On Being Negative

رابطه وجود و ماهیت در رساله ‏‎"on being and essence"‎‏

هدف عمده ای که من در رساله خود تعقیب می کنم بررسی رابطه وجود و ماهیت از نظر توماس آکوئینی در رساله معروف خود تحت همین نام، است، که نام لاتین آن ‏‎de ente et essentia‎‏ می باشد و ترجمه انگلیسی آن تحت عنوان ‏‎"on being and essence"‎‏ است که ترجمه معمول آن به فارسی ((وجود و ماهیت)) می باشد. البته بهترین ترجمه فارسی واژه ‏‎ente‎‏، ((موجودیت)) است ولی ما مطابق رسم آنرا رساله ((درباره وجود و ماهیت)) ...

Being more positive about negative ventilation?

Mechanical ventilation is undoubtedly a lifesaving procedure for patients with acute respiratory failure [1]. Unfortunately the procedure is also associated with a number of unwanted side-effects. Firstly, until recently, mechanical ventilation required endotracheal intubation either through a tracheostomy or with a translaryngeal tube, procedures which can carry some risks [2, 3]. Secondly, by...

MINDFULNESS IN PRACTICE Some Reflections on Being Good, on not Being Good and on Just Being

Some Reflections on Being Good, on not Being Good and on Just Being

Over the last 12 years, through my work at the Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) at Bangor University, I have been engaged with colleagues (both within CMRP and from other training centres in the UK) in an exploration of how to support the development of a robust professional practice context for our own teaching team and for the growing community of mindfulness-based teachers...

The Effect of Income on Positive and Negative Subjective Well-Being∗

Increasing evidence from the empirical economic and psychological literature suggests that positive and negative well-being are more than opposite ends of the same phenomenon. Two separate measures of the dependent variable may be needed when analyzing the determinants of subjective well-being. We argue that this conclusion reflects in part the use of too restrictive econometric models. A flexi...