allantoin (which stimulates cellular growth and tissue regeneration), and mucilage (which reduces pain and discomfort). Plantain has astringent properties, and a tea made from the leaves can be ingested to treat diarrhea and soothe raw internal membranes. A truly amazing plant. ...
This is often specifically related to work but of course feelings of burnout can be impacted or compounded by other life events and caring roles too. Even if we know good stress management techniques, this often isn’t enough. Burnout is a very common phenomena in the ‘helping professions’...
I’m basically an explorer. Even if exploration doesn’t come naturally to you, I believe scientists of every temperament can learn to explore. I'd like to help everyone here become more creative, more open to opportunity, and, perhaps, be able to experience the thrill of making a discover...
Many common drugs were created to treat different ailments: a candidate for treating angina with a remarkable side effect found a higher calling as Viagra! I'm sorry to say that 'serendipity' was voted to be one of...
*By dhamma, the Buddha is referring to phenomena, or the total of one’s experience, including all mental events that arise within us from moment to moment. Each of the Four Foundations of Mindfulness is generally seen as a stage of learning to be completely mindful in each moment. That ...
And so on. An attractive alternative might be a reductionist account of authority and decision-making phenomena which treats groups that pursue their own goals as discontinuous sites of emergent sui generic individual agency i.e. rational agency is a time-bound commitment to “unity” of purpose,...
But that innate skill at pigeonholing noises may be part of the reason why it's so unsettling to hear a sound that we can't identify. It doesn't help our anxiety level either that people have long associated mysterious sounds with paranormal phenomena, such as poltergeists. Thanks to the...
How should we get along with our classmates? This issue may not have been thoroughly considered by anyone, but it has caused us to engage in fights, verbal abuse, and other negative phenomena. How should we get along with our classmates? We should help our classmates when they encounter dif...
These phenomena can be at several levels—individual, teams, or cultures; in professional settings like business, education, training, health, government, or military institutions; and in either public or private sector, in nonprofit or for-profit institutions. ...
The literature addressing the adjustment of expatriates uses a variety of terms (acculturation, adaptation, adjustment) to examine the same phenomena, but the fundamental concern is with the expatriate’s ability to fit into their new country (Nolan & Morley,2014). In a series of publications, ...