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.
unit of credit as equal to a minimum of three hours of work per week for a semester. California's Title. V code, section 55002, also defines student credit in this way. While the length of a semester may vary, the Carnegie definition is based upon a minimum length of. 16 weeks. Thus, a unit of credit equates to three hours of student work per week (1 hour lecture plus. 2 hours of homework or 3 hours of lab) for 16 weeks. In certain circumstances, it is possible to have.