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Title: Cognitive, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Predictors of College Sleep and Health
Author: Peach, Hannah
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: College students are one of the top at-risk groups for chronic sleep loss and poor sleep quality, therefore research devoted to the identification of cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral predictors of sleep is essential. The present study examin...

Title: Sleep duration, sleepiness, obesity, and risk for hypertension in young adolescents: A mediation model
Author: Peach, Hannah
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Psychology, Medical sciences
Description: Inadequate sleep has been identified as a risk factor for a variety of health consequences. Short sleep durations and daytime sleepiness, an indicator of insufficient sleep and/or poor sleep quality, have been identified as risk factors for hypert...

Title: The Role of Isometric Exercise Training on Reductions in Resting Blood Pressure: Human Trials and the Influence of Peripheral Vasoactive and Inflammatory Biomarkers
Author: Gordon, Benjamin
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Biology, Kinesiology, Physiology
Description: Approximately 1 billion people worldwide and ~87 million adults in the United States alone are affected by hypertension [HTN: high blood pressure (HBP)]. Primary treatment avenues for HBP management include lifestyle modification (e.g. diet, exerc...