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The Winter Blues Gone – With Retirement Hobbies?
Write-up by Carm Paynter A good balance between work and leisure time is vital to a healthy life. There appears to be a chemical explanation for some of the depression problems that we may possibly have overlooked. The dimmed natural light of winter signals the body to boost the production of melatonin. For a lot of of us who already spend much of our time indoors, the increased production of this chemical makes it intensify. In some people this can create a psychological reaction. Most individuals maintain their work and social lives at a much much more consistent pace throughout the year than did our ancestors in their subsistence farming or fishing societies with their significantly decreased activity in winter. This issue has been labeled as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) The IRPP … Read entire article »
Filed under: Experimental Biology
Compare And Contrast Rationalism And Determinism
Introduction Individuals have for many years had curiosity in knowing what knowledge is all about and how such knowledge is acquired. In their quest these individuals have been asking themselves some questions, for example, how can one be sure regarding what one thinks that he/she knows? These and many other questions have resulted to a lot of inclinations in philosophy, and particularly these questionsled to development of epistemology (science of knowledge)which pertains such question as posed above and tries to shed light on philosophical presumptions that are underlying in diverse epistemological standpoint such as rationalism and determinism. In this perspective, an epistemological model is determined as an approach in which a person thinks in relation to knowledge and how it is acquired. (Hatfield, 2003) Rationalism Philosophical, rationalism comprises a number of filaments of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Society Experimental Biology
HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IN VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION
HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICES IN VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION *Shanmukaha Rao Padala ** N.V.S.Suryanarayana *** Goteti Himabindu Human resource practice aims at effective utilization of manpower for accomplishing the organization objectives. The vitality of the organization depends upon the quality of its human resource. Its effective utilization is a sine qua non of the rate of growth of any economy regardless of the structure and system of economy, and the governance. No society and no nation can be proud of its human resource unless there is a systematic and sustainable development of capacities of its people and convert the human resource into human capital (Daleela,). Not only potential and versatile but also it is a strategic resource, which can be fully utilized to generate income and wealth of a national without the active involvement of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Society Experimental Biology