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Siddhartha's Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 638min
A groundbreaking exploration of the "science of enlightenment", told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland. In a lush grove on the banks of the Neranjara in Northern India - 400 years before the birth of Christ, when the foundations of Western science and philosophy were being laid by the great minds of ancient Greece - a prince turned ascetic wanderer sat beneath a fig tree. His name was Siddhartha Gautama, and he was discovering the astonishing capabilities of the human brain and the secrets of mental wellness and spiritual "enlightenment" - the foundation of Buddhism. Framed by the historical journey and teachings of the Buddha, Siddhartha's Brain shows how meditative and Buddhist practices anticipated the findings of modern neuroscience. Moving from the evolutionary history of the brain to the disorders and neuroses associated with our technology-driven world, James Kingsland explains why the ancient practice of mindfulness has been so beneficial to and so important for human beings across time. Far from a New Age fad, the principles of meditation have deep scientific support and have been proven to be effective in combating many contemporary psychiatric disorders. Siddhartha posited that "our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think". As we are increasingly driven to distraction by competing demands, our ability to focus and control our thoughts has never been more challenged - or more vital. Siddhartha's Brain offers a cutting-edge, big-picture assessment of meditation and mindfulness: how they work, what they do to our brains, and why meditative practice has never been more important. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Crossley. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005136/bk_harp_005136_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Contrastive analysis of topicalization in English and Urhobo (eBook, PDF)
Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 4.4, , language: English, abstract: This research is a contrastive analysis of topicalization in English and Urhobo. Urhobo is a Southwestern Edoid Nigerian language. Its objective is to explore topicalization in English and Urhobo languages using the basic Chomsky's Phase theory model to establish points of divergence while noting convergence in the derivation of the investigated phenomenon to highlight areas of learner's difficulty which will be useful to teachers as best strategies in the teaching process. The study uses two sources of data, namely primary and secondary sources. Through observation and textbook, internet and dictionaries, data was collected and analyzed. The theoretical framework adopted for the study is the Phase Theory. The data analysis posited that the theory is a suitable mechanism for the analysis of the investigated structure, lexical items are assigned to probes because of the features they must realize the goal and every syntactic operation is done in phases which is the only level of representation. Before delving into the discussion of the above topic, it is pertinent to try to get clear in our minds the sense in which the word 'transformation' is used in this study, since different people have different notions of the term 'transformation'. The English language like any other language has rules of syntax. Many languages including English have a transformation that moves constituents, which are strings of one or more words that syntactically and semantically behave as a unit, from one part of the phrase structure to another. This means that some sequence of words in a particular sentence can occur in a different position in the same sentence- Shop: buecher
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Fighting the Plague in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: The History of Ancient and Medieval Efforts to Prevent the Spread of Diseases , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine.Inevitably, that meant physicians tried a variety of practices to cure the sick, and many of them seem quite odd by modern standards. By the time Rome was on the rise, physicians understood that contagions arose and spread, but according to Galen, Hippocrates, and other Greco-Roman authorities, pestilence was caused by miasma, foul air produced by the decomposition of organic matter. Though modern scientists have since been able to disprove this, on the face of it there was some logic to the idea. Physicians and philosophers (they were very often the same, Galen being an example) noticed that disease arose in areas of poor sanitation, where filth and rotting matter was prevalent and not disposed of, and the basic measures to prevent disease - waste removal, provision of clean food and water, and quarantining - would have been obvious to them. The scenting of miasmic air with incense and other unguents to expel the foulness would also have thus made sense, though people now know that can’t stop the spread of a disease.Ancient physicians at the time believed that miasma was not the direct cause of disease but rather a catalyst. Maladies were caused by an imbalance of what Galen called the four humors. According to him (and Hippocrates before him), the body contained four kinds of fluids: Black bile, yellow bile, blood, and phlegm. These ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Houle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/194450/bk_acx0_194450_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854: The History of the Outbreak and Its Impact on Public Health Measures , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 101min
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus, the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years, religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine.Inevitably, that meant physicians tried a variety of practices to cure the sick, and many of them seem quite odd by modern standards. By the time Rome was on the rise, physicians understood that contagions arose and spread, but according to Galen, Hippocrates, and other Greco-Roman authorities, pestilence was caused by miasma - foul air produced by the decomposition of organic matter.Though modern scientists have since been able to disprove this, on the face of it, there was some logic to the idea. Physicians and philosophers (they were very often the same, Galen being an example) noticed that disease arose in areas of poor sanitation, where filth and rotting matter was prevalent and not disposed of, and the basic measures to prevent disease was obvious to them.In the case of cholera, once among the most dreaded diseases, a breakthrough in Victorian England occurred in the mid-19th century during one of several epidemics to assault the island. In that instance, an unassuming physician named John Snow was able to trace the environmental component in which cholera was carried. He accomplished this in large part through a painstaking map cross-referencing location and specific cases of infection within a small area of London. Eventually, he narrowed the source down to a single manual water pump in the midst of the pover ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/197271/bk_acx0_197271_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The 1889-1890 Flu Pandemic: The History of the 19th Century’s Last Major Global Outbreak , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 76min
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus, the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years, religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine.It was only in the mid-19th century that scientists established a definitive link between viruses and bacteria and disease, and this allowed the development of vaccines to prevent the spread of killers such as smallpox, typhus, and diphtheria. In the early 20th century, the development of antibiotics helped immensely, but as the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the recent coronavirus outbreak demonstrated, people have not succeeded in conquering all infectious diseases. In fact, it was not until World War II that most of the pestilences that have afflicted people in the past could be effectively prevented, and the fear of contagion remains strong.One of these plagues is influenza, a disease now regarded almost with contempt as being a minimal threat to life, but it is actually one of the greatest killers of modern times, taking up to 650,000 lives every year. It may come as a surprise for many to learn that there is no single vaccine for the flu - there are vaccines for the strains that presently exist, but new strains evolve every year, so vaccines must be constantly developed. Influenza remains one of the greatest threats to public health and challenges to the medical profession.The first known influenza pandemic may have occurred in China in 6000 BCE, and the renowned Greek physician Hippocrates described the symptoms of in ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Gregory T. Luzitano. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/206719/bk_acx0_206719_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Typhoid Mary: The Notorious Life and Legacy of the Cook Who Caused a Typhoid Outbreak in New York , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 82min
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years, religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine. Outbreaks of disease, much like wars, inevitably produce a series of public figures who serve as emblematic heroes or villains of the era and event. In the case of Mary Mallon, now known around the world as “Typhoid Mary", only a few deaths and a relatively small group of infections actually occurred before she was arrested. That her small but deadly outbreak incited such a firestorm among New York’s health agencies was certainly driven by the fact that the “ghetto disease” had suddenly appeared in New York City’s wealthy neighborhoods. A further difficulty lay in the late discovery of a few individuals who were not susceptible to the disease of typhoid itself, but who were nevertheless carriers. Invisible but contagious, these rare cases spread the pathogen both prolifically and unwittingly. As a natural social conflict rose, public debate came to the fore over the civil rights of those apprehended for carrying major diseases. The phenomenon of a carrier immune to typhoid and other afflictions had been noted by the early 19th century and can be found in the journals of obscure researchers. However, even prominent medical practitioners were generally unaware of ever having observed such an individual, and the chances are slim that an uneducated domestic servant from a rural county in Ireland would encounter the rese ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/206417/bk_acx0_206417_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The English Sweating Sickness: The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Disease That Plagued Medieval London , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 83min
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them.Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus, the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces. Even when advances in knowledge posited natural causes for epidemics and pandemics, medicine struggled to deal with them, and for hundreds of years, religion continued to work hand-in-hand with medicine.It was only in the mid-19th century that scientists established a definitive link between viruses and bacteria and disease, and this allowed the development of vaccines to prevent the spread of killers such as smallpox, typhus, and diphtheria.In the early 20th century, the development of antibiotics helped immensely, but as the Spanish Flu of 1918 and the recent coronavirus outbreak demonstrated, people have not succeeded in conquering all infectious diseases. In fact, it was not until World War II that most of the pestilences that have afflicted people in the past could be effectively prevented, but the fear of contagion remains strong.The plague, for all its horrors, became a known quantity that moved through a predictable progression, so by the 15th century, citizens learned to go on with their lives, resigned to the fact that these curses seemed inescapable.However, in the mid-15th century, a new “febrile” disease of an entirely unknown cause struck again in Britain in a series of erratically paced and lethal outbreaks between 1485 and 1551. Confined almost entirely to England, the new and unfamiliar wave of illness paled before the statistical destruction caused by the Black Death. However, what came to be known as the “English sweating sickness” reappeared through the decades in a stunning display of unpre ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ray Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/207218/bk_acx0_207218_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Viability of Using Herd Immunity to End a Virus Pandemic, How Shutting Down the Economy Causes More Deaths During a Virus Pandemic, and Why People Are Fearful of Viruses , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 272min
This book sheds light on the viability of using herd immunity to end a virus pandemic, explicates how shutting down an economy causes more deaths during a virus pandemic, and elucidates why people are fearful of viruses. Moreover, it also delineates the dire economic aftermath of a virus pandemic and explains why the economy will be forever changed after the virus pandemic ends and which industries will thrive and prosper in the new economy are identified. It also reveals the calamitous economic effects of a virus pandemic and how a virus pandemic can profoundly reshape the economy in the digital era. Moreover, it also elucidates the meticulous understanding of what is a virus and how to effectively prevent viruses is posited. Furthermore, it identifies the myriad of deadly disease-causing foods that you should always desist from ever considering devouring. Learn how to substantially mitigate risks for succumbing to contracting lethal chronic diseases by embracing a salubrious, heart-healthy, brain-healthy, kidney-healthy, anticancer, antidiabetic, nutrient-dense, alkaline, antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory, raw fruitarian diet. While the prospect of contracting a virus may seem to be a grave cause for concern, the odds of recovering from a virus unscathed are in the average person’s favor even if their health is in a state of distress. In other words, the vast majority of people who succumb to contracting a virus are able to recover from it without being maimed for life. People who contract a virus have a comprised immune system health caused by eating inflammatory, acidic, non-alkaline, disease-inducing, immune system-weakening foods, such as animal products, including animal carcasses, animal byproducts, and animal secretions, and synthetic, bastardized manmade processed foods. In spite of people having comprised immune system health due to tainting their bodies with a copious amount of inflammatory, acidic, non-alkaline, disease-inducin ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Hopkinson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233416/bk_acx0_233416_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Aliens: Paranormal Mystical Sighting Cases That Still Mystify Non-Believers , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 146min
Are we alone? As intriguing as they might be, there are some stories of the paranormal that are just too hard for even the most open minded of us to believe. Yet we continue to wonder. There is something deep inside the consciousness of us all that makes us want to explore the boundaries of what we think is possible. And the UFO phenomenon and the concept of extraterrestrial life is definitely a subject that tests the limits of how we currently see reality. Many have posited the idea that the discovery of alien life would completely shatter our preconceived notions and forever alter such fundamental human beliefs as religion, the purpose of existence, and our place in the great, grand scheme of things.If you have ever wondered if we are alone in this universe, you just might be interested in some of the accounts of those who have claimed to have witnessed unknown alien entities firsthand. The tales presented in this book range from the strange and the scary to the slightly absurd. But who is to say what is normal and what is not when delving into such an utterly unknown territory? Time will tell if aliens are ever proven beyond the shadow of a doubt to exist, but in the meantime you can indulge your imagination in these unique and extraordinarily still unexplained sightings. Inside find 12 cases of UFOs that still remain unexplained sighting: A Night to Remember for Steve and Dawn Hess Travis Walton Baffles Investigators Allagash Abductions The Betty Andreasson Affair The Strange Encounters of Barbara Archer The Buff Ledge Camp Encounter Encounter on the Pascagoula River The Case of the Hungry Hunter’s Encounter with ET The Christian Burial of a Dead Spaceman Mass Alien Encounter in Zimbabwe Former CIA Agent Plays Mind Games with Aliens The Reed Family’s Unexplained Encounters ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Charles D. Baker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/108435/bk_acx0_108435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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