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Showing 1 to 20 of 91 for “"Not-Self"”.
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An Experiential Perspective on the Buddhist Not-Self: Implications for Western Psychology
… on Western psychology. One important aspect, not-self, is a central component of Buddhist thinking concerning psychological health and well-being. The present study explored the Buddhist concept of not-self as articulated by traditional, highly experienced practitioners of Theravāda Buddhism …
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An Experiential Perspective on the Buddhist Not-Self: Implications for Western Psychology
… on Western psychology. One important aspect, not-self, is a central component of Buddhist thinking concerning psychological health and well-being. The present study explored the Buddhist concept of not-self as articulated by traditional, highly experienced practitioners of Theravāda Buddhism …
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The Glutathione S-Transferase GliG Mediates Gliotoxin Biosynthesis, not Self-Protection, in Aspergillus fumigatus: A Functional Genomic Investigation.
… is a gliotoxin oxidoreductase responsible for self-protection and disulphide bridge closure. Deletion of gliG, herein shown to be an epoxide-conjugating glutathione stransferase, from the gli cluster results in loss of gliG expression and the complete abrogation of gliotoxin biosynthesis. …
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Self-presentation on social media – when self-enhancement confronts self-verification in a virtual public space
… examined the impact of social media on people’s self-evaluation (e.g. Valkenburg, Peter & Schouten, 2006; Vogel, Rose, Roberts & Eckles, 2014; Gonzales & Hancock, 2009). However, there has not been any research that examined this issue from the perspective of psychological motives – that is, what …
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Is Marital Status A Determinant Of Self-Monitoring Of Blood Glucose?
… associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a technique used achieve glycemic control by revealing day-to-day changes in blood glucose levels. Since marriage protective effects have been shown for mortality, especially for men, it is useful to …
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Examining parenting outcomes of childhood sexual abuse survivors utilizing observation and self-report methods.
… non-CSA mothers utilizing both observational and self-report methods and to examine the unique impact of CSA on parenting attitudes. Abuse status was determined by scores on the Sexual Abuse subscale of the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), with the CSA group comprised of mothers scoring in …
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Will you be my mentor? Self-selecting a mentor during student teaching.
… study was to investigate student teachers who self-selected mentors during student teachings and the ways they perceived support and professional advice compared to student teachers who did not self-select mentors. The study looked at the nature of the mentoring relationship with student …
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Essays on Self-Control
… dissertation concerns methods to test whether or not self-control</p><p>is costly, the form of temptation, and the affects different assumptions</p><p>about costly self-control and temptation have on optimal borrowing</p><p>and saving mechanisms. The second chapter shows that costly …
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The Evolution and Testing of an Aerovalve Pulsejet Engine
… goal of this project was to develop and test a self-aspirating aerovalve pulsejet and measure its operating characteristics. An investigation of pulsejets developed by previous experimenters revealed design trends associated with the engine geometry. These trends were followed in the development …
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The effect of using technology and self-monitoring to teach basic facts to children at risk
… of this study was to investigate whether or not the use of technology would increase automaticity of basic subtraction facts with "at risk" students and whether or not self-monitoring would motivate "at risk" students to improve their math scores to achieve automaticity of basic subtraction …
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Beyond Reading, Writing and Math- At the Forefront Social and Emotional Learning
… needed to learn in a group. Young children are not self-managing and have difficulty regulating how they learn in school. Social and emotional learning programs support student SEL skills in schools. In this study, Sky Harbor’s implementation of the Second Step Program was evaluated. An analysis …
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Interpreting abuse from self-representational drawings: a mixed-method study
… the interpreters differentiate between self-representational drawings created by persons who have experienced abuse and persons who have not been abused. This study used a non-clinical sample of 196 self-representational drawings created by college students, and 60 independent judges who …
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Satisfaction and journalism: a study of newsroom happiness and its implications in print design
… difference was driven by whether the designer self-identified as a journalist, not necessarily from the organizational structure the designer worked in. Seven of the ten designers self-identified as journalists, and they valued the quality of the whole newspaper, content creation and how their …
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Verbal Irony in the Short Fiction of Charles Nodier: A Computer-Assisted Study (France)
… the words of a character or narrator who is not self-conscious.
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Multi-Generational Cycles of Poverty and Prosperity
… This is evidence that most wealth in America is not self-made, but passed down from generation to generation, making social mobility--moving past the economic state in which one was born--much more difficult than commonly perceived. Much of the current wealth being inherited in America today was …
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Youth Gardening: Opportunities for Strengthening Life Skills and Educational Achievement with Special Populations
… preventative program by examining the effects on self-concept. The study involved two groups of inner city youth participating in a Department of Parks and Recreation summer program. The test group participated in gardening activities while the control group did not. Self-concept was evaluated …
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ADHD and Medical Correlates of Bullying of Pediatric Neurofibromatosis Patients
… NF1 is a multisystem disease with a complex phenotype. Given the range in severity of presentation in NF1, research has shown that disease severity could impact children's social-emotional functioning. Physical deformities such as tumor growth often are associated with NF1, and as a result, …
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Ostracism and Antisocial Behavior: The Role of Perceived Justice, Entitlement, and Anger
… hypotheses, unjust ostracism participants did not report greater dishonest behavioral intentions, anger, or sense of entitlement compared to just ostracism and control participants. Interestingly, however, Study 1 found that <em>just</em> ostracism may actually decrease dishonest intentions and …
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BUPROPION SR ON DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN SMOKERS: SELF-REPORTS, EEG, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
… power and parietal asymmetry whereas placebo did not. Self-reports on depressive symptoms with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were also collected but they did not change after bupropion treatment, suggesting that EEG measures are more sensitive to subtle/early bupropion’s antidepressant …
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Eliciting Student Voice to Explore the Need for Culturally Responsive Teaching in Secondary Schools
… and school climate in that students who did not self-identify as part of the school community, or identified other groups as not part of the school community, did so on the basis of perceived differences. Secondly, daily interactions with school peers had a profound effect on student …
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