The Effects of a Love-Wisdom Meditation on Urinary Catecholamines Excretion, Anxiety, Depression, and Kinesiology Levels in Participants Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse

This study examines the effects of a love-wisdom meditation on the mind, body, and spirit. Experiencing "love" through an intentional love meditation was a motivating factor in the undertaking of this study. Intention and the mind-body-spirit connection are explored. The 32 subjects included in this study were men and women who had a history of sexual abuse. Subjects were volunteers from a Western North Carolina paper advertisement as well as from a local counseling agency. Subjects acted as participants and controls, and were tested three times: pre-control period, post-controllpreintervention and post intervention. The control period was two weeks and the intervention was a daily meditation practice for three weeks. To evaluate the mind's reaction to the meditation practice, the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Zung Selfrating Depression Scale were used, assessing anxiety and depression levels. To evaluate the body's reaction to the meditation practice, urinary catecholamines (dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine) were measured 2-3 hours after waking

The Effects of a Love-Wisdom Meditation on Urinary Catecholamines Excretion, Anxiety, Depression, and Kinesiology Levels in Participants Who Have a History of Sexual Abuse

This study examines the effects of a love-wisdom meditation on the mind, body, and spirit. Experiencing "love" through an intentional love meditation was a motivating factor in the undertaking of this study. Intention and the mind-body-spirit connection are explored. The 32 subjects included in this study were men and women who had a history of sexual abuse. Subjects were volunteers from a Western North Carolina paper advertisement as well as from a local counseling agency. Subjects acted as participants and controls, and were tested three times: pre-control period, post-controllpreintervention and post intervention. The control period was two weeks and the intervention was a daily meditation practice for three weeks. To evaluate the mind's reaction to the meditation practice, the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Zung Selfrating Depression Scale were used, assessing anxiety and depression levels. To evaluate the body's reaction to the meditation practice, urinary catecholamines (dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine) were measured 2-3 hours after waking

Maximizing Accessibility in Online Courses

In their creation of online courses, instructional designers may inadvertently overlook the needs of learners with disabilities. However, creating accessible online courses isn’t merely a nice to do activity; it is required by federal law. Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, for example, specifically prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities by any federal agency receiving federal funds; this includes colleges and universities.

Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning

The Mammoth Cave International Center for Science and Learning (MCICSL) is a cooperative venture of Mammoth Cave National Park and Western Kentucky University. Funding, logistical support, and governance of MCICSL are shared equally by both entities. MCICSL is part of a national network of research learning centers located within the National Park Service. The goals of MCICSL and the other research learning centers are to: I. Facilitate the use of parks for scientific inquiry. II. Support science-informed decision making. III. Communicate the relevance of and provide access to knowledge gained through scientific research. IV. Promote science literacy and resource stewardship. MCICSL has been operational since the middle of 2005, so it is still building programs. Current staffing consists of a Research Director (Toomey) and a part-time Education Program Specialist (Trimboli). In spite of the limited staff, MCICSL is meeting its goals and is leading both research and education based programs

Camera Sensor Exposure Control During Camera Launch

This publication describes systems and techniques directed at fusing spectral-sensor data to drive the exposure control during the boot-up of a camera sensor on an electronic device. Fusing this data into the calibration of the camera during boot-up may significantly improve the execution time of the exposure control algorithm that ensures exposure readiness. In addition, since the exposure is critical to the focus-finding algorithm, these techniques may improve overall capture readiness times. By shortening the camera boot-up time, the camera is ready sooner to capture images, making a user less likely to miss capturing desired moments due to the camera not being ready as the moment occurs

The Freshman, vol. 4, no. 26

The Freshman was a weekly, student newsletter issued on Mondays throughout the academic year. The newsletter included calendar notices, coverage of campus social events, lectures, and athletic teams. The intent of the publication was to create unity, a sense of community, and class spirit among first year students

The Freshman, vol. 4, no. 25

The Freshman was a weekly, student newsletter issued on Mondays throughout the academic year. The newsletter included calendar notices, coverage of campus social events, lectures, and athletic teams. The intent of the publication was to create unity, a sense of community, and class spirit among first year students. The Class of 1937 run of The Freshman featured original cover art by sketch artist Jack Frost (John Edward Frost, 1915-1997), who was born in Eastport, Maine. He attended the University of Maine for only a single academic year before moving to Massachusetts to work for the Boston Herald. Frost later became a columnist and illustrator for the Boston Post

The Freshman, vol. 4, no. 24

The Freshman was a weekly, student newsletter issued on Mondays throughout the academic year. The newsletter included calendar notices, coverage of campus social events, lectures, and athletic teams. The intent of the publication was to create unity, a sense of community, and class spirit among first year students. The Class of 1937 run of The Freshman featured original cover art by sketch artist Jack Frost (John Edward Frost, 1915-1997), who was born in Eastport, Maine. He attended the University of Maine for only a single academic year before moving to Massachusetts to work for the Boston Herald. Frost later became a columnist and illustrator for the Boston Post

High-resolution age modelling of peat bogs from northern Alberta, Canada, using pre- and post-bomb 14 C, 210 Pb and historical cryptotephra

High-resolution studies of peat profiles are frequently undertaken to investigate natural and anthropogenic disturbances over time. However, overlapping profiles of the most commonly applied age-dating techniques, including 14C and 210Pb, often show significant offsets (>decadal) and biases that can be difficult to resolve. Here we investigate variations in the chronometers and individual site histories from six ombrotrophic peat bogs in central and northern Alberta. Dates produced using pre- and post-bomb 14C, 210Pb (corroborated with 137Cs and 241Am), and cryptotephra peaks, are compared and then integrated using OxCal's P_Sequence function to produce a single Bayesian age model. Environmental histories for each site obtained using physical and chemical characteristics of the peat cores, e.g. plant macrofossils, humification, ash content and dry density, provide important constraints for the models by highlighting periods with significant changes in accumulation rate, e.g. fire events, permafrost development, and prolonged surficial drying. Despite variable environmental histories, it is possible to produce high-resolution age-depth models for each core sequence. Consistent offsets between 14C and 210Pb dates pre-1960s are seen at five of the six sites, but tephra-corrected 210Pb data can be used to produce more coherent models at three of these sites. Processes such as permafrost development and thaw, surficial drying and local fires can disrupt the normal processes by which chronological markers and environmental records are incorporated in the peat record. In consequence, applying standard dating methodologies to these records will result in even greater uncertainties and discrepancies between the different dating tools. These results show that using any single method to accurately date peat profiles where accumulation has not been uniform over time may be unreliable, but a comprehensive multi-method investigation paired with the application of Bayesian statistics can produce more robust chronologies. New cryptotephra data for the Alberta region are also reported here, including the historical Novarupta-Katmai 1912 eruption, White River Ash (East), and glass from Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Churchill, and probable Aleutian sources

The Freshman, vol. 4, no. 12

The Freshman was a weekly, student newsletter issued on Mondays throughout the academic year. The newsletter included calendar notices, coverage of campus social events, lectures, and athletic teams. The intent of the publication was to create unity, a sense of community, and class spirit among first year students. Social news leading into the holiday season is the focus of this edition. The Class of 1937 run of The Freshman featured original cover art by sketch artist Jack Frost (John Edward Frost, 1915-1997), who was born in Eastport, Maine. He attended the University of Maine for only a single academic year before moving to Massachusetts to work for the Boston Herald. Frost later became a columnist and illustrator for the Boston Post