THE EFFECTS OF AUDITORY STIMULATION ON HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS WITH NORMAL HEARING AND WITH HEARING LOSS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT Purpose To analyze the effects of auditory stimulation on heart rate variability (HRV) indices in healthy individuals with normal hearing and with hearing loss, regardless of type and/or grade, by means of a systematic review.Research strategies This is a systematic review with a meta-analysis that addresses the following question: in heal

Summary: Extended food consumption during the rest period perturbs the phase relationship between circadian clocks in ECUs the periphery and the brain, leading to adverse health effects.Beyond the liver, how metabolic organs respond to a timed hypocaloric diet is largely unexplored.We investigated how feeding schedules impacted circadian gene expre

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This article investigates the prevalence of and responses to the rape of migrant women in South Africa through the analysis of legislation, secondary sources and interviews Curio conducted by the author with migrant women raped in South Africa.The article considers the legal protections afforded to migrant women in South Africa and the extent to wh