Assessing the effects of artificial light at night on biodiversity across latitude–Current knowledge gaps

J Secondi, A Davranche, M Théry… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Exposure to artificial light at night (ALAN) is a risk factor for organisms. Considering the
spread and increasing intensity of night brightness across the globe, and the key role of light …

Could the historical transition from segmented to monophasic sleep explain the modern insurgence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias?

NL Bragazzi, A Boulares… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2024 - content.iospress.com
In their article, Finch and Burstein explore the hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease and
related dementias (ADRD) may predominantly be phenomena of the modern era. Through a …

It is time to understand daylight saving time

JM Martín-Olalla, J Mira - Sleep, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Dear Editor, Sleep recently published a position statement by the Sleep Research Society
supporting the abolition of the seasonal clock change, and the adoption of permanent …

The long term impact of daylight saving time regulations in daily life at several circles of latitude

JM Martín-Olalla - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
We analyze large scale (N~ 10000) time use surveys in United States, Spain, Italy, France
and Great Britain to ascertain seasonal variations in the sleep/wake cycle and the labor …

A chronobiological evaluation of the risks of canceling daylight saving time

JM Martín-Olalla - Chronobiology International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The long-term impact of seasonal regulation of clocks (Daylight Saving Time) is analyzed
showing that it helped to mitigate the advance of the phase of human activity during the …

The effects of daylight duration on the multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) results: a pilot study

A Packard, RJ Thomas, WA DeBassio - Sleep Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective/Background MSLT results are known to be affected by multiple factors including
sleep time, frequency of nighttime arousals, and medications intake. Although being the …

Preferences for Daylight Saving Time meet fundamentals of human physiology

JM Martin-Olalla, J Mira - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
We search for correlations in the preferences for seasonal time arrangements across
different countries. With this purpose we analyze the public consultation on summertime …

[PDF][PDF] Scandinavian bed and rise times in the Age of Enlightenment and in the 21st century show similarity, helped by Daylight Saving Time

JM Martín-Olalla - arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02336, 2019 - arxiv.org
The past few years have witnessed a growing interest in the impact of artificial light on
human sleep timing and human sleep ecology. Scores of reports have characterized sleep …

[PDF][PDF] The practice of Daylight Saving Time in Canada: Review of the scientific literature and its suitability with regards to sleep and circadian rhythms Report …

J De Koninck, A Nixon, R Godbout - Update, 2022 - css-scs.ca
The practice of Daylight Saving Time in Canada: Review of the scientific literature and its
suitability with regards to sleep an Page 1 1 The practice of Daylight Saving Time in Canada …

[PDF][PDF] A circadian pre-adaptation to Daylight Saving Time spring transition

JM Martın-Olalla - 2021 - researchgate.net
Daylight Saving Time (DST), the seasonal change of clocks, is on open public debate within
social media and within the scientific community [1]. Governments are considering the issue …