This paper argues that substantive and sustainable population-wide improvements in physical activity can be achieved only through the large scale adoption and implementation of policies and practices that make being active the default choice and remaining inactive difficult. Meta-volition refers to the volition and collective agency of early adopter leaders who implement such changes in their o...

The most elusive experience of the human being in this huge endless universe is related to “the consciousness”, awareness what surrounding him, perceiving surroundings nature with deep interceptions and incorporating all context emotional based on memory self-identity. author defines consciousness as” state alertness aware, active vigilant self volition, personal identity. This ineffable intrin...

An effective leader must have a clear vision and a strong will to stand by it, even in turbulent times. At the same time, though, it is also equally important to be open-minded and flexible enough to respond objectively to new information without being prejudiced by prior information. This paper illustrates how these seemingly contradictory qualifications are related and determined in a model o...

The idea behind ego depletion is that willpower draws on a limited mental resource, so that engaging in an act of self-control impairs self-control in subsequent tasks. To present ego depletion as more than a convenient metaphor, some researchers have proposed that glucose is the limited resource that becomes depleted with self-control. However, there have been theoretical challenges to the pro...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum on self-directed learning behaviors among a group of pediatric residents. METHODS A controlled comparison study was conducted with 80 pediatric residents at a large urban academic medical center. Residents were observed over 3 distinct but consecutive periods. First, all residents participated in a 3-month-long daily...

ôbjective: âpproximately 66-80%of graduate students experience statistics anxiety and some researchers propose that many students identify statistics courses as the most anxiety-inducing courses in their academic curriculums. âs such, it is likely that statistics anxiety is, in part, responsible for many students delaying enrollment in these courses for as long as possible. this paper proposes ...

Maneesh Sahani Due: 5pm, Thu Dec 5, 2013 Note: all assignments for this course are to be handed in to the Gatsby Unit, not to the CS department. There will be no lecture on Dec 5th, so this assignment should be handed in before 5pm to a TA or to Barry Fong in the Alexandra House 4th floor reception. Do not leave them with anyone else. Late assignments will be penalised. This is a combined assig...