The findings also suggest that short-term and long-term sleep loss may actually act on the brain in two different ways.

这项发现也说明了，长期或短期的睡眠缺失实际上可以通过两种不同的方法对大脑起作用。

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The calls act as a warning to other threads to go to sleep and wait their turn for the mutex lock.

这两个函数调用的作用就是警告其它线程，要它们继续睡眠并等待轮到它们对互斥对象加锁。

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Kids who are sleep-deprived may more easily act silly in mildly humorous situations, or cry in mildly frustrating situations.

比起睡眠充足的孩子，缺乏睡眠的孩子更可能在滑稽的场合中举止愚蠢，沮丧的情况下更易哭泣。

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Nintendo 3DS, when put into Sleep Mode, can act as a pedometer, while letting users earn Play Coins for the steps they take that can then be traded in for additional content in compatible games and applications.

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Without enough sleep, you'll act like you have ADD whether or not you have it.

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