scholarly journals The Role of Connectedness in Relation to Spirituality and Religion in a Twelve-Step Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Greene ◽  
Tuyen D. Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Twelve Step ◽  
Step Model ◽  
Spirituality And Religion

scholarly journals Seizures start as silent microseizures by neuronal ensembles

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wenzel ◽  
Jordan P. Hamm ◽  
Darcy S. Peterka ◽  
Rafael MD Yuste
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Imaging ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Inhibitory Neurons ◽  
Neural Activation ◽  
Calcium Dynamics ◽  
Neuronal Ensembles ◽  
Two Photon ◽  
Step Model

AbstractUnderstanding seizure formation and spread remains a critical goal of epilepsy research. While many studies have documented seizure spread, it remains mysterious how they start. We used fast in-vivo two-photon calcium imaging to reconstruct, at cellular resolution, the dynamics of focal cortical seizures as they emerge in epileptic foci (intrafocal), and subsequently propagate (extrafocal). We find that seizures start as intrafocal coactivation of small numbers of neurons (ensembles), which are electrographically silent. These silent “microseizures” expand saltatorily until they break into neighboring cortex, where they progress smoothly and first become detectable by LFP. Surprisingly, we find spatially heterogeneous calcium dynamics of local PV interneuron sub-populations, which rules out a simple role of inhibitory neurons during seizures. We propose a two-step model for the circuit mechanisms of focal seizures, where neuronal ensembles first generate a silent microseizure, followed by widespread neural activation in a travelling wave, which is then detected electrophysiologically.

Spirituality

2016 ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Sandra D. Barnes ◽  
Tosin O. Alabi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Spirituality And Religion ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Religion

Religion appears to shape the daily lives of most children in America; the influence of religion often serves as a template for making decisions, establishing relationships, comprehending the world, and finding meaning in confusing and/or traumatic situations that children may encounter. To ignore the role of religion and spirituality in behavioral and mental health treatment is to dismiss a central domain of child and adolescent development as well as a potential path to healing. In this chapter, we discuss the role of spirituality and religion in children in rural communities and how they can be integrated into counseling and therapy as a path to healing.

Managing Healthcare Organizational Change During Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
pp. 170-188
Author(s):  
Kerim Karadal ◽  
Ali Ahmad ◽  
Dababrata Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Specific Change ◽  
Change Communication ◽  
Effective Change ◽  
Step Model ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Method Approach

The study aims to identify the factors that facilitate managing healthcare organizational change during uncertainty-perspective of COVID-19. The role of communications for managing employee's perception during change in the healthcare organizations has been examined. Mixed method approach is used in this study to identify the factors that facilitate healthcare organizational change during uncertainty. Data collection was semi-structured interviews with purposive sampling to select respondents. Clustered probability sampling method has been carried out for the questionnaire survey and analyzed the data with SPSS. The result showed that the specific change-related uncertainties can be best addressed by different sources of communication. Trust plays a crucial role for creating a positive perception through effective change-related communication. The employees who perceived they received quality change communication reported being more open toward the change during uncertainty. A five-step model was developed to link as a facilitator with uncertainty and manage change successfully.

scholarly journals How to Perform Crisis: A Model for Understanding the Key Role of Crisis in Contemporary Populism

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Moffitt
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
The People ◽  
Step Model ◽  
Core Feature ◽  
Internal Core

A focus on crisis is a mainstay of the literature on contemporary populism. However, the links between populism and crisis remain under-theorized and undeveloped. This article puts forward a novel perspective for understanding this relationship, arguing that crisis does not just trigger populism, but that populism also attempts to act as a trigger for crisis. This is because crises are always mediated and ‘performed’. The article presents a six-step model of how populist actors ‘perform’ crisis, drawing on empirical examples from Europe, Latin America, North America and the Asia-Pacific region. It explains how the performance of crisis allows populist actors to pit ‘the people’ against a dangerous other, radically simplify the terrain of political debate and advocate strong leadership. It ultimately suggests that we should move from thinking of crisis as something purely external to populism, towards thinking about the performance of crisis as an internal core feature of populism.

The role of spirituality and religion for those bereaved due to a traumatic death

Mortality ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Chapple ◽  
Chris Swift ◽  
Sue Ziebland
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Death ◽  
Spirituality And Religion

Spirituality

2016 ◽  
pp. 669-683
Author(s):  
Sandra D. Barnes ◽  
Tosin O. Alabi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Spirituality And Religion ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Religion

Religion appears to shape the daily lives of most children in America; the influence of religion often serves as a template for making decisions, establishing relationships, comprehending the world, and finding meaning in confusing and/or traumatic situations that children may encounter. To ignore the role of religion and spirituality in behavioral and mental health treatment is to dismiss a central domain of child and adolescent development as well as a potential path to healing. In this chapter, we discuss the role of spirituality and religion in children in rural communities and how they can be integrated into counseling and therapy as a path to healing.

scholarly journals Exploring the Influence of Built Environment on Car Ownership and Use with a Spatial Multilevel Model: A Case Study of Changchun, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 1868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoquan Wang ◽  
Chunfu Shao ◽  
Chaoying Yin ◽  
Chengxiang Zhuge
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
Spatial Effects ◽  
Cascading Effects ◽  
Step Model

Although the impacts of built environment on car ownership and use have been extensively studied, limited evidence has been offered for the role of spatial effects in influencing the interaction between built environment and travel behavior. Ignoring the spatial effects may lead to misunderstanding the role of the built environment and providing inconsistent transportation policies. In response to this, we try to employ a two-step modeling approach to investigate the impacts of built environment on car ownership and use by combining multilevel Bayesian model and conditional autocorrelation (CAR) model to control for spatial autocorrelation. In the two-step model, the predicting car ownership status in the first-step model is used as a mediating variable in the second-step car use model. Taking Changchun as a case study, this paper identifies the presence of spatial effects in influencing the effects of built environment on car ownership and use. Meanwhile, the direct and cascading effects of built environment on car ownership and use are revealed. The results show that the spatial autocorrelation exists in influencing the interaction between built environment and car dependency. The results suggest that it is necessary for urban planners to pay attention to the spatial effects and make targeted policy according to local land use characteristics.

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