The Appreciative Heart: The Psychophysiology of Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning

This monograph is an overview of Institute of HeartMath's research on the physiological correlates of positive emotions and the science underlying two core HeartMath techniques which supports Heart-Based Living. The heart's connection with love and other positive emotions has survived throughout millennia and across many diverse cultures. New empirical research is providing scientific validation for this age-old association. This 21-page monograph offers a comprehensive understanding of the Institute of HeartMath's cutting-edge research exploring the heart's central role in emotional experience. Described in detail is physiological coherence, a distinct mode of physiological functioning, which is generated during sustained positive emotions and linked with beneficial health and performance-related outcomes. The monograph also provides steps and applications of two HeartMath techniques, Freeze-Frame(R) and Heart Lock-In(R), which engage the heart to help transform stress and produce sustained states of coherence. Data from outcome studies are presented, which suggest that these techniques facilitate a beneficial repatterning process at the mental, emotional and physiological levels

Resilience 101: A Resilience Education Intervention for College Freshmen

This evidence-based project sought to evaluate resilience in freshmen college students enrolled in a Bridge scholar program (BSP) in a liberal arts university in the southeastern United States. The American College Health Association (ACHA) found that stress and anxiety were the top two indicators for impacting academics in 2019 and had been at the top since 2009 at the university of study (ACHA, 2019). The study used a pretest and posttest design method with the implementation of a five-week resilience education intervention. There was no significant difference found in students’ resilience, health promoting behaviors, anxiety or stress from baseline to two months. However, there was a significant increase in students’ knowledge of resilience, stress and anxiety demonstrated from baseline to 2 months supporting the hypothesis (Z=2.787, p=.005). Results of the data may have been influenced by the current pandemic. Limitations of the study included a small sample size and limited time for the intervention. Future research should focus on a resilience education intervention for all college students, beginning in their freshmen year and continuing throughout their college career in an effort to prevent mental health problems and support student\u27s future well-being. Keywords: resilience, anxiety, stress, intervention, college student

Resilience 101: A Resilience Education Intervention for College Freshmen

This evidence-based project sought to evaluate resilience in freshmen college students enrolled in a Bridge scholar program (BSP) in a liberal arts university in the southeastern United States. The American College Health Association (ACHA) found that stress and anxiety were the top two indicators for impacting academics in 2019 and had been at the top since 2009 at the university of study (ACHA, 2019). The study used a pretest and posttest design method with the implementation of a five-week resilience education intervention. The research questions (Q1-5) were: Q1: What effect did the intervention have on BSP student\u27s resilience? Q2: What effect did the intervention have on BSP student’s health promoting behaviors? Q3: What effect did the intervention have on BSP student\u27s perceived stress? Q4: What effect did the intervention have on BSP student’s anxiety? Q5: What effect did the intervention have on BSP student\u27s knowledge of resilience, anxiety, and stress? There was no significant difference found in students’ resilience, health promoting behaviors, anxiety, or stress from baseline to two months. However, there was a slightly significant increase in students’ knowledge of resilience, stress and anxiety demonstrated from baseline to 2 months supporting the hypothesis (Z=2.787, p=.005). Results of the data may have been influenced by the current pandemic. Limitations of the study included a small sample size and limited time for the intervention. Future research should focus on a resilience education intervention for all college students, beginning in their freshmen year and continuing throughout their college career to prevent mental health problems and support student\u27s future well-being. Keywords: resilience, anxiety, stress, intervention, college student

The Non-government Report on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia, Contribution by SCALES authors

This non-government report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child responds to the Australian Government’s Combined Second and Third Reports and makes recommendations to further Australia’s compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This report was prepared by the National Children’s and Youth Law Centre and Defence for Children International (Australia) following consultations with a wide range of people working with children and young people in Australia across many sectors as well as some participation and input from children and young people themselves

Talkin' 'Bout OER

This is an informational document with talking points about open educational resources for different potential audiences, like faculty, administrators, and students. The document was started as a brainstorming activity at an OER Workshop at UT Austin on July 24, 2018.UT LibrariesCenter for Open Educational Resources and Language Learnin

Some Studies Upon Boolean-Schröder Algebra

As a basis of reference the assumptions and theorems of the Boole-Schröder system are given in full below. In general, the proofs of the theorems are not included, as they may be found in the treatise on the subject by these two men. However, in the case of a few of the theorems, new and original proofs were deemed to be of sufficient interest to be included here. In the proofs which are included the following form has been used throughout. The page is divided into two columns, the logical steps of the proof appearing in the left column, and the corresponding justifications opposite them on the right. The latter are given by numbers which refer to the appropriate definition, axiom, or theorem