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Then the long flight back to Perth via Honolulu and Sydney, with my body-clock getting completely messed up.
Journal for 16 January 2001 Alex Allan 2009
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As body-clock specialists note, the largest nuclear accidents in recent history all occurred on the night shift, when our natural predisposition to alertness is compromised.
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Taking an extract of the body-clock regulating hormone, melatonin see Nutritional Supplements, below two hours before bedtime in the new time zone has also been shown to help you dissipate the effects of nagging jetlag.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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Taking an extract of the body-clock regulating hormone, melatonin see Nutritional Supplements, below two hours before bedtime in the new time zone has also been shown to help you dissipate the effects of nagging jetlag.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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A body-clock mismatch also can be hard on lovebirds.
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I think my body-clock is still recovering from the pounding I gave it on the weekend.
up, up and away! 2005
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I think my body-clock is still recovering from the pounding I gave it on the weekend.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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On the face of it, the argument sounds convincing, however, this would be true for any other industry, not for the ITES industry, where the dull, monotonous, brainless, against the normal body-clock work gets to you.
Archive 2004-06-01 Chirayu 2004
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The ITES industry has overall high attrition rates and even if it is Pune or any other city, the change of body-clock that comes with working in shifts gets to people and so I don't think the attrition rates would come down because Puneites are 'stable' and don't change jobs easily.
Archive 2004-06-01 Chirayu 2004
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Right now, I'm working in a regular 09:00 am to 07:00 pm shift, however, I've worked from 5:30 pm to 2:30 am, 1 pm to 10 pm, 12 am to 9 am, 6 am to 3pm, 12 pm to 9 pm, 4 pm to 1 am and I can vouch for the fact that it totally upsets one's body-clock.
Archive 2004-06-01 Chirayu 2004
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