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Night watchman is originally a thirteenth-century untrained citizen who patrolled at night on the lookout for disturbances.

nightmare refers to frightening and anxiety-provoking dream occurring during rapid eye movement sleep. The individual recalls the bad dream and recovers alertness and orientation quickly.
nightmares refer to a form of parasomnia that occurs during REM sleep and is characterized by repeated awakenings with detailed recall of extended and extremely frightening dreams, usually involving threats to survival, security, or self -esteem.

NIH Roadmap is defined as government funded and organized plan that sketches out 28 cross-institutional projects especially designed to tackle multi-faceted issues such as obesity that result from a variety of different biopsychosocial factors.

Nihilism is defined as the belief that there is no value or truth. Literally, a belief in nothing (Nihil). Moreover, Nihilism refers to the belief that because what is considered true varies from person to person, any search for universal (interpersonal) truth will fail. In other words, there is no one truth, only truths. The Sophists were Nihilists.
Nincompoop refers to a person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid.

NIRS is the abbreviations of Near-infrared spectroscopy which refers to a method of brain imaging that measures activity in different regions of the brain by using the degree to whic

Nirvana refers to a goal in Buddhism; a serene and peaceful state, beyond desire and suffering which leads to rebirth

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