How to cope with anxiety.

How to Cope with NP-Completeness

NP-complete problems arise frequently in practice. In today’s lecture, we discuss various approaches for coping with NP-complete problems. When NP-completeness was discovered, algorithm designers could take it as an excuse. It is true, that I have not found an efficient algorithm. However, nobody will ever find an efficient algorithm (unless P = NP). Nowadays, NP-completeness is considered a ch...

How to cope with climate’s complexity?

Climate exhibits a vast range of dissipative structures. Some have characteristic times of a few days; others evolve on thousands of years. All these structures are interdependent; in other words, they communicate. It is often considered that the only way to cope with climate complexity is to integrate the equations of atmospheric and oceanic motion with the finer possible mesh. Is this the sol...

P35: How to Manage Anxiety

Anxiety is a mental state that is elicited in anticipation of threat or potential threat. Sensations of anxiety are a normal part of human experience, but excessive or inappropriate anxiety can become an illness. Anxiety is part of the normal human experience. We may speculate that it served human survival during evolution by enhancing preparedness and alertness. However, anxious manifestations...

How to Cope with a Turbulent Environment

How Cells Cope with Obesity

Currently, more than 2.7 million American adults are diagnosed as obese each year. Many of these people suffer from a disorder known as metabolic syndrome, which includes symptoms like hypertension and elevated blood cholesterol. They are also at risk for developing additional diseases such as heart disease and diabetes mellitus. In fact, obesity may be a major cause of all these problems ... t...