Motivational interventions may have greater sustained impact if they trained imagery-based self-management

sMe stOck exchanges - shOuld they have a greater rOle?

Access to finance is widely recognized as one of the main impediments for growth and development of the small and medium enterprises. This article presents certain aspects of development of stock exchanges oriented towards small and mediumsize enterprises. It aims to contribute towards the growing debate on funding of small and medium enterprises through dedicated stock exchanges and serve as a...

What Students Expect May Have More Impact Than What They Know or Feel

Preface Human beings have a future if they deserve to have a future!

World Scientific Review Volume-9in x 6in book Preface Human beings have a future if they deserve to have a future! Gregory J. Chaitin This book is offered with admiration and affection to Gregory J. Chaitin 1 on the occasion of his 60th birthday (25 June 2007).

Apes have culture but may not know that they do

There is good evidence that some ape behaviors can be transmitted socially and that this can lead to group-specific traditions. However, many consider animal traditions, including those in great apes, to be fundamentally different from human cultures, largely because of lack of evidence for cumulative processes and normative conformity, but perhaps also because current research on ape culture i...

The impact of motivational interventions for increasing physical activity.

OBJECTIVE To assess whether incentives for practicing regular physical activities in fact help raising the frequency of exercising. METHODS Male and female subjects undergoing two to three assessments in the Check-Up Unit of Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (HIAE) were evaluated by noting any increase in levels of physical activity, improvements in mean metabolic unit numbers, and the sensi...