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  2. Lighting for the elderly - Wikipedia

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    The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) regulates melatonin and temperature and typically produces melatonin at night. Melatonin informs the body when it is time to sleep. When circadian cycles become disrupted (due either to too little light or too much light at the wrong time of day), melatonin is produced at disrupted times. This causes an ...

  3. Shift work sleep disorder - Wikipedia

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    To maximize a delay of the body clock, bright light exposure should occur in the evening or first part of the night, and bright light should be avoided in the morning. Wearing dark goggles [ 46 ] (avoiding bright light) or blue-blocking goggles during the morning commute home from work can improve circadian adaptation.

  4. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    Downlights, often referred to as a "light kit", which add ambient light to a room and can be used to replace any ceiling-mounted lamps that were displaced by the installation of a ceiling fan Decorative lights mounted inside the motor housing—in this type of setup, the motor housing side-band often has glass or acrylic panel sections, which ...

  5. Lighting - Wikipedia

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    It is typically a floor lamp but may be wall-mounted like a sconce. Further interior light fixtures include chandeliers, pendant lights, ceiling fans with lights, close-to-ceiling or flush lights, and various types of lamps [15] The portable or table lamp is probably the most common fixture, found in many homes and offices. The standard lamp ...

  6. Averted vision - Wikipedia

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    Averted vision works because there are virtually no rods (cells which detect dim light in black and white) in the fovea: a small area in the center of the eye. The fovea contains primarily cone cells, which serve as bright light and color detectors and are not as useful during the night. This situation results in a decrease in visual ...

  7. Talk:Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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    I have a story about a pull chain issue. In 2010, I had a Hunter ceiling fan installed in my bedroom. Not long after that my table lamp broke and my only source of light was the light on the ceiling fan. Every time I needed to have the light on, I would have no choice but to pull the chain to turn on and off the light.

  8. Dimmer - Wikipedia

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    A common dual dimmer module used in stage lighting A dimmer. A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the light.By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the intensity of the light output.

  9. Notification LED - Wikipedia

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    A notification LED on a smartphone. A Notification LED is a small RGB or monochrome LED light usually present on the front-facing screen bezel (display side) of smartphones and feature phones whose purpose is to blink or pulse to notify the phone user of missed calls, incoming SMS messages, notifications from other apps, low battery warning, etc., and optionally to facilitate locating the ...