Causal analysis using cross-lagged panel correlation was performed to assess whether the relationship between Transcendental Meditation (TM) program participation and decreased crime rate in urban areas is causal. One study involved a random sample of 160 U.S. cities measured from 1964 to 1978; the second study used a random sample of 80 metropolitan areas. Results of both studies suggest that ...

Intervention: The intervention consisted of a 10-week group (with weekly 2-hour sessions) of a Mindful Attention Program (MAP) designed to facilitate a non-localized awareness (the ability to balance both internal and external awareness) through guided mindful meditation. The treatment involved an increased awareness of internal and external experiences through attentive meditation and cultivat...

INDIAN PEDIATRICS 79 VOLUME 43JANUARY 17, 2006 Lipoblastomas are circumscribed while lipoblastomatosis is diffuse and infiltrative. It is important to completely excise the tumor to avoid leaving residual tumor and to prevent recurrences which mostly occur within 2 years. Confusion with myxoid liposarcoma, well-differentiated liposarcoma, and typical lipomas may occur. Anup Mohta, Ritesh K. Ana...

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www.ritualdynamik.de Hand over the pūjā plate with the siddhir astu. ācamana. Make the purification for the clay of the guru reciting the rakṣohanaṃ. Sacrifice bali, reciting the adhy avocad. Light reciting the tejo ʼsi. Ritual bath reciting the svasti na indro. • Rituals exist in all human cultures across all times. • Similarities between rituals from very distant cultures can be observed. • I...

Part of what Schmidheiny has done is to reinvest in Latin American forest properties. According to recent Swiss accounts, Stephan Schmidheiny began buying Chilean forest land in 1982, and he now owns over 120,000 hectares in Southern Chile, near Concepcion, land which the Mapuche Indians claim has been theirs since time immemorial. The Mapuche charge that some of the land Schmidheiny bought was...

Designing appropriate materials and activities to enhance vocabulary learning is one of the primary goals of language courses. Among the claims about efficient pedagogical tasks is the Involvement Load Hypothesis (Laufer & Hulstijn, 2001) according to which vocabulary development is contingent on the amount of cognitive process a task involves. Building on the previous research on this hypothes...

abstractthis study investigated the effect of digital games on vocabulary acquisition of low-proficiency iranian male and female efl learners. in order to select homogeneous learners in terms of their english language proficiency, the standard nelson proficiency test was administered, and based on the obtained results, 60 low-proficiency efl learners were selected (31 females and 29 males). the...

this study investigates the effect of different types of subtitle on incidental vocabulary learning among iranian efl learners. to this end, 60 high school students in behbahan were selected after taking a proficiency test. the test was administered to ensure participants' homogeneity. participants were randomly assigned to three experimental groups, namely, bimodal group (a), standard gro...