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David Cameron is the youngest Prime Minister for almost 200 years, with
William Hague confirmed last night as Foreign Secretary and
George Osborne as Chancellor of the Exchequer in a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government. But who else is lined up for a key cabinet post so far?
David Cameron: Prime Minister
Elected Conservative leader in December 2005 at the age of 39, Old Etonian David was the party's campaign co-ordinator at the 2005 general election and shadow education secretary. In the 1990s, he was special adviser to Home Secretary Michael Howard and Chancellor Norman Lamont. He subsequently spent seven years as a public relations executive with the broadcaster Carlton.
Nick Clegg : Deputy Prime Minister
MP for Sheffield Hallam since 2005, Clegg succeeded Sir Menzies Campbell as Liberal Democrat leader in December 2007. Formerly a European Commission official and a Euro-MP, the 43-year-old (same age as Cameron) speaks five languages and was judged in polls to have been the big winner of the first televised leaders' debate in the run-up to the election.
William Hague: Foreign Secretary
Former Tory leader (1997-2001) Hague also served in John Major's Cabinet. A strong Eurosceptic, the 49-year-old was shadow foreign secretary until the election and has functioned as a key adviser to Cameron.
George Osborne: Chancellor of the Exchequer
Scotching speculation that Alistair Darling's job might go to Kenneth Clarke or Vince Cable, the 38-year-old has become the youngest Chancellor for more than a century. Cameron's closest ally in the drive to modernise the Tory party, he became MP for Tatton in 2001 and was promoted from shadow chief secretary to the Treasury to shadow chancellor in May 2005 at the age of 34.
Theresa May: Home Secretary
The MP for Maidenhead is promoted from the shadow work and pensions secretary in opposition to become only the second woman, after Jacqui Smith, to be Home Secretary – one of the three major offices of state. Mrs May, who will also be women's minister, is well-known for her adventurous fashion sense and extensive collection of shoes.
Kenneth Clarke: Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor
Veteran politician Kenneth Clarke steps into the role Jack Straw has been forced to vacate. He served for 18 years as a minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major's government. Noted as a serious cigar smoker.
Vince Cable: Business Secretary
Deputy Liberal Democrat leader Cable, 67, is to succeed Lord Mandelson as Business Secretary. A former economist and Labour adviser, he entered Parliament as MP for Twickenham in 1997 and famously said in 2007 that Gordon Brown had gone through a âremarkable transformation in the last few weeks from Stalin to Mr Bean.â
Andrew Lansley: Health Secretary
An MP since 1997, 53-year-old Lansley was made Conservative health spokesman six years ago. He has played a significant role in convincing the public that the NHS is a high priority for the Tories.
Dr Liam Fox: Defence Secretary
Having served as shadow health secretary under both William Hague and Iain Duncan Smith former GP Dr Fox came third in the 2005 party leadership contest. As shadow defence secretary he led Tory criticism of armed forces funding under Gordon Brown.
David Laws: Treasury Chief Secretary
Despite once challenging the seat of a future Conservative leader, David Laws is perhaps one of the Lib Dems more at ease among his new Tory colleagues.The always sharp-suited former investment banker is seen to be on the right of the party, co-authoring the free-market Orange Book in 2004.He is also one of the Lib Dems' fastest risers – it has taken him less than a decade in parliament to achieve a Cabinet post.
Chris Huhne: Energy and climate change
The 55-year-old has been awarded one of the briefs closest to his party's heart. He has plenty of knowledge on the subject – he was environmental spokesman when Sir Menzies Campbell was leader.
Iain Duncan Smith: Work and pensions
Much mocked as Tory leader from 2001 to 2003, the 56-year-old's rehabilitation continues. While on the backbenches he set up a think-tank investigating social exclusion and poverty.
Danny Alexander: Scottish Secretary
Nick Clegg's chief of staff was part of the Lib Dems' four-man negotiating team which helped set up the coalition. The 37-year-old joined the party as a press officer in 1993 and has been an MP since 2005.


text: Travel notes: July 14, 2013 By Staff reports July 13, 2013 Story Share Glass FestWESTON -- West Virginia's glass heritage will be celebrated at the Weston Glass Festival on Friday through July 21 at Appalachian Glass in WestonActivities include glass blowing, etching and sand blasting, plus food vendors. Hours are noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 21. For additional information, visit http://www.appglass.com or call 304-269-1030.Mountain Lakes FestivalSUTTON -- The 5th Annual Mountain Lakes Festival takes place Friday through July 19 at Sutton Lake in Braxton County.Events include "That Dam Race" 5-K walk/run, water ski show, Sutton Dam tours and "Anything That Floats But A Boat" contest. There'll be music and food vendorsVisit http://www.mountainlakesfestial.com or call 304-765-6533 for more information.Droop Mountain HikeHILLSBORO -- The 150th anniversary of Battle of Droop Mountain Battlefield is being observed by a series of hikes on trails and paths taken by soldiers in 1863.The next hike is Saturday and is 3 1/2 miles through fields and woodland, and an 800-foot elevation change with steep grades and obstructions.Pre-registration is required. To pre-register or for additional information, call 304-653-4254 or visit http://www.droopmountainbattlefield.com/events/html. Cycling raceMATHIAS -- The Lost River Classic on Saturday is an official USA Cycling Sanctioned Points Race for amateur and professionally ranked cyclists.The challenging course is a 10.5-mile loop on West Virginia country roads with two significant climbs, two sweeping downhills, several rollers, and a steep climb to the finish at the Jenkins UM Church.For race regulations, visit http://www.ncvc.net/lostriver/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx. For more information, call Audrey Kawano Taucher at 202-547-8884 or email email@example.com. Farm life celebratedPOINT PLESANT -- Activities start at 8 a.m. Saturday at the West Virginia State Farm Museum's Tractor Show and Games in Point Pleasant. Seven categories of rides and equipment used outside the farm home will be on exhibit.Games include races, obstacle courses, egg game, golf ball game, and kiddie tractor pulls. The Country Store and Country Kitchen will be open with regular admission fee. Call 304-882-2422 or 304-675-5757 or visit http://www.wvfarmmuseum.org for more information.Local food at AdalandPHILLIPI -- Marion Ohlinger, the executive chef of the Richwood Grill in Morgantown, will be the second guest chef in Adaland Mansion's Celebrate Local! A Dinner Series on July 21 with seatings at 1 and 3 p.m. At Richwood, Ohlinger has focused on creating dishes from around the world using locally grown West Virginia ingredients.For reservations, call 304-457-2415 or 304-457-1587.Contentment's summer hoursANSTED -- The Civil War era Contentment complex on U.S. 60 (Main Street) in Ansted."Contentment," once the home of Confederate Col. George Imboden, is the headquarters of the Fayette Historical Society and is one of three Civil War Trail sites in Ansted. The other two are Tyree Tavern, a stagecoach stop, and Westlake Cemetery, the burial place of Stonewall Jackson's mother.The house, a museum and a re-built one-room schoolhouse are all open for tours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday through August.Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger. State Muesum honoredThe West Virginia State Museum has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award, which honors hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award."TripAdvisor is delighted to celebrate the success of businesses around the globe, which are consistently offering TripAdvisor travelers a great customer experience," said Alison Copus, vice president of marketing for TripAdvisor for Business. "The Certificate of Excellence award provides top-performing establishments around the world the recognition they deserve, based on feedback from those who matter most -- their customers."With more than 6,000 artifacts on display and themes that focus on the state's lands, people and culture, the museum showcases the state's history from prehistoric times to today.For more information, contact Caryn Gresham, deputy commissioner for the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, at 304-558-0220 or at email@example.com West Virginia State Museum, located in the Culture Center at the Capitol complex, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays. 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The Rike Knife 1507s Kwaiken Flipper is a high quality build from top to bottom. For being a long knife, around 8.5 inches overall, the Kwaiken only weighs a hair over 4 ounces. Thin, lightweight and just smooth as glass operation in this package. The medium-tuned detent is dead-on accurate for perfect flipping action and keeping closed when not in use.
This model is fitted with a Bead-Blasted premium CPM-S35VN blade. Razor sharp right out of the pouch. About 3.75 inches in length, the blade is quite thick which helps balance out the handle. The drop-style has a flat grind with slight swedges near the spine. Green Ti blade stoppers add a nice accent to the blade.
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Because everyone associated with our club cares
about athlete safety and well-being!
Attached please find a copy of an important club policy, "Club Philosophy and Policies Governing Professional Coaching Conduct and the Conduct of all Athletes, Employees and Volunteers." The purpose of this policy is to define in a very clear way inappropriate coach, sport leader and athlete participant conduct and the Club's commitment to protect the safety and well-being of athletes. The policy defines important terms and concepts such as bully, hazing, initiation rituals, physical punishment, sexual harassment, verbal and emotional abuse, etc. Please let us know if you have any questions.
We also ask that you read "What Every Athlete Should Know About Personal Safety" and discuss this education piece with your child.
While it may be uncomfortable to read about athlete abuse, sexual harassment, and other forms of unacceptable behavior, it is very important for the Club and all parents to educate our children about these critical safety issues. We need you to emphasize to your children that any conduct that makes the child uncomfortable should be discussed with you or the Club's Athlete Welfare Advocate (AWA). The AWA is our athlete safety officer.
Despite the fact that criminal background and previous employment reference checks are conducted on all of the Club's employees and volunteers who work with children, these background checks often do not reveal previous misconduct, especially if a previous employer simply fired the employee without contacting the police or if the behavior fell short of criminal conduct but crossed the line of professionally appropriate conduct.
We must all be vigilant guardians of our children.
Abuse of an athlete can take many forms, ranging from failing to act to prevent harm when a dangerous situation is recognized in a sports environment to sexual violence such as when a coach rapes an athlete, with many subtle and not so subtle forms of mistreatment in between. As we learned from recent media coverage of coach pedophiles in respected university programs and private sports clubs, even the most trusted adults may not be what they appear to be. Sexual abuse is almost always by a person known to the athlete who takes advantage of a position of power, is older, or bigger, or intentionally and successfully manipulates an immature or naïve athlete into what appears to be a consensual situation.
How You Can Help
- . Emphasize the following points:Review "What Every Athlete Should Know About Personal Safety" with your child
- The vast majority of athletes do not find it easy to disclose their concerns. Many are afraid of being criticized by teammates.
- Many athletes will not question a coach's behavior because they believe they will not receive instructional attention or be selected for a team or performance group.
- Some athletes are afraid of being criticized by parents because they think their parents will suggest that they have to be stronger and not complain. While you should encourage your child to speak to you, you should also emphasize that they can go directly to the Club's Athlete Welfare Advocate, even without telling you. Fear of your reaction should not affect your child's decision to ask for help.
- Explain that the sport environment sometimes contributes to an expectation of athlete "toughness" and, as a result, the sport culture urges that we tolerate abusive coaches thinking that it is acceptable behavior for coaches to "push" athletes using almost any means to do their best. Emphasize that this is not acceptable.
- Explain that while our culture often accepts coach use of profanity, physically pulling athletes into position and other behaviors, these actions would never be tolerated of teachers in a classroom setting.
Talk to your children regarding all inappropriate or abusive behaviors and what they should do if they observe or are subjected to such behaviors.
- In sport club settings, many parents almost blindingly allow the coach carte blanche in the handling of athletes. You must be the guardian of your children, holding coaches to the same standards as any teacher.Be a Vigilant Guardian.
- . Don't respond by telling your child to be "tougher." Find out the specifics of what occurred. Talk to the Club's Athlete Welfare Advocate if necessary. Take any Reports of Mistreatment from your Child Seriously
- There are other indicators of abuse that parents and sport leaders need to be sensitive to such as: Keep An Eye Out for Abuse and Bullying Indicators.
- Unexplained or recurring injuries such as cuts and bruises situated in areas of the child's body that are not normally prone to injury.
- Physical injury where the explanation given is inconsistent.
- Unexplained changes in behavior such as a child becoming withdrawn, quiet, aggressive or verbally violent.
- Inappropriate sexual awareness and/or behaving in a sexualized manner.
- Disordered eating behaviors such as the athlete overeating or showing a loss of appetite.
- Excessive weight loss or weight gain for no obvious reason.
- Physical appearance becomes unkempt.
- The athlete becomes withdrawn and isolated from the team and seems unable to make friends.
- The athlete begins to display a distrust of adults.
- The athlete begins to exhibit behavioral changes such as reduced concentration and/or becoming withdrawn, clingy, depressed, tearful, emotionally up and down, reluctant to go to school, training or sports club.
- A drop in performance at school or in the sport.
- Physical signs such as stomachaches, headaches, difficulty in sleeping, bed-wetting, scratching and bruising, damaged clothes and bingeing, for example, on food, cigarettes or alcohol.
- A shortage of money or frequent loss of possessions.
This is not an exhaustive list of indicators and the presence of an indicator cannot be seen to be definitive proof that an athlete is being abused. But your response to such indicators should be further investigation of the possibility that abuse is occurring.
Understand What Our Club Does to Help Prevent Abuse
Please know that the Club is also doing all it can to ensure the safety of your child:
- All coaches, volunteers, and staff undergo criminal background checks and previous employer reference checks before they are hired and allowed to work with children.
- The Club's written policies (1) clearly define coach misconduct, (2) prohibit romantic or other nonprofessional relationships between coaches and athletes, (3) define and prohibit emotional, verbal, and physical abuse, bullying, hazing, initiation rituals, and (4) prohibit all forms of sexual harassment, abuse, and violence.
- Our Club has education sessions for athletes to help them identify inappropriate behaviors and the process to be used to report such behaviors.
- Our Club has an independent "athlete welfare advocate" who athletes know they can go to in complete confidence to help them address concerns.
- Our Club conducts education sessions for coaches, staff and volunteers regarding professional behavior and prohibited behaviors that they must stop if observed by anyone.
Understand Why Confidentiality so Important in the Case of an Abused Athlete?
- Research shows that it may take 15-20 years for an abused person to feel safe enough to speak about the traumatic experience. Thus, every effort must be made to educate young athletes (1) about what constitutes abuse, (2) that abuse is not their fault, and (3) that a safe place exists for them to discuss a traumatic or distressing experience and get help.
- Molesters of children cultivate the silence of the victim through clear instructions to keep the relationship or misconduct secret, making the athlete think he/she will be:
- embarrassed by disclosure;
- will be punished by parents;
- blamed by those in authority who think the coach is more important than the athlete;
- dismissed from the team;
- rejected by teammates; or
- hurt by the withdrawal of benefits (instructional attention, team selection, etc.)
- Most children will not seek the help of the AWA if they think their parents will be immediately informed. Don't take this need for confidentiality personally. The important consideration is that your child feel that there is a safe place to ask for help in thinking through a situation that makes him or her feel uncomfortable.
A Place for Parents to Go For More Help or Information
Safe4Athletes. Go to Safe4Athletes.org or call Safe4Athletes at 1-855-SAFE4AA (855-723 3422) (toll free). Safe4Athletes is a not-for-profit organization that advocates for athlete welfare where every athlete is provided a safe and positive environment free of sexual abuse, bullying and harassment. Parents should feel free to contact Safe4Athletes for more information.
What Safe4Athletes does:
1. Advocates for and helps sports organizations adopt effective policies, procedures and educational programs that prevent coach, volunteer and peer misconduct whether it be sexual, bullying, harassment or other forms of inappropriate behaviors.
2. Assists sports organizations faced with situations involving sexual misconduct, bullying, harassment and other forms of inappropriate conduct on how to handle these situations appropriately and act quickly to restore safe environments for athletes.
3. Is a safe and confidential place where abused athletes, their parents, or others concerned about the impact of coach/volunteer/peer misconduct can call to:
- talk to other athletes who have been through similar situations;
- be referred to professional counselors who can provide psychological or other assistance;
- get advice on how to communicate with their sport organization so appropriate proceedings can be initiated to investigate, adjudicate, and if necessary, remove the offending coach or sport leader from his or her position before others can be hurt; and/or
- help their sport organizations find model policies, procedures and programs and advice on how to prevent and to deal with such situations.
4. Encourages and helps educate all parents and athletes to be more aware of what they can do to recognize inappropriate coach/volunteer/peer behavior and understand how traumatic the effects of such experiences can be for athletes.
5. Partners with state, regional and national sport governing associations and other national sport organizations to encourage the adoption of legislation mandating that their members adopt strong policies, procedures, and educational programs regarding this issue.


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New York, NY, United States, 2013/10/31 - Market Commentators, the ITSM Review and Netskope, add weight to EasyVistas Prominent Position on the Gartner IT Service & Support Management (ITSSM) Magic Quadrant - EasyVista.com.
EasyVista Inc., a global leader in cloud-based IT Service and Asset Management, has welcomed the results of two new reports which substantiate core qualities of its IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions.
From the start of 2013 EasyVista has enjoyed significant recognition from leading industry groups. In January Ovum described EasyVista as a flexible IT service management solution with high availability, adding. EasyVista is established as a key vendor in the competitive ITSM software landscape. A month on, EasyVista became the first ITSM solution to be certified for 11 processes, of the significantly more rigorous, ITIL version 2011, through Pink Elephants toolset accreditation, PinkVerify. By the summer the Company was also well placed on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for ITSSM, indicative of EasyVista being the most pragmatic and Easy to use pure web-based solution on the market.
Now, in the fall of 2013, two further reports add to EasyVistas growing reputation. In September, the ITSM Reviews Knowledge Management Group Test, conducted by Barclay Rae, found EasyVista to be an excellent option for integrated Knowledge Management for mid-market and enterprise organizations.
The technology review was timely as it provided us with the opportunity of addressing a perceived weakness from the Magic Quadrant, said Andrew White, General Manager (Americas) at EasyVista. The review concluded that EasyVistas knowledge management capabilities provide good functionality and meet all stated requirements (validated by PinkVerify) to deliver seamlessly across our ITSM product set.
Equally significant is the recognition the Netskope Cloud Report gives EasyVista, continued White. This new quarterly report focuses on the capability of EasyVista to provide fully available Cloud solutions, backed by the correct infrastructure. Significantly in the ITSM solution space no other provider was within the top 10.
The Netskope Report calculates a Cloud Confidence Index (CCI) based upon an assessment of a providers enterprise readiness and the capabilities of its cloud applications. EasyVista was ranked 5th in a top 10 which had Salesforce first and Amazon Web Services fourth. With so much debate around data residency, receiving an independent endorsement, for its investment in its worldwide data and cloud management centers, is further evidence of EasyVistas commitment to deliver secure high availability solutions.
About EasyVista
EasyVista Inc., a leading provider of IT Service and Asset Management software, has more than 20 years of experience as a pure player in the IT Management space. The company has a direct presence around the world with offices in the US, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain and Portugal. EasyVista is quoted on NYSE Alternext exchange (Symbol: ALEZV).
Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for IT Service Support Management Tools, Jarod Greene, Jeffrey M. Brooks, August 20, 2013.
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EATON TWP. — As the rain falls this summer, Eaton Township will be watching its garden grow.
In May, residents of Eaton Township donated their time and supplies to help build a rain garden in Eaton Township Community Park on state Route 82.
The rain garden was made possible by a grant from the Ohio Environment Education Fund. In July 2008, Eaton Township's Storm Water Management Committee member Charlotte Ruggles applied for the mini-grant.
The Eaton Township plan competed with 26 proposals throughout Ohio, and it was among the 13 proposals that were selected, Ruggles said. The township received $3,761 in grant funding.
The 600-square-foot rain garden will use runoff storm water from gutters on part of the pavilion roof to keep the plants thriving.
In addition to the grant, the project has received more than $1,900 in in-kind donations, as well as support from Rick Vincent, owner of Modern Landscaping and Design, Ohio Prairie Nursery and Lorain County Soil and Water Conservation District Administrator Nancy Funni.
"The ultimate goal of the rain garden is to educate the public on the various ways that we, as individuals, can help make a difference in the future of our environment," Ruggles said. "The Great Lakes will sometime in the future be the key water source for the Midwest region of our country."
The rain garden also will help remove impurities and pollutants in storm water by filtering the runoff before it enters the local waterways, Ruggles said.
Ruggles pointed out that every developed property has some type of impervious surface, such as roofs, driveways and patios.
"Just a small rain garden planted near one of these surfaces can capture, filter and slow the flow of storm water runoff," she said.
Another bonus to creating a rain garden is that it enhances a yard and the entire community.
"It can even add value to our properties," Ruggles said. "It is a wonderful way to provide habitat and food for wildlife, including birds and butterflies."
Melodye Wallace, an Eaton resident for more than 20 years, said she has always been concerned about water quality and flooding.
"I think we need to keep our waterways clean to support a healthy lake, plant life and aquatic life, which many people do not have," Wallace said.
Some of the plants used in the garden include Joe Pye weed, daylilies, bee balm, columbine, black-eyed Susan, gayfeather, threadleaf coreopsis, Culver's root, northern blue flag and big blue stem.
"We are very excited to have the garden completed and on display. We welcome all visitors to the community park for a firsthand view," Ruggles said.
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The Trinidad City Council welcomed a new face Wednesday, unanimously appointing Jim Baker to the empty council seat left by Kathy Bhardwaj, who resigned last month due to health concerns.
His appointment fills out a board that has been plagued by unexpected vacancies this year. In addition to Bhardwaj's departure, Councilwoman Maria Bauman resigned on Feb. 13 citing a family emergency, leaving the council with three active members. Bauman's position was filled by Jack West in March.
A call to City Manager Karen Suiker was not returned by the Times-Standard's deadline.
Baker, 69, said he is happy to be more involved in his community.
Although Baker and his wife Joan have had property in Trinidad for 17 years, they only became permanent residents a year-and-a-half ago, after Baker's wife retired.
After serving on a Southern Humboldt school board for a decade, Baker said he is ready and willing to dive into his role with the Trinidad City Council.
"Both my wife and I believe in public service and giving back," he said. "I thought this might be a good opportunity for me to do that up here."
Baker said he thinks his work as a land surveyor and his experience with various public works projects will make him an asset to the council. He also said he is looking forward to working with his fellow council members.
"I am very impressed with the present makeup of the council and with the city manager," he said. "It seems to be a very efficient set up. I don't have any specific issues that I will be concentrating on. I am just looking forward to filling out the board and bringing some of my own experience to the table."
Baker will serve out the rest of Bhardwaj's term, which ends in 2014. At that time, Baker said he will consider an election bid. Trinidad residents with questions or comments can contact Baker at firstname.lastname@example.com
Kaci Poor can be reached at 441-0504 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Don't over do it! Digital magazines are a perfect example of good user experience design so try not to flood the magazines with too many distractions. This tends to distract the readers focus and irritate the reader.
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Exaggerated jaw motor activities during sleep are associated with muscle symptoms in the jaw-closing rather than the jaw-opening muscles. The intrinsic activity of antagonistic jaw muscles during sleep remains unknown. This study aims to assess the balance of muscle activity between masseter (MA) and digastric (DG) muscles during sleep in guinea pigs. Electroencephalogram (EEG), electroocculogram, and electromyograms (EMGs) of dorsal neck, MA, and DG muscles were recorded with video during sleep-wake cycles. These variables were quantified for each 10-s epoch. The magnitude of muscle activity during sleep in relation to mean EMG activity of total wakefulness was up to three times higher for MA muscle than for DG muscle for nonrapid eye movement (NREM) and rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. Although the activity level of the two jaw muscles fluctuated during sleep, the ratio of activity level for each epoch was not proportional. Epochs with a high activity level for each muscle were associated with a decrease in δEEG power and/or an increase in heart rate in NREM sleep. However, this association with heart rate and activity levels was not observed in REM sleep. These results suggest that in guinea pigs, the magnitude of muscle activity for antagonistic jaw muscles is heterogeneously modulated during sleep, characterized by a high activity level in the jaw-closing muscle. Fluctuations in the activity are influenced by transient arousal levels in NREM sleep but, in REM sleep, the distinct controls may contribute to the fluctuation. The above intrinsic characteristics could underlie the exaggeration of jaw motor activities during sleep (e.g., sleep bruxism).
- masseter
- digastric
- heart rate
although motor systems are generally inactive or suppressed during sleep, jaw muscles are found to be activated during the normal sleep of humans and animals (8, 9, 11, 27, 31). The jaw motor activities can be associated with physiological functions, such as swallowing and respiration, and with activities that cannot be identified as specific functions or behaviors. The amount of intrinsic jaw muscle activity during sleep compared with the amount of activity during wakefulness can fall within the physiological range of recuperative function because patients suspected of having increased jaw muscle activity during sleep (e.g., sleep bruxism) complain of jaw muscle symptoms such as pain or fatigue (10, 49). Postexercise soreness or fatigue due to the overloading of the jaw muscles can be a contributing factor to the development of jaw muscle symptoms (55). Moreover, jaw muscle symptoms are often reported in the jaw-closing muscles [e.g., masseter (MA) and temporalis muscles] but rarely in the jaw-opening muscles [e.g., digastric (DG) muscle] (10, 49).
Our current knowledge about changes in the magnitude of spontaneous EMG activity of jaw-closing and -opening muscles during sleep is still limited. Previous studies have shown that state-dependent modulations of EMG activity for oromandibular muscles differ from those of the muscles in distinct anatomical or functional segments during sleep-wake cycles in humans and animals (15, 27, 40, 44). Jaw-closing and -opening muscles are antagonistic muscles, which usually exhibit alternating activations during usual oromandibular behaviors (e.g., chewing and drinking) in waking states (41, 59). Anatomical and functional differences between the motoneurons of jaw-closing and -opening muscles have been reported regarding neural connections with premotor neurons (42, 45, 54, 62). In addition, there is a different modulation in the excitability of jaw reflexes for jaw-closing and -opening muscles during sleep-wake cycles (5–7, 24). These findings suggest that jaw-closing and -opening muscles, located in the same anatomical segments (Vth cranial nerve), would be differently activated during sleep in experimental animals.
In addition to the state-dependent modulation, EMG activity and reflex excitability of jaw muscles have been reported to fluctuate within a given state of vigilance (6, 8, 24, 27, 40). The fluctuation is associated with the transient changes in sleep states, such as transient arousals during sleep; motor events in the jaw and other body segments during sleep are associated with signs of transient changes in heart rate and cortical EEG activity (e.g., micro-arousals) (14, 29, 30, 48, 53) and intense activations in a single or multiple muscles frequently occur during intense arousals, such as intermittent awakenings during sleep (19, 29). The destruction of sleep by frequent and intense arousals can be a risk for increased jaw motor activity because patients with jaw muscle pain frequently report sleep disturbance (38). On the other hand, sleep bruxism has been proposed to be a form of heightened jaw responsiveness to arousals rather than increased arousals (28). In patients with sleep bruxism, most jaw muscle events are associated with leg/body movements but sleep structures are normal (21, 35, 36). Thus, the clinical conditions with increased jaw motor activity may reflect a variety of associations between jaw motor activity and arousal levels during sleep (19, 35). However, jaw motor activity in relation to arousal levels is not well studied in experimental animals.
Characterizing the magnitude and fluctuation of muscle activities in jaw-closing and -opening muscles during sleep/wake cycles in animals will provide us with information to explore physiological mechanisms underlying an exaggeration of the jaw-closing muscle activity and associated jaw muscle symptoms in a future study. In this study, we attempt to demonstrate that 1) the magnitude and timing of the activity in MA and DG muscles are heterogenic during sleep, and 2) the changes in cortical EEG and cardiac activity are associated with a level of muscle activity or with the number of muscles activated during sleep. The guinea pig was chosen as an experimental animal since these animals are often used for investigating the physiology of sleep and trigeminal motor systems (4, 12, 16, 32, 56, 57).
Experiments were carried out on 10 adult male albino guinea pigs (Hartley) weighing 400 to 500 g. Animals were housed individually or in pairs in a meshed-floor cage, maintained on a 12:12-h light-dark cycle (06:00 to 18:00) with temperature and moisture at 22°C and 50%, respectively. They were allowed access to food and water. Animals were fed a standard guinea pig diet. All experimental procedures were reviewed and approved by the Animal Research Ethics Committee of the Matsumoto Dental University. Procedures also conformed to the APS guiding principles in the care and use of animals.
Surgical Preparation
Surgery was performed under pentobarbital sodium anesthesia (40 mg/kg ip) with an addition of atropine (0.04 mg/kg ip) at such a level that neither apparent corneal reflex nor spontaneous eye movements were present. All wound margins were anesthetized using small injections of lidocaine hydrochloride (Xylocaine; Fujisawa Pharmaceutical, Osaka, Japan). Rectal temperature was maintained between 36 and 38°C with a heating pad. An electrocardiogram was continuously monitored. The electrodes for electroencephalogram (EEG), electroocculogram (EOG), electrocardiogram (ECG), and electromyograms (EMGs) from dorsal neck (dNE), MA, and DG muscles were implanted as follows. To implant the EEG electrodes and settle the multiple-pin connectors, the surface of the skull was exposed. T-shaped stainless steel screws (diameter: 1.4 mm) were implanted into the skull; two screws for EEG were placed over the frontal cortex, another two in the right orbital bone for EOG, and one in the occipital bone for the ground. These screws were soldered with silicone-coated multistranded stainless wires (diameter: 0.05 mm) before surgery. For EMG recording, the skin of the submandibular and dNE areas was incised, and two pairs of wires were sutured onto the dNE muscles and onto the left MA and DG muscles. For ECG recording, a pair of wires was sutured onto the right and left sides of the rib cage after the skin on the sternum was incised. The EMG and ECG wires were tunneled subcutaneously to the exposed surface of the skull. The wires for EEG, EOG, ECG, and EMGs were soldered to a multiple-pin socket in the connectors. The connectors were fixed to the skull with dental acrylic resin. After all incisions were sutured, antibiotic ointment (gentamycin sulfate) was applied around the wound, and an antibiotic (10 mg/kg oxytetracycline) and analgesics (0.8 mg/kg flurbiprofen axetil (Ropion); Kaken Seiyaku, Tokyo, Japan) were injected intraperitoneally for 3 days following surgery. The animals rested in a clean cage under a warm heating pad until full recovery from anesthesia was confirmed. They were then returned to the home cage.
Recording Procedures
Recovery from the surgery was confirmed by the presence of normal behaviors such as locomotion, grooming, and ingestion. Recording sessions started 5 to 7 days after postoperative recovery (4 or 5 days). During the entire recovery period, the animals were adapted to the acrylic recording chamber on at least three separate days under the same conditions as recording protocols. During recording, an animal was placed in the recording chamber in a noise-attenuated, electrically shielded cubicle. A lightweight shielded cable was connected to the multiple pins on the animal's head. The other side of the cable was connected to the multichannel slip-ring so as not to disturb free movement. The recordings were made for 5 h during a light period (11:00 to 16:00). Animals had free access to food and water; pellets were contained in a plastic bait box (5 cm × 10 m × 2 cm), and the water bottle faucet was located 4 cm above the floor on the side opposite to the bait box. A one-way mirror and a video monitoring display enabled experimenters to observe the animal's behavior without disturbing it.
The electrical signals were amplified and filtered (model AB-621G; NIHON-KODEN, Tokyo, Japan) with optimal bandwidths (EEG, EOG, and ECG: 0.3–100 Hz; EMGs: 100–1,000 Hz; 60-Hz hum filters for all), and the results were fed continuously into a personal computer by using a commercial program (SleepSign; KISSEI COMTEC, Matsumoto, Japan) with a sampling rate of 512 Hz for all channels. The animal's behavior was simultaneously video taped for offline analysis. The video system consisted of a near-infrared camera located 20 cm in front of the recording chamber and an audio-video recorder.
Scoring States of Vigilance and Behaviors
The states of vigilance (e.g., wakefulness, NREM sleep, and REM sleep) were determined for 10-s epochs on the basis of EEG, dNE EMG, and EOG activities according to the previous studies (22, 27, 47, 56). In addition to the visual analysis, the cortical power spectrum of the delta activity (0.5–4.5 Hz) was also used to score NREM sleep. Wakefulness was scored when the integrated dNE EMG was high and the EEG power in the delta band was low. In NREM sleep, the dNE EMG activity was low, and the δEEG power band was increased. REM sleep was scored when the integrated EMG was lower than that scored in NREM sleep with an occasional occurrence of REMs and with a low δEEG power (Fig. 1). Each animal's behavior was also scored during wakefulness in combination with polygraphic traces and video records.
The periods of wakefulness, NREM sleep, and REM sleep periods were determined by the following criteria: periods of wakefulness were terminated by three consecutive NREM sleep epochs; NREM sleep periods ended if more than three consecutive epochs scored as wakefulness or REM sleep; REM sleep periods were terminated if followed by more than three consecutive wakefulness or NREM sleep epochs.
For the behavioral analysis, the orofacial behaviors of each animal during the recording were scored for each 10-s epoch and classified into the following categories: chewing (CH), drinking (DR), grooming (GR), and other nonspecific behaviors (OT) (including yawning, gritting, gnawing on bait box, sniffing, etc.). When the animals were consuming food, they showed a series of oral behaviors; they first picked up one or more pellets in the mouth and transported the food to the molars before starting CH. These preparatory behaviors were included with CH and DR in calculations of the time spent on ingestive behaviors.
Quantitative EMG Analysis
EMG activities from muscles were first integrated for every 10-s epoch. To exclude the influence of the electrical baseline in the EMG data, the minimal integrated value was subtracted from all measurements for the three muscles (27, 40). Then EMG measurements were normalized by mean activity during total wakefulness (100%). To assess the variability of the normalized activity during sleep and wakefulness, standard deviations of normalized activity were calculated for each state of vigilance and behaviors (40). To evaluate the correlation of the muscle activities between MA and DG muscles, the activity balance of the two muscles was calculated as a logarithmic value of the ratio between normalized MA and DG muscle EMG activities {Log[DG EMG (%)/MA EMG (%)]}. Thus, the ratio can be negative if the MA muscle activity is more dominant compared with that of the DG muscle at a given epoch, and it becomes zero when the activity of the two muscles is equal. Standard deviations of the ratio for vigilance and behavioral states were used to assess the range of the activity balance; a large standard deviation indicates heterogeneity of activity between two muscles in the same recording epoch.
EEG and Heart Rate Analysis
Mean heart rates were calculated from the mean values of RR intervals for 10-s epochs using the SleepSign software package. To quantify EEG activity, power spectral analyses were performed with the software package, which computes fast-Fourier transforms on 10-s epochs with a cosine window tapering. The median power of the delta frequency band (0.5–4.5 Hz) was assessed for each animal. Artifacts were rejected by visual inspection, and analyses were performed on artifact-free epochs.
To assess the association between muscle activity and arousal level, muscle activity during epochs was divided into four levels using three cut points: 1st (≤25 percentile)-, 2nd (≤50 percentile)-, 3rd (≤75 percentile)-, and 4th (>75 percentile)-quarter levels of each vigilance state within the muscle. Mean heart rate and δEEG power were compared between the four activity levels. To assess the association between the number of muscles activated and arousal levels, the epochs of each animal were divided into four groups according to the number of muscles activated at 4th (>75 percentile)-quarter level.
Statistical Analysis
Statistics were done using a commercial software package (SYSTAT; Systat Software, Chicago, IL). All data were pooled for each animal. Data were presented as means ± SE. Statistical significance was determined by P < 0.05. To compare the magnitude and EMG variables between oromandibular behaviors during wakefulness, a two-way repeated-measures ANOVA was made with oromandibular behaviors as dependent variables (chewing, drinking, grooming, and nonspecific behaviors) and muscle type as independent variables. Subsequent one-way repeated-measures ANOVAs were performed for each muscle between behaviors with post hoc paired t-tests. To assess state-dependent differences in the magnitude and variability of EMG activity, paired t-tests were used for the comparisons between two sleep states for each muscle. Subsequent one-way repeated-measures ANOVAs with post hoc paired t-tests were performed between muscles for each sleep state. The activity balance between MA and DG muscles and the variability of the activity balance were compared between behaviors during wakefulness and between vigilance states, using one-way repeated-measures ANOVA with post hoc paired t-tests. To evaluate the δEEG power and mean heart rate between the activity levels for muscles, repeated-measures ANOVAs with post hoc paired t-tests were performed between the four levels of activity within each muscle and between the numbers of muscles activated. In the last statistics, the comparison of mean heart rate was done for three vigilance states, while δEEG power was compared only for the data in NREM sleep.
States of Vigilance and Behaviors
Out of the 3-h recording time, the percentage of waking periods was 51.8 ± 2.0% (93.1 ± 3.0 min) and those of NREM and REM sleep periods were 38.1 ± 1.4% (68.6 ± 2.5 min) and 10.1 ± 0.7% (18.3 ± 1.2 min), respectively. The animals usually became quiet for a while after active wakefulness and then fell into NREM sleep followed by REM sleep before returning to wakefulness (Fig. 1).
Of the total wakefulness, 41.9 ± 4.4% (41.0 ± 5.1 min) was spent on ingestive behaviors [preparatory behavior before CH: 0.7 ± 0.3% (0.66 ± 0.1 min); CH: 35.6 ± 3.1% (34.3 ± 3.9 min); DR: 6.2 ± 1.7% (6.1 ± 1.7 min)]. Grooming occupied 2.0 ± 0.6% (1.85 ± 0.5 min). The duration of quiet wakefulness without motor activity was 5.4 ± 1.1% of total wakefulness (5.0 ± 1.0 min). The remaining periods were associated with OT, such as sniffing, yawning, gritting, and gnawing with or without walking.
Magnitude of Muscle Activity
During wakefulness.
The muscle activity for CH, DR, GR, and OT differs significantly between the three muscles (muscle effect: P < 0.01; behavior effect: P < 0.01; interaction: P < 0.01, Fig. 2). Among the behaviors analyzed, the MA muscle was most active during CH (209.2 ± 24.9%) (behavior effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.05). DG muscle activity did not differ between CH (205.0 ± 24.1%) and DR (173.4 ± 19.0%) (behavior effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.05). The dNE muscle activity was highest during DR (216.3 ± 34.4%) and GR (156.1 ± 20.9 ± %) (behavior effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.05).
The mean activity balance between MA and DG muscles differed significantly between the four behaviors (behavior effect: P < 0.001, Fig. 3A). The ratios did not differ between CH (−0.001 ± 0.02) and DR (0.17 ± 0.09). The ratio was lowest for OT, while it was highest for GR (0.47 ± 0.07) (post hoc tests: P < 0.05). Variability in the activity balance was lowest for CH (0.11 ± 0.01) and second lowest for DR (0.18 ± 0.02), smaller compared with other behaviors (GR: 0.31 ± 0.05; OT: 0.59 ± 0.05) (behavior effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.05, Fig. 3B), indicating that the activity balance between MA and DG muscles was most stable for CH behavior.
During sleep.
The magnitude of the EMG activity for the three muscles decreased during sleep compared with wakefulness but state-dependent modulation of muscle activity from wakefulness to sleep states differed between muscles (Fig. 4). While no difference between the two sleep stages was noted for the magnitude of the activity of MA and DG muscles, the magnitude of dNE muscle activity was significantly lower in REM sleep than in NREM sleep (P < 0.01). In NREM sleep, muscle activity for the MA (26.1 ± 3.4%) and dNE (28.8 ± 3.2%) muscles was higher than that of DG muscles (10.7 ± 1.8%) (muscle effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.01). In REM sleep, MA muscle activity (27.6 ± 7.1%) was higher than the muscle activity of the DG (9.4 ± 2.9%) muscles (muscle effect: P < 0.05; post hoc test: P < 0.01).
Compared to the variability of total wakefulness, variability in the magnitude of muscle activity decreased to levels three to ten times lower during sleep for the jaw and dNE muscles (muscle effect: P < 0.01; state effect: P < 0.001; interaction: P > 0.05). Variability did not differ between sleep states for the jaw muscles, while the dNE muscle became less variable in REM than in NREM sleep (post hoc tests: P < 0.05). In NREM sleep, the magnitude of MA muscle activity was two to four times more variable (39 ± 6.9%) than that of the DG (9.3 ± 1.8%) and dNE (15.7 ± 2.2%) muscles (P < 0.05). In REM sleep, the variability of MA muscle activity (30.7 ± 8.2%) was approximately three times higher than activity in the DG (9.3 ± 1.8%) and dNE (10.4 ± 1.2%) muscles (P < 0.05).
The mean activity balance between MA and DG muscle activity significantly differed between wakefulness and the two sleep states (state effect: P < 0.001; Fig. 5A). The ratio was significantly lower in NREM sleep (−0.32 ± 0.23) and REM sleep (−0.43 ± 0.24) compared with wakefulness (−0.02 ± 0.1) (post hoc tests: P < 0.01). No difference was noted between the two sleep stages. The ratio was significantly more variable for NREM sleep (0.55 ± 0.05) than for wakefulness (0.48 ± 0.04) and REM sleep (0.41 ± 0.04) (state effect: P < 0.05; post hoc tests: P < 0.05; Fig. 5B). These values were two to four times higher during sleep than during chewing and drinking.
Association Between Muscular, Cortical and Cardiac Activities
The delta power of EEG activity was higher in NREM sleep (561.6 ± 72.4 μV2) than during wakefulness (194.9 ± 23.4 μV2) or REM sleep (178.1 ± 19.5 μV2) (state effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.001). The mean heart rate was lowest in NREM sleep (NREM sleep: 282.1 ± 6.0 beats/min; REM sleep: 292.9 ± 6.9 beats/min; wakefulness: 290.8 ± 6.0 beats/min; state effect: P < 0.001; post hoc tests: P < 0.01).
In NREM sleep (Fig. 6), δEEG power was significantly decreased as muscle activity level graded up from the 1st to the 4th quartile levels for all three muscles (activity effects: P < 0.01); the reduction of δEEG power in relation to an increase of the activity levels for MA, DG, and dNE muscles was 14%, 12%, and 23%, respectively (post hoc tests: P < 0.05).
The mean heart rate was highest at the 4th quartile level of muscle activity for the MA muscle (activity effects: P < 0.01), while no difference between the activity levels was observed in the other two muscles (Fig. 7). In REM sleep, the mean heart rate was not affected by the levels of muscle activity for the three muscles. During wakefulness, mean HR increased more as muscle activity was elevated to a high level for all muscles (activity effects: P < 0.001, Fig. 7).
The changes in δEEG power and heart rate were more clearly pronounced with an increase in the number of muscles showing a higher level of activity at the same epoch in NREM sleep. δEEG power was significantly lower and heart rate was significantly higher when the three muscles were activated at the 4th quartile activity level compared with that when less muscles were activated (muscle number effect: P < 0.01 for both variables) (Fig. 8, A and B). However, such correlations were not found for heart rate during REM sleep (Fig. 8C). During wakefulness, the mean heart rate was significantly elevated as more muscles were activated from the 1st quartile level to higher levels (muscle number effect: P < 0.001) (Fig. 8D).
The results showed that the magnitude of the muscle activity during sleep relative to the magnitude during wakefulness was significantly higher for the MA muscle compared with the DG muscle, although the muscle activity decreased and varied for NREM and REM sleep. The fluctuations in muscle activity for the MA muscle were not in proportion to those for DG muscle. A high magnitude of jaw muscle activity was associated with a decrease in δEEG power and a slight increase in heart rate during NREM sleep, while no changes were found in REM sleep. Thus, state- and time-dependent changes in the magnitude of the EMG activity of jaw-closing and -opening muscles in relation to cortical and autonomic activities are differently modulated during sleep and an increase in muscle activity for both muscles may be under the influence of distinct neurophysiologial substrates between NREM and REM sleep.
Jaw Muscle Activity During Wakefulness
The large variation in muscle activity during all waking periods is due to the occurrence of various types of behaviors during wakefulness (18, 26). The discrepancy in muscle activity between the jaw-closing and -opening muscles in various behaviors results from different central motor controls to the two muscles (4, 16, 58). However, the muscle work ratio between the two muscles was very stable during chewing and drinking, suggesting that the relevant neural networks coordinate the activities of the two muscles for executing and completing the respective behavior appropriately (41, 59). Behavior-related variation in muscle activity was also observed in the dNE muscle during oromandibular behaviors because this muscle contributes to postural adjustments during jaw movements (23).
Jaw Muscle Activity During Sleep
Oromandibular behaviors are not present under the loss of consciousness during sleep. Therefore, the magnitude and variability of jaw muscle activity during sleep was decreased compared with wakefulness. The decreased muscle activity during sleep is a contributing factor to the circadian and ultradian variations of the jaw muscle activities in sleep-wake cycles (18). However, jaw muscles can be activated within a certain level of the magnitude and variability during sleep in guinea pigs. The levels of intrinsic muscle activity for MA and DG muscles in this study may lie within recuperative ability for both muscles during sleep in guinea pigs because jaw muscle symptoms in the morning are associated with the increased level of muscle activity during sleep (10, 39, 49). The magnitude of intrinsic muscle activity during sleep relative to wakefulness in the MA muscle was approximately up to three times as high as the magnitude in the DG muscles. The MA and DG muscles in guinea pigs are composed of fast oxidative glycolytic or IIA fibers but the DG muscle include fast glycolytic fibers (50). Thus, the MA muscle may be more fatigue-resistant compared with the DG muscle and can therefore cope with a high magnitude of activity during sleep. However, the high magnitude of activity in the MA muscle during sleep is characterized by a larger range of variability; i.e., intense MA muscle contractions can occasionally occur compared with the DG muscle. This suggests the possibility that the MA muscle has a lower safety margin for recuperating from muscle fatigue when muscle activity is increased during sleep. This may explain why jaw muscle symptoms are often reported in the jaw-closing muscles in patients with the increased jaw muscle activity during sleep. The difference in muscle activity levels between the MA and DG muscles during sleep may be due to the distribution of heterogeneous excitatory and inhibitory influences to MA and DG motoneurons; the motoneurons that innervate the MA muscle have different patterns and amounts of premotor connections from those of the DG muscle (42, 45, 54, 60, 62) .
Arousal Level and Motor Activation in NREM Sleep
In NREM sleep, the δEEG power decreased when a higher level of muscle activation occurred in the MA and DG muscles, supporting previous observations of the association between transient arousals and motor activities (19, 35, 37). Autonomic control is characterized by increased parasympathetic and reduced sympathetic tone in NREM sleep. Cardiac activation is typical of transient arousals and is correlated with the level of arousal and with a decrease in δEEG activity in NREM sleep (3, 29, 33, 48, 52, 61). In this study, heart rate increase was only observed for the MA muscle. The heart rate increase detected in this study more likely reflects an intense (high or prolonged) cardiac activation because mean heart rate analysis is less sensitive for clearly detecting transient heart rate increase (3, 61). In addition, heterogeneous motor activation in time and magnitude among the muscles might obscure a slight heart rate increase with the activation of DG and dNE muscles. Whether this is the case or not, the results indicate that a high level of cardiac activation is associated with the occurrence of a high level of transient muscle activity in the MA muscle; this muscle exhibited larger variability in the magnitude of EMG activity compared with DG and dNE muscles. Considering that the changes in heart rate reflect physiological adjustments in autonomic activity during NREM sleep and wakefulness (1, 19, 46), the activity-dependent increase in heart rate can occur during NREM sleep, as seen in waking behaviors with high activity level in the jaw muscles (Fig. 2). Moreover, the changes in δEEG power and in heart rate are clearly correlated with a high activity level in all three muscles during the same time epoch. These results imply that the intensity of muscle activity in a given muscle and the recruitment of multiple muscles are associated with a hierarchy of arousal level in NREM sleep (19, 29, 52), probably because the descending excitatory influences increase as transient arousal activation becomes more intense in this period (13, 25, 35, 53).
Motor Activation and Heart Rate in REM Sleep
In REM sleep, no increase has been found for mean heart rate in association with the level of jaw muscle activity and the number of muscles activated. Distinct cardiac and motor controls in REM sleep from NREM sleep can be attributed to the lack of an association between heart rate increase and motor activity. The mean heart rate was as high in REM sleep as it was during wakefulness in this study, whereas autonomic controls are known to operate differently between REM sleep and other states, such as NREM sleep and wakefulness (1). In REM sleep, pontine inhibitory neurons tonically hyperpolarize the motoneurons in addition to a withdrawal of descending excitatory inputs (2, 8, 20, 25, 51). This system can contribute to less movement in REM sleep unless potent behavioral requirement (e.g., dangerous stimuli) does not occur, as previous studies showed a higher arousal threshold for motor activation in REM sleep in humans (28, 29, 34). Nonetheless, studies have suggested that brain stem neural systems, rather than the cerebral cortex, generate phasic excitatory inputs that overcome the tonic inhibition (2, 8, 43). A higher incidence of the phasic jaw muscle activation results in a lack of decrease in the magnitude of jaw muscle activities in REM sleep unlike those in the dNE muscle (2, 15). Thus, the magnitude and fluctuation of MA and DG muscles in REM sleep reflect the occurrence of phasic motor events that result from the inhibitory and facilitatory influences, operating under the open-loop regulations of the autonomic activity (1, 46).
Perspectives and Significance
A higher level of jaw-closing muscle activity compared with the jaw-opening muscle may be one of the physiological factors predisposing to muscle symptoms of jaw-closing muscles in patients with increased jaw muscle activity during sleep. The inter- and intrasegmental difference in motor activation during sleep can imply that these muscles have distinct motor responsiveness in relation to arousal activities, because the activity levels of these muscles are associated with arousal levels. In addition, sleep state (NREM and REM sleep) also influences motor responsiveness during sleep. These results underscore the importance of understanding state-dependent changes in the balance between motor and arousal activities (cortical or autonomic) when assessing the exaggerated jaw motor activity during sleep in animals and humans. In this study, guinea pigs were used as an experimental animal since guinea pigs have been used for neurophysiological studies of sleep and trigeminal/jaw motor functions (4, 12, 16, 17, 32, 56, 57), . Future studies are needed to assess the effects of experimental disturbance of sleep or motor excitability on the patterns of balance between arousal and jaw motor activities, and to explore the neurophysiological substrates contributing to exaggerated jaw motor activities.
This study was supported by Matsumoto Dental University intramural research funding and by the Grant-in-Aids 19791470 and 21791888 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), and was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid 18209056 from the JSPS.
No conflicts of interest are declared by the author(s).
We thank Dr. Alice Petersen for editing the manuscript.
Present address of T. Kato: Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Dept. of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0781, Japan.
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NHL Playoffs
Doug Gilmour, Special to the Sun
In order to get Phil Kessel going, I would suggest playing the crap out of him in Game 2 on Saturday.
Please understand that this is just my opinion. I am not telling the Leafs' Randy Carlyle - a person and coach I respect very much - what to do. Nor would I ever think of doing something like that. Look at the success this team has had in 2013 under his guidance. He definitely is worthy of being a strong coach of the year candidate.
My point is aimed more towards Phil. This kid has the natural talent to be a gamebreaker like no one else on the team.
At the same time, he received less than 13 minutes of ice time in Toronto's 4-1 loss in Game 1 presumably because he was not being productive against the Big Bad Bruins. He was certainly not alone on that front.
Look, I understand the difficulties of going up against one of the game's elite defencemen like Zdeno Chara. There is never going to be a lot of room out there in the playoffs, let alone try to negotiate what little open ice there is when the wingspan of the 6-foot-9 Bruins captain is always there for you to deal with.
And it wasn't only Chara. The Bruins gameplan seemed to be one in which other defenders were mandated to gravitate towards Kessel when he had the puck.
Yes, it's difficult. That's part of playoff hockey.
My advice to Phil would be to shoot from anywhere. From the point. In the slot. From bad angles. Get pucks to the net.
I know that shot-blocking becomes a sport of its own come playoff time. Hey, getting pucks through Chara might be one of the most difficult tasks a player can have. But if shots bounce off the shinpads or bodies of defenders, Kessel has the speed to get to those loose pucks and keep plays alive.
Moreover, by consistently putting pucks to the net, it gives big bodies like James van Riemsdyk a better opportunty create havoc on the goaltender's doorstep. You never know what's going to happen in those situations.
Maybe it takes putting him on the second line. Or third line. Or fourth line, Double shifts always are an option. But if the Leafs have a legitimate hope of winning, a key cog ingredient in any aspirations of getting by the playoff-ready Bruins is to get Phil Kessel going.
As for being booed and mocked by the raucous crowd at the TD Banknorth Garden, hey, we've all been jeered before. It's part of it. You just deal with it.
Along with Phil, captain Dion Phaneuf is one of the most polarizing figures when it comes to the fans.
When you've had the privlege of wearing the "C" during your NHL career, people often ask you what role a captain should have on a team. There seems to be one school of thought out there that there is some kind of handbook listing the requirements and duties that makes a good captain.
Not so.
So, what does make a good captain?
Let me explain it to you the way I explained it to Jonathan Toews.
When Jonathan was named captain of the Chicago Blackhawks while still in his early 20s, I had a long talk with him. We discussed a lot of things, but my message to him about what wearing the honoured "C" entailed was clear.
"Be yourself," I told him.
Not all captains are the same. Some are vocal, others are quiet guys who lead by example. The key is to do what comes naturally to you and don't try to be someone - or something - you're not.
Dion is a guy with a big shot who can also deliver big hits. He can also get under the skins of opponents. And, contrary to what his critics might say, he can play good defence.
Whether it's delivering a big hit or firing a bullet from the point, Dion has to be Dion and play to his strengths. That's when he can be the most effective.
The Leafs are only down 1-0 in this series. There is plenty of time to come back.
There certainly is the talent on the roster to do just that.
— Former Leafs captain Doug Gilmour is a guest columnist for the Toronto Sun
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Buju's Dirty Bust
Karma is a bitch: Your story makes a strong case that the government went too far in snagging reggae superstar Buju Banton in a cocaine sting ("Buju Behind Bars," February 9, Chris Sweeney). But even if he's innocent of drug charges, the decade he got in prison could be viewed as karma for all the gay-bashing he's done over the years. As someone who claims to understand and revere the Lord, who is he to sit in judgment of others' lifestyles? Only the Lord has the authority, and the Lord will do with it as he sees fit. As someone who sings about "One Love," he is little more than a hypocrite. I hope Buju spends the next ten years making real peace with the Lord by repenting for the error of his ways. That's when we'll hear the real spiritual music, when his soul has been cleansed. In this case, it seems to me that the Lord has spoken in volumes.
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End the drug war: Buju's story is another argument that it's time to repeal these fascist drug laws and allow our police to concentrate on the dangerous criminals.
Robert C
Buju is guilty: If I had 13 kids to take care of, I would not be recorded bragging about moving kilos of cocaine and then just happen to go visit a guy that prides himself on a being a drug dealer. And I wouldn't just happen to travel and visit this drug dealer several times and then accidentally end up in a warehouse with several kilos of coke. Come on, people! I like his music too. He is talented, but the idiot put himself in this situation. Bob Marley spoke about the times, about real struggle, love, and family. The idiots playing reggae now all want to be Tony Montana. If Buju were to get out of jail, would he become the next Bob Marley? No, he would go back to playing the victim and wanting to have Tony Montana swag.
The feds are criminals: The government is a bunch of drug traffickers. Where did they get 20 kilos to entrap Buju? They went after this man so hard to convict him because he would not apologize for the anti-gay song "Boom Boom Bye." The two who set up the deal on the phone didn't get charged, but Buju did. He also got charged with a gun that was taken off someone else, and the jury didn't see this. It's sad.
Facts don't lie: It's about time the complete story of Buju's entrapment was written. Your story was also a very even piece, with all the negatives about Buju explained and stacked on the scale, ultimately exposing their total lack of convincing merit. You have to hope the appeals process will go forward without bias or further steamrolling by the judicial system.
Bill Garland
Weed for Seniors
Better than medicine: Kudos to pot smuggler Robert "Black Tuna" Platshorn for educating seniors about medical marijuana ("Tuna Salad," February 9, Gus Garcia-Roberts). Studies show medical weed has fewer side effects and dangers than prescribed medication. I'm not for or against legalization necessarily, but if 60-, 70-, and 80-year-olds want to smoke weed in the privacy of their homes and they're not driving or pimping it out to their kids, I don't have a problem with it.
Goldleaf Grandma
Hip-Hop Ages Well
Stop the invasion: Luke, you are so right about saying the '90s were the golden era of hip-hop and that even as the rappers from that age get older, they're still in the game ("Luke's Gospel: Never Too Old to Be a Rapper," Luther Campbell, February 9). I tell my kids all the time that the '90s were the best decade of my life. There was a wide variety of rappers to choose from back then, unlike now. Rappers today only glorify wealth, as if success is measured only by wealth. Luke, this is why I read your column faithfully every week. You're the only journalist in the country that people like me can relate to. I think our city has been invaded by people like DJ Khaled and Lil Wayne. We have to take back our city.
Stripper Prognosticators
Nasty dancers: I was at Jerry's Deli while the strippers from King of Diamonds — Tip Drill and Skrawberry — managed to get on MSNBC's Morning Joe ("Stripper Politics," February 9, Gus Garcia-Roberts). My husband said they look like skanks. They were not welcome, and they looked ridiculous. Everyone was laughing at them, not with them. It was disgusting!
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The forum module work with Silverstripe 3.1 beta?
It produces errors:
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Well it's that time again. Nasty weather is heading into perpetually sunny golfers' paradise and threatening to mess up the courses. But that doesn't affect me because I don't golf. For me, the impending ice/snow means simply a yearly test of inner strength, and a test to how well we've stocked up. We have enough food to last us weeks. Enough peanut butter alone to keep us alive for a month or more. But still, when Tom suggested we could get by without running to the store and fighting mobs, I felt a bit...uncomfortable. Peanut butter? Who would want that when we could have brie and grapes? Pasta salads? Sliced veggies?
I went off to do an errand with a firm resolve to tough it out. To not go to the store or to the specialty deli. To be willing to test my inner strength and pioneer spirit. After all, we had already survived a snowstorm that kept us in the dark and cold for over two weeks (and let's not forget about one tornado).
When I returned from my errand the house was empty. Guess who took the kids to the store? ;)
It seems the big storm is only a small spitting of ice in this area. It's the northeast that will get the brunt of it. Fine. My inner strength would rather take it easy this week. At least we won't have to go shopping for a while...
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Mazda Motor Corp. said Wednesday it will form a business tieup with Italy's Fiat, a step that could help it climb out of the red ink it has been mired in since 2008 amid harsh global competition.
The automaker has been seeking a new partner as it reduces its ties with troubled Ford Motor Co., which was once its largest shareholder, while Fiat has reportedly sought additional business partners outside of Europe after buying struggling Chrysler LLC last year.
Under the planned cooperation, Mazda will develop and manufacture a new Mazda Roadster two-seater sports car, called the Mazda MX-5 abroad, for its own and Fiat's Alfa Romeo brand, base on Mazda's platform.
Both vehicles will be manufactured at Mazda's main factory in Hiroshima Prefecture starting in 2015.
The automakers plan to sign the final agreement in the second half of this year. They have also agreed to discuss further opportunities for cooperation in Europe.
"Establishing technology and product development alliances is one of Mazda's corporate objectives and this announcement with Fiat is an important first step in that direction," Mazda President CEO Takashi Yamanouchi said in a statement.
Experts say the cooperation could lead to a broader alliance in the future, under which Mazda would increase sales by supplying its fuel-efficient engines to Fiat, as the engines can better address environment regulations in Europe. This would limit Fiat's development costs.
"Today's announcement itself has a limited impact. . . . But the companies will probably look into further cooperation in the future," said an auto sector analyst at a European securities house who asked not to be named.
Recent fierce competition and the yen's strength has forced Mazda, which produces most of its cars at home, to log its fourth straight annual group net loss in the business year that ended in March.
Ford, which had held a one-third stake in Mazda, now holds just 2.1 percent.
Automakers around the world are forming alliances, particularly in terms of emerging markets.
Recent examples include reports that General Motors Co. has approached Isuzu Motors Ltd. about entering talks on a capital tieup to produce commercial vehicles for emerging economies.