents? surveys? interviews? You MUST include a copy of the questions you used, # of people surveyed, the data collected/analyzed, a picture of the painting, a copy of the sheet music, etc.

Source 1: *MUST BE SCHOLARLY ARTICLE
Heath, Melanie, et al. "Does one hour of bright or short-wavelength filtered tablet screenlight
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Darkness tells the body to make more melatonin, light makes melatonin production to slow down. Melatonin levels rise before bedtime at about 9:30 pm and goes down as the day goes on. Usually melatonin is produced in bigger, larger amounts in young people up to around 20 years old, soon after that the level of melatonin production continues to go fall as you get older. The main function of melatonin is to adjust our body’s internal clock. For sleep insomnia the recommended dosage is 0.3 mg to 5 mg for adults, and for kids, 2 to 5 mg has been used. Melatonin should be taken around 2 hours before bedtime. Results are usually seen within half an hour, sometimes it may take a few days or so for the effects of melatonin to be noticed. For jet lag the recommended dosage for it is 0.5 mg to about 5 mg taken at local bedtime. For nicotine withdrawal the recommended dosage is 0.3 mg taken at around 3 to 4 hours after the person smoked the last cigarette. For benzodiazepine withdrawal it is recommended to take 2 mg controlled release at bedtime for 6 weeks. For irritable bowel syndrome and migraine prevention the recommended dosage is 3 mg at bedtime For chronic fatigue syndrome : 5 mg at bedtime. I believe that this source is credible because it comes from an author that is a consulting pharmacist. The source also has the author's name Bob Wood and the address of where they are located. The article also looks clean and neat …show more content…
My third question is, “Do you sleep better in the dark or when the light is on“.The results are made from the 4 people who i interviewed. Out of the 4 people who voted, 75% said yes and 25% said no to the first question, “Do You Find It Harder to Sleep at Night When Using Your Phone in Bed?”. To the second question “Do you feel tired in the morning after using your phone”, 50% said yes and 50% said no. For my third question the results are 100% said yes and 0% said no. Lastly for my fourth question, This source is credible because i asked the people i trust to answer to the survey and most of them said yes/no to the corresponding which ties into the other sources saying that blue light affects sleep the answers tie in because in one of my sources (source 4) The subject of using you phone before bed is causing sleep problems has been proven scientifically so the majority who said yes is credible. The credibility of my second question is good because it ties in to source 1, the teens who did not use their phones before bed woke up more refreshed. For my third questions credibility, is true because it matches with source 4 and source 4 says that sleeping in the dark produces more melanin which has a bigger

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