Alertness

The effects of sleep on athletic performance As an athlete myself, I have always strived to be the best. I search for different ways to get better no matter the cost. Spending countless hours working on how to get better and improve seemed easier for some and harder for others around me. Many variables end up contributing to how a person can perform athletically besides the hard work they put in. Some have genetics on their side while others eat really well and have the resources to fancy gyms…

Heart rate is defined as the number of heartbeats per unit of time. Heart rate us based on how many contractions of the ventricles, which are the lower chambers of the heart. At the 2013 American Heart Association meeting, which took place in New Orleans, studies show that drinking one to three energy drinks could increase a person's blood pressure and mess with the heart rhythm. The normal heart rate for adults is from 60 to 100 beats per minute. An unusually low or high heart rate can cause…

comparable amount of lives as alcohol, depressants and stimulants every year. Opioid drug abusers experience more pronounced changes to fluctuations in the natural opioid-like neurotransmitters in the brain, endorphin and enkephalin; decreasing pain, alertness, and respiration (NIDA, 2007). When treating opiate addiction, withdrawal may not be fatal, it can however be very painful and as such, many individuals relapse rather than endure the painful process. According to Lin, et. al. (2015)…

Does it feel like school starts too early? Why is it that students always seem too tired to function during the day? If it does, it probably means they may not be getting a sufficient amount of sleep, causing poor intended achievements for both the students and the school. This could be avoided if school start times were pushed back. Schools start around seven-thirty to eight-thirty in the morning and last 7 hours. Many students also have extracurricular activities, which issues those students…

Does one actually know the importance of sleep? Everyone must have a certain amount of sleep each night, but does one really understand the sleep required? Sleep is a very important aspect in one’s daily lives because if one does not get enough sleep each night it could cause fatigue, and many other health related issues. Many people throughout the world have terrible problems with sleep such as, night terrors, insomnia, etc. Sleep is actually a very important thing to learn about and a few of…

Due to the process of globalization the world is becoming increasingly similar and turning into a single system with similar characteristic which means more opportunities for businesses to operate on the global market and for managers to rethink the basic objectives of how their firms are operating. Therefore, to be successful in business sphere globally managers need to have a deep and sensitive understanding of culture itself, people’s attitude and behavior to different cultural aspects in…

Have you ever had a dream? Obviously, the answer for most people is yes; dreaming is a natural process of the human brain. On average, most people dream about 4-6 times per night, according to dreamresearch.net, but most of them tend to be forgotten. Dreams are one of the many phenomena of the human brain. One thing that makes them even more unexplainable is the concept of daydreaming. A daydream is “a pleasant dreamlike fantasy indulged in while awake” (www.thefreedictionary). For most people…

Throughout the ages, mystery writing has intrigued readers around the world. With captivating characters and a suspenseful plot, mystery books appeal to one’s sense of curiosity as well as provide a daring adventure for the reader to delve into without abandoning the safety of their seat. The mystery genre has borne some of the most fascinating characters in the world, two of the most recognized being Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Though Sherlock Holmes, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,…

"I felt sad for no good reason, unfocused but undistractible - I couldn't seem to get my mind off how I felt, but I was unable to bring the experience into sharp enough relief to analyze it. It's more difficult to think when you're horizontal: alertness comes in plains and troughs rather than in peaks. None of my thoughts had any lift to them" (2015). Being sedentary for periods of time, whether short or extended, can cause the patient to form mental disorders such as anxiety or depression. It…

Creating the Other: Frankenstein and his Monster Pride is a feeling often associated with creating something new. Inventors, artists, and visionaries are lauded for developing something completely original. In the chapter titled “Creation and the other” of Derek Attridge’s book The Singularity of Literature he presents a different notion of originality. Attridge writes about what it means to create something original and that creation’s place in society. He argues that every new creation is…