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- 911: Definition Of Job Burn Out
- ... psychological health (for example happiness in general) regardless of workplace stress, so that people with higher levels of social support feel happier and are better equipped to deal with any stress that might occur. The literature referred to in this essay is clear about how burn out can be reduced in employees by the use of supervisor support. Firstly supervisors need to use an open and supportive style that makes employees ... to take some action to fix it. Job satisfaction The final factor under consideration in this essay is job satisfaction, which like supervisor support has received a lot of attention in the burn out research literature. Schaufeli & Buunk (1996) state that of all job associated attitudes dissatisfaction of the strongest and most reliable positive correlate with burn out. Wolpin, Burke and Greenglass (1991) conducted a longitudinal (over time) study of burn ...
- 912: Medical Uses Of Marijuana
- ... debate in which he was little qualified to participate, tried to defuse criticism with an announcement that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) would be given $1 million to conduct an 18month review of the current literature on marijuana. Later that month Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that the NIH would convene a workshop on the medical utility of marijuana. "We have no rationale for not ... and Health," concluding that "Marijuana and its derivatives or analogues might be useful in the treatment of glaucoma, of nausea and vomiting brought on by cancer chemotherapy, and of asthma." A review of the existing literature, as Kassirer pointed out, will likely be inconclusive because no definitive study has been done. The new IOM review, Kassirer said in an interview, "was a political maneuver designed to move the debate off center ...
- 913: Biography Of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- ... Scarlet Letter, published in 1850, a novel about the adulterous Puritan Hester Prynne, who loyally refuses to reveal the name of her partner. Regarded as his masterpiece and as one of the classics of American literature, The Scarlet Letter reveals both Hawthorne's superb craftsmanship and the powerful psychological insight with which he probed guilt and anxiety in the human soul. In 1850 Hawthorne moved to Lenox, Massachusetts, where he enjoyed ... humility and overwhelming pride, or regeneration by love and atonement. In this he deviated radically from the idea of predestination held by his descendents. Hawthorne characterized most of his books as romances, a category of literature not as strictly bound to realistic detail as novels. This freed him to manipulate the atmospheres of his scenes and the actions of his characters in order to represent symbolically the passions, emotions, and anxieties ...
- 914: Crime And Punishment 8
- Violence in literature often has a greater meaning than simply providing entertainment for the reader. In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake; the act of violence contributes to a greater meaning of the complete work. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov s actions in Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is ...
- 915: Hemmingway-hills Like White El
- ... hidden symbols and images and writings were more generally based on events in which the authors had been a part of. Many people thought these hard to understand writings would be a temporary phase of literature, but authors such as Ernest Hemingway wrote in such a branding way that this writing style has been a constant example of a powerful literary expression. Hemingway was one of the best users of symbols ... ended his life in such a sudden way as suicide I m sure he would of wrote many more great stories showing how the use of symbols and images can really strengthen a piece of literature. Hemingway s use of modern rules was in a world above many other great writers.
- 916: For Information on the Medical Uses of Marijuana
- ... of blindness and epileptic seizures [1]. Their chief concern was that legal medical access would send the message that cannabis is safe. The presidents can, however, lay their safety concerns to rest because the scientific literature overwhelmingly confirms that cannabis is both an effective and safe medicine. The Cannabis Safety Profile The journal PHARMACOLOGICAL REVIEWS [2] reports that decades of research prove that, "Compared with legal drugs...marijuana does not pose ... to 27,000 and aspirin up to 1,000 Americans per year, cannabis kills 0 per year [3]. When we know the facts we can understand why in 1988, after extensive review of the scientific literature, the DEA's own administrative judge Frances Young concluded that ``Marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substances know to man.'' [4] Opponents of legal cannabis access would have us believe that there is ...
- 917: Rudyard Kipling
- Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling, born in Bombay, India, on December 30, 1865, made a significant contribution to English Literature in various genres including poetry, short story and novel. His birth took place in an affluent family with his father holding the post of Professor of Architectural Sculpture at the Bombay School of Art and ... as a brilliant writer. Over the immediately following years he published some of his best works including his most acclaimed poem "Recessional" and most famed novel "Kim". In 1907 Kipling won the Nobel prize in literature in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterized his writings. Death of both his children, Josephine and John, deeply affected his life. Both ...
- 918: House Of The Seven Gables
- How does an author s personal history or cultural background influence what he or she writes about? Are history and literature related? I believe that many authors a very influenced by their own background and the subjects they write about. For one thing, authors usually write about what they already know about or what they see ... she knows her subject well. They are novels yes, but we can trust that in many ways this is what a Chinese mother living in San Francisco may have behaved like or said. History and literature are also linked by way of story. History has given us so many stories to tell, stories that are incredible and sometimes unbelievable. So many fairy tales of kings, queens, evil enemies and great battles ...
- 919: Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles
- ... was accessible on a scientific, human level; and, like most of the scientists of the day, impiously discounted Allah as an unnecessary complication. We found an infamous saying which pervaded much of the Pre-Apocalypse literature: 'Religion is the opiate of the people'. Well, psychology became the new 'opiate of the people.' The patient with whom the doctor is dealing with in the recording, has been identified as a prominent businessman ... specialized in dealings on their stock market, a term I am sure all of you are familiar with. In any case, an arbitrageur bought and sold companies for a profit. In the few pieces of literature we have been able to recover, it seems that such men were regarded as the heroes of their age. I refer of course to the numerous copies we have of the autobiographies of Donald Trump ...
- 920: John Steinbeck
- ... is one way you can characterize John Steinbecks’ work. Symbolism can be a person, place, or thing used to portray something beyond itself. The most repeatedly used symbol in “Flight” is the color black. In literature many authors use the color black to represent death. In his short story, “Flight,” Steinbeck has numerous examples of color symbolism. A few examples are the black handle on the long blade, Pepe’s black ... It resembles what we receive in memory of him (pg. 89). Allegory, which is more prevalent in the twentieth century, is another way in which Steinbecks’ work can be characterized. Allegory is a work of literature in which people, objects, and events stand for or transcend abstract qualities. With varying degrees of deftness, all of Steinbecks’ major novels juxtapose their biblical sources in an attempt to transcend them. The Pearl and ...
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