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posted by mrpg on Saturday June 09 2018, @03:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the AI-drinking-coffee dept.

Submitted via IRC for boru

Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant to counter the effects of sleep loss on neurobehavioral performance. However, to be safe and most effective, it must be consumed at the right time and in the right amount. This study proposed an automated optimization algorithm to identify safe and effective caffeine-dosing strategies that maximize alertness under any sleep-loss condition.

"We found that by using our algorithm, which determines when and how much caffeine a subject should consume, we can improve alertness by up to 64 percent, while consuming the same total amount of caffeine," said principal investigator and senior author Jaques Reifman, PhD. "Alternatively, a subject can reduce caffeine consumption by up to 65 percent and still achieve equivalent improvements in alertness."

[...] The algorithm was assessed by computing and comparing dosing strategies for four previously published experimental studies of sleep loss. For each study, two dosing strategies were computed -- one which enhanced the predicted PVT performance using the same total amount of caffeine as in the original studies, and another which achieved an equivalent level of performance as in the original studies using a lower amount of caffeine.

Source: New algorithm determines ideal caffeine dosage and timing for alertness


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @06:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 09 2018, @06:39PM (#690884)

    Aren't there patches and gums with nicotine? Vaping is on the verge of being found unsafe anyway.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 10 2018, @04:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 10 2018, @04:57PM (#691134)

    Different AC. For a while I was trying to quit smoking. Patches were really nice. One 21 mg patch made me a happy camper for the whole day, not even a single urge to light up. Then my skin decided to start having terrible rashes and peeling. Gum and lozenges were ok, but I'd get painful bloating and diarrhea.

    One big problem I see with the anti-vape crowd is that they lump all vape juice into this amorphous category. Some vape juices are absolutely horrible. Others are very tolerable. However, one thing I found is a legitimate criticism of current vape products is their tendency to catch fire. Had that happen to me once. Made me rethink vaping. Thing is though that electronics catching fire is not a vape problem. It's a problem with the manufacture of the "mods." They're just made with shit components that do things like request full power USB3 without having wiring that can handle that much juice.

    I don't even really want to be alive, but I'm afraid that with so many religions promising zero-tolerance eternal hellfire and damnation for suicides that I'm best off just muddling through this shit life in this shit world. So I'm back to cigarettes, and it's ok that they'll take 20-30 years off my life. I don't want those years, and the anti-anxiety properties of nicotine make the years I'm forced to live at least somewhat tolerable.