scholarly journals Effect of Vata Dosha on Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient

2021 ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
G. Sreelekshmi ◽  
Raole Vaidehi ◽  
N. R. Navoday Raju
Keyword(s):  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emotional Quotient ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Sensory Functions

According to Ayurveda the whole life processes are governed by the Tridosha i.e. Vata, Pitta and Kapha. Vata Dosha has been given prime importance because it is the primary force that motivates and mediates other Dosha, Dhatu and Mala for performing their functions in the body. Vata Dosha possesses various Guna. Based on such Guna it performs different Karma in the body. Vata control motor as well as sensory functions. It is a self-generating and self- propagating energy responsible for the regulation of almost all the activities in our body. It should be considered as an invisible force that is recognised through its functions. This paper aims at understanding the effect of Vata Dosha on Intelligence Quotient and Emotional Quotient. The word quotient means amount of a specified quality or characteristic. The characteristics of individuals are developed on the predominance of Dosha during intra-uterine life and it is mentioned in classical textbooks in Prakruti concepts. In the formation and maintenance of Deha Prakruti and Manasa Prakruti the role of Dosha is inevitable. Among the five types of Vata, Prana is responsible for controlling the functions of Buddhi and Manas, while Udana helps in recalling the past experiences.

Receptions of the Past: Commemoration, Racism, Desire

Somatechnics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-303
Author(s):  
Michael Connors Jackman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
White Privilege ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
The Body ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Lesbian And Gay ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

This article investigates the ways in which the work of The Body Politic (TBP), the first major lesbian and gay newspaper in Canada, comes to be commemorated in queer publics and how it figures in the memories of those who were involved in producing the paper. In revisiting a critical point in the history of TBP from 1985 when controversy erupted over race and racism within the editorial collective, this discussion considers the role of memory in the reproduction of whiteness and in the rupture of standard narratives about the past. As the controversy continues to haunt contemporary queer activism in Canada, the productive work of memory must be considered an essential aspect of how, when and for what reasons the work of TBP comes to be commemorated. By revisiting the events of 1985 and by sifting through interviews with individuals who contributed to the work of TBP, this article complicates the narrative of TBP as a bluntly racist endeavour whilst questioning the white privilege and racially-charged demands that undergird its commemoration. The work of producing and preserving queer history is a vital means of challenging the intentional and strategic erasure of queer existence, but those who engage in such efforts must remain attentive to the unequal terrain of social relations within which remembering forms its objects.

“Mindfulness Makes You a Way Better Lover”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Wilson
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Buddhist Meditation ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Almost All ◽  
New Applications ◽  
Ted Talks

American self-help authors, coaches, and sexologists selectively adopt and apply Buddhist meditation techniques to meet their goals and sell products. This chapter draws upon books, articles, podcasts, TED talks, and other sources to demonstrate how these new applications of mindfulness are touted to enhance the sex act, delivering greater pleasure or effectively managing dysfunction. Key concepts include analysis of the economics involved in the appropriation of Buddhist practices, the role of gender in the “secular” use of meditation (almost all books recommend mindful sex for women, but few focus on men), the mixed Asian and Western frameworks for understanding the body and the meaning of sex, and the alternate uses to which elements of Buddhism may be put in different cultural settings. A specific genre of the use of meditation serves as a means to explore secular developments that draw upon Buddhist sources in a sometimes uneasy relationship.

The role of palaeoclimate studies: modelling

1993 ◽  
Vol 341 (1297) ◽  
pp. 341-342 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Multiple Equilibria ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Climate Modelling ◽  
The Past ◽  
External Conditions ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Almost All

Stepping back from the topic of the meeting, I should like to begin by addressing the role of palaeoclimate studies in the subject of climate and its prediction. I do not believe that it is only by looking at the past that one can see into the future. However, I do believe that studies of past climates have an important role to play. To perform climate modelling and to compare the data from models with observations, one must have a conceptual framework. Important elements in this framework are the roles of continents, mountains, solar input and atmospheric composition. It must include notions of rapid change. For example, the response to increasing atmospheric CO2 may be very slow until a certain critical point when it becomes very rapid: the ‘Joker in the pack’. The possibility of multiple equilibria, more than one possible climate for the same external conditions, must be recognized. The average situation is essentially irrelevant in a system that spends almost all of its time in either of two equilibra.

Tourism and protected areas: Comparing the 2003 and 2014 IUCN World Parks Congress

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Spenceley
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
International Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Official Records

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature World Parks Congress is held once a decade, and brings together thousands of the world’s experts on protected areas. In 2014, the Sydney World Parks Congress and the parallel event, Global Eco, provided a platform for 125 presentations relating to tourism and visitation. This paper presents a synthesis of the body of work shared at Sydney, including some of the cutting-edge issues, best practices, and inspiring initiatives relating to sustainable tourism. In particular, it compares issues that were highlighted at the 2003 World Parks Congress, and how they have evolved and progressed over the past decade. The paper highlights the role of different stakeholders from different corners of the world in promoting sustainable tourism practices. It also considers the relevance of tourism to the themes of the World Parks Congress, and how the sector is reflected within the official records of the 2003 and 2014 World Parks Congress. Looking forward to the next 10 years, the paper reflects on specific challenges, gaps in knowledge, and areas for further research and outreach.

scholarly journals What is the role of depression in the discrepancy between estimated and actual iPhone use? An exploratory analysis using cubic response surface analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Sewall ◽  
Douglas Parry
Keyword(s):  
Response Surface ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Surface Analysis ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Response Surface Analysis ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Past ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Insight Into

The association between depression and digital media use has received substantial research and popular attention in recent years. While meta-analytic evidence indicates that there is a small, positive relationship between digital media use and depression, almost all studies rely on self-report measures of digital media use. Evidence suggests these measures are poor reflections of usage measures derived from digital trace data. Additionally, a recent study showed that the error in self-reported digital media use is likely biased systematically by factors that are fundamental to the effect being investigated: respondents’ volume of use and level of depression. The current exploratory study harnesses cubic response surface analysis—a novel analytical approach in this domain—to advance our understanding of how inaccuracies in self-report measures of digital media use can be explained by respondent attributes, in this case their level of depression and actual iPhone usage. A sample of 325 iPhone users provided estimates of their total iPhone use over the past week, their actual iPhone use as recorded by the Apple Screen Time application, and a measure of their depression (CESD-R-10). The results of the analysis indicate that depression is i.) more strongly associated with estimated than device-logged DMU; ii.) more associated with over-estimating than under-estimating of DMU; and iii.) more associated with inaccuracy at lower versus higher levels of DMU. The findings raise important questions concerning the validity of conclusions in this area and provide insight into the structure of measurement error in self-report estimates of digital media use.

scholarly journals Implicitly learning when to be ready: From instances to categories

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wouter Kruijne ◽  
Riccardo M. Galli ◽  
Sander A. Los
Keyword(s):  
Target Stimulus ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Warning Stimulus ◽  
Transfer Phase ◽  
Temporal Preparation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
Rolling Regression

AbstractThere is growing appreciation for the role of long-term memory in guiding temporal preparation in speeded reaction time tasks. In experiments with variable foreperiods between a warning stimulus (S1) and a target stimulus (S2), preparation is affected by foreperiod distributions experienced in the past, long after the distribution has changed. These effects from memory can shape preparation largely implicitly, outside of participants’ awareness. Recent studies have demonstrated the associative nature of memory-guided preparation. When distinct S1s predict different foreperiods, they can trigger differential preparation accordingly. Here, we propose that memory-guided preparation allows for another key feature of learning: the ability to generalize across acquired associations and apply them to novel situations. Participants completed a variable foreperiod task where S1 was a unique image of either a face or a scene on each trial. Images of either category were paired with different distributions with predominantly shorter versus predominantly longer foreperiods. Participants displayed differential preparation to never-before seen images of either category, without being aware of the predictive nature of these categories. They continued doing so in a subsequent Transfer phase, after they had been informed that these contingencies no longer held. A novel rolling regression analysis revealed at a fine timescale how category-guided preparation gradually developed throughout the task, and that explicit information about these contingencies only briefly disrupted memory-guided preparation. These results offer new insights into temporal preparation as the product of a largely implicit process governed by associative learning from past experiences.

scholarly journals The French language substratum in Vladimir Nabokov’s English memoirs discourse: stylistic play or text formation pattern?

Movoznavstvo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 313 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-36
Author(s):  
T. V. Radzievska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
French Language ◽  
Topical Issue ◽  
Formation Model ◽  
Memory Factor ◽  
Separate Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Formation Pattern ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Text Formation

The paper deals with the memoirs discourse which is regarded as a separate type of discourse whose nature is specified by the «memory factor». In order to investigate the role of «memory factor» in memoirs text-formation the author analyses one of the most famous case in memoirs practice of XX century — Vladimir Nabokov’s «Speak, Memory» (1966). This third version of Nabokovian memoirs written in English is fulfilled with numerous French and Russian insertions which provoke the discussion on multilingualism and code-switching, a topical issue in the modern study of Nabokov’s verbal practice and his text-forming techniques. The major object of analysis in the paper concerns French lexical and syntactical units which form as a whole a certain substratum in the repertoire of the multilinguistic means represented in this text. The description of the French substratum concluding various units (words, word combinations, phrases, quotations, phraseological units, sentences) with different functions in the sentence allowed to identify 8 types. They were interpreted according to the memoirs text-formation model proposed in the earlier publications of the author, and the analysis showed that almost all French insertions represent the substructure of Nabokov’s text which is determined by the «memory factor». Most of these nominative means in their functioning in the text contain the reference to some significant situation, event, or picture of the past and in their verbal images they are conceptualized by the memoirist as an inalienable part of the referential situation. The study of the data also proves that the use of French insertions in this memoirs text is nothing to do with the ludic aspect of text-formation, with linguistic games which are often considered as a constant of Nabokov’s works.

scholarly journals Thyroid Hormone Plays an Important Role in Cardiac Function: From Bench to Bedside

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Yamakawa ◽  
Tomoko S. Kato ◽  
Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh ◽  
Shinsuke Yuasa ◽  
Akio Kawamura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormones ◽  
Cardiac Function ◽  
Cardiovascular System ◽  
Antiarrhythmic Agent ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Cardiac Contractility ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Past ◽  
Systolic And Diastolic Function

Thyroid hormones (THs) are synthesized in the thyroid gland, and they circulate in the blood to regulate cells, tissues, and organs in the body. In particular, they exert several effects on the cardiovascular system. It is well known that THs raise the heart rate and cardiac contractility, improve the systolic and diastolic function of the heart, and decrease systemic vascular resistance. In the past 30 years, some researchers have studied the molecular pathways that mediate the role of TH in the cardiovascular system, to better understand its mechanisms of action. Two types of mechanisms, which are genomic and non-genomic pathways, underlie the effects of THs on cardiomyocytes. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of the action of THs in the cardiac function, the clinical manifestation and parameters of their hemodynamics, and treatment principles for patients with hyperthyroid- or hypothyroid-associated heart disease. We also describe the cardiovascular drugs that induce thyroid dysfunction and explain the mechanism underlying the thyroid toxicity of amiodarone, which is considered the most effective antiarrhythmic agent. Finally, we discuss the recent reports on the involvement of thyroid hormones in the regulation of myocardial regeneration and metabolism in the adult heart.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE INTERACTIVE NOVEL IN MAKING THE DISCOURSE ON TOURISM

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (06) ◽  
pp. 116-128
Author(s):  
Rima BEREGRAG ◽  
Khedidja DJELILI
Keyword(s):  
Travel Literature ◽  
The Body ◽  
Marginal Product ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Digital Text ◽  
The Past ◽  
Persuasive Power ◽  
Foreign Presence ◽  
Interactive Text

Travel literature is one of the narratives that the Arabs knew in the past, as it is a historical, geographic and visionary representation of others. The trip works on education. This is what the interactive text Ibn Battuta’s Journey to Dubai Al-Mahrousa by Muhammad Snagleh evokes in intertextuality with Ibn Battuta’s Journey, a Masterpiece of Overseers in the Oddities of the Regions and the Wonders of Travel by Ibn Battuta. If the latter travelled around the countries, the interactive text goes towards anticipating the future time in 2051, to read about the economic and political aspects in Dubai only. This research paper seeks to present a reading that combines the aesthetics of the interactive text with the tourist discourse. To what extent does interactive creativity contribute to the development of tourism? What are the possibilities offered by the blue screen for developing ancient narratives according to a modernist perspective? As for the curriculum, it is the systemic approach and interactive criticism. As so, the research is divided into two sections: 1 - The journey from paper to digital: Snagleh’s digital text consists of three units: the body text and its hyperlinks of a video, including images and sounds, and a pure interactive text for the reader's creativity and interactive participation in a two-track virtual journey. These are either directed to Ibn Battuta himself as a story and paper character, or send to the author of flesh and blood (i.e: Snagleh), editing the experience of the trip to Dubai or writing a comment or opinion. This is one of the suggested images of the interaction between the recipient and the text. 2. The Unsaid in the Discourse on Tourism: Snagleh diversified between spaces by highlighting its merits, and facilitating the means of transportation by air, sea and land. These options increase the persuasive power, and although Dubai is the glass civilization, Snagleh dazzles by showing the cultural coexistence between nationalities. However, he did not realize the overwhelming foreign presence among the natives. Thus, Snagleh’s novel can be counted as a cultural text, the implications of which can be read. Snagleh didn’t use Ibn Battuta as a paper figure as in Barthes’ terms, but as a sufficience. It is a strategic tourist guide, promoting Gulf tourism in Dubai by attracting the recipient with paintings and icons. Hence, literature is no longer a marginal product, but rather an economic industry that moves the wheel of sustainable development and increases its civilization incomes.

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