- Sleep and related disorders
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Human Health and Disease
- Smart Grid Energy Management
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Wind Energy Research and Development
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Noise Effects and Management
Riga Stradiņš University
2019-2024
Insufficient and poor sleep patterns are common among adolescents worldwide. Up to now, the evidence on adolescent has been mostly informed by country-specific studies that used different measures age groups, making direct comparisons difficult. Cross-national data could inform nations international discussions lacking. We examined of across 24 countries gender, age, affluence groups.We obtained 165,793 (mean 13.5 years; 50.5% girls) in European North American from recent cross-sectional...
Over the past decade, concurrent with increasing social media use (SMU), there has been a shift toward poorer sleep among adolescents in many countries. The purpose of this study was to examine cross-national associations between adolescent SMU and patterns, by comparing 4 different categories (nonactive, active, intense, problematic use). Data were from 86,542 18 European North American countries that participated 2017/18 Health Behaviour School-aged study. Mixed-effects linear regression...
Insufficient sleep and recurrent health complaints may increase the risk of poorer self-reported in adolescence, yet relationships between these factors are not well understood. This study aims to explore association poor insufficient duration among 11, 13, 15 years old adolescents Latvia by assessing moderation effects age gender considering mediating effect complaints. Methods: Data from Health Behaviour School-aged Children Study on 2017/2018 ( n = 4412) were used for statistical...
In 2018, the European Commission suggested stopping season-dictated time change, to which 84 % of respondents agreed. Various electricity consumption change scenarios in Nord Pool, applying potential changing are evaluated. Expected gains from regarding overall payments customers
Abstract Background Sleep is important for adolescent general wellbeing and different sleep domains like difficulties in getting to sleep, bedtime resistance duration can be studied. This study investigates the prevalence of weekly association with on schooldays weekends among adolescents Latvia. Methods Data from HBSC Survey 2017/2018 Latvia 4412 respondents aged 11, 13 15 years were used statistical analysis. less than 7h was classified as insufficient at 0:00 or later delayed bedtime....
The article analyzes the investment profitability of wind turbine installation for households, evaluating several cases. These calculations were based on hourly electricity consumption Latvian users and NordPool prices. In article, are made economic criteria - net present value (NPV), index (PI), payback time, levelized cost energy (LCOE) internal rate return. result is data that helps to understand situation in household if they choose install turbines whether need support mechanisms....