September 4, 2018.
One of our graduates,
Mahesh Jayasinghe,
was recognized
amongst the 100 Best
Global Coaching
Leaders at the World
HRD Congress – Silver Jubilee
celebrations held in Mumbai,
India recently. At this
event several HR leaders and
international companies were
recognized for their contribution
towards many spheres of
human resource development.
This year’s 25-year celebrations marked the participation
of HR Leaders
from 133 countries.
He is the first Sri
Lankan to have received
this accreditation
from the ICF.
Read more about it on the
article from the Daily Financial
Times: http://www.ft.lk/
article/599400/Mahesh-rankedamong-
Best-100-Global-Coaching-
Leaders-2017
Mahesh has completed a
Doctorate program in Business
Administration in AIU.
October 14, 2018.
One of our graduates,
Fernando Tapia
Ramirez's work –“Reconvertible
Structures,
as an alternative to the
accelerated simulation
in students of
mechanical Civil Engineering”–
will be presented at the
XXXI SOCHEDI Congress:
Optimization of the formative
process in Engineering, to be held 10–12
October 2018, at Hotel
O'Higgins in the city
of Viña del Mar, Chile.
Fernando has also
published two books
with GRIN, a German
magazine. You can
find links to the books below
(in Spanish).
Fernando has completed a
Doctorate program in Electronic
Engineering at AIU.
October 5, 2018. One of
our graduates, Rene Mora,
has published his doctoral
thesis about “The second
virial coefficients for normal
fluids: Their estimation, new
approach and correlations”.
This thesis has been published
by the National University of
Costa Rica Publishing Press
(EUNA in Spanish), last July. It
is available for free download
in electronic format here (in
Spanish) : http://www.euna.una.
ac.cr/index.php/EUNA/catalog/
book/244
Rene Mora completed a
Doctorate program in Chemical
Engineering at AIU.
October, 2018. This graduate
student completed the majority
of the requirements to
obtain honors, which included
a 4.0 GPA, published works,
recommendation from his advisors,
patent a product, etc.
Congratulations!
Call for Papers
This Conference will be held
24–25 October 2019 at the National
Kaohsiung University
of Hospitality and Tourism in
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
We invite proposals for paper
presentations, workshops/
interactive sessions, posters/
exhibits, colloquia, innovation
showcases, virtual posters,
or virtual lightning talks. The
conference features research
addressing the annual themes
and the 2019 Special Focus:
"Culinary Science: A New
Foodway?"
Theme 1: Food Production
and Sustainability
Theme 2: Food, Nutrition,
and Health
Theme 3: Food Politics, Policies,
and Cultures
Become a Presenter:
1. Submit a proposal
2. Review timeline
3. Register
Submit your proposal by
1 November 2018
Advance registration
deadline
24 January 2019
Visit the website:
https://food-studies.com
| Tarcisio Jeremias Joao Memoria Ekulica Doctor of Philosophy Sociology Angola |
Hugo Mauricio Russo Master of Business Adm inistration Economics and Business Administration Argentina |
Jesus Armando Duque Londoño Bachelor of Science Psychology Aruba |
Mookho Nobuhle Ndaba Bachelor of Education Education Belgium |
Marcel Wangraoua Doctor of Philosophy Healthcare Administration Burkina Faso |
Diego Alejandro Rozas Palma Master of Education Integral Education Chile |
| Mariana Lozano Llanos Bachelor of Science Psychology Colomb ia |
Nelson Enrique García Barbosa Bachelor of Science Civil Enginee ring Colomb ia |
Erica Paola Gomez Lopez Bachelor of International Business International Business Colomb ia |
Eneida Margarita Gomez Del Rosario Doctor of Business Management Management Dominican Republic |
Hector Julio Custodio Berroa Bachelor of Business Adm inistration Business Administration Dominican Republic |
Sonia Barrera García Doctor of Philosophy Latin American Literature Dominican Republic |
| Leidy Veronica Gonazlez Roldan Doctor of Huma n Resources Human Res ources El Salvad or |
Alejandro Mometolo Treviño Doctor of Finance Inves tment Proje cts Equatorial Guinea |
Liz Von Münch Bachelor of Science Psychology Germa ny |
Alex Ofosu Doctor of Theology Theological Cultural Communication Ghana |
Sylva Karam Eid Bachelor of Business Management Business Management Leba non |
Stephen Monday Doctor of Philosophy Public Health Liberia |
| Bando David Bando Bachelor of Science Architecture and Urbanism Mozamb ique |
Myint Myint Shwe Doctor of Education Educational Administration Myanma r |
Sheryl Etienne-LeBlanc Bachelor of Science Climatology Netherlands Antilles |
Felix Luyo Ramos Bachelor of Science Architecture Peru |
Johnny Ivan M. de J. Ubillus Carbonel Doctor of Philosophy Political Science Peru |
Maria Del Rosario Nuñez Arriola Master of Science Nutrition Science Peru |
| Iliandra Rosamonte Bachelor of Legal Studies Criminal Justice Portugal |
John Thomas Bangura Bachelor of Science National Security and Defense Sierra Leone |
Wani James Oso Bachelor of International Relations International Relations and Diplomacy South Suda n |
Eduardo Castellón Mallor Bachelor of Psychology Education and Human Development Spa in |
María José Fernández Chicampo Master of Science Psychope dagogy Spa in |
Javier Toll Fernández Doctor of Business and Economics Business Administration Spa in |
| Moses Simon Lado Gordon Master of Science Public Health Suda n |
Rachael Ninon van der Kooye Master of Arts Journalism Surinam e |
Stefan M. Adam Doctor of Business Adm inistration Social Business Management Switzerland |
Mania Merrikhi Shahrivar Doctor of Science Business Administration United Arab Emirates |
Jorge Eduardo Sienra Mutilba Doctor of Philosophy Construction Management Uruguay |
Sherwin Sulwe Bachelor of Science Mechanical Enginee ring Zamb ia |
| Auggie Shinchende Master of Public Health Behavior Change Communication Zamb ia |
Katolo Ackson Dimas Doctor of Science Psychology Zamb ia |
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Stella Agara 
Marcel Wangraoua
Yeral Ogando
Simeon Martin Granger
Even though Entrepreneurs
and Executives globally
are paying attention to the
abbreviation “NLP” Neuro-
Linguistic-Programming more
than ever, there is still a group
of people that thinks “NLP”
comes from a “new era guru”
talking about things that look
like nonsense’s.
For 25 years I have been
working in a manufacturing
plant, fighting with people,
the market and words. I asked
myself many times “How can
I do things easier?” Thinking
there had to be an easier way!
I did not know who to ask, and
where I could find the answers
to my questions. I was struggling
regarding how to make
the connection between the
“Product Development Department”
of the business and
the market, what I call today
the connection between the
“senses” and the words, something
I learned with NLP.
The problem was not about
what I was doing, since as a
Chemical Engineer I understand
processes. There was
something that is also a process,
of which I was not aware yet:
“the fact that communication
occurs at all levels of our being”.
Today I find this fact fascinating,
fantastic and at the
same time amazing, since this
turns the language we use on
a daily basis into an absolute
different level of communication,
regarding its power, value
and an allied in life to achieve
our goals and as well be able to
live a better life communicating
better with the world and
ourselves.
I discovered by studying
“NLP” that when we understand
the “other languages”
we can work more efficiently.
Like when you decipher a
hieroglyph and things get
much clear regarding the
history of a certain civilization
for example. You are able
to read the body language by
being aware of new responses
and from there interact from
a completely different place
improving relations. And it is
very easy to do it once you get
it and discover how to open
that door.
How many times have you
been in front of a person and
your “ego” response does not
let you achieve a good connection
because “he” (you)
feels hurt?
What if you (“he”) could
read this differently and make
another decision bringing the
human relation (connection)
to a successful end?
There is a language everybody
talks and nobody
speaks about “out loud”. May
be because they are not aware
about that language as I wasn't
till the moment I discovered
it, when I studied “NLP”. I became
a member of a new universe
understanding the fact
that there were people that
could read and understand the
“other languages”, to take advantage
of it toward successful
negotiations in business, as
well as in their daily life.
Like having a magic wand
that with a single touch
changes the direction of communication;
in many cases
this is priceless!
It does not mean to tell
stories that are not true or to
implement strange programs
into people minds. Not at
all and this is possibly part
of the myth people consider
today when they listen to the
abbreviation “NLP” thinking
it is a bad thing. It is totally
the opposite when you study
and understand what it is and
what NLP can do for you to
help you achieve things from a
different perspective.
What do we want
in business?
We want to be able to reach
a certain target market, a
certain population through all
their senses. We want them to
react and love our products,
so they just see them and buy
them with no doubt. We are
talking here from a sensory
perspective!
What do we need, to achieve
this purpose?
The first important fact in
business is to achieve a clear
vision and understand the
mission of the company or
the business about what they
do and their offer. When this
happens, it is much easier to
make “the translation” so that
the offer can be understood
through the different senses
of the members of the target
market.
It is very important to have
clarity about the fact: “People
may not remember what you
said and will never forget
how you made them feel”, as
Maya Angelou said. We never
forget a feeling or an emotion
even though we may forget
words and sentences. These
are elements to be taken into
consideration in our equation
toward a successful business
by the product development
department team.
This works for a big company,
and is of great value
and help, for individuals that
are developing their business,
offering one product or their
experience as “the product”.
This is why it is recommended
to know which your target
market is and develop a message
to sell your product or
expertise from there. Why is
this like that? Where is the
real connection? The real
connection begins when you
know who you are talking to,
since you can identify their
response and from there wrap
and craft your products the
best way for them to be seen
by the right people.
What do I mean by “making
the translation”?
It means once I understand
in my business which is my
message, my mantra, I have
to wrap and craft it to be
delivered to my target market
so that they will be attracted
through their senses. I have
to speak all the “languages” to
achieve that purpose.
Knowing the target market,
it will be easier to connect
through the offer to solve
a certain problem since a
product is a solution to solve
a specific problem. Remember
the product is about them,
you create it for them so the
product has to speak to their
senses all the time.
All these details can be
managed using NLP since
they speak to the senses of
the target market. Shapes,
colors, smells, textures, type of
packaging, fonts, are also a language.
They are a language to
the target market senses. And
we have to understand how
to speak our target market's
languages to communicate the
value of the offer.
Many times, we listen to
advertising agencies talking
about these topics and still I
personally believe there is a
missing link between what
they do and what the client
understands. Why do I mention
this here? Because the
disconnect comes from the
fact the marketing people do
their great work while the client
is still trying to get which
are the details and decipher
the language of the target market.
So, they are in a different
frequency and their languages
are not the same. This is the
reason tweaks have to be
worked out.
The first time I heard about
“tweaks” I had no clue about
the meaning of it and where
I had to look for what to do,
for it to be efficient. Today I
understand the tweak is a way
to a better connection with
the reader for him to recognize
himself.
It is exactly here that
the entrepreneurs need to
understand the benefits they
would have, by hiring an NLP
specialist. He will be the one
researching which are the
characteristics of the “ideal
client” and he will know “who
is this company talking to” He
will be able to work out the
translation easier.
This works for a massive
product already positioned
in the market, as well as for
a new brand coming to the
market with a new product for
a specific group of people, or
even for a specialist in a certain
topic coming to the market.
This is what makes it fundamental
to have as part of your
team, someone understanding
how to read the language of
the target market we want to
address to, selling our products.
Someone understanding
the meaning of “NLP”
For me today Neuro Linguistic
Programming is about
why people react the way
they do and how to read their
feelings through their actions
and/or reactions.
NLP makes easier the sales
process, knowing what works
and why the target market will
listen to a clear message that
gets to the point. The message
shows the client that the
company understands their
problem and has the solution
they want. This generates TRUST! As a consequence,
there is no doubt and they buy
the product.
The NLP practitioner is
the translator that helps the
business team, entrepreneur
or executive, understand how
to wrap and craft the product
to sell to this specific group of
people so they see it attractive
and buy it.
This may be called reverse
engineering. We study the
market first and then we make
the translation that improves
the process of sales.
And as soon as you realize
the process works, it is
about repeating the process
with the same product or new
products again and again.
When the message about
a product is clear and people
get it, they pay the price of the
value imprinted in the product.
This is the financial goal of the
business, delivering a product.
When I discovered NLP
and decided to study it, I began
to understand its power.
NLP is not just a TOOL but
the science of communication
to achieve success. It
helps you blend the words
and the psychology, to
achieve more sales.
What do entrepreneurs want?
They want to be successful!
How will they become
successful? Selling more and
transforming products into
money by increasing their
sales. What do they need for
that to happen? They need
great sales people trained in
the knowledge of all these
tools and languages. What
does this mean? It means
people that can get the power
of words and have no fear of
using them to connect with
their target market.
It is about building a bridge
to find the balanced relation
from where to communicate
a message about a product
that is part of the solution of a
problem, with trust.
This is the reason why
people buy a product.
Of course, there will be
other parameters to take into
consideration of which I may
write in another article but today
I am writing about “NLP”.
Some people have “charme”
when they talk and connect
with other people but others
do not have it, due to their own
fears. I believe that “charme”
can also be developed when
someone looks inside themselves
and connects with their
inner love and compassion.
If you are an Entrepreneur
I invite you to implement the
new tools of today that will
lower fear and improve communication
and sales. It is important
to train the sales force,
so they know the psychology
of sales and for this they need
to first overcome their own
fears. We are all learning; we
are all evolving; we are all
human beings looking for answers
to make our life easier.
When we understand that
the world today is about collaboration
and we give people
the tools they need to achieve
it, their results change dramatically
for the good!
This is exactly what I was
looking for, during 25 years!
I know its value and this
is the reason today I share it
and teach visionary leaders
and entrepreneurs how to
achieve wealth. I worked out
the formula for myself first
and it works!
Dr. Esther Coronel de Iberkleid
mentors Visionary Leaders
looking for social impact
while building their legacy,
to improve life of members
of their societies and communities.
To know more
about her, visit her profile at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/
esthercoroneldeiberkleid To
book a session with Dr. Esther
Coronel de Iberkleid write her
to: naprexec4@gmail.com
Leadership Consultant for Visionary Leaders
Dr. Esther Coronel de Iberkleid offers specific tools and her guidance
toward Clarity, Confidence and Self-esteem to those who lost their way
with depression, anxiety, unsatisfied, as well as in Business. Executive Coaching is
also available. Background: Doctor of Philosophy, PhD with a major in Business,
Education and Personal Development Project Management from the School of Business
and Economics / Master of Science in Chemistry from Technion Israel Institute
of Technology in Haifa Israel / BSc in Chemistry from UDELAR, Universidad de la
República - Montevideo Uruguay / Training in TFH, PKP, EFT y “NLP” and Certificates
as Life Coach, Business Coach y Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach.
Website: http://about.me/EstherCoroneldeIberkleid
Email: naprexec4@gmail.com http://twitter.com/Esthersuchi
The times in which we live
make us think that you
have to have new knowledge
to have a job. Let's study!
Looking for where to
achieve our goal we found an
online university that pleased
us for everything it offers as
shown on their Home Page.
We apply to be accepted
and we are already students
at Atlantic International University
(AIU).
We thought that they were
going to tell us that we had
to do propaedeutic course of
this or that knowledge and it
turns out not to. Almost all the
universities ask you to do a
semester of common subjects
so that one can update. We are
seeing that at AIU none of that
is happening. We are thinking:
Oh my God! What will we do?
Atlantic International University
offers its programs of
studies following a Philosophy
different from most universities:
AIU has for Philosophy
that human beings are “unique
and unrepeatable”. If we are
unique and unrepeatable, our
education can’t be massive:
everyone in the same way because
each one of us has different
abilities. What science says
yes is equal to what scientists
say and teach at other universities
but each human being has
its special way of learning and
that is what makes us different
as a university.
That we are unique and unrepeatable
is a scientific foundation
because all things are
similar but not the same. So
why do they want to put us in
the same box like if we learn
in the same way? Investigating
and investigating, it is clear to
us that we are all similar but
not the same.
Now comes the interesting
part: what I am going to do at
the beginning of my studies
at AIU.
AIU since its inception as
an educational organization,
around the 80's, distinguishes
its study programs in that with
what you are learning you
will solve problems in your
community.
For the previous reason
Phase I, which are the levels
in which AIU divides the
programs, asks you for works
that are related to discovering
yourself as a human being in
terms of your strengths and
weaknesses, which is why you
are asked for jobs like your
autobiography. Within that
Phase I we have an assignment
called Guarantee of
degree and there you present
yourself as what you are as a
student and what you want to
achieve. The first phase is to
discover yourself in what you
are, what you want to become
and what you will have to
study to be.
On Phase II your work
begins in science and the first
thing is to decide if you want
to make your plan of subjects
according to what you want
to study or if you want AIU to
propose a plan of subjects to
study: this is the Curriculum
Design.
Already with your approved
Curriculum you start to develop
your work and each one
has to end up in a proposal to
solve something for your community
or for your country or
for society. The fact that the
proposals are made no longer
depends on the student: the
objective is that they study to
be better and to have a better
society.
Now, what is UNESCO?
United Nations Organization
for Science, Education
and Culture,
is an institution
with 195
members and
10 associate
members. The
General Conference
and
the Executive
Council are
its governing
bodies. Its
headquarters
are in Paris.
This organization
was
created within
the United
Nations Organization
UN,
in 1945, as an
organ whose
objective is the search for
peace through science,
education and culture.
In 2015, a Global Forum was
held in Korea, in Incheon,
with the participation of 160
countries whose objective
was: how to guarantee quality,
inclusive and lifelong education.
This mission entrusted
UNESCO with the agenda,
follow-up and coordination of
the program. If the education
agenda is not promoted with
the stated objectives, economic
development, health,
the empowerment of women
and the egalitarian society will
be at stake.
Through education,
sustainable development and
quality of life for all would be
achieved.
Atlantic International
University as an educational
institution belongs, since July
2014, to UNESCO Clubs, so the
study programs it offers are
aimed at sustainable development,
lifelong learning and
the creation of a society with
opportunities for all.
Your study programs for the
above are inserted in the best
education proposal that currently
exists.
We include in this
document the link so you can
read the entire manifesto of
the Proposal that has education
according to the goal of
UNESCO by the time we reach
the year 2030.
Your studies at AIU are
based on the best education
proposal that can exist today.
Go ahead! Know what AIU
gives you.
Study and work with the objective
of building the society
that we all need:
Opportunities for all!
Sustainable development!
Learning for all the life!
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Education 2030. Incheon Declaration. Retrieved
from: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002456/245656E.pdf
The standard essay at AIU starts with an introduction. After the introduction
one writes the body of the essay. The body should be organized into different
sections. Each section presents a different idea or area of the essay.
What is the best way to organize
the sections of an essay?
The preferred way is to give each
Main Topic and Sub-topic a number.
Here is an example with numbers in
color red.
1. Main Topic #1
1.1. Sub-topic
1.2. Sub-topic
1.2.1. Sub-sub-topic
1.2.2. Sub-sub-topic
2. Main Topic #2
2.1. Sub-topic
2.2. Sub-topic
3. Main Topic #3
3.1. Sub-topic
3.2. Sub-topic
In each numbered section, you
write the corresponding ideas and
information.
The essay is much easier to read
for the advisor, because the advisor
can see the logical development of
your essay. The advisor can see how
sub-topics fit into your main topics.
Most importantly, the advisor can
see where one topic ends, and the
next topic starts.
Moreover, it is easier to write your
essay when you organize your ideas
into topics and sub-topics. You know
where to write your ideas. Also, as
you write each section, you know you
have completed a topic.
How do you organize your
essay into topics?
Let’s say that you are writing about
science courses. In addition, you only
want to discuss 3 sub-topics about each
course; Theory, Applications and Research.
Here is what your outline would
look like including Introduction, Conclusion
and Bibliography.
1. Introduction
2. Biology
2.1. Theory of Biology
2.2. Applications of Biology
2.3. Research of Biology
3. Chemistry
3.1. Theory of Chemistry
3.2. Applications of Chemistry
3.3. Research of Chemistry
4. Physics
4.1. Theory of Physics
4.2. Applications of Physics
4.3. Research of Physics
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
You now have your essay organized. You
know exactly what you need to research
and write. There is a total of 15 sections
in the outline. If the average of each section
is one page, you will have an essay
of 15 pages. There is a function in Word
for automatically numbering your topics.
Numbering the sections of your essay
makes it easier to write and easier for the
advisor to appreciate
Last month, 46 university officials in
the UK have written to the Secretary
of State for Education, Damian
Hinds, calling for a ban on companies
offering essays for sale. These companies,
also called “essay mills,” have
been on the rise globally along with a
surge in plagiarism cases. Such a ban
has already been implemented in New
Zealand and Australia, and is currently
under consideration by Minister for
Education, Richard Bruton. And in the
US, even the Department of Homeland
Security has weighed in on this problem,
forewarning immigrant students
as to its dangers. ...
First, there is the problem of how
academic expectations of students
have declined. When I started teaching
in the university in the early 1990s, my
syllabi demanded that students read
usually two essays or one book weekly
with the expectation that ten times
during the semester students would
come to class with a “position paper” ...
I kept this workload and technique
of teaching ... and I never had a problem
with it until the new millennium
when one department chair told me
that students needed to “read less.” In
one Canadian university, I was told
that my promotion depended upon
student evaluations largely and that
I should make the students have fun
and not give much work ...
The tuk-tuk rocks and splashes
through the mud, and my guide
for the day, Jaswinder Kaur, giggles. "I
don't trust this driver,” she says. “But
I trust God!”. We are on our way to
Jai Hind camp, home to about 1,200
families in the south of Delhi, India.
Here, more than anywhere else in the
Indian capital, life revolves around
water. Tankers carry water to the camp
seven times a day and, until recently,
filling up a couple of 50-litre tanks was
an ugly game, explains Kaur, who works
with the Forum for Organised Resource
Conservation and Enhancement (Force),
a charity trying to improve sanitation
and access to clean water in India.
Fights often broke out around the
vehicles in the past, meaning only the
strongest would secure enough water
to last their families for a few days.
This left the elderly, sick and marginalised
ethnic groups with little water
to drink, bathe or wash their clothes.
In Jai Hind, things are slowly improving.
The camp is classified as a
'notified slum', which means that the
government acknowledges its presence
on public land and commits to
take care of sanitation, water drainage
systems, food supply and other basic
needs of the local population. Here, the
public administration teamed up with
another charity, WaterAid India, to
build a community toilet block –reducing
the problem of open defecation ...
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Atlanta —In the molecular dance
that gave birth to life on Earth,
RNA appears to be a central player.
But the origins of the molecule, which
can store genetic information as DNA
does and speed chemical reactions as
proteins do, remain a mystery. Now, a
team of researchers has shown for the
first time that a set of simple starting
materials, which were likely present
on early Earth, can produce all four of
RNA’s chemical building blocks.
Those building blocks —cytosine,
uracil, adenine, and guanine— have
previously been re-created in the lab
from other starting materials. In 2009,
chemists led by John Sutherland at
the University of Cambridge in the UK
devised a set of five compounds likely
present on early Earth that could give
rise to cytosine and uracil, collectively
known as pyrimidines. Then, 2 years
ago, researchers led by Thomas Carell,
a chemist at Ludwig Maximilian University
in Munich, Germany, reported
that his team had an equally easy
way to form adenine and guanine,
the building blocks known as purines.
But the two sets of chemical reactions
were different. No one knew how the
conditions for making both pairs of
building blocks could have occurred in
the same place at the same time.
Now, Carell says he may have the
answer. On Tuesday, at the Origins
of Life Workshop, he reported that he
and his colleagues have come up with
a simple set of reactions that could
have given rise to all four RNA bases. ...
When we think of hallucinations,
we think of phenomena that are
not real —created, in a way, by an aberration
in our minds. But from one perspective,
these visual illusions are just as
real as anything else we might see.
Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director
of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness
Science at the University of Sussex,
researches the biological basis of the
otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness,
which he defines as the state when
there is “something it is like to be” an
organism. (For example, there is something
like the way it is to be a mouse,
but not a coffee mug.) And he wants to
understand how this shapes how we
experience the world.
“Most ambitiously, we want a unified
theory of perception,” Seth said
about the goal of the lab. “Time, vision,
hearing...we want to explain that.”
The Sackler Centre is home base for
Seth’s world of neuroscience, but also
philosophers, physicists, computational
scientists, and artists —creating
a multidisciplinary tableau through
which to look at questions about the
mind and brain. Seth and his team are
applying a range of methods and tools
—from computational science and
virtual reality to brain imaging— ...
The latest research states that
between 6.4 and 7.5 hours of sleep
per night is ideal for most people. But
some need more and others less. A
contingent out there, mostly women,
do surprisingly well on just six hours.
There is even some data to suggest
that a slim minority, around three percent
of the population, thrive on just
three hours sleep per night, with no ill
effects. Of course, most people need
much more.
Americans are getting far less sleep
today than in the past. Cutting out
needful rest could damage your health,
long-term —as a recent study showed,
sleep is essential to clearing the brain
of toxins that build up over the course
of the day. It also helps in memory
formation and allows other organs to
repair themselves. Our professional
lives and our natural cycles don’t always
mesh. Often, they are at odds.
What if you are insanely busy, like
ten times the norm? Say you are going
to medical school, earning your PhD,
or are trying to get a business off the
ground. There may not be enough hours
in the day for what you have to do.
One thing you can do is rearrange
your sleep cycle to give yourself more
time. Paleoanthropologists espouse that
our ancestors probably didn’t sleep for
seven hours at a clip, as it would make
them easy prey. Instead, they probably
slept at different periods throughout the
day and night, and you can too. ...
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It's October right now, so your doctor
has prescribed that you step outside
and appreciate a cloud.
Or maybe you could write a worry
onto a stone and throw it into the sea.
And then perhaps try to find 10 different
species of fungus (hopefully outside
your home, not in it).
All the above are suggestions from
a new 'Nature Prescriptions' program
being rolled out to GPs in Scotland's
Shetland Islands this week.
After a successful pilot at a surgery in
Scalloway, all of Shetland's doctors can
now literally prescribe 'nature' to their
patients as part of their overall treatment
strategy.
The project, jointly run by NHS
Shetland and RSPB Scotland, is thought
to be the first of its kind in the UK,
and those behind it expect the scheme
to improve patients' blood pressure,
reduce their risk of heart disease and
strokes, plus give their happiness and
mental health a boost.
“There is overwhelming evidence
that nature has health benefits for body
and mind,” says RSPB community engagement
officer Karen MacKelvie.
“So, we saw an opportunity to design
a leaflet that helps doctors describe ...
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Need proof for why bicycles are a
good way to change the world?
Here are some good examples.
1. They provide alternative transportation.
For example, if 5 percent of
New Yorker commuting by car —either
private or taxi— were to bike to work,
they could save 150 million pounds
of CO2 emissions per year. That’s the
equivalent to the amount of CO2 reduced
by planting a forest 1.3 times the
size of Manhattan.
2. They’re a form of empowerment.
World Bicycle Relief, for example,
provides 50,000 bikes to students in
Africa —70 percent of them to girls. If
a girl can ride to school, she can get an
education.
3. They make people happy. It’s less
stressful than driving, and it helps us
sleep better. ... bicycling brings satisfaction
to both the rich and the poor.
4. They make us healthier. Even
if you are physically active, if you’re
driving to work you are more likely to
gain weight than someone who rides to
work. Women who bike 30 minutes a
day have a lower risk of breast cancer.
5. They’re good for the economy.
Biking instead of driving saves you
money, to the tune of almost $8,000
per year. ... And if you believe in supporting
local businesses, then you
should believe in bikes: customers
who arrive by bicycle are more likely
to spend money.
More than 4,000 prisoners with
serious mental illness are being
held in solitary confinement in US
prisons, according to new research,
despite the knowledge that holding
people in isolation exacerbates mental
problems and can even trigger them.
A survey by Yale law researchers
together with the Association of State
Correctional Administrators (ASCA)
has revealed the shocking prevalence
of solitary confinement among prisoners
struggling with profound mental
health issues. They are kept in total
isolation for at least 22 hours a day for
15 continuous days or more.
The ASCA and Arthur Liman Center
at Yale law school found that most
states in America are holding mentally
ill individuals in isolation. Of the 33
states that responded to the survey
with details, only one state, Texas,
said it had no such inmates in solitary
confinement.
Thirteen of the states that replied
–more than a third– revealed that
at least 10% of their male prisoners
classified as having mental health
problems were being held in isolation.
Missouri had the highest number
–703 inmates– while New Mexico had
the highest proportion, with some 64%
of its mentally ill prisoners being kept
in solitary.
“This is tragic,” said Judith Resnik ...
A new report suggests that the problem
is more widespread than scientists
realized. Huge numbers of bugs
have been lost in a pristine national
forest in Puerto Rico, the study found,
and the forest's insect-eating animals
have gone missing, too.
In 2014, an international team of
biologists estimated that, in the past
35 years, the abundance of invertebrates
such as beetles and bees had
decreased by 45 percent.
In places where long-term insect
data are available, mainly in Europe,
insect numbers are plummeting.
A study last year showed a 76 percent
decrease in flying insects in the
past few decades in German nature
preserves.
The latest report, published Monday (Oct. 15) in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, shows
that this startling loss of insect abundance
extends to the Americas.
The study's authors implicate
climate change in the loss of tropical
invertebrates.
“This study in PNAS is a real wakeup
call —a clarion call— that the phenomenon
could be much, much bigger,
and across many more ecosystems,"
said David Wagner, an expert in invertebrate
conservation at the University
of Connecticut who was not involved
with this research. He added: “This is
one of the most disturbing articles I
have ever read.” ...
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