Nature is a vital context for transcendent experiences fostering the spiritual dimensions of humankind. Analysing data from protected areas in China, this paper investigates ways which spirituality permeates nature-based tourism. A thematic analysis was undertaken to interpret 27 semi-structured in-depth interviews with professionals and tourists. Findings enable construction hierarchical frame...

Online communities are potential arenas for informal and lifelong learning. Even though technology fosters internal sharing and collaboration in online communities, it also presents excessively strong external boundaries. These silo-like structures lead to fragmentation, counteracting cross-community collaboration and interdisciplinary learning. We are revising our own online community software...

Leonard Parsons was a man of transcendent ability and of transcendent personality. He was a pioneer in the study of child health and in the care of sick children. His memorial may be seen in the school of paediatrics which he founded in the University of Birmingham, and also in many other centres in this country and all over the world where his disciples have followed his example and practised ...

To the ancient Greeks, whose thinking, philosophy, government, nd art has influenced nearly every aspect of Western civilization; ruth and the ability to think clearly and to articulate and share such nowledge (and therefore wisdom), were conceived of as god-like ualities. Evidence for this is the Greek development of a goddess f wisdom, whom they named Sophia; and the study and philosphy of wi...

The scaled distribution of the smallest eigenvalue in the Laguerre orthogonal and symplectic ensembles is evaluated in terms of a Painlevé V transcendent. This same Painlevé V transcendent is known from the work of Tracy and Widom, where it has been shown to specify the scaled distribution of the smallest eigenvalue in the Laguerre unitary ensemble. The starting point for our calculation is the...

Spirituality has mostly been studied in psychology as implied in the process of overcoming adversity, being triggered by negative experiences, and providing positive outcomes. By reversing this pathway, we investigated whether spirituality may also be triggered by self-transcendent positive emotions, which are elicited by stimuli appraised as demonstrating higher good and beauty. In two studies...