In China, the word, xin 心 (often translated as ‘heart’) is frequently used and its concept is central to Chinese culture. However, its meaning is not exactly the same as ‘heart’ in English. Using qigong as the context, this article aims to explore the meaning of xin as a cultural keyword in order to gain an indepth understanding of Chinese culture and knowledge within that cultural system. Qigo...

3D virtual worlds, such as Second Life, are increasingly being used for delivering e-learning for different genres of students. As part of an ongoing research to evaluate different digital design aspects of using these emergent virtual learning environments, the aim of this paper is to investigate whether the overall satisfaction of students from their 3D learning spaces is dependent on their s...

We describe the work on infusion of emotion into limitedtask autonomous spoken conversational agents (SCAs) situated in the domestic environment, using aNeed-inspired task-independentEmotion model (NEMO). In order to demonstrate the generation of affect through the use of the model, we describe the work of integrating it with a naturallanguage mixed-initiative HiFi-control SCA. NEMO and the hos...

Companies have a lot of worries about employees using the internet for personal reasons during work hours. Cyberloafing is practise Internet purposes while at work. The purpose this research to ascertain if employees' levels job satisfaction in Cikarang can mitigate impact stress on cyberloafing. This study quantitative survey with as many one hundred participants from all across Cikarang. cybe...

Recent demographic developments in Europe have increased the demand for home care. Working other people’s environment is challenging. Home care personnel’s musculoskeletal disorders are common, and personnel overall often sleep disturbances. In this study, associations between occupational physical psychosocial factors possible sleep-related problems among were explored using a questionnaire. T...

Main results 11 randomised controlled trials (3814 patients, >60 y of age in 9 trials) met the selection criteria. Interventions included patient assessment and follow up by a multidisciplinary team (physician, nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, social worker or support workers) (5 trials), patient assessment and follow up by a nurse (3 trials), help provided by a home aide or atte...

Background Compulsions and cravings for smoking have been the subject of behavioral treatment. EMDR [1] is an established, effective treatment of trauma-based disorders [2]. Its use in the treatment of addictions and compulsions is relatively new. Although there are ways of targeting irrational positive affect via EMDR [3]. Merging the Feeling-State Theory of Compulsions and EMDR, the Eye Movem...

Two key types of well-being, eudaimonic and hedonic, are reviewed. The first addresses ideas of self-development, personal growth and purposeful engagement, while the second is concerned with positive feelings such as happiness and contentment. How well-being varies by age and socio-economic standing is briefly summarized, followed by examination of its biological correlates (neuroendocrine, im...

New instruments iire described for the measurement of both job-related and non-job int-nta! health. These cover two axes of affective well-being, based upon dimensions of pleasure and arousal, and aLso reported competence, aspiration and negative job carry-over. Baseline data are presented from a sample of I6S6 job-holders, and earlier uses ot the well-being scales are summarized. The instrumen...