The technique of J.Krishnamurti's communication marked by a dyadic style, 'pariprasna', a sense of togetherness, absence of persuasion and authoritativeness could be incorporated into psychotherapeutic sessions. Self-reliance and a genuine feeling of psychological oneness with others and to see things 'as they are' are discussed. The need for desirelessness to avoid conflicts and psychologicall...

Characteristics of Istrian regional identity at the turn of the 21 century can be considered in the context of traditional food as a tourist offer of Istria. The main characteristics of Istrian traditional meals are simplicity and modesty as well as togetherness of the Roman, German and Slavic cuisine. The global trend of coming back to authenticity and health food are cleverly used by the tour...

A significance of a sense of togetherness or coexistence among remote communication partners has been pointed out in computer-mediated communication. In order to create such a co-existing situation, fullbodied presence of participants should be supported at each place. We devise two representation methods; representing self reflection in a shared video space, and projecting reflection of a remo...

This paper describes work being undertaken by the multi-partner European Union funded project COVEN (COllaborative Virtual ENvironments). COVEN is developing collaborative virtual environment (CVE) systems and technologies in order to support a group of travel rehearsal applications. One of the major themes of the project is the evaluation of CVE applications through extensive network trials, u...

In this paper, we develop a signaling model of rational lovemaking. In the act of lovemaking, a man and a woman send each other possibly deceptive signals about their true state of ecstasy. For example, if one of the partners is not in ecstasy, then he or she may decide to fake it. The model predicts that (1) a higher cost of faking lowers the probability of faking; (2) middle-aged and old men ...

Like most scientists, I attend professional meetings every now and then, one of them being the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, an organization of most of the earth’s brain researchers. This is one of the more intellectually assaulting experiences you can imagine. About 28,000 of us science nerds jam into a single convention center. After a while, this togetherness can make you f...

This paper evaluates the influence of an additional visual aesthetic layer on the experience of concert goers during a live event. The additional visual layer incorporates musical features as well as biosensing data collected during the concert, which is coordinated by our audience engagement monitoring technology. This technology was used during a real Jazz concert. The collected measurements ...

In this paper we argue for a paradigmatic shift from ‘reductionism’ to ‘togetherness’. In particular, we show how interaction between systems in quantum theory naturally carries over to modelling how word meanings interact in natural language. Since meaning in natural language, depending on the subject domain, encompasses discussions within any scientific discipline, we obtain a template for th...

Drawing on a uniquely large number of items on marital quality, this study explores the determinants of marital quality in Chitwan Valley, Nepal. Marital quality is measured with five dimensions identified through exploratory factor analysis, comprising satisfaction, communication, togetherness, problems, and disagreements. Gender, education, spouse choice, and marital duration emerge as the mo...

OBJECTIVE To explain how the philosophy of nutrition is part of the philosophy of health. To show that this link allows practical solutions for equity and sustainability. METHOD An analysis of the historical philosophies concerned with nutrition and health. A comparison of the definitions in the history of mind from antiquity to the beginning of the twenty-first century. CONCLUSION We are n...