Download or read book The Link between Religion and Health written by Harold G. Koenig and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-01-17 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to present new medical research establishing a connection between religion and health and to examine the implications for Eastern and Western religious traditions and for society and culture. The distinguished list of contributors examine a series of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) topics that relate to religious faith and behavior. PNI studies the relationships between mental states and the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Among the issues it focuses upon are how mental states, in general, and belief states, in particular, affect physical health. The contributors argue that religious involvement and belief can affect certain neuroendocrine and immune mechanisms, and that these mechanisms, in turn, susceptibility to cancer and recovery following surgery. This volume is essential reading for those interested in the relationship between religion and health.

Download or read book The Psychology of Gratitude written by Robert A. Emmons and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-02-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gratitude, like other positive emotions, has inspired many theological and philosophical writings, but it has inspired very little vigorous, empirical research. In an effort to remedy this oversight, this volume brings together prominent scientists from various disciplines to examine what has become known as the most-neglected emotion. The volume begins with the historical, philosophical, and theoretical foundations of gratitude, then presents the current research perspectives from social, personality, and developmental psychology, as well as from primatology, anthropology, and biology. The volume also includes a comprehensive, annotated bibliography of research on gratitude. This work contributes a great deal to the growing positive psychology initiative and to the scientific investigation of positive human emotions. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in social, personality, and developmental, clinical, and health psychology, as well as to sociologists and cultural anthropologists.

Download or read book Adamantiades Beh et s Disease written by Christos Zouboulis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is with great pleasure that I write this Foreword to the Proceedings of the International Conference on Behçet’s Disease which was held in Berlin in June 2002. This was the first International Conference held under the auspices of the International Society for Behçet’s Disease which was founded in 2000 in Seoul. First, I congratulate our colleagues in Berlin, led by Professor Christos Zouboulis of the Department of Dermatology at the Free University of Berlin, for having organised a most successful conference and for having compiled these proceedings so rapidly. It will be realised immediately on scanning the contents of this book that the conference was truly international with 210 participants from 26 countries, as Professor Zouboulis has noted in his preface. These included basic scientists, epidemiologists, pathologists, clinicians and, importantly, representatives from patient organisations. The latter held their own conference alongside the scientific-medical conference to mutual benefit. The combined session of patients and doctors (abstracts on pp 601 – 626) gave the opportunity for an exchange of information and fruitful discussion. The wide ranging scope of the communications is evident from the index and it was most encouraging to see their origin – from all parts of the world, from senior and junior colleagues and, from many different disciplines. Many communications may be regarded as preliminary reports of research in progress and we look forward to seeing the definitive publications in appropriate journals in due course.

Download or read book Nature and Health written by Eric Brymer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences in nature are now recognised as being fundamental to human health and well-being. Physical activity in nature has been posited as an important well-being facilitator because the presence of nature augments the benefits of physical activity while also enhancing motivation and adherence. This volume brings together a mix of cutting edge ideas in research, theory and practice from a wide set of disciplines with the purpose of exploring interdisciplinary or trans-disciplinary approaches to understanding the relationship between physical activity in nature and health and well-being. Nature and Health: Physical Activity in Nature is structured to facilitate ease of use for the researcher, policy maker, practitioner or theorist. Section 1 covers research on physical activity in nature for a number of important health and well-being issues. Each chapter in this section considers how policy and practice might be shaped by current research findings and knowledge. Section 2 considers contemporary theoretical and conceptual understandings that help explain how physical activity in nature enhances health and well-being and also how best to design interventions and research. Section 3 provides examples of current approaches. This book is an ideal resource for both researchers and advanced students interested in designing future-proofed research, for policy makers interested in improving community well-being and for practitioners interested in best practice applications.

Download or read book The Laws of Emotion written by Nico H. Frijda and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laws of Emotion is an accessible work that reviews much of the insightful new research on emotions conducted over the last ten years. It expands on the theory of emotions introduced in Nico Frijda’s earlier work and addresses a number of unanswered, basic problems on emotion theory. The author’s goal is to better understand the underlying psychological mechanisms of emotion. In this book, Professor Frijda also examines previously neglected topics of emotion such as determinants of emotional intensity, the duration of emotions, and sexual emotions. It touches on both evolutionary and neuroscientific explanations. The book begins by reviewing a number of principles governing emotion, or “the laws of emotion”. The author then examines the passionate nature of emotions and the motivational processes underlying them, and the nature and causes of pleasure and pain. Professor Frijda then explores the processes that lead to emotional arousal, including cognitive influences and why people care more about certain things than others. Emotional intensity is then discussed, including the often-neglected topic of the course of emotions over time. The book concludes with the author's insights into complex emotional domains such as sex, revenge, and the need to commemorate past events. The Laws of Emotion will appeal to social, cognitive, and developmental psychologists, social scientists, philosophers, and neuroscientists, as well as anyone interested in the workings of the mind. It also serves as a text for advanced courses in the psychology of emotions or the neuroscience of emotions.

Download or read book Organizing Smart Buildings and Cities written by Elisabetta Magnaghi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Nations included sustainable cities and communities in its 2030 SDGs. Cities and, on a smaller scale, neighborhoods, building managers and firms are now adopting technologies and information systems to help achieve the energy, economic, social and environmental transition. This volume gathers contributions on the key organizational success factors for this transition. To do so, it analyzes the role of information systems, use of data, and technological assistance solutions from multiple perspectives. The goal is to develop a framework that can successfully apply information systems to organizational and environmental issues for smart cities and smart buildings. Accordingly, the book addresses living-lab experiment evaluation techniques, and provides critical analyses of the role of the environment, context and users’ behavioral responses. In addition, it discusses key questions on the efficient management of resources, need for appropriate IT solutions, and employing co-creation with users to improve planning and organization.

Download or read book Handbook of Social Comparison written by Jerry Suls and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human conduct and experience. After four decades of research, the topic of social comparison is more popular than ever. In this timely handbook a distinguished roster of researchers and theoreticians describe where the field has been since its development in the early 1950s and where it is likely to go next.

Download or read book The Meaning and Measurement of Social Support written by Hans O. F. Veiel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1992 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Download or read book OZer La confiance en soi written by Cenk Ozturk and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embarquez pour une aventure transformante vers la confiance inébranlable en vous ! En 21 jours seulement, je vous guiderai vers une assurance profonde et authentique, sans efforts surhumains. Découvrez les clés de la confiance: Posture Puissante: Voyez comment un simple ajustement peut révolutionner votre auto-perception. Respiration Revigorante: Plongez dans le pouvoir de la respiration consciente pour une assurance inébranlable. Apparence Assumée: Comprenez comment votre apparence peut booster votre confiance. Et ce n'est que le début... Ancré dans la recherche scientifique et la sagesse philosophique, ce guide propose des exercices pratiques pour vous transformer jour après jour. Vous méritez une confiance radieuse, et ce livre est la clé. En tant qu'expert en développement personnel, j'ai conçu un chemin accessible à chacun. Avec une méthode empathique, chaque page de ce livre est une invitation à voir les défis comme des tremplins vers la réussite. Chaque jour est une étape vers un 'vous' éclatant. Laissez ce voyage éclairer chaque facette de votre vie. Lancez-vous dans cette aventure extraordinaire et laissez émerger le 'vous' confiant et rayonnant qui sommeille en vous !

Download or read book Central Banking in Turbulent Times written by Francesco Papadia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central banks came out of the Great Recession with increased power and responsibilities. Indeed, central banks are often now seen as 'the only game in town', and a place to put innumerable problems vastly exceeding their traditional remit. These new powers do not fit well, however, with the independence of central banks, remote from the democratic control of government. Central Banking in Turbulent Times examines fundamental questions about the central banking system, asking whether the model of an independent central bank devoted to price stability is the final resting point of a complex development that started centuries ago. It dissects the hypothesis that the Great Recession has prompted a reassessment of that model; a renewed emphasis on financial stability has emerged, possibly vying for first rank in the hierarchy of objectives of central banks. This raises the risk of dilemmas, since the Great Recession brought into question implicit assumptions that the pursuit of price stability would also lead to financial stability. In addition, the border between monetary and fiscal policy was blurred both in the US and in Europe. Central Banking in Turbulent Times asks whether the model prevailing before the Great Recession has been irrevocably altered. Are we entering, as Charles Goodhart has hypothesized, into the 'fourth epoch' of central banking? Are changes to central banks part of a move away from the global liberal order that seemed to have prevailed at the turn of the century? Central Banking in Turbulent Times seeks to answer these questions as it examines how changes can allow for the maintenance of price stability, while adapting to the long-term consequences of the Great Recession.

Download or read book Hydrology of Mediterranean and Semiarid Regions written by Eric Servat and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Censorship written by Joel Simon and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how the media is under fire and how to safeguard journalists and the information they seek to share with the public. Journalists are being imprisoned and killed in record numbers. Online surveillance is annihilating privacy, and the Internet can be brought under government control at any time. Joel Simon, the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, warns that we can no longer assume that our global information ecosystem is stable, protected, and robust. Journalists are increasingly vulnerable to attack by authoritarian governments, militants, criminals, and terrorists, who all seek to use technology, political pressure, and violence to set the global information agenda. Reporting from Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, and Mexico, among other hotspots, Simon finds journalists under threat from all sides. The result is a growing crisis in information—a shortage of the news we need to make sense of our globalized world and fight human rights abuses, manage conflict, and promote accountability. Drawing on his experience defending journalists on the front lines, he calls on “global citizens,” U.S. policy makers, international law advocates, and human rights groups to create a global freedom-of-expression agenda tied to trade, climate, and other major negotiations. He proposes ten key priorities, including combating the murder of journalists, ending censorship, and developing a global free-expression charter to challenge the criminal and corrupt forces that seek to manipulate the world's news. “Wise and insightful. [Simon] offers hope to all who care about maintaining the free flow of information in a world full of would-be censors.”—Ann Cooper, Columbia Journalism School

Download or read book Grocery Revolution written by Barbara E. Kahn and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1997 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful supplement to any marketing course, this paperback provides a starting point for anyone trying to develop a focus on the consumer by giving a "reader friendly" overview of what academic researchers have discovered about consumer grocery shopping behavior.

Download or read book Relational Anthropology for Contemporary Economics written by Jermo van Nes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book offers a multidisciplinary dialogue on relational anthropology in contemporary economics. A particular view of the human being is often assumed in economic models, but seldom acknowledged let alone explicated. Addressing this neglected area of research in economic studies, altogether the contributors touch upon the importance and potential of virtues, the notions of freedom and self-love, the potential of simulation models, the dialectics of love, and questions of methodology in constructing a relational anthropology for contemporary economics. The overall result is a highly informative and constructive dialogue, establishing inter alia a research agenda for future collaborative and multidisciplinary study.

Download or read book OSER written by Frédéric Fanget and published by Odile Jacob. This book was released on 2003-11-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comment oser ? Oser faire, oser dire, oser être, tout simplement ? Tout cela dépend de la confiance que nous avons en nous-même. Avec elle, tout est possible. Sans elle, tout est souffrance et doute. Mais comment se sentir sûr de soi ? Que faire pour ne plus chercher sans cesse l’approbation des autres ? Comment prendre conscience de sa valeur ? Peut-on apprendre à être moins exigeant avec soi-même ? Comment se sentir capable de réussir ce qu’on entreprend ? Le manque de confiance en soi n’est pas une fatalité. Même quand on en souffre depuis l’enfance. Dans ce livre, Frédéric Fanget s’appuie sur ses années de pratique de la psychothé-rapie, auprès de personnes souffrant de manque de confiance en soi, et sur les travaux scientifiques existant dans ce domaine. Il vous propose une véritable thérapie de la confiance en soi, au travers de trois clés que chacun de vous peut mettre en œuvre, afin de mieux s’aimer, de se débarrasser de ses doutes grâce à l’action, et d’apprendre à mieux vivre avec les autres. Frédéric Fanget est médecin psychiatre et psychothérapeute. Il est l’auteur de Affirmez-vous ! Pour mieux vivre avec les autres, qui a connu un grand succès auprès du public.

Download or read book That Winter written by Pamela Gillilan and published by Bloodaxe Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pamela Gillilan was born in London in 1918, married in 1948 and moved to Cornwall in 1951. When she sat down to write her poem Come Away after the death of her husband David, she had written no poems for a quarter of a century. Then came a sequence of incredibly moving elegies. Other poems followed, and two years after starting to write again, she won the Cheltenham Festival poetry competition. Her first collection That Winter (Bloodaxe, 1986) was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.

Download or read book The Adventures of Princess Mikaila and Prince Pete written by Mark Tilden and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Princess Mikaila and Prince Pete is a rare treasury of stories for young children that weave age-appropriate financial basics into fun, engaging, fairy tales that will actually help make their dreams come true! "I am impressed, indeed amazed, by the standard of financial knowledge available to children in "The Adventures of Princess Mikaila and Prince Pete." Each story incorporates financial topics in a way that is so enjoyable and fascinating that children will hang onto every word without even realizing they're learning something! Mark demonstrates his natural ability to communicate smart financial concepts to people of all ages, especially children. This book is so bright and informative, I would strongly encourage schools and parents to add it to their "must have" list of reading and learning materials. I believe this book will not only improve the standards of financial knowledge for the next generation but also enhance their enjoyment of it." Sarvenaz Rezai, MBA, CFA, Investment Advisor