首页
登录
职称英语
As anyone in a household with infants or toddlers knows, bedtime can be a ni
As anyone in a household with infants or toddlers knows, bedtime can be a ni
游客
2024-11-21
8
管理
问题
As anyone in a household with infants or toddlers knows, bedtime can be a nightmare. But that’s where technology, in the form of Web-based sleep counseling, can help.
Although Internet use has been blamed for keeping teens and adults awake too late at night, researchers in the U.S. and Israel report that a Web-based program can be a powerful tool for helping parents get babies to hit the sack — and to improve their own sleep and mood.
Scientists in Philadelphia created an interactive database of the sleeping habits of more than 5,000 babies under age three. That information, which included what parents and infants did in the minutes and hours before going to sleep, was coupled with studies on the most effective practices for inducing sleep. The resulting program, the Customized Sleep Profile, allows parents to input data on their own child’s sleeping habits, and compare that profile with those of thousands of other children the same age. The program then gives parents personalized recommendations for their child’s specific sleep problems.
If you’ve been trying to rock your baby to sleep, for instance, the program suggests putting your child to bed awake — he’ll be more likely to drift off naturally. If your baby wakes up hungry hours after falling asleep, you can try eliminating nighttime feedings, and he’ll be more likely to sleep through the night.
The study, which involved 264 mothers and their infant or toddler, randomly assigned two groups of parents to use the Web program(a third control group followed their usual bedtime practices), and one of the intervention groups was also asked to establish a three-step bedtime routine that included a bath, a massage and a quiet activity such as listening to a lullaby or cuddling. A 2009 study suggested that this routine helped improve problem sleeping in infants and toddlers.
In both intervention groups, babies went to bed easier and slept longer at night, and mothers reported better sleep and less tension, depression and fatigue, compared with the families in the control group. Previously fussy babies reduced the number of times they awoke at night and the length of time they were awake by up to 50%, and also took less time to fall asleep.
As for the recommendations generated by the program, there really is no magic to them: they are based on well-known advice supported by research. The difference is that they’re tailored to address specific sleep behaviors, while previous advice to sleep-deprived parents tended to be more general. Whatever the parent inputs, the recommendations provided are based on that input.
The program was a blessing for the exhausted parents in the trial. Nearly all of them said they would continue using the program even after the study ended. For parents, late-night screen time may not be such a bad thing after all. [br] The last paragraph______.
选项
A、ends the passage in conformity with the second paragraph
B、ends the passage in conformity with the first paragraph
C、has no connection with the first paragraph
D、contradicts the first paragraph
答案
A
解析
逻辑题。文章第二段的…Internet use hasbeen blamed for keeping teens and adultsawake too late at night…指出人们熬夜上网,最后一段的For parents,late-nightscreen time may not be such a bad thing afterall指出对于家长来说深夜上网或许并不是坏事。两者构成首位呼应,故选A。B、C、D与原文不符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3855526.html
相关试题推荐
Whattypeofsentenceis"Thiswillsurpriseanyonewhoknowsfootball."?A、Asim
TheaverageU.S.householdhastopayanexorbitantamountofmoneyforan
TheaverageU.S.householdhastopayanexorbitantamountofmoneyforan
TheaverageU.S.householdhastopayanexorbitantamountofmoneyforan
A______isavarietyofalanguagethatisnotanativelanguageofanyone,but
Asanyoneinahouseholdwithinfantsortoddlersknows,bedtimecanbeani
Asanyoneinahouseholdwithinfantsortoddlersknows,bedtimecanbeani
Cuckoldsaremenwhosewivesgavebirthtoinfantsthatwereblatantlynott
(1)WHYSHOULDanyonebuythelatestvolumeintheever-expandingDictionary
(1)WHYSHOULDanyonebuythelatestvolumeintheever-expandingDictionary
随机试题
Formanyyears,wehavebeenledtobelievethataperson’sintellectualint
Theauthorsuggeststhathumanresourcesmanagement,shouldbetaughtasarequi
[originaltext]W:Well,Mr.Smith,I’velookedintoyourinvoiceandfoundoutw
WeShouldHaveaGratefulHeart1.现在,有些人,尤其是年轻人,对外面的世界漠不关心2.导致这种现象的原因3.心怀感恩,我们
Morethan2,000yearsago,thephilosopherSocrateswanderedaroundAthensa
车库内哪个侧墙耐火极限是2.0h?( )A.电梯井 B.管道井 C.弱电井
性味苦寒,能行气止痛,杀虫的药物是A.小茴香 B.川楝子 C.青皮
慢性肾炎并发心力衰竭的表现为A.剧烈头痛,呕吐 B.全身骨骼疼痛 C.意识障
人力资源部请面试专员做了一场面试官培训,专家在培训中提到,面试的时候区分应聘者的
有关纤维蛋白溶解药的叙述,错误的是A:注射局部可出现血肿 B:主要代表药有链激
最新回复
(
0
)