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  2. Polyphasic sleep - Wikipedia

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    Biphasic (or diphasic, bifurcated, or bimodal) sleep refers to two periods, while polyphasic usually means more than two. [1] Segmented sleep and divided sleep may refer to polyphasic or biphasic sleep, but may also refer to interrupted sleep , where the sleep has one or several shorter periods of wakefulness, as was the norm for night sleep in ...

  3. Why We Nap - Wikipedia

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    According to the book, in a sleep deprived condition, measurements of a polyphasic sleeper's memory retention and analytical ability show increases as compared with monophasic and biphasic sleep (but still a decrease of 12% as compared with free running sleep). According to Stampi, the improvement is due to an extraordinary evolutionary ...

  4. Square wave - Wikipedia

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    In an ideal square wave, the transitions between minimum and maximum are instantaneous. The square wave is a special case of a pulse wave which allows arbitrary durations at minimum and maximum amplitudes. The ratio of the high period to the total period of a pulse wave is called the duty cycle. A true square wave has a 50% duty cycle (equal ...

  5. Biphasic - Wikipedia

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    Biphasic, meaning having two phases, may refer to: Phase (matter) , in the physical sciences, a biphasic system, e.g. one involving liquid water and steam Biphasic sleep , a nap or siesta in addition to the usual sleep episode at night

  6. Waveform - Wikipedia

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    A sine, square, and sawtooth wave at 440 Hz A composite waveform that is shaped like a teardrop. A waveform generated by a synthesizer. In electronics, acoustics, and related fields, the waveform of a signal is the shape of its graph as a function of time, independent of its time and magnitude scales and of any displacement in time.

  7. Category:Waveforms - Wikipedia

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  8. Pulsus bisferiens - Wikipedia

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    Pulsus bisferiens, also known as biphasic pulse, is an aortic waveform with two peaks per cardiac cycle, a small one followed by a strong and broad one. [1] It is a sign of problems with the aorta , including aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation , as well as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causing subaortic stenosis.

  9. Phase (waves) - Wikipedia

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    When two signals with these waveforms, same period, and opposite phases are added together, the sum + is either identically zero, or is a sinusoidal signal with the same period and phase, whose amplitude is the difference of the original amplitudes. The phase shift of the co-sine function relative to the sine function is +90°.