Hypnotic (from Greek Hypnos, sleep) or soporific drugs, commonly known as sleeping pills are a class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or surgical anesthesia. This group is related to sedatives. Whereas the term sedative describes drugs that serve to calm or relieve anxiety, the term hypnotic generally describes drugs whose main purpose is to initiate, sustain, or lengthen sleep.
Pennsylvania UC Law requires a change in the definition of a credit week. Credit weeks are used to determine how many weeks of unemployment benefits an individual may receive. Beginning with the second quarter of 2014 (April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014), report as a credit week any calendar week in which an employee earns or more.
Scheduling Protocols for Summer Term. General Information. Our current calendar is a semester calendar with 15 weeks of instruction, in which 50 minutes of class attendance are considered one contact hour and one unit of credit. One unit of credit represents how much time a typical student is expected to devote to learning per week of study.