Sustainable innovations, such as sustainable products or services, are becoming increasingly relevant for society and thrive on societies’ knowledge usage. But this is where many cities/municipalities experiencing disharmony: citizens often do not know that these innovations exist and, therefore, use them. Our study starts at point: To address disharmony in Germany, the government has establish...

Loss of anterior tooth causes aesthetic and functional disharmony. Although no restorative material can approach the appearance of intact tooth enamel, glass ceramic, at the increased risk of brittle fracture, can mimic original tooth color better than the other restorative options. The newest zirconia material comes with unparalleled individualization in aesthetics and optimal physical propert...

Evidence is reviewed demonstrating the high level of drug and alcohol abuse and marital disharmony among physicians and the particularly high rate among anaesthetists. The relationship between these factors and the effects of fatigue is explored. The current evidence for reduction in physician performance and vigilance resulting from fatigue and sleep loss is reviewed. Supplementary indirect ev...

A case is described of persistent sexual arousal in a woman of 52, whose frequent masturbation caused severe distress and disruption to her relationship. Based on a psychological formulation, a combination of cognitive behavioural techniques was used in a couple therapy format, aimed at anxiety management, response prevention and addressing couple disharmony. Long-term conjoint therapy enabled ...

Young persons with life long pattern of maladaptive behaviour present to the health and social services with multiple disabilities. These include suicidal behaviours, drug abuse (alcohol and opiates), VA, motorvehicle accidents, repeated failure of close personal relationship (including marriage), job failure, repeated delinquency, criminal violence (including battering babies), and failure to ...

This is a cross sectional study, conducted in 45 pregnant women coming for antenatal check ups in the eastern regional hospitals in Nepal. Hamilton -Depression Scale (HAM-d) was applied after initial psychiatry work up to all women who were selected for the interview. Analysis revealed about half of the pregnant women having some form of depression. Life events (e.g. chronic illness in the fami...

Theoretical support and a rationale is offered for extending person-centred practice into social domains in order to promote a sense of social inclusion. This strategy is called ‘person-centred sociotherapy'. It is argued that mental and emotional distress has social and environmental causes and that person-centred sociotherapy prevents or at least mitigates the ill-effects induced by these. Th...

In recent years, laboratory studies of cultural evolution have become increasingly prevalent as a means of identifying and understanding the effects of cultural transmission on the form and functionality of transmitted material. The datasets generated by these studies may provide insights into the conditions encouraging, or inhibiting, high rates of innovation, as well as the effect that this h...