Jet lag

In 1993, mountaineer and nurse Greg Mortenson wandered into the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan after a failed attempt to climb K2, the world’s second-tallest mountain. After many weeks spent in the mountains, and struggling with bad health and weakness, Mortenson finds himself in the Korphe village. He spends weeks there as the village people nursed him back to full health and strength. Inspired by the village’s hospitality and anguished by their hardships and poverty, Mortenson promises that…

Basner et al. (2014), have discovered that the average sleep time increases over time in isolation along with depressive symptoms and psychological distress (p. 5, para. 6). Some astronauts can suffer from desynchronosis, more commonly known as jet lag, due to circling of earth multiple times in a 24-hour period creating over fifteen sunrises and sunsets disrupting the internal clocks of the human body (Connors, Harrison, & Akins, 1986). Connors, Harrison, and Akins’ research shows that these…

Brian Versoza Mrs. York English 4 10/18/16 The Importance of Sleep Sleep is something that many of us take for granted nowadays. Everyone all around the world has to sleep because it 's basically required. It 's a necessity for human beings. People don 't realize how crucial it is to have a well rested mind in order to get through the day. Sleep is a very important aspect for sustaining a healthy lifestyle and having a fully functional body. Sleep plays a very important role in physical health…

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In SOCAFRICA, the current operations section is the nucleus and the location of the most vital functions. Therefore, the pivotal talent pool of the Special Operations Command-Africa is the Operations Directorate. Staffing Requirements The manpower requirement of the section consists of a representative from each of the headquarters directorates, subcomponents, and nongovernmental agencies operating in our area of responsibility. It also requires additional personnel from the operations…

I filmed for four weeks on an action movie, and we were doing night shoots as well, so I was on set from 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 A.M. every day, and then we would go back to day shoots. And so for awhile there, I had something that was very similar to jet lag during that time.…

Excessive Home Dominance Now, we will take into account how much home dominance has downplayed Test cricket. Now, it has become the story of every other series. We will start with Ashes, the most compelling series of the lot in the whites. If we exclude the exceptional English triumph on Aussie soil in 2010/11, the script seems to be pre-written. In the last seven Ashes series, six has been triumphed by the hosting nation. If we talk about India and Australia, there fierce rivalry saw new highs…

What is wellness travel? Wellness travel is a travel trend that promotes both physical and mental wellbeing. Its purpose is to make people feel better both in mind and body, to enjoy new destinations without negative consequences and detox from the digital world: no overindulgence but finding balance and feeling re-energized. Medical travel, travel to receive medical treatments that are inaccessible or unaffordable in people’s home countries, is not a part of wellness travel. Medical travel…

My Discussion I have both experienced and witnessed tragedy as a result of acute sleep loss. The first was my college roommate; that was killed when he fell asleep at the wheel one weekend while trying to get back to class after driving all night. At the time I had no idea that I would also have a life changing event, by doing the same, falling asleep at the wheel. At present, I am not a shift worker. Do to my civilian career in commercial aviation as an Aircraft Maintenance Technician…

Envisage always having to hide what you truly surmise. Never being able to be open about your religion. At my age, when I was just old enough to comprehend what people said when they talked, I knew that something wasn't right. Everywhere I went I got dirty looks from people who looked lower on the scale of looking presentable than I did. Before I went to bed and prayed, the slim walls between my room and my neighbors started pounding, sending dust trickling down the wall next to my bed. My…