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With your host Dr Ian Dunican we dive into all things sleep and performance-related. We focus on the latest evidence-based research and practical applications.
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Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Thursday Nov 07, 2024
Nicola, with 26 years in business management and bookkeeping, assists business owners to save time and grow their businesses. Nicola holds a Diploma in Office Management, she is a registered BAS Agent, an Everything Disc Practitioner and holds a Certificate in Organisation and Executive Coaching.
Nicola’s journey includes diverse roles in small business operations to now having her own small business.
Her book shares hands-on insights, learned from real challenges, offering down-to-earth advice for both new and seasoned business owners. Nicola's candid storytelling, including her own mistakes, makes it a relatable guide for business success
People should buy Nicola's book because:
• Real-World Wisdom: Gain insights from Nicola's diverse skill set from 26 years in business management, bookkeeping, workplace cultural programs, project management, coaching, and more, offering practical advice derived from hands-on experiences.
• Actionable Guidance: The book offers down-to-earth and straightforward advice, making it a practical roadmap for both seasoned business owners and those in the early stages of their journey.
• Relatable and Authentic: Nicola's candid storytelling and relatable experiences create a connection with readers, making the book an engaging and authentic guide.
• Learn from Mistakes: Nicola shares her own triumphs and a standout mistake, providing valuable lessons to help readers avoid common pitfalls in their journey.
• Shortcut to Success: Gain a shortcut to success by learning from the experiences of Nicola's clients and vendors, who share their own accounts of mistakes, challenges, lessons, and motivations.
Grab this book for a down-to-earth guide that feels like chatting with a friend over coffee. You can gain practical wisdom, avoid common pitfalls, and get real life advice from other business owners who have navigated the ups and downs of the business world.
Discount code to be used on website to receive 20% off. SLEEP20
Link to buy the eBook and Paperback
https://precious-time.com.au/product/rise-above-paperback/
https://precious-time.com.au/product/rise-above-ebook/
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Dr Elie Gottlieb returns for another chat on the Sleep4Performance podcast. Elie is an applied sleep & circadian research scientist with over 10 years of sleep, circadian rhythm, and neuroscience research experience across Fortune 100, startup, and academic (clinical) sectors. Currently, he leads the conceptualization and execution of internal applied sleep & digital health tech studies and support the development of new sleep-circadian improvement products & features. He remains a Visiting Researcher at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and University of Melbourne in Australia, where he investigates associations between cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, and sleep-wake dysfunction. His areas of interest are in clinical sleep neuroscience, consumer sleep and health technology, big-data, behaviour change science, and science communication.
In this episode we discuss a range of topics on Sleep Health:
- Sleep health, hygiene and sleep irregularity
- Modern medical systems and a lack of focus on prevention
- The difficulty of getting good sleep and circadian information
- Sleep duration, shiftworkers and challenges
- Sleep loss, restriction and deprivation
- Measuring sleep and sleep history
- Stress and sleep
- Death Anxiety and Denial of Death
- Martin Seligman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Seligman
- The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life https://www.amazon.com.au/Worm-Core-Role-Death-Life/dp/1400067472
- Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society https://www.amazon.com.au/Mortals-death-shaped-human-society-ebook/dp/B0967TDPZR
Follow Elie on
- Goggle Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oUgjZj0AAAAJ&hl=en
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliewgottlieb/
- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dr.elie.gottlieb/
- Sleepscore Labs gottlieb@sleepscorelabs.com
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
In this episode, I talk with my friend Serena Bauducco from Sweden, by way of Italy.
In this episode, we discuss Serena’s latest paper, which was published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.
Serena Bauducco, Meg Pillion, Kate Bartel, Chelsea Reynolds, Michal Kahn, Michael Gradisar,
“A bidirectional model of sleep and technology use: A theoretical review of How much, for whom, and which mechanisms”
Read the full paper here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101933
This study and its findings are going to be challenging for some people. As lately, a narrative vilifying and blaming electronic devices for sleep problems has emerged. In this work, Serena has stepped back and taken a holistic, scientific and non-biased view of the data and unpacked the nuances of this relationship.
Serena Bauducco is a researcher in the psychology department. She earned her PhD in 2017 with a thesis entitled “Adolescents’ sleep in a 24/7 society: Epidemiology and prevention.” She finished her international postdoc (Vetenskapsrådet) at Flinders University in South Australia in 2023.
Serena’s research focuses on the factors that may exacerbate or improve adolescents’ sleep, the relationship between sleep and mental health, and the potential of school-based interventions to improve teenagers´ sleep health and mental well-being. She is particularly interested in the link between technology use and sleep and how peers and parents may affect both behaviours. In her research, she has used survey studies (including longitudinal and social network analyses), experimental studies, and qualitative/mixed-method studies. Serena primarily teaches the prevention and implementation courses within the Psychology program and has supervised both Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.
Connect with Serena
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/serena-bauducco-1119b018/
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=o-Ah7h4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Email: serena.bauducco@oru.se
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au and check out the YouTube channel.
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
In this episode, I am joined by Dr Hannah Scott. We specifically discuss her recent work, “Are we getting enough sleep? Frequent irregular sleep was found in an analysis of over 11 million nights of objective in-home sleep data. In this study, data were analyzed from registered users of the Withings under-mattress Sleep Analyzer (predominantly located in Europe and North America) who had ≥28 nights of sleep recordings, averaging ≥4 per week. Sleep durations (the average and standard deviation) were assessed across a ∼9-month period. The sample consisted of 67,254 adults (52,523 males, 14,731 females; aged mean ± SD 50 ± 12 years). About 30% of adults demonstrated an average sleep duration outside the recommended 7-9 h/night. Even in participants with an average sleep duration within 7-9 hours, about 40% of nights were outside this range. Only 15% of participants slept between 7 and 9 hours for at least 5 nights per week.
You can read the full paper here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235272182300253X
We discuss
- Hannah’s background and interest in sleep
- The changing landscape of sleep research and the new integrated approach at Flinders
- We walk through the paper and the impact of such findings, including sex and age differences
- The Withings under mattress device and validation
- The data depiction and ease of understanding
- Sleep irregularity and other research findings such as irregular sleep and greater risk of hypertension
- Future research emerging from these findings
- Challenges with science communication and different spheres of expertise in sleep
- Sleep and dreams and the lack of knowledge in this space
- Any many more items
Hannah’s Bio: Dr Hannah Scott (BPsyc(Hons), PhD) is a Research Fellow at the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute (FHMRI): Sleep Health investigating the use of digital technologies to better assess and manage sleep health and its disorders. At 3.5 years post-PhD, Dr Scott has authored 41 publications, 2 book chapters, and 9 successful research funding applications totalling over $2,000,000.
Dr Scott is a co-inventor of THIM, the first wearable device that tracks and treats chronic insomnia. Dr. Scott is co-chair and co-founder of the Early Career Researcher Council of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), Australia’s peak sleep advocacy body.
She has received multiple awards, including the Flinders University Vice-Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award, the ASA New Investigator Award, and the International Society of Behavioural Sleep Medicine Fellow Rising Star Award. She was also a Finalist in the Young Innovator Category of the Women in Innovation Awards.
https://researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/persons/hannah-scott
Contact Hannah: hannah.scott@flinders.edu.au
For further inquiries, contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or visit www.sleep4performance.com.au.
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Episode Title: Exploring the Impact of Nocturnal Transportation Noise on Health with Dr. Laurie Thiesse
In this episode, I chat with Dr. Laurie Thiesse, a research scientist based in France. We delve into her work on the short-term effects of nocturnal transportation noise on cardio-metabolic outcomes and its association with sleep, which was the focus of her doctoral thesis.
Specifically, we discuss her paper:
"Adverse impact of nocturnal transportation noise on glucose regulation in healthy young adults: Effect of different noise scenarios"
Thiesse L, Rudzik F, Spiegel K, et al. Environ Int. 2018;121
Read the paper here for free.
Contact Dr. Laurie Thiesse:
Email: thiesse.laurie@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Laurie Thiesse, PhD
ResearchGate: Laurie Thiesse
For further inquiries, contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or visit www.sleep4performance.com.au.
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
In this episode, I chat with Luis Mascaro. Luis is a PhD Candidate (Clinical Psychology) at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University. His research interests are in sleep, circadian rhythms, elite athletes, and sex and gender differences. Clinical interests in insomnia and mental health. We discussed Luis's recent publication "Mascaro L, Leota J, Hoffman D, Rajaratnam SMW, Drummond SPA, Facer-Childs ER. Disruptions to sleep and circadian rhythms are associated with poorer athlete mental health in female, but not male, elite Australian Rules footballers. J Sleep Res."
Contact Luis on follow him
Twitter @luismascaro_
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7h5F5wIAAAAJ&hl=en
Email luis.mascaro@monash.edu
For further inquiries, contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or visit www.sleep4performance.com.au
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
A returning guest, Hailey is a psychologist and research scientist internationally certified in behavioural sleep medicine. She practices clinically at St Vincent's Hospital Sleep Centre in Melbourne, predominantly working with clients experiencing insomnia. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. She has completed her PhD at Monash University with Dr Melinda Jackson. Her PhD focuses on advancing healthcare providers' training in evidence-based insomnia treatments.
For this project, she won the Innovation in Behavioral Sleep Medicine Advocacy award from the U.S. Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine and the New Investigator Award from the Australasian Sleep Association 2023. Hailey has worked in various research and clinical settings, including Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre with Dr David Cunnington and Dr Moira Junge, The Institute for Breathing and Sleep at Austin Health, and Monash University's Project REST with Professor Sean Drummond.
Hailey is an active member of the Australasian Sleep Association. She co-chaired the Insomnia and Sleep Health Council for five years. She established the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Online Community of Practice for sleep clinicians to stay connected and up to date with behavioural sleep medicine treatments. She now serves on the Behavioural Management of Sleep Disorders Education Sub-Committee, working to enhance sleep education for psychologists. She is actively involved in the U.S. Society for Behavioral Sleep Medicine (SBSM), serving as a past student member of their Accreditation Committee and helping to organise an Australia/New Zealand special conference session in 2021.
In this episode, we discuss Hailey's PhD work and in particular, her work “Development of a Novel Behavioral Sleep Medicine Education Workshop Designed to Increase Trainee Psychologists’ Knowledge and Skills in Insomnia Management.”
Contact or follow Hailey
Twitter @SleepPsych_Aus
https://www.haileymeaklimpsychology.com.au/
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au and check out the YouTube channel.
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
In this episode, Dr Ian Dunican talks to Professor Sarah Blunden, whom he recently connected with at the Australasian Sleep Association' Sleep Down Under' conference in South Australia. Sarah's research and work centres around paediatric sleep, focusing on promoting the importance of healthy sleep habits while young, paving the way for quality sleep in adulthood. Her main areas of interest are infant sleep and sleep interventions (that do not necessitate ignoring nor controlled crying), sleep education in schools and communities, and Indigenous sleep health.
As an avid young dancer growing up in Adelaide, Sarah successfully obtained a highly coveted position to train with the prestigious Australian Ballet School in Melbourne. At 20 years of age, she moved abroad and performed all over central Europe with a French ballet company. After developing Rheumatoid Arthritis 10 years later, Sarah bid farewell to the touring and travelling life and returned home to commence her Honors, Master and Ph.D. studies in the field of children's sleep.
Sarah is recognised as an authority on children's sleep and is widely published in the field. She has given over 70 presentations to academics, health, education, and medical professionals. Additionally, Sarah has published over 100 academic papers and books, with one such publication, 'The Boss of My Sleep’ highlighted in the discussion.
Sarah is Head of Paediatric Sleep Research at Central Queensland University, the Founder/Director of the Australian Centre for Education in Sleep and Research, an Advisor to the Australian Psychological Society, and a practising Clinical Psychologist at the Paediatric Sleep Clinic. The Sensible Sleep website contains information on training programs created by Sarah for infant and toddler sleep intervention and junior and senior school children's sleep education, along with many free resources available for teachers, industry professionals and parents.
Items discussed on the podcast
Australasian Sleep Association https://sleep.org.au/
Sensible Sleep incorporates The Australian Centre for Education in Sleep (ACES), The Paediatric Sleep and Psychology Clinic (therapeutic arm) http://www.sensiblesleep.com/
To learn more about the Gentle Methods of Self Soothing (GeMMS) program https://sensiblesleep.com/course/blunden-responsive-gemss-method/
To view a list of Sarah's books and publications https://sensiblesleep.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Publications-Books.pdf
To view available free downloads and resources: https://sensiblesleep.com/books-resources/
To view sleep education programs and courses available to teachers and schools https://sensiblesleep.com/course/blunden-responsive-gemss-method/#teachers_schools_programs
The Boss of My Sleep book is a downloadable book explaining a non-cry intensive sleep intervention system for parents to use with their child https://snoozeforkids.com/product/the-boss-of-my-sleep-ebook/
To view parenting seminars on the Government of South Australia website:
- https://parenting.sa.gov.au/easy-guides/sleep-and-toddlers-sarah-blunden/
- https://parenting.sa.gov.au/easy-guides/sleep-and-teenagers-sarah-blunden/
To read the paper by Alison Glass, Ceinwyn Attrill, Chris Magee, Sarah Blunden,
Factors associated with melatonin use in child sleep disturbance: A survey of Australian parents, Sleep Medicine https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389945723001624
Connect with Sarah Blunden:
ORCID: (links to published research) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5026-1992
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sarah-blunden-58445b5b
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Blunden-2
Email: (Paediatric Sleep Clinic) admin@upstreamhealthsa.com.au
Email: (Central Queensland University) s.blunden@cqu.edu.au
Central Queensland University, Australia - Professor of Clinical Psychology and Head of Paediatric Sleep Research https://staff-profiles.cqu.edu.au/home/view/1078
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
I loved this episode. I am a fan of horror, thriller and ghost stories, and I am intrigued by the relationship between sleep and nightmares. In this episode, Brian and I discuss his work, including his book Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives https://www.amazon.com.au/Sleep-Paralysis-Historical-Psychological-Perspectives/dp/0199313806 and Monsters on the Couch: The Real Psychological Disorders Behind Your Favorite Horror Movies https://www.amazon.com.au/Monsters-Couch-Psychological-Disorders-Favorite/dp/1641607912/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703113003&sr=1-2-catcorr
Brian also conducts research, and many of his papers can be found on Pub Med: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Connect with and find out more about Brian’s work here https://briansharpless.com
Links to things we discussed
Episode #41 w Dr Neil Durrant on Nietzsche’s Renewal of Ancient Ethics, Friendship as Contest https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/41-nietzsches-renewal-of-ancient-ethics-friendship-as-contest/
Episode #25 Jonny Dillion on Irish Mythology and Folklore https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/25-jonny-dillion-on-irish-mythology-and-folklore/
Episode #32 w Dr Caitlin Duffy on horror literature in our society
https://learningtodie.com.au/podcasts/32-horror-literature-in-our-society-with-dr-caitlin-duffy/
Parasomnias & Disruptive Sleep Disorders https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12133-parasomnias--disruptive-sleep-disorders
The Crucible https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115988/
IT follows https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3235888/
The Thing https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/
Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula https://www.amazon.com.au/Something-Blood-Untold-Stoker-Dracula/dp/1631490109
The Nightmare https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/
Brugada (brew-GAH-dah) syndrome https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/brugada-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20370489
Darby O ‘Gill and the Little People https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052722/
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Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
I speak with Professor Chris Barnes in the episode on sleep and leadership. Chris is an international expert on the relationship between sleep, fatigue, and leadership in business. Check out his TEDx talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8rpaCSm708 and connect with Chris; all of his research contact details and socials can be found here https://foster.uw.edu/faculty-research/directory/christopher-barnes/
For further inquiries, contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or visit www.sleep4performance.com.au.
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Friday Dec 08, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Wednesday Nov 15, 2023
Welcome to the final of three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.
Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-
Check out Jesse’s presentation at the S4P seminar in 2022 Jesse Cook: Circadian Preference, Sleep Inertia, and Running Performance: A retrospective investigation of runner performance from the 2016 London Marathon https://youtu.be/1XRWSynGmRc
Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. He enjoys running, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks in his spare time.
Connect with Jesse
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3
Twitter @sleepandsports
Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast
Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s
Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, and the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.
Connect with Jonathan
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonath...
Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au and check out the YouTube channel. Check out our sponsor, LMNT. Click on the link to order and get a free LMNT Sample Pack when you order through the custom link below. Key details: The LMNT Sample Pack includes 1 packet of every flavour. This is the perfect offer for anyone interested in trying all our flavours or wanting to introduce a friend to LMNT. This offer is exclusively available through VIP LMNT Partners – you won’t find this offer publicly available. This offer is available for new and returning customers. They offer refunds on all orders with no questions – you don’t even have to send it back! http://drinklmnt.com/sleep4performance
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Welcome to the secont of three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.
Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-
Check out Jesse’s presentation at the S4P seminar in 2022 Jesse Cook: Circadian Preference, Sleep Inertia, and Running Performance: A retrospective investigation of runner performance from the 2016 London Marathon https://youtu.be/1XRWSynGmRc
Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. In his spare time, he enjoys run, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks.
Connect with Jesse
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3
Twitter @sleepandsports
Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast
Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s
Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.
Connect with Jonathan
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonath...
Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au and check out the YouTube channel. Check out our sponsor, LMNT. Click on the link to order and get a free LMNT Sample Pack when you order through the custom link below. Key details: The LMNT Sample Pack includes 1 packet of every flavour. This is the perfect offer for anyone interested in trying all our flavours or wanting to introduce a friend to LMNT. This offer is exclusively available through VIP LMNT Partners – you won’t find this offer publicly available. This offer is available for new and returning customers. They offer refunds on all orders with no questions – you don’t even have to send it back! http://drinklmnt.com/sleep4performance
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
In this episode, I am joined by Dr Jade Murray. Dr. Jade M. Murray completed a PhD programme at the Monash University Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory in 2018. Dr Murray's broad research interests include studying the effects of circadian misalignment on overall health in healthy and sleep-disordered populations and developing simplified methods for determining the timing of the circadian phase. An important innovation in her work has been tracking light-dark exposure data over time to build predictive models of circadian timing for the development of personalised delivery systems for sleep-wake interventions.
In this episode, we discuss Jade's recent paper "Murray JM, Magee M, Giliberto ES, Booker LA, Tucker AJ, Galaska B, Sibenaller SM, Baer SA, Postnova S, Sondag TAC, Phillips AJK, Sletten TL, Howard ME, Rajaratnam SMW. Mobile app for personalized sleep-wake management for shift workers: A user testing trial. Digit Health. 2023 Mar 29"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10064476/
Connect w Jade on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-murray-652442163/
ResearchGate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jade-Murray-2
Contact me at iandunican@sleep4performance.com.au or www.sleep4performance.com.au and check out the YouTube channel.
Check out our sponsor, LMNT. Click on the link to order and get a free LMNT Sample Pack when you order through the custom link below.
Key details: The LMNT Sample Pack includes 1 packet of every flavour. This is the perfect offer for anyone interested in trying all our flavours or wanting to introduce a friend to LMNT. This offer is exclusively available through VIP LMNT Partners – you won’t find this offer publicly available.
This offer is available for new and returning customers. They offer refunds on all orders with no questions – you don’t even have to send it back! http://drinklmnt.com/sleep4performance
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Monday Jul 17, 2023
Welcome to the first three episodes with Jesse Cook and Dr Jonathan Charest. These episodes break down the excellent review by these two gurus. We break down the lad's recent review and much more in these episodes.
Cook, J.D., Charest, J. Sleep and Performance in Professional Athletes. Curr Sleep Medicine Rep 9, 56–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-022-00243-
Check out Jesse’s presentation at the S4P seminar in 2022 Jesse Cook: Circadian Preference, Sleep Inertia, and Running Performance: A retrospective investigation of runner performance from the 2016 London Marathon https://youtu.be/1XRWSynGmRc
Jesse is pursuing a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently stands at dissertator status. Previously, he received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Arizona (UofA). During his Senior year at the UofA, he began his Sleep research career as an undergraduate research assistant in Dr. Richard Bootzin's, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory. He has affiliations as a trainee member with the Sleep Research Society, Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and World Sleep Society. He has served as the Sleep Research Society Trainee Member At-large from 2020-2021 and currently serves on the Communications Committee. Also, he has established the Sleep Research Society podcast and currently serves as the host. In his spare time, he enjoys run, biking, cooking, baking, reading, and listening to podcasts/audiobooks.
Connect with Jesse
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-cook-a89bbb154/
Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jesse-Cook-3
Twitter @sleepandsports
Jonathan’s previous episode on S4P podcast
Season 8, Episode 4 w Dr Jonathan Charest on travel, jet lag, fatigue & performance in the NHL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKDv3VrFs4&t=390s
Dr Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes. In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan completed his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences. As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.
Connect with Jonathan
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonath...
Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
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Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
In this episode, I chat with Dr Haresh Suppiah is a Lecturer and Research Fellow in Sport and Exercise Science and Sport Analytics. He was previously a Senior Sport Physiologist and Head of Research and Development at the National Youth Sports Institute (Singapore), where he worked with multiple Olympic sports in preparation for regional and international competitions. His doctoral and current research focuses on the performance impact of sleep in adolescent athletes. His research also extends to other applied sport science areas, identifying and developing youth talent in sport, and strength and conditioning. Specifically, we discuss some of his recent papers.
Suppiah, Haresh; Swinbourne, Richard; Wee, Jericho; He, Qixiang; Pion, Johan; Driller, Matthew W; et al. (2021). Predicting Youth Athlete Sleep Quality and the Development of a Translational Tool to Inform Practitioner Decision Making. La Trobe. Journal contribution. https://doi.org/10.26181/618b4591bfd48
Connect with Haresh at https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/hsuppiah.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hareshtsuppiah/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hareshsuppiah
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haresh-Suppiah
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
In this episode, I chat with Dr Peter Tierney. Currently working as a Senior Research Scientist at Lululemon Product Innovation (Advanced Concepts).
Previously Peter spent 8 years working in high-performance sports in football/soccer (The English FA), rugby union (Leinster Rugby), and swimming (UCD elite team) as a hybrid Performance Coach & Sports Scientist. He also has experience with Gaelic football & hurling, amateur rugby union, and schools level rugby and hockey. His experience spans male and female athletes across a wide age range with experience in sports science, strength & conditioning, sports performance, health and wellness, and athletic performance development. Peter is interested in the application of wearables to monitor health and performance in people, athletes, and teams are a strong interest of his.
Peter completed his PhD titled: "Novel insights into understanding performance in professional rugby union: an applied sports science approach" alongside his full-time work in Leinster & The FA.
His MSc in Research, completed alongside working full time with Leinster Rugby, explored the “Application of GPS technology in professional rugby union".
To support and supplement his roles and interests in health and performance, Peter has completed a ProfDip in Data Analytics & Statistics, to help him better translate and visualise the performance, strength and conditioning data. Peter’s BSc Health & Performance Science final year thesis examined the effect of caffeinated chewing gum on repeated sprint ability in team sport athletes.
Connect with Peter
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpetertierney/
Twitter @drpetertierney
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Peter-Tierney-2
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drpetertierney/?hl=en
Email: peter_tierney@hotmail.com
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
In this conversation, I chat with my colleague and former PhD student Dr Mitchell Turner on the relationship between sleep and tennis performance. Mitchell is a researcher in the Systematic Profiling in Neurological Conditions (SPIN) team at Edith Cowan University and a sleep consultant at Melius Consulting. Mitchell’s educational background includes exercise and sports science, strength and conditioning and sleep science. Mitchell has recently completed his PhD thesis, which aimed to understand the impact sleep-wake behaviour and chronotype have on match-play and physical performance of tennis players. He coordinates light therapy trials to improve sleep and reduce fatigue for people with neurological conditions. He has established international collaborations, published numerous peer-reviewed publications and presented at international conferences and invited seminars. Mitchell is passionate about sleep, chronobiology, physical performance and data science. He is a former tennis player and coach but is now focused on improving the performance of others through sleep and chronobiology interventions and education.
Connect with Mitchell
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchturner23/
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitchell-Turner-5
Email: mitchel.turner@ecu.edu.au
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
In this episode, I talk with Professor John Lesku
John is interested in most things related to sleep. Using behavioural observations, accelerometry for remote monitoring, and neurophysiological recording techniques, he seeks to provide insight into how sleep and sleep functions have evolved in different types of animals, from flatworms to birds and mammals. He also studies how ecological factors (e.g., predation risk, reproduction) influence the amount, composition, depth, and timing of sleep. Most recently, these interests have expanded to include how anthropogenic pollution influences sleeping brain activity in mammals and birds.
Connect with John
Email: J.Lesku@latrobe.edu.au
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
In this episode, I meet with Carissa Gardiner. Carissa is a PhD candidate within the Sports Performance, Recovery, Injury, and New Technologies (SPRINT) Research Centre at the Australian Catholic University. Her research is focused on the relationship between caffeine and sleep. This episode discusses her recent publication: Gardiner C, Weakley J, Burke LM, Roach GD, Sargent C, Maniar N, Townshend A, Halson SL. The effect of caffeine on subsequent sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Med Rev. 2023 Feb 6;69:101764. doi 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101764. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36870101. Access the paper here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36870101/
Connect with Carissa
Twitter: Twitter: @C__Gardiner
Email: carissa.gardiner@myacu.edu.au
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Having completed her PhD in the area of adolescent sleep in 2018, Dr Alex Agostini is interested in researching the associations between sleep and health in all ages. This ranges from investigating the relationships between sleep and growth in children and adolescents through to assessing whether coping mechanisms and dietary intakes are associated with shift working populations. Alex is also passionate about education, having been involved in teaching across all levels at UniSA, from foundation studies through to graduate diplomas.
In this episode, we discuss her recent publication, "Normal Sleep in Children and Adolescence" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056499320300869
Connect with Alex
LinkedIn https://au.linkedin.com/in/alex-agostini-phd-530777151
Twitter https://twitter.com/AlexAgostini3
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Alex-Agostini-2118292231
Email: Alex.Agostini@unisa.edu.au
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Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
Tuesday Mar 14, 2023
In this episode, I talk with my new friend Dr. Anne Aulsebrook. We continue our journey on learning about birds and sleep and discuss many fascinating topics. The peculiar mating practices and attraction with sleep loss in sandpiper birds
Dr. Anne Aulsebrook is a behavioral ecologist interested in activity patterns and sleep. During her PhD, she investigated the effects of urban light pollution on sleep in birds. More recently, she has become interested in the behaviour of shorebirds that breed under constant daylight in the arctic. Previous research has shown substantial diversity in the activity patterns of these birds. Intriguingly, male pectoral sandpipers have the least sleep also have the greatest reproductive success. How do males attract females when they have had hardly any sleep? How does activity relate to reproductive success in other shorebirds, with different mating systems? To what extent can male shorebirds change their activity in different social contexts? These are some of the questions that she is exploring during her postdoctoral fellowship.
Connect with Anne
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/anne-aulsebrook-884788b6
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAulsebrook
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anne-Aulsebrook
Email: anne.aulsebrook@bi.mpg.de
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Monday Feb 27, 2023
Monday Feb 27, 2023
In this episode, I talk with my friend Jonathan Charest from Calgary, Canada. Jonathan is a native of Quebec, Canada and is a crazy Ice Hockey fan. In this episode, we discuss Jonathan’s latest paper.
Associations between time zone changes travel distance and performance: A retrospective analysis of 2013–2020 National Hockey League Data by Charest, Jonathan et al. published in the Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, Volume 25, Issue 12, 1008 – 1016 https://www.jsams.org/article/S1440-2440(22)00439-X/fulltext
Jonathan Charest is the Director of Athlete Sleep Services and a Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist at the Centre for Sleep & Human performance. He works to develop and optimize sleep for athletes (regional to international level). He focuses on how to optimize sleep, training and travel schedule for athletes, occasional athletes, and student-athletes.
In addition to his bachelor’s in psychology (Sherbrooke University), Jonathan is currently completing his PhD in psychology (Laval University). He possesses expertise in behavioural sleep medicine (CBT-I), circadian rhythms disorders, as well as the specific reality of the athletic population. Jonathan has been an invited public speaker for sleep at International Conferences.
As an ex-athlete, Jonathan believes in the importance of sleep, recovery and regeneration in the performance environment and, alongside Dr Samuels and the entire team at CSHP, brings a strong commitment to athletes, coaches, and teams to deliver education, screening tools, and research-based strategies to establish healthy sleep hygiene for athletes throughout their career, and for a lifetime.
Connect with Jonathan
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jonathan-charest-98647733/
Twitter https://twitter.com/jocharest1?lang=en
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jonathan-Charest-4
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Saturday Feb 11, 2023
Saturday Feb 11, 2023
In this episode, I talk to Professor Theresa Jones. Her main area of research is in the field of behavioural ecology, with a particular focus on understanding the causes and consequences of variability in mating systems, the role of chemical cues, and, most recently, the impact of artificial night lighting on individual fitness and community structure. She completed an undergraduate at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK) and a PhD at the Institute of Zoology (UK). During her PhD, she spent a year at the Instituto Evandro Chagas in Belém, Brazil, conducting field observations and experiments. She commenced postdoctoral research in 1999 at Uppsala University (Sweden), exploring alternative male mating strategies in vertebrate (the ruff, Philomachus pugnax) and invertebrate (Hawaiian Drosophila) lekking species. In 2001, she was awarded a Royal Society Travelling Fellowship to conduct research at the University of Melbourne.
Email: theresa@unimelb.edu.au
https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/7996-theresa-jones
Twitter: @ubanlightlab
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
This is a reading of a blog on our website entitled "Mouth taping and sleep apnea, shut your mouth about shutting your mouth." https://sleep4performance.com/mouth-taping-and-sleep-apnea-shut-your-mouth-about-shutting-your-mouth/
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Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
In this episode, I sit down with James Hewitt. James is a human performance scientist with a passion for making complex science digestible and practical. He established this site to share evidence-based, actionable insights from his 15+ years of work and research with some of the most demanding and high-performing clients.
https://jameshewittperformance.com/
We discuss; developing healthy, sustainable habits for 2023, practical ways to combine health and physical activity, how to be kind to yourself and achieving human performance optimisation in 2023.
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- 23% reduction in stress experiences
- 15% increase in the daily experience of control
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Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Changes in reindeer sleep regulation across the year: a central role for rumination? In this episode, I am joined by Melanie Furrer, who recently presented her study on sleep in reindeer.
Most non-hibernating animals maintain daily “circadian ”rhythms of sleep across the year, as well as “homeostatic” sleep-wake patterns in which increasing time awake is followed by increased sleep amount or intensity. Strikingly, ruminant reindeer in the Arctic show 24-h rhythmicity at the equinoxes but none at either solstice; summertime activity greatly exceeds wintertime activity. So far, nothing is known about their sleep or how it might be seasonally modulated.
Methods: We simultaneously recorded non-invasive electroencephalography EEG in four adult female reindeer for four days at The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø, Norway in July, September, and December. Rapid eye movement, REM sleep, non-REM NREM sleep, and rumination were visually identified from the EEG, and slow-wave activity SWA, EEG power 1–18 4.5 Hz during NREM sleep, the classic marker for homeostatic changes in sleep pressure, was calculated.
Results: Although sleep in reindeer generally resembled that of other mammals, key novel adaptations were observed in July/September: n=4, December: n=3. Like most species, sleep-wake distribution paralleled daily activity during seasonally changing light-dark conditions and SWA during NREM sleep increased after prolonged wake periods.
Surprisingly, total sleep duration was roughly equal across seasons, and prolonged waking produced a lower SWA response in summer than in winter. As reported for some domestic ruminants, EEG during rumination showed typical characteristics of NREM sleep. Furthermore, rumination appeared to substitute for sleep under all observed conditions. Accordingly, SWA decreased across rumination, and total rumination and NREM sleep durations were negatively correlated. Homeostatic modelling of SWA further suggested that rumination was equivalent to sleep. Conclusions: We suggest that less pronounced SWA increases across waking in summer might indicate higher baseline sleep pressure during this season, possibly resulting from increased activity, food intake and light exposure. Within this context, rumination might partially substitute conventional sleep, permitting near-constant feeding in the arctic summer while compensating for increased sleep pressure.
Contact or follow Melanie https://www.kispi.uzh.ch/forschungszentrum/person/furrer-melanie.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melanie-Furrer-2
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Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
A brief 10-minute meditation for our sleep4performance listeners led by Alexis Santos, a meditation teacher. https://www.alexissantos.io/
Please do not listen while operating machinery, driving or undertaking any safety-critical role. This mediation is designed to support having a nap or initiating sleep in a safe, comfortable environment.
Sleep Well!!!!
Ian
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Thursday Oct 27, 2022
Today I am joined by Alexis Santos. Alexis has been in the field of mindfulness and meditation since 2001. After graduating from Harvard University in 1995, he spent several years in medical school before leaving his chosen doctor career to seek a different path. It was while travelling in India that he was introduced to insight meditation.
Since that time, Alexis has practised in many meditative styles and traditions, including with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, the Thai Forest tradition with Ajahn Sumedho, the Tibetan tradition with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and within the lay Western insight community where he continues to learn from the growing diversity of voices.
Alexis's primary teacher has been Sayadaw U Tejaniya, from the Burmese Theravada tradition, with whom he was ordained as a Buddhist monk from 2003 - 2005. Sayadaw encouraged Alexis to teach in 2012. Alexis also completed the Spirit Rock/IMS four-year teacher training program with Jack Kornfield and others, including mentors Joseph Goldstein and Carol Wilson.
Alexis teaches meditation at retreat centers around the world. He is featured on the Ten Percent Happier meditation app and is co-founder of Open Door Meditation Community in Portland, Maine, where he is a guest teacher. Alexis's teaching style is natural and uncrafted. He brings a practical, intuitive and compassionate approach to the development of wisdom.
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Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Today I am joined by Dr Cassie Hilditch from San José State University Research Foundation. In this episode, we will be discussing Cassie's work around sleep inertia.
Some of Cassie's papers
Hilditch CJ, Arsintescu L, Gregory KB, Flynn-Evans EE. Mitigating fatigue on the flight deck: how is controlled rest used in practice? Chronobiol Int. 2020 Sep-Oct;37(9-10):1483-1491. doi: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1803898. Epub 2020 Aug 24. PMID: 32838563. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32838563/
Kovac K, Vincent GE, Paterson JL, Reynolds A, Aisbett B, Hilditch CJ, Ferguson SA. The impact of a short burst of exercise on sleep inertia. Physiol Behav. 2021 Dec 1;242:113617. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113617. Epub 2021 Oct 1. PMID: 34606883. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34606883/
Hilditch CJ, Flynn-Evans EE. Fatigue, Schedules, Sleep, and Sleepiness in U.S. Commercial Pilots During COVID-19. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2022 May 1;93(5):433-441. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6031.2022. PMID: 35551720. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35551720/
Hilditch CJ, McHill AW. Sleep inertia: current insights. Nat Sci Sleep. 2019 Aug 22;11:155-165. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S188911. PMID: 31692489; PMCID: PMC6710480. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31692489/
Hilditch CJ, Short M, Van Dongen HP, Centofanti SA, Dorrian J, Kohler M, Banks S. Sleep inertia during a simulated 6-h on/6-h off fixed split duty schedule. Chronobiol Int. 2016;33(6):685-96. doi: 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167724. Epub 2016 Apr 14. PMID: 27078176. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27078176/
Connect with Cassie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassie-hilditch-phd-817a1816/
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uUJGxwoAAAAJ&hl=en
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