The English word ‘Bible’ comes from the Greek word biblion. This word meant “roll” or “book”. It was usually a roll of papyrus or reed-like plant that was dried and fashioned into a writing material. This word occurs in the LXX copy of Daniel 9:2, and in Revelation 10:2. But today the word “Bible” means much more than just a book. It carries a sense of majesty as being the ultimate book par exc...

The aim of this study was to determine whether spontaneous respiration influences pulmonary artery input impedance, a question that has received little attention in the literature. Impedance values were assessed during three different phases of the respiratory cycle, namely inspiration, expiration and postexpiration (i.e. the null respiratory flow period between expiration and the next inspirat...

BACKGROUND Individuals at risk for, and diagnosed with, bipolar disorder (BD) appear to have heightened levels of creativity. Although inspiration is creativity, the ways in which individuals appraise and respond emotionally to inspiration in BD remain unexplored. METHOD The present study reports on a new measure of inspiration (External and Internal Sources of Inspiration Scale--EISI). The r...