Sentence examples for measures of alertness from inspiring English sources

For the 542 subjects with an NBAS exam at 2 weeks, we observed consistent inverse associations between cord serum PCB and DDE levels and NBAS measures of alertness, quality of alert responsiveness, cost of attention, and other potential attention-associated measures including self-quieting and motor maturity.

As we ride along the road, Remedy and I are always trading measures of alertness.

After an injection of flumazenil, the patients improved to near-normal levels on several measures of alertness and vigilance, the researchers report.

A NASA study found higher measures of alertness in pilots after a 40-minute snooze, compared to pilots who got no rest.

Blue-enriched white light significantly heightened subjective measures of alertness, positive mood, performance, and concentration while reducing evening fatigue, irritability, and eye discomfort.

The KSS has shown good correlation with objective measures of alertness including EEG and vigilance tests [ 30], and in sleep deprivation paradigms [ 33, 42].

The three-times-a-day reaction-time test -- or rather, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Psychomotor Vigilance Test -- required users to press a button on a personal digital assistant whenever the image of a bull's-eye appears on the screen; response speed is measured in milliseconds, providing a measure of alertness.

In the present study, the trend was used for the first time as a measure of alertness shifts and the results, in terms of significant correlations to the clinical items, are encouraging.

In contrast, longer reaction times on the CPT, a measure of alertness, were associated with increased BLL in the Detroit 2 but not the Detroit 1 cohort (Chiodo et al. 2004, 2007).

In contrast, prenatal exposure to PCBs has been associated with slower reaction times (a measure of alertness) in both the Michigan cohort (Jacobson and Jacobson 2003; Jacobson et al. 1992) and the Netherlands cohort (Vreugdenhil et al. 2004a, 2004b).

We used the motor subscore of the Glasgow Coma Scale as a proxy for attainment of normal cognition without delirium, but it is possible that a more sensitive measure of delirium, such as the Confusion Assessment Method [ 33], or a better measure of alertness and arousal, such as the Coma Recovery Scale [ 34], would allow for discrimination of this intermediate outcome between the two groups.