The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Managing Perceptions".
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Putting Things into Perspective".
The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Managing Perceptions" and will show you how to manage your perceptions about what is and isn't a threat in your world.
"Motivation is intrinsic. Coaches cannot motivate individuals. They examine and clarify the individual’s values, purpose and vision, and collaboratively set goals that ‘pull’ the individual towards achieving them.” True? False? This is worth the discussion. A small essay
Many at times, we struggle to understand why we sometimes have feelings such as joy, sadness, fear and anger. And this doesn’t apply just to ourselves: do you ever find yourself looking at someone and trying to second-guess their behaviour, or wondering what is going on inside their head?
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Putting Things into Perspective".
The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Managing Perceptions" and will show you how to manage your perceptions about what is and isn't a threat in your world.
"Motivation is intrinsic. Coaches cannot motivate individuals. They examine and clarify the individual’s values, purpose and vision, and collaboratively set goals that ‘pull’ the individual towards achieving them.” True? False? This is worth the discussion. A small essay
Many at times, we struggle to understand why we sometimes have feelings such as joy, sadness, fear and anger. And this doesn’t apply just to ourselves: do you ever find yourself looking at someone and trying to second-guess their behaviour, or wondering what is going on inside their head?
A Brain-based Approach to Understanding Conflict Styles: and why we react the...Caliber Leadership Systems
In this presentation at the 2010 Inform Canada Conference, Behavioral Change Expert Nancy Dranitsaris explains what happens in the brain during stress and how our brain is wired to react based on our Striving Style.
Empower and Enhance your Emotional Intelligence.pdfAles Z. Serra
What is emotional intelligence? How to improve your emotional intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is a person's ability to manage and control his or her own emotions and to have the ability to control the emotions of others as well.
Some researchers indicate that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim that it is a hereditary trait.
Emotional intelligence is a very relevant capacity in leadership. It is said to have five main components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
Emotional intelligence is the basis for a successful relationship with oneself and others. Several studies have linked emotional intelligence to key success factors in life, such as increased effectiveness, relationships, well-being and quality of life. EQ has been found to be twice as important a determinant of performance ability as IQ, although the two are often wrongly regarded as incompatible.
In this book we will explain and illustrate how you can use your Emotional Intelligence to improve your personal life or in the professional world.
The self-esteem movement has swept through Western culture over the past 50 years, with parents and teachers alike doubling down on the idea that improving children’s self-confidence will lead to improved performance, and a more successful life in general.
A group program using Compassion Focused Therapy, adapted from the book CFT Made Easy by Russel Kolts, and The Power of Self Compassion by Mary Welford and the Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Reactions-It is instinctual to act /say/write/behave stemming from the subconscious mind without filtering process running on auto-pilot without thinking first and considering its implications
Reactions are like a puppy who hasn’t been trained.
That untrained puppy is going to bark at every dog it sees, jump at every passing neighbor, and then he’ll eat your dinner … as soon as he sees it.
Responses –Are more thoughtful, first explore in mind the possible outcomes, weighing the pros and cons and considering what would be best in the situation.
Responses are more like the well-trained and well-behaved dog who comes when you call him, barks only when there’s a reason to bark, and waits patiently for his treat.
A Brain-based Approach to Understanding Conflict Styles: and why we react the...Caliber Leadership Systems
In this presentation at the 2010 Inform Canada Conference, Behavioral Change Expert Nancy Dranitsaris explains what happens in the brain during stress and how our brain is wired to react based on our Striving Style.
Empower and Enhance your Emotional Intelligence.pdfAles Z. Serra
What is emotional intelligence? How to improve your emotional intelligence?
Emotional intelligence is a person's ability to manage and control his or her own emotions and to have the ability to control the emotions of others as well.
Some researchers indicate that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim that it is a hereditary trait.
Emotional intelligence is a very relevant capacity in leadership. It is said to have five main components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills.
Emotional intelligence is the basis for a successful relationship with oneself and others. Several studies have linked emotional intelligence to key success factors in life, such as increased effectiveness, relationships, well-being and quality of life. EQ has been found to be twice as important a determinant of performance ability as IQ, although the two are often wrongly regarded as incompatible.
In this book we will explain and illustrate how you can use your Emotional Intelligence to improve your personal life or in the professional world.
The self-esteem movement has swept through Western culture over the past 50 years, with parents and teachers alike doubling down on the idea that improving children’s self-confidence will lead to improved performance, and a more successful life in general.
A group program using Compassion Focused Therapy, adapted from the book CFT Made Easy by Russel Kolts, and The Power of Self Compassion by Mary Welford and the Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
Reactions-It is instinctual to act /say/write/behave stemming from the subconscious mind without filtering process running on auto-pilot without thinking first and considering its implications
Reactions are like a puppy who hasn’t been trained.
That untrained puppy is going to bark at every dog it sees, jump at every passing neighbor, and then he’ll eat your dinner … as soon as he sees it.
Responses –Are more thoughtful, first explore in mind the possible outcomes, weighing the pros and cons and considering what would be best in the situation.
Responses are more like the well-trained and well-behaved dog who comes when you call him, barks only when there’s a reason to bark, and waits patiently for his treat.
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The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "People and Groups".
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "Assertiveness Training".
Trauma, Terrorism, Catastrophes and Pastoral CareProf. Ced.docxturveycharlyn
Trauma,
Terrorism, Catastrophes and
Pastoral Care
Prof. Cedric Johnson
PC 408
Spring 2017
Trauma & Recovery
What is trauma?
What are some of the ways that you or people you know have experienced trauma?
What is (1) hyperarousal, (2) intrusion and (3) constriction.
What surprised you from the readings?
The systems that give people a sense of control, connection and meaning are overwhelmed.
The incident includes threats to life or bodily integrity, a close personal encounter with violence, or witnessing grotesque death.
The event engenders a feeling of intense fear, helplessness, loss of control, and threat of annihilation.
Trauma often occurs when…
So the healing process must address the reestablishment of control, connection and meaning!
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Trauma & Recovery
When the force is of nature, we speak of disasters or catastrophes.
When the force is that of other human beings, we speak of atrocities or terrorism.
What is “overwhelming” about the experience of trauma?
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Auto Accident
Assault
Being Robbed
Domestic Violence
Death of a Loved One
Witnessing Terror
Natural Disaster
Miscarriage
Infertility
Suicide
Bullying
Abandonment
Adoption
Divorce
Childbirth
Abortion
Wartime Experiences
Emotional, Physical or Sexual Abuse
Slavery, Apartheid or other forms of domination
Pastor dies, leaves or is dismissed
Potentially Traumatic Experiences
Trauma undermines the belief systems that give meaning to human experience.
Traumatized persons can lose trust in themselves, in other people, and in God.
The Traumatized Self
Traumatic Stress
PTSD references a “disorder” characterized by symptoms that imply a high level of daily dysfunction which emerges in the wake of a traumatic experience.
Countless untreated people have sub-clinical traumas that do not impinge severely upon their activities of daily living.
The ordinary response to danger entails a complex system of reactions.
Threat arouses the nervous system, causing the endangered person to go into a state of alert.
Concentration on the immediate threat, allows a person to disregard fatigue or pain.
Changes in arousal, attention, perception, and emotion mobilize the person for either “fightor flight.”
An Ordinary Response
If there is neither time nor strength for fight or flight and death appears imminent, the body will freeze.
The victim of trauma enters an altered state – time slows down, there is no fear or pain.
Fight, Flight or Freeze
Many trauma survivors feel guilt and shame for freezing and not doing more to protect themselves by fighting back or running away.
Understanding that freezing is an automatic response can facilitate the healing process.
Fight, Flight or Freeze
Trauma occurs when the human system for self-defense becomes overwhelmed and/or meaning-making structures become undermined.
Components of our “survival” system tend to persist in an exaggerated state long after the actual danger is over.
Traumatic events can thus produce lasting ...
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "The Origins of Assertiveness".
Academy of Purpose - Stress, Resilience, & Mindset - Week 5Fuse13
In these very challenging times it is important that we get a handle on ourselves. This class will look at:
Understanding and managing stress?
We will explore Resilience and how you can develop yours.
You will understand how your mindset affects what’s going on around you.
Finding Inner Peace_ The Best Meditations for Overcoming Fear.pdfKnowing Overt
Fear is a universal emotion that frequently rears its head in our lives. It's the instinctive response that sends our hearts racing, palms sweating, and minds racing. But fear isn't always an adversary; it's an evolutionary adaptation designed to protect us from potential threats.
The “Course Topics” series from Manage Train Learn and Slide Topics is a collection of over 4000 slides that will help you master a wide range of management and personal development skills. The 202 PowerPoints in this series offer you a complete and in-depth study of each topic. This presentation is on "The Nature of Stress".
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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The Power Pics series from ManageTrainLearn and Slide Topics is a large collection of images for you to use in your documents, presentations, and commercial work. Each presentation gives you a single theme with 25 carefully-chosen images which you can then download to use in your work. You can use them to enhance the look of a slide, to create a mood, for a touch of drama, emotion, or wonder, to illustrate a topic, or as an effective background. If the license allows, you can use them to create new images and slides of your own. Of course, you can also just sit back, browse through them, and enjoy them as they are. Where presentations are concerned, great images are priceless because every one is worth a thousand words.
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Ethanol (CH3CH2OH), or beverage alcohol, is a two-carbon alcohol
that is rapidly distributed in the body and brain. Ethanol alters many
neurochemical systems and has rewarding and addictive properties. It
is the oldest recreational drug and likely contributes to more morbidity,
mortality, and public health costs than all illicit drugs combined. The
5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM-5) integrates alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence into a single
disorder called alcohol use disorder (AUD), with mild, moderate,
and severe subclassifications (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
In the DSM-5, all types of substance abuse and dependence have been
combined into a single substance use disorder (SUD) on a continuum
from mild to severe. A diagnosis of AUD requires that at least two of
the 11 DSM-5 behaviors be present within a 12-month period (mild
AUD: 2–3 criteria; moderate AUD: 4–5 criteria; severe AUD: 6–11 criteria).
The four main behavioral effects of AUD are impaired control over
drinking, negative social consequences, risky use, and altered physiological
effects (tolerance, withdrawal). This chapter presents an overview
of the prevalence and harmful consequences of AUD in the U.S.,
the systemic nature of the disease, neurocircuitry and stages of AUD,
comorbidities, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, genetic risk factors, and
pharmacotherapies for AUD.
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
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Disruption of blood supply to lung alveoli due to blockage of one or more pulmonary blood vessels is called as Pulmonary thromboembolism. In this presentation we will discuss its causes, types and its management in depth.
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
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2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
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Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
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INTRODUCTION
The process of perception is the way in which information
from the world around us is selected, organised and given
meaning. Perception gives rise to responses, depending on
how we interpret the stimuli. We can change our
interpretation at will by a simple change of perception and
thus change our response. Perception is the essential
mechanism by which we detect dangers in the environment
and is therefore the first step in triggering, or defusing, the
stress response.
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PERCEPTION OF DANGER
When our attention is drawn to an external set of stimuli,
we scan it with every part of our brains.
1. we look at it with our instinctive brains to decide if it
represents a danger
2. we look at it with our emotional brains to decide which
emotion it calls forth
3. we look at it with our thinking brains to make sense of
it.
In terms of our evolution as human beings, the instinctive
brain - which seeks out danger - is the oldest and most
important part of the brain for our survival. Every new or
familiar situation can thus be interpreted as a potential
threat, which our perception will then seek to confirm or
deny.
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SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
As children we don't start to apply our thinking brains to the
outside world until we are about three years old. Until this
age, we see the world as essentially protective. From this
age onwards, however, we begin to interpret the world as
either safe or hostile.
In order to survive in potentially hostile environments, we
develop one of three main strategies:
1. the power response: we learn to attack what we think is
threatening us
2. the sensation response: we learn to manipulate the
threat from others so that they won't harm us
3. the security response: we weigh up the situation and
find the safest way out of it.
These three strategies are carried with us throughout the
rest of our lives.
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SELF-PROTECTION
Our first experiences of hostile situations in childhood evoke
in us responses which, if they work, become programmed
into our brains as survival strategies.
The three main strategies - to attack others, to manipulate
others and to seek safety from others - provide three
centres of self-protection:
1. Power, (the aggressive approach)
2. Sensation (the compliant approach) and
3. Security (the defensive and avoiding approach).
These strategies enable us to cope in the world and, through
giving us protection, enable us to believe we are strong, safe
and worthy. However, these strategies are based on a view
of the world which is hostile. They are like castles where
everyone inside is safe and everyone outside is an enemy.
They thus separate us from the world and delude us that we
are coping when we are not.
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SELF-PROTECTIVE STRATEGIES
We have each learned to respond to perceived threats from
one of the 3 self-protective centres: Power, Sensation and
Security. Each of these centres has its own strategies:
1. Power strategies are beliefs that you are superior:
(a) I am stronger than they are.
(b) I am right; they are wrong.
(c) I don't have to face this situation so I won’t.
2. Sensation strategies believe you can change others:
(a) I'll be OK if I get them to want me.
(b) I'll be OK if I get them to like me.
(c) I'll be OK if I get them to treat me special.
3. Security strategies believe you can outsmart others:
(a) I'll be safe if I do what they want.
(b) I'll be safe if I work out what's going on.
(c) I'll be safe if I move quickly enough.
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PERCEPTIONS AND STRESS
When we adopt one of the self-protective strategies for
survival, as we all do from childhood onwards, we are also
acquiring our own stress-generating mechanisms. This is
because...
1. every time we perceive a situation as hostile, the stress
response is triggered, even if at a barely conscious level
2. our skill in using a survival strategy may reduce the
apparent amount of stress but it cannot avoid it
3. the more we perceive situations as threatening and use
an apparently successful strategy, the more we become
convinced that this approach works; it becomes an
addictive and repeated response.
By the time we are mature adults, many of us see the world
as a largely, hostile place in which we survive and thrive by
the skill with which we use our strategies.
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SELF-PROTECTIVE EMOTIONS
When we perceive the world as hostile, we use a strategy
for survival based on one of the three centres - Power,
Sensation, and Security. Each of these centres produces
emotions to help us survive but, because they recognise the
threat as a threat, they often only serve to reinforce our
stress.
1. emotions from the Power centre are: anger, annoyance,
irritation, impatience, frustration, exasperation, hate,
rage, fury, disdain, indignation, hostility. All these
emotions help us feel that we are in the right.
2. emotions from the Sensation centre are: frustration,
disappointment, disgust, grief, jealousy, boredom.
3. emotions from the Security centre are: fear, worry,
dread, anxiety, panic, terror, despair, hurt, sadness,
helplessness, loneliness, shame, guilt, embarrassment.
These emotions help us take avoiding action.
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PAY-OFFS
The pay-offs are the reasons we give ourselves for holding
on to self-protective strategies in face of a potentially
hostile world. Some of the reasonings are:
Power pay-offs
• I feel alive when I'm angry.
• I win and feel superior.
• I get to prove how strong I am.
Sensation pay-offs
• I get to play martyr (or victim).
• I get attention, sympathy, pity, approval, comfort.
• I get to share these feelings with others who feel the
same.
Security pay-offs
• I get to enjoy this fantasy of winning.
• It feels safe to keep a distance from others.
• I don't have to really experience what I'm feeling
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RIP-OFFS
When we operate from a hostile view of the world and use
our coping mechanisms, there is always a penalty to pay.
They are known as rip-offs, because, while we think we are
succeeding, we are not. We are being fooled. There are 12
types of "rip-offs".
They are:
1. physical exhaustion
2. separating emotions, such as fear and hate
3. feelings of low self-esteem from not being loved
4. inability to feel close to others
5. wasted energy on unnecessary conflict
6. missing the beauty around us
7. lack of spontaneity
8. lack of humour
9. ego conflicts
10. addictive "tunnel vision"
11. lack of growth
12. instead of enjoying life, pre-occupied with protecting it.
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CHANGING PERCEPTION
Unlike animals which respond to outside stimuli using their
instinctive and emotional brains, man has the capacity to
respond to outside stimuli by using his thinking brains: we
can actually decide whether to interpret a situation as
threatening or not.
1. we can simply refuse to interpret a situation as a threat
2. we can look at our own reactions to situations rationally
and ask ourselves what the real threat, if any, is
3. we can put things into perspective; very few situations
in life today are genuinely as threatening as we believe
they are
4. we can re-programme our thinking brains with new
strategies based not on a win-lose view of the world but
on a win-win one, not on self-protective separating, but
on open and trusting connectedness. In this way, we can
avoid false, addictive and stress-producing reactions.
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RE-PROGRAMMING
We can re-programme our perceptions in both the short-
term and long-term. The short-term approach can be used
whenever we need to make an off-the-cuff response to any
situation; for example, when the boss phones and says
"come and see me at once", perceptions based on the self-
protective strategies might evoke fear, anger, withdrawal,
ingratiating humour, excuses and so on.
The following re-programming responses avoid any such
stress-generating strategies:
1. suspend judgment until we know more
2. identify negative thoughts and put an immediate stop
on them
3. replace any negative thoughts and words with positive
ones ("Mm, sounds important. I wonder how I can
help.")
4. re-frame the relationship using positive goals.
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STRESS-CONTROLLING SELF-TALK
The following are two examples of re-programming our
negative self-talk into stress-controlling constructive self-
talk.
1. You have to give a difficult presentation:
Negative monologue: "What if nobody laughs at my jokes?
What if they don't like me? What if I dry up? What if the
video fails? What if the boss is critical?
Constructive self-talk: "This will be fun. They'll enjoy it. So
will I. This could be a very valuable experience for
everyone.“
2. You have a difficult boss:
Negative monologue: "I hate her. She's so unfair. Why does
she always pick on me? She doesn't know how to manage."
Constructive self-talk: "I want to get on with her. I know
there are ways we can hit it off. I'm sure there are problems
she has that I'm not aware of."
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THINKING UNDER PRESSURE
How you breathe when you encounter surprise, change, or
stress determines which part of your brain is in control.
The thinking brain
indicators are:
• Curious/compassionate
• Resilient/optimistic
• Focused on solutions
• Can find the humour
• Supportive
• Team-player
• Collaborative
• Lets the past go
• Moves forward
• Healthy/energetic
• Sees the good in
situations
• Creative/adaptive
The survival brain
indicators are:
• Critical/negative
• High drama
• Personalizes things
• Overwhelmed
• Ineffective
• Disrespectful
• Argumentative
• Chronic pain/fatigue
• Blaming/complaining
• Rigid/controlling
• Stubborn/tired/irritable
• Recycles the
story/insists on “I’m
right”
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THE SURVIVAL BRAIN
The survival brain is designed to physically react and not to
think or relate. The survival brain’s fight, flight, or freeze
state prevents accurate memory, perception, and an
appropriate range of behaviours.
The survival brain misreads people, data, and situations. It
often makes thoughtless decisions and terrible mistakes. Yet
this is when people are absolutely positive that they’re right
and they will fight and argue to prove it.
The survival brain requires so many chemicals that, when
activated, the chemicals needed for thinking, digesting,
food, physical growth, and normal body repair and
regeneration all become depleted.
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BELLY BREATHING
When people are surprised or upset, they hold their breath.
This tells the brain that something is wrong and it responds
by sending out stress hormones, cortisol and adrenaline,
which activate the fight, flight, or freeze reactions.
Conversely, when you slow down and belly breathe, the
brain receives the message that you are now safe and it
stops producing the chemicals. Instead it produces a
different set of chemicals, including serotonin and
endorphins.
These activate the thinking brain and the body’s growth and
repair systems. Once again, you can think clearly, stay calm,
and behave professionally.
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WORKING UNDER PRESSURE
One of England rugby manager, Sir Clive Woodward’s key
selection criteria for his 2003 World Cup winning side was
based on an individual’s ability to perform under pressure.
His analogy was TCUP. ‘Thinking correctly under pressure’.
After their failed 2005 World Cup, the All Blacks worked
with a forensic psychiatrist to help them understand how
the brain works under pressure. The language they now use
is:
Red head: Unresourceful, off task, panicked and ineffective.
Blue head: Optimal, on task and therefore operates at best
ability.
The players then devised their own ‘triggers’ to help switch
from Red to Blue during a game.
Now the team has a ‘war room’ where they encourage role
play by giving match scenarios to players while under
physical duress.
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LONG-TERM CHANGE
As well as choosing stress-free short-term responses to
situations, we can also learn long-term re-programming
techniques.
These are based on three steps:
• awareness of stressful responses
• acceptance of ownership of our perceptions
• willingness to change.
When we abandon the need to respond to situations from
the separating centres of Power, Sensation and Security, we
are able to move towards the unifying centres of Love,
Abundance, Non-judgmental relationships and
Connectedness.
Instead of the negative emotions of fear, worry, hate and so
on, the unifying centres create the stress-free emotions of
love, calm, peace, harmony, joy, wonder, and unity with
everything else in the world.
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PATHWAYS TO GROWTH
The following ten strategies are pathways that
can change our perceptions about ourselves and
the threatening world around us. They are
pathways from self-protection to harmonising.
Awareness pathways
1. I am constantly aware of how my restless
mind scans situations and responds to them.
2. I am aware that when I respond to stimuli
from any of the three centres of power,
sensation and security. I am separating myself
from others in a basically hostile view of the
world.
3. I am aware that I can choose to change my
perceptions to a non-hostile view of the world
based on the four unifying centres of Love,
Abundance, Non-judgment and Connectedness.
4. I recognise how my addictive self-protective
actions affect me and others around me in
stressful ways.
Acceptance pathways
5. I accept that my perceptions are the result of
my own programming and not what others say
or do.
6. I accept that I have everything I need here
and now for my own happiness: I am not
dependent on others, on the dead past or on
the imagined future.
7. I accept that I and others may continue to
operate in self-protective patterns. I don't need
to respond in similar ways when others are
defensive or attack me.
8. I accept my thoughts and perceptions here
and now as a necessary part of my growth.
(Contd)
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PATHWAYS TO GROWTH (CONTD)
(Contd)
Change pathways
9. I recognize the need, however painful, to give
up my need for self-protection which makes me
want to control my world and to be more open
to others.
10. I will try to avoid acting whenever I am in a
self-protective pattern whether in a defensive,
attacking or manipulative mode.
(Thanks to Ken Keyes and Penny Keyes:
"Handbook to Higher Consciousness")
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PERCEPTIONS OF WORK
Much of the work we do we do with reluctance, distaste
and unhappiness. Some of us find ourselves in work which
we have programmed to perceive as unpleasant, tedious,
and dull.
These perceptions and the resulting separating emotions of
fear, hate, and boredom create battling strategies with
others, "Them" and "Us" mentalities, resent-revenge cycles
and prolonged unhappiness: the very stuff of mental stress.
By changing our perceptions about our work, we can change
how we label it, how we feel about it and how we actually
do it.
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it
so." (William Shakespeare)
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NEW ATTITUDES
Philosopher William James said that the most significant
discovery of our age is not a discovery in the physical sense
of new lands or new inventions but the discovery that we
can change our life by new attitudes.
"New attitudes change the very experience of daily work.
Work becomes a ritual, a game, a discipline, an adventure,
learning, even an art as our perceptions change.
The stress of tedium and the stress of the unknown, the two
causes of work-related suffering are transformed. A more
fluent quality of attention allows us to move through tasks
that once seemed repetitious or distasteful. We see that
meaning can be discovered and expressed in any human
service: cleaning, teaching, gardening, carpentry, selling,
caring for children, driving a taxi."
(Marilyn Ferguson: "The Aquarian Conspiracy")
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WORK AS ADVENTURE
We can re-programme our perception of daily work from
"chore" to adventure by seeing it as:
1. a challenge, in which we can create our own targets.
"I'm going to be the best cocktail-maker in town."; "I
want to complete the dish-washing in the fastest time."
2. learning, in which we can develop our curiosity about
the job, how things are made and work, as well as trying
out new skills to see if the job can't be done in a better
way.
3. a game, in which we create interest and fun by injecting
a new twist into the job, such as the bartender who
took to compiling lists of barstool bores.
When work is seen as an adventure, every day becomes one
of discovery.
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WORK AS SERVICE
Much of the stress we experience in the workplace
originates from an excessive pre-occupation with ourselves
and others with whom we work.
Some of the particularly strained relationships we can
experience arise out of...
1. internal politicking
2. departmental rivalries
3. poor or mismanaged relationships
4. game-playing
5. bad supervision and management of people.
While these situations are not solved overnight, we can
make major changes in how we see them and how we feel
when we shift our perceptions from an internal to an
external focus, from ourselves to others. Then work ceases
to be about us and our survival and becomes an act of
service.
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WORK AS RITUAL
When we see work as ritual, no matter how mundane it
may be, it is lifted into something more meaningful. We do
it not for the rewards but for its own sake. It is like the Zen
Buddhist monk who sweeps the snow from the monastery
steps even while it is snowing - simply because it is snowing.
1. when we see work as ritual, it becomes absorbing
2. when we see work as ritual, the minutest details are as
valuable as the grandest gestures
3. when we see work as ritual, we connect with it, become
part of it, are joined in the rhythm of it
4. when we see work as ritual, we develop a natural pace
and flow and go with it as in a dance.
"The best work is done without strain, as if we had no goal
in mind."
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WORK AS EXPRESSION
When we perform routine work, we have the choice
whether to see it as a chore and a means to an end or to
turn it into something special.
When work is made special, it becomes an art form: a way
of putting on theatre; a form of self-expression.
This can apply to the way we make a slab of pizza dough, to
the way we stack supermarket shelves, to the way we take
care of the school hall: no matter how repetitive and
routine, each act can have our own distinctive stamp on it.
"I don't like work - no man does - but I like what is in work:
the chance to find yourself, your own reality - for yourself,
not for others - what no other man can ever know." (Joseph
Conrad)
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WORK AS MEANINGFUL
In their book, "Thank God it's Monday", Charles Cameron
and Suzanne Elusorr relate a story told by John Rassias,
professor of languages at Dartmouth college.
Rassias was attending a university meeting which was late in
starting because the student representative had not arrived.
When the young man at last appeared he proceeded to do
six chin-ups on the door frame to the obvious disapproval of
the meeting. Rassias bounded over to him saying: "I like
that. I like a man who has the guts to express his feelings."
He then joined him in the chin-ups before escorting him to
his seat.
Years later, Rassias met the student, now a successful
businessman, and recalled the incident. The man revealed
how on that day he had had enough of the pointlessness of
existence and had told himself he would give his fellow
humans one last chance to show that life was worth living.
Rassias's simple gesture showed him that it was.