{"id":66,"date":"2013-02-28T19:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=66"},"modified":"2013-03-11T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:24:04","slug":"sleep-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/sleep-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab a nap!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today the 28th of February\u00a0is <em>National Public Sleeping Day.\u00a0 <\/em>A day to sleep in public- you can sleep on a park bench if it&#8217;s not snowing.\u00a0 You can doze on a blanket at McBride Park, again if it&#8217;s not too cold, but best of all, some people opt to sleep on the job at their own risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sleep:<\/strong> A basic necessity which is as important<br \/>\nas air, food and water.\u00a0 We spend as much as a third of our lives sleeping and<br \/>\nyet, sleep is often lost or taken for granted when trying to meet a deadline or<br \/>\ncare for ill family members. More than half of us don\u2019t get enough sleep. Not<br \/>\nonly does this leave us tired and not at our best, but poor sleep can affect our<br \/>\nability to concentrate, retain new information, and can affect your judgment and<br \/>\nmood. Insufficient sleep may also lead to poor health. Studies reveal that<br \/>\npeople who sleep poorly are at greater risk for a number of health concerns from<br \/>\nobesity to high blood pressure.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/hr\/fsseap\/sleep\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.uiowa.edu\/hr\/fsseap\/sleep\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are all kinds of sleep resources at the above website, but wherever you choose to sleep today, we hope it is peaceful and restful like the creator of this holiday. \u00a0 \u00a0Nobody knows the origin; the creator was obviously sleeping on the job.<\/p>\n<p>Some books on sleep at the Lichtenberger Engineering Library:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sleep deprivation countermeasures for motorist safety \/ Jane C. Stutts. Washington, D.C. : National Academy \u00a0 Press, 2000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sleep, sleepiness and traffic safety \/ Joris C. Verster and Charles F.P. George, editors. New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.<br \/>\nSleep, wakefulness and circadian rhythm. [Neuilly sur Seine, France] : North Atlantic<br \/>\nTreaty Organization, Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development,<br \/>\n1979.<\/p>\n<p>Quantifying the cognitive\u00a0\u00a0 abilities and performance of drivers with sleep disorders\u00a0 by Amit K. Paul. 2005.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today the 28th of February\u00a0is National Public Sleeping Day.\u00a0 A day to sleep in public- you can sleep on a park bench if it&#8217;s not snowing.\u00a0 You can doze on a blanket at McBride Park, again if it&#8217;s not too cold, but best of all, some people opt to sleep on the job at their<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/sleep-it-off\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Grab a nap!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}