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The study, released by Monash University on Monday, saw CFpatients fitted with a wristwatch to monitor sleeping habits.
Rosemary Horne, the lead author of the study, said on Mondaythat "sleep is important for everyone, but particularlychildren."
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Researchers measured the sleep of 87 Victorian children with CFagainst 55 health participants over a two week period.
Although the CF patients were spending as much time in bed asthe control group, they were awake more often.
Caitlin Magagna, a 17-year-old participant in the trial with CF,said she often had six or seven hours a night.
"About 50 percent of the time I wake up in the night and I don'treally know why. I know from the study that my oxygen supply candrop and I get quite short of breath," she said.
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Horne said there was some evidence that sleeping better couldimprove lung function among CF patients.
Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disorder that affects the lungs,pancreas, liver, kidneys and intestine. The disease can causebreathing difficulties as well as lung infections, sinus infectionsand poor growth. Enditem
KHARTOUM, July 20 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on Thursday that reconfiguration of the UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) does not mean its termination, saying UNAMID would remain an important peacekeeping operation.
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The UN official attributed the UN Security Council's decision to reduce UNAMID components to the great decline of fighting in Darfur region.
"The Security Council has decided to reduce the size of UNAMID given the evolution of the situation on the ground, essentially the fact that there is much less fighting in most of Darfur, except the Jebel Marra area where the situation remains complicated and more tense," he said.
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Lacroix, who arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday, will later visit El Fasher, the capital city of North Darfur State where UNAMID is headquartered.
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The mission also includes 748 international civilian personnel, 2,151 local civilian personnel and 120 volunteers.
In early 2008, the UNAMID was deployed in Darfur, a region which has been witnessing military clashes between the Sudanese army and the rebels since 2003, which according to UN statistics has left 300,000 dead and displaced around 2.5 million others.
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ROME, July 20 (Xinhua) -- Over 40 people were convicted of corruption by an Italian court here on Thursday, at the end of an unprecedented trial against organized crime in the Italian capital.
Overall, some 46 defendants faced charges of corruption and mafia-related crimes for being part of a network that siphoned millions of euros of funds by rigging public contracts.
Some 41 of them were found guilty of corruption, and five acquitted. However, none of the defendants were convicted of mafia association.
The leader of the gang -- 59-year-old
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The two men were the kingpins of the network, which involved not only common criminals and entrepreneurs, but also employees and officials in Rome's municipality, and local politicians from across the spectrum.
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Several officials and politicians in previous administrations were also given long prison terms, including former CEO of Rome's public waste management firm Franco Panzironi (10 years), former center-right councilor Luca Gramazio (11 years), former center-left speaker in the city hall Mirko Coratti (6 years), and former center-right council.
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