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This unique volume advances the literature on sleep and health by
illuminating the impacts of family dynamics on individuals' quality
and quantity of sleep. Its lifespan perspective extends across
childhood, adolescence, adulthood and older age considering both
phenomena of individual development and family system dynamics,
particularly parent-child and marital relationships. It extends, as
well, to the broader contexts of social disparities in sleep as a
significant health behavior. Emerging concepts and practical
innovations include ancestral roots of sleep in family contexts,
sleep studies as a lens for understanding family health, and
methodologies, particularly the use of actigraphy technology, for
studying sleep patterns in individuals and families. This rich area
of inquiry holds significant keys to understanding a vital human
behavior and its critical role in physical, psychological, and
relational health and wellbeing. Among the topics covered: * Sleep
and development: familial and sociocultural considerations. *
Relationship quality: implications for sleep quality and sleep
disorders. * Couple dynamics and sleep quality in an international
perspective. * Family influences on sleep: comparative and
historical-evolutionary perspectives. * Sociodemographic,
psychosocial, and contextual factors in children's sleep. * Dynamic
interplay between sleep and family life: review and directions for
future research. Family Contexts of Sleep and Health Across the
Life Course will advance the work of researchers and students in
the fields of population health, family demography and sociology,
sleep research and medicine, human development, neuroscience,
biobehavioral health, and social welfare, as well as that of
policymakers and health and human services practitioners.
Revered for years as a saint, David Livingstone was an interesting character--difficult, demanding, and unsympathetic but also single-minded, determined, patient, and brave. The first European to cross Africa, he discovered the Victoria Falls and survived a shipwreck, attacks by natives, and being mauled by a lion.
The historic resource study and historic structures report has been
conducted under the rubric of a cooperative agreement between the
National Park Service and the Appalachian Consortium which was
executed July 9, 1986. Data contained in this report will be used
in interpretation, preservation/restoration, and management needs
at the site.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Born in the Wallingford Clinic in 1949, Barry Buxton called the
town of Blowing Rock home during his childhood. The youngest of
seven children, he grew up in the mountains attending Blowing Rock
elementary school and looked towards the nearby college,
Appalachian State University, for his undergraduate studies.
Graduate school took Dr. Buxton to the midwest, however he returned
to Blowing Rock in the 1980s to assume a position at the
Appalachian Consortium Press. It was during this time he was
approached by Judith Burns to write a complete history of Blowing
Rock. Published in 1989, A Village Tapestry is the result of a
three year intensive study completed by Dr. Buxton. This book is
the history of a small town in the mountains; however, for Dr.
Buxton it is also an extension of his story in the village in which
he was born.
The very ancient Eastern forest of North America is characterized
by an extraordinary variety of plants, animals, and human
communities. Barry M. Buxton refers to this diverse area as the
Great Forest in his book A Great Forest: An Appalachian Story,
published in 1985. Buxton examines the natural and cultural
landscape of the Appalachian region, and provides a detailed
history of the area. In order to study the ecology of the forest,
he includes a narrative of the people behind the forest and how
they have impacted and changed the landscape.
Published in 1985, the Blue Ridge Parkway: Agent of Transition is a
compilation of papers presented at the conference. Intended to be a
celebration of the Parkway, the conference was a way for people to
come together and examine the road's impact on the region and its
people. Promoting unity and the idea of regional cooperation, the
conference and its organizers invited a variety of speakers
including landscape architects and civil engineers to talk about
the parkway's natural impact on the environment, construction, and
employment for thousands of mountain people. The parkway's 469
miles provide unparalleled views of the Blue Ridge and a look into
the culture and traditions of the Southern mountaineer.
The proceedings from the 1983 Appalachian Studies Conference
includes contributions by Melinda B. Wagner, Allen Batteau and
Archie Green; William Philliber; Susan Emley Keefe; Loyal Jones;
Richard Drake; John H. Mongle; Michael Henson; Nancy Carol Joyner;
Sally Ward Maggard; Phillip A. Grant, Jr.; Phillip J. Obermiller
and Robert Oldendick; John L. Bell, Jr.; Russell D. Parker; George
B. Bay; Howard Dorgan; James M. Gifford; Jean Haskell Speer;
Stanley Taylor and Arthur J. Cox; Erin J. Olson; William H.
Tallmadge; Marcia F. Barron and John G. McNutt; Edgar Bingham;
Thomas R. Shannon; Rosemary Carucci Goss; Barbara Matz; Myra jones;
Judy Martin; George Ella Lyon; and Nellie McNeil and Joyce Squibb.
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