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    Krumhansl uses a combination of psychophysiological measurements and judged emotions. He sees a relationship between them‚ but this one is not clear enough to map emotions directly to physiological measurements. Scherer discusses various ways of self-report. The first option is to use basic emotions in the music and make the listener pick or rate them. The problem is that not all basic emotions are suitable to be expressed in music. An example: sadness is used often in music‚ where surprise or anticipation

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    1) ROLE OF A LITERATURE REVIEW o a literature review is used as a research method in itself. It uses existing research and data to draw conclusions o a literature review is an examination of existing research that has been conducted on a particular topic or issue. It involves the researcher summarising the views‚ opinions and findings of other researchers o a literature review is used to provide background information and allows you to gain an in depth understanding of the topic prior to conducting

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    water stress Drought (water stress) is one the major abiotic stress factors that affect all organisms lives including human in terms of health and food. Water absence from the soil solutions affect the natural evaporative cycle between earth and atmosphere that contribute amount of rainfall. Drought occurs when soil moisture level and relative humidity in air is low while temperature is also high. UN reports (2006) estimate that one third of world population has been living in areas where the

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    2011‚ 39(5)‚ 713-720 © Society for Personality Research DOI 10.2224/sbp.2011.39.5.713 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACUTE STRESS RESPONSE SCALE YEBING YANG‚ JINGJING TANG‚ YUAN JIANG‚ XUFENG LIU‚ YUNFENG SUN‚ XIA ZHU‚ AND DANMIN MIAO Fourth Military Medical University‚ Xi’an‚ People’s Republic of China In this study we developed a scale to provide a tool for accurate assessment of acute stress response (ASR). We determined the dimensions and symptom clusters of ASR according to a review of the literature and through

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    M (Sympathetic Adreno-medullary Pathway) This is the acute (immediate) response to stress (it uses electrical signals). Higher brain areas (Cortex) detect and perceive something as a stressor‚ triggering the Hypothalamus‚ which in turn activates the Sympathetic branch of the Autonomic nervous system‚ stimulating the Adrenal Medulla‚ producing two hormones‚ Adrenaline and Noradrenaline‚ which cause the Fight or Flight response‚ which causes bodily changes and has evolved for survival. Bodily changes

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    The field of PNI is not without controversy. One of the debatable topics is the causal relationship between stress‚ depression and immune response. Depression has been implicated in causing behavioral changes in people with major depressive disorder. Some of these lifestyle changes can be profound‚ such as‚ not eating‚ drug abuse‚ or disturbed sleep patterns. Some argue that it really is these "lifestyles" which is the culprit in reduced immune functioning. Having bad nutritional habits could starve

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    coronary heart disease than type B’s. However despite the fact that Type A’s seem to be at risk of stress related illness‚ many of them survive quite happily with their pressured and competitive lives. One of the key factors in managing stress is a strong sense of commitment control and challenge which are key elements of the ‘hardy personality’ which is proposed to be resistant to the damaging effects of stress. There is no reason why type A’s should not be able to show high signs of commitment and control

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    P3 explain the security risks and protection mechanisms involved in website performance Security Risks Hackers: A hacker is someone who finds weaknesses in a computer or computer network‚ enters‚ and modifies or/and steals data this could slow down performance very much or even completely halt it. Viruses: A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly‚ but erroneously‚ used to refer to other types

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    In an attempt to investigate the effects that gender has upon how the body reacts to a stressor‚ an experiment was performed that measured all five dependent variables. It was found that all 5 dependent variables increased in both genders in response to stress as previously stated by Wüst‚ S.‚ Hellhammer‚ D (1992) & Al’Absi et al (1997). The results showed that females had a significant increase SR‚ DiaBP and HR‚ furthermore the results show that males had higher cortisol levels and SBP‚ this data

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    Developing a successful business model without strong control mechanisms will only generate temporary profits. The purpose of control mechanisms in business models is to protect the created values and profit streams from being reduced by competitors‚ partners or strong customers. The last decades have shown a rapid growth in customer power at the same time as new technology and services are being replaced faster. Even though control always has been an important part of the business model

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