APRIL, 2022.
These graduate students
completed the majority of
the requirements to obtain
honors, which included a
4.0 GPA, published works,
recommendation from their
respective advisors, patent a
product, etc.
Congratulations!
APRIL, 2022. These graduate students completed their program
with a high cumulative grade point average, which reflects
the quality of performance within their respective major.
Congratulations!
MARCH 31, 2022. Atlantic
International University is
delighted to share that the
Thesis Defense of one of our
students, Federico Cedeño
Rivera from Panama, obtained
an outstanding grade. The
thesis (in Spanish) was titled,
“How to prevent sports injuries
in first year students of the
School of Physical Education of
the Autonomous University of
Chiriquí, Panama.”
The essential purpose of this
study is to present a Sports
Injury Prevention program to
prepare students with theoretical-
practical knowledge about
injuries that can commonly
occur in people who do some
type of sport. This research
also aims to motivate students
to participate in the different
sports activities that take place
on the university campus.
Federico completed a Doctorate
Program in Physical Education
at Atlantic International
University.
Call for Papers
This Conference will be held
29-31 March 2023
at Polytechnic Institute
of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
We invite proposals for paper
presentations, workshops/
interactive sessions, posters/
exhibits, colloquia, focused
discussions, innovation showcases,
virtual posters, or virtual
lightning talks.
2023 Special Focus:
“New Agendas for Design:
Principles of Scale, Practices of
Inclusion”
Theme 1: Design education.
Theme 2: Design in society.
Theme 3: Designed objects.
Theme 4: Visual design.
Theme 5: Design management
and professional practice.
Theme 6: Architectonic, Spatial,
and Environmental Design.
Become a Presenter:
1. Submit a proposal
2. Review timeline
3. Register
Advance proposal deadline
May 29, 2022
Advance registration deadline
June 29, 2022
Visit the website:
https://designprinciplesandpractices.
com
Call for Papers
This Meeting will be held in
virtual mode (Spanish) 23–24
June 2022 with the support of
Universidad Nacional Autónoma
de México (UNAM), FES
Zaragoza, and RED IDEA.
The objective is to bring together
university professors,
independent professionals and
educational researchers interested
in sharing their experience
and knowledge regarding
the importance in the application
of basic sciences in clinical
practice for the promotion of
transdisciplinary thinking in
the care of complex health
problems.
Contributions may be:
1. Communications.
2. Asynchronous digital video.
3. Conferences.
4. Workshop proposals
(webinar) related to
practical experiences
or innovative products.
5. Presentation of books and
dialogue with the author.
The contributions obtained will
be documented in an open and
free distribution e-book in the
context of the Open Educational
Movement promoted by UNESCO.
Participants will be invited
to collaborate in this initiative
to promote Open Science.
Proposal deadline
May 30, 2022
Visit the website:
https://encuentroareabasicaypracticaclinica.
weebly.com/
APRIL 14, 2022. Atlantic International
University is delighted
to share that the Thesis Defense
of one of our students, Kwasi
Boateng, obtained an outstanding
grade. The thesis was titled,
“Creating a diaspora village in
Ghana and its effects on the
economy of Ghana.”
Abstract: The owners and
employees of the Diaspora
African Forum were the primary
focus of the research (DAF). Ten
officials were selected from the
Diaspora African Forum (DAF)
on the basis of interviews with
the organization’s owners and
employees. Simple random
sampling was adopted for the
selection of respondents. ... The
study discovered that the village
is basically a community of both
Ghanaian diaspora and other
nationals. It was also found that
there is the need for Africans
especially in the Diaspora to
work together to the country
and the continent as a whole.
Kwasi Boateng completed a
Doctorate Program in Corporate
Governance at AIU.
May 9 - 10, 2022.
This year’s International
Education Conference will be
an entirely virtual event taking
place on Zoom with tickets
being purchased through the
Eventbrite platform: https://
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/asic-virtualconference-
awards-ceremony-
2022-tickets-260957369517
Theme:
Reflection, Re-evaluation,
and Renaissance?
New perspectives on hybrid
pedagogy and the future of
quality assurance in international
education
Keynote Speakers
Prof Dr Ahmet Amin Mousa
Cairo University
Ambassador
Dr Muwaffaq Ajlouni
Farah International Centre
for Strategic Studies Researches
Amman Jordan
AIU will have an
important participation
on this main event.
Dr. Ricardo Gonzalez A.
will be a guest speaker.
Who should attend?
• Managers/Leaders of Universities,
Colleges, International
Schools and Training Providers
• Directors of International
Recruitment and Staff
• Heads of Quality Assurance
and Teams
• Marketing Managers
• Ministry or government
representatives tasked with
improving their country’s
education provision
• Anyone with an interest in
international education, quality
assurance, and accreditation.
For more
information, visit:
https://mailchi.mp/asic.org.
uk/education-conferencedubai-
2022
| Onésimo Nataniel da Cruz Camutali Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Angola |
Danilo Ransay Joaquim Mabiala Doctor of Business Administration Business Management Angola |
Felister Sevidzem Master of Business Administration Health Care Administration Cameroo n |
Shamua Shayam Spencer Bachelor of Education Adult Education Cayman Islands |
Djimadoum-Yan Kayamou Doctor of Health Economics Business Management Chad |
Martha Teresa Gabot Burgos Doctor of Literature Linguistics and Literature Dominican Republic |
| Felicia Méndez Rosa Doctor of Social Science Social Science Dominican Republic |
Eufracia Cristina Jiménez Almonte Bachelor of Education Elementary Education Dominican Republic |
Esther Altagracia García Mercado Doctor of Educational Sciences Educational Psychopedagogy Dominican Republic |
Hector Jaime Farinango Mendez Master of Science Microbiology Ecuador |
Domenica Desiree Calero Mejia Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Ecuador |
Pedro Malavo Nsene Bachelor of Business Administration Project Management Equatorial Guinea |
| Iván Ricardo Lobe Bachelor of Science Renewable Energy Equatorial Guinea |
Yakoub Abdi Isack Master of Science Public Health and Nutrition Ethiop ia |
Daniel Nii Arday Mensah Master of Science Electrical Engineering Ghana |
Francis Aabobreme Kofi Benon Doctor of Arts Organizational Development Ghana |
Jhon Jairo Moron Ojeda Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Guatemala |
Hans Williams Monroy Morales Bachelor of Business Administration Business Administration Guatemala |
| Renita Farida Crandon-Duncan Doctor of Education Education Guyana |
Osman Yancarlo Rodriguez Lobo Bachelor of Management Aviation Management Honduras |
Phani Kanth Kosaraju Master of Business Administration Business Administration India |
Jane Nafula Sakwa Bachelor of Science Accounting Kenya |
Georges J. Yared Doctor of Philosop hy Quantum Leadership in Public Health Leba non |
Pedro Tomáz Muendane Post-Doctorate of Business Management Business Management Mozambique |
| Albertina Castigo Mulandesa Juma Bachelor of Science Psychology Mozambique |
Berquelio Biquel Pereira Khossa Bachelor of Economics Economics Mozambique |
Iruansi Imonikhe Itoandon Doctor of Business Administration Business Administration Nigeria |
Taiwo Adejoke Odeyemi Bachelor of Business Administration Public Relations and Advertising Nigeria |
Agbor, Agbor Elemi Doctor of Public Administration Public Administration Nigeria |
Bolaji Peter Olanrewaju Master of Science Environmental Engineering Nigeria |
| Ilechukwu Rosemary Chika Doctor of Philosop hy Economics Nigeria |
Sammy Olayemi Abel Master of Science Project Management Nigeria |
Osazuwa Izegbuwa Anthonia Master of Science Nutrition Nigeria |
Charles Nzasibenvo Nyameh Master of Arts Human Development Nigeria |
Eliseo Edgardo Jackson Hernandez Bachelor of Science Telecommunications Panama |
Virginia Y. Acevedo C. Bachelor of Communications Communications Panama |
| Nestor Prado Huarmiyure Certificate of Science Psychology Peru |
Emad Abdulrazaq Sharqawi Doctor of Science Project Management Saudi Arab ia |
Eman Saud Saad Almutairi Doctor of Science Legal Studies Saudi Arab ia |
Mohamed A. E. Hasabarrasol Hasan Master of Business Administration Business Administration Saudi Arab ia |
Jean Hellen Gondwe Mwandira Doctor of Project Management Project Management Sierra Leone |
Morie Sylvester Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering Sierra Leone |
| Wurie Jalloh Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Sierra Leone |
Francisco Campillo Pérez Doctor of Science Food Science Spa in |
Temba Wiseman Gola Doctor of Social Science Social Science South Africa |
Nasima Joseph Associate of Business Administration Business Administration St. Lucia West Indies |
Yiying Liang Master of Business Administration Business Administration Thailand |
Erşan Asar Bachelor of Human Resources Human Resources Management Türkiye |
| Semih Artün Doctor of Arts Project Management Türkiye |
Seda Özlem Özgöz Doctor of Arts Project Management Türkiye |
Xiomara Martinez De Noyes Bachelor of Arts Culinary Arts Turks and Caicos Islands |
Wilberforce Paddy Nahabwe Doctor of Philosop hy Project Management Uganda |
Malika Victoria Sweta Doctor of Philosop hy Public Health Administration United Kingdom |
Ana Maria Sencion Gil Bachelor of Human and Social Studies Psychology US A |
| Rev. Peter Claver Sutinga Doctor of Philosop hy Organizational Development US A |
Durul Ediz Ciloglu Master of Science Renewable Energy US A |
Wandingi Karl Mbotake Bachelor of Science Political Science US A |
Marcelle Bianca Schaffrath Bachelor of Science Psychology US A |
Harry Folusho Akinola Doctor of Management Leadership and Org. Develop ment US A |
Tulasi P Sitaula Doctor of Management Construction Management US A |
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Carlos Julio Moya Tineo Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering US A |
Ermaze Louis Certificate of Social and Human Studies English Language US A |
Paulette Leana Cheltenham Master of Human Resources Management Human Resources Management West Indies |
Betty Mutombo Mwanga Difand Master of Business Management Business Management Zambia |
Chileshe Selestino Kandondo Doctor of Philosop hy Public Administration Zambia |
| Patricia Nkandu Bachelor of Science Psychology Zambia |
Martin Mutale Bachelor of Science Renewable Energy Zambia |
Victor Moyo Doctor of Philosop hy Strategic Management Zimbabwe |
Abdirahman H. Osman Ahmed
Bachelor of Project Management
February 8, 2022
“The objective of my enrolment
was to acquire a degree from
a world-class university in order to
advance my professional status. Over
the past years, the learning journey has
been quite exciting and productive...
First of all, I began the journey with
a review of resume that was conducted
my Academic Advisor. As a result, I was
awarded 80 credit based on my working
experience in project management
especially in the humanitarian field in
Somalia. I have been working for several
international non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) operating in Somalia
and have held numerous positions
in project design and management. I
have also attended a number training
workshops in organizational management
and project management. I have
also been involved providing capacity
building training to Somali NGOs staff
members in project design and proposal
development. Second, I have developed
three book essays (Fractal Time, Building
Social Business and In Defense of Globalization)
intended to expand my understanding
of international development ...
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Hobah Rogoto
Doctor of International Relations
February 10, 2022
“Atlantic International University
is exceptional in its way of
conducting andragogy and long-distance
learning. Of course, my learning
experience with AIU has been a little
bit challenging, more stressful in peak
periods yet exciting and rewarding. My
endlessly sleepless nights were sometimes
unbearable. No much time for
socialization and hobbies. Being a busy
professional with high workloads so
often, I have had hard time in submitting
assignments on due date. My life
balance already seriously destabilized by
the workload has been exacerbated by
this new learning adventure. But with
supporting, hands-on, and top-notch
tutors and advisors, the workload has
been alleviated both at workplace and
in my learning journey. Over this tough
and hard time, I came to notice that by
focusing on the end result with solid
motivation could provide energy and inner
stimuli to overcome challenges and
keep going. That was the clue. Nothing
could drive me off track my degree.
The originality of AIU is a self-made
program designed for the student by ...
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Abdillahi Abdourahman Ahmed
Master of Accounting and Finance
February 14, 2022
“The main reason I joined this
university was to enhance my
education in the Finance sector, Mr.
Renato, was my Tutor and his prompt
reaction and involvement was the most
excellent experience I had during my
time with AIU. I also had a fantastic
experience with my academic advisors,
who assisted me in gaining more skills
in writing assignments and conducting
research throughout many financial
fields. They all inspired me to continue
on to the point where I graduated.
Thank you again for all the wonderful
work you have done!
Terence Chross
Master of Business Administration
February 16, 2022
“I am from Papua New Guinea. I
completed Electrical Engineering
in PNG Unitech but my hunger to get an
MBA has gotten me to enroll in AIU.
With work pressure and assignments
deadlines, I was under pressure sometimes
but I did learn to manage time and
workload while studying. Studying with
AIU has indeed thought me a lot business
wise. I learnt some great management
skills and how to manage company
resources for greater profit. Moreover,
how to control, organize and creating
reliable system for future benefits is
one of the important pieces I learnt. It
was my first time studying online while
working and I am very happy to have
come this far. AIU Staff and my tutor
have been very helpful and supportive. I
am so thankful for the opportunity and
new things I learnt as an AIU Student.
Byaruhanga Stephen Rwaheru
Doctor of Sustainable Energy Engineering
February 18, 2022
“My first months of the PhD
program at AIU made me
realise that my life was to change
dramatically, and that doing PhD was
something completely different to what
I had experienced during my Master’s
programme. My experiences have been
amazing. ... Up to now, I am still discovering
the opportunities the university
offers me. ...
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Introduction
Managerial Economics is not
only valuable to managers of
the Fortune 500 companies but
it is also valuable to managers
of non-for-profits organizations.
Managerial economics is
valuable to a manager of a food
bank who must choose the best
means to distribute food to the
needy. It is also valuable to a
coordinator of a shelter for the
homeless whose primary goal
is to help the highest possible
number of the homeless given
a very limited budget. Managerial
economics provides important
insights into every area of
the business and nonbusiness
world we live in, including
household decision-making.
Managerial Economics
Managerial economic, it is
the study of how to direct the
scarce resources in the manner
that most efficiently achieves
the managerial goal. Managerial
economics is a broad field
as it describes the methods
that are useful for directing
everything from the resources
of a household to maximize
a household welfare, to the
resources of a company to
maximize the company profits.
Market Forces:
Demand and Supply
Demand: the law of demand
states that as the price of good
falls (rises) and all other things
remain constant, the quantity
demanded of the good rises
(falls) and the market demand
curve is a curve indicating the
total quantity of a product all
consumers are willing and
able to procure at each possible
price, holding the prices
of related products, income
advertising and other variables
constant.
Demand shifters are variables
other than the price of
the products that influence
demand, they include the
consumer income, prices of
related products, population,
consumer expectation, health
scares, advertising and consumer
tastes.
Supply, the market supply
curve is a curve that indicates the total quantity of a product
that all the producers in
a competitive market would
produce at each price holding
input prices, technology
and other variables affecting
supply constant. Supply shifters
are variables that affect
the position of the supply
curve and they include input
prices, technology/government
regulations, number of firms,
substitutes in production taxes
and producer expectations.
Consumer Behavior
A consumer is an individual
who purchases goods and services
from companies for the
purpose of consumption. A
manager of a company should
not only be interested in who
purchases the goods and services
but also in who consumes
the goods and services. There
are two important factors a
manager must consider in
characterizing the consumer
behavior;
1. Consumer opportunities,
they represent the possible
services and goods that a
consumer can afford to consume
and
2. Consumer preferences, it
determines which of these
goods and services the consumer
will consume.
Constraints
Individuals face constraints
in making decisions and the constraints can be legal
constraints, time constraints,
physical constraints and budget
constraints (Budget constraints,
it restricts consumer
behaiour by mandating the
consumer to select a bundle of
goods and services that are affordable.
The budget set is the
bundles of goods and services
the consumer can afford while
the budget line is the bundles
of good and services that exhaust
the consumer’s income.)
The Production Function
It is an engineering relation
that defines the maximum
amount of output that can be
produced with a number set
of inputs. Mathematically, the
production function is defined
as: Q = F (K, L)
Q = the level of the output
produced in the production
process,
K = the quantity of the capital
and
L = the quantity of labour.
That is the maximum amount
of output can be produced with
K units of capital and L units
of labour.
The roles of a Manager in
a firm is to use the available
production function efficiently
meaning that the manager
must determine how much of
each input to use to produce
output.
Measures of Productivity
One of the important
components of the managerial
decision making is the
determination of the productivity
of the inputs used in the
manufacturing process. The
three most important measures
of the productivity are the
average productivity, the total
productivity and the marginal
productivity.
Total Product
Total Product, TP is the maximum
level of the output that
can be produced with a fixed
amount of the inputs. The
production function defines the
maximum amount of the output
that can be produced with
a fixed level of the input. If
workers do not put maximum
efforts, output will be low.
Average Product
Average Product AP, the AP
of an input is the total product
produced divided by the
quantity used for the input.
It is the major of the output
produced per unit of the input.
The average product of labour
(APL) is APL = Q / L, while
the average product of capital
(APK) is APK = Q / K.
Marginal Product
The Marginal product of an
input is the change in total
output attribute to the last
unit of the input. The marginal
product of capital MPK Is the
change in the total output divided
by the change in capital:
MPK = Change in Q / Change in
K, while the marginal product
of the labour MPL is the change
in the total output divided by
the change in the labour. MPL
= Change in Q / Change in L.
The Cost Function
The cost function summarizes
information about the
production process and it provides
essential information the
manager needs to determine
the profit-maximizing level of
the output. The cost function
equally reduces the amount
of information a manager has
to process to make an optimal
output decisions.
Short-Run Costs
The short run is defined
as the period over which the
amounts of some inputs are
fixed. The manager is free to
alter the use of variable inputs
in the short run but the manager
is struck with the existing
levels of the fixed inputs.
Inputs are costly whether fixed
inputs or variable inputs, the
total cost of producing an output
is the short run consists of;
• The cost of the fixed inputs
and
• The cost of the variable inputs
Which are both components
called fixed costs and variable
costs.
Fixed Costs FC
These are the costs that do
not vary with the output, they
include the cost of the fixed
inputs used in the production. Variable Costs
These are the costs that
change when the output is
changed, they include the costs
of the inputs that vary with the
output.
Short-Run Cost Function
It is the function that defines
the minimum possible cost of
producing each output level
when the variable factors are
used in the cost minimizing
fashion. It summarizes
the minimum possible cost
of producing the each level of
the output when the variable
factors are being employed in
the cost minimizing way in the
presence of the fixed factors of
the production.
Sunk Costs
Sunk costs are costs that
are lost forever after they have
been paid. Sunk costs are irrelevant
to decision making
but they affect the calculations
of the total profits.
Long-Run Costs
The manager is free to adjust
all the levels of all inputs, as
all the costs are variable in
the long-run. The long run
average cost curve is that curve
that defines the minimum
average cost of the producing
alternative levels of the output
allowing for optimal selection
of both the fixed and the variable
factors of the production.
Economies of Scale
The economies of scale exist
whenever the long-run average
costs decline as the output
increases while the Diseconomies
of scale exist whenever
the long-run average costs increase
as the output increases.
The multiple cost function is
the function that defines cost
of producing the given level of
two or more types of outputs
assuming all the inputs are
used efficiently.
Economies of Scope
The Economies of scope exist
when the total cost of producing
two different products
within the same company is
lower than when the products
are being produced by separate
companies. It exist when the
total cost of producing P1 and
P2 together is less than the
total cost of producing P1 and
P2 separately. That is C(P1) +
C(P2) > C(P1+P2).
Cost Complementarity
Cost complementarity exists
when the marginal cost of producing
one output is reduced
when output of another product
is increased.
Transaction Costs
They are cost associated with
acquiring of an input that are
in excess amount paid to the
input supplier. They play an
important role in determining
the optimal input procurement.
The transaction costs of
acquiring inputs are the costs
of locating a seller of the input,
negotiating the price at which
the input will be procured and
putting the input to use. The
Transactions costs include:
• Cost of looking for a supplier
that is willing to see a given
input.
• Cost of negotiating the price
at which an input will be
procured. The costs may be
in terms of the opportunity
cost of time, legal fees and
so forth.
• Other investments cost and
expenditures required facilitating
the exchange.
Conclusion
In the business world, success
means winning in the
market place no matter how
you slice it. CEOs and the
Managers in both large and
small corporations including
privately held firms, nonprofit
organizations such as hospitals
and universities, managers of
any of these kinds of organizations
cannot expect to make
successful decisions without a
clear understanding of how the
market forces create both opportunities
and constraints for
businesses.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. Michael R. Baye and Jeffrey T. Prince, Ninth Edition.
Managerial Economics and Business Strategy. • Thomas R. Christopher,
Charles S. Maurice. Managerial Economics: Foundations of Business Analysis
and Strategy.
We were looking forward
to 2022 with great
enthusiasm because the global
problems generated in all
aspects of human life, by the
Covid-19 pandemic, seemed
to leave this world. We are
witnessing the presence of the
new mutation of Covid-19 with
less ferocity than the previous
mutations.
Society is currently occupied
by the deficiency in the
application of the vaccine in
countries with less economic
resources. Also create formulas
for those who have not wanted
to be vaccinated to prevent
them from spreading the virus.
Regardless of the problems
generated by the virus in the
world economy, we have a
society that seemed to be doing
well. We have a world of
a lot of science and a lot of technology. The well-being
that is seen is only for a part of
the population.
Analyzes are made of the
reasons why well-being
doesn’t reach everyone.
Education doesn’t reach its
objectives because the curricular
designs are made to support
the governments in power.
After World War II, although
Russia was with the allies, they
guided their system of government
with a different policy
from them. Also after the Great
War, organizations were created
so that the big problems
could be resolved in an assembly
and there would never be a
world conflict again.
Those organizations were:
UN – United Nations Organization.
October 24, 1945.
UNESCO – United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization. November
1945.
FAO – Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations.
October 1945.
NATO – North Atlantic Organization.
April 4, 1949.
WHO – World Health Organization.
April 7, 1948.
IMF – International Monetary
Fund. 1945.
WB – World Bank. July 1945.
The organizations mentioned
are the most relevant.
We are in 2022 and we have a
conflict that can bring us a war
with greater consequences than
World War II. We are witnessing
a conflict between Ukraine
and Russia. We only have to
answer the following questions
and the future that we will
have if we continue doing the
same appears.
1. What does the Ukrainian
territory have that is worth
so much?
2. Why was the European
Union (EU) dedicated to
establishing commercial relations
of such importance as
the basis for its production
with such a different political
system?
3. After all the sanctions applied
to Russia, the world
will be the same again?
4. What political foundation
should all society have?
5. Who benefits from authoritarian
political systems?
6. Why do human beings with
so much science and technology
dedicate to generate
situations that mean their
death and that of the planet?
7. What will happen to the
countries that came with
food problems?
8. What will happen to education
if these are the human
beings that it has generated?
9. What has happened in History
with those who are
dedicated to sowing death?
As human beings, as a society, it seems that we have to work
hard to have a world where the
fulfillment of each human being
can be possible.
Well-being comes
from what we do.
Well-being arise from
everyday activities designed for
the benefit of everyone
We need to learn to identify
well-being and abandon the
belief that happiness is accumuling
assets. Our planet can
produce for the well-being of
everyone but with our vision of
happiness we have the results
we now live.
Well-being has to be for everyone,
we only need to learn
how to look for it: we need
another education.
BIBLIOGRAPHY. UNESCO. Caminos hacia 2050 y más allá. Retrieved from: https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/wp-content/
uploads/2021/11/Pathways-to-2050-and-beyond_ESP-1.pdf
UNESCO. Pensar más allá de los límites. Perspectivas sobre los futuros de la educación superior
hasta 2050, 25 de mayo de 2021. Retrieved from: https://www.iesalc.unesco.org/2021/05/26/
informe-sobre-el-futuro-de-la-educacion-superior-preve-respuestas-colectivas-y-holisticas-a-los-retos-mundiales/
In the world of conscious, positive
parenting, I have perceived the following
messages. ‘We “should” always
remain unruffled. When we show
emotions like frustration, anger, sadness,
and annoyance, we are giving our
children power over us. We are showing
them that they have control over our
emotions.’ When our children activate
one of our stronger (what is perceived as
negative) emotions, and we deny that,
THEN they have the power. It is only
when we connect with ourselves and
name our feelings that we reclaim our
own power. Furthermore, pretending to
be calm when we are clearly not can actually
be more alarming to our children!
Our brains are always scanning our
environment looking for incongruencies,
looking for things that don’t add up or make sense. Emotional incongruencies
are something that the brain (yes,
your child’s brain) is scanning for. So,
if I am visibly angry (red face, shaking
hands, nonverbal cues) but pretending
to be calm (because I’m desperately
trying to achieve that state), my child’s
brain will actually see that and register
me as a threat because of the incongruence.
It says, “this doesn’t add up.”
So, when we are attempting to look
calm while our nonverbal language
says we are upset, we may actually
escalate our child.
What we can do instead of pretending
to be calm in the face of
any and everything is to be honest
with our children. ...
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Scientists believe they have identified
the oldest fossils on Earth, dating
back at least 3.75 billion years and possibly
even 4.2 billion years, in rocks found
at a remote location in northern Québec,
Canada, according to a new study. If the
structures in these rocks are biological in
origin, it would push the timeline of life
on our planet back by 300 million years
at a minimum, and could potentially
show that the earliest known organisms
are barely younger than Earth itself. Such
a finding would have major implications
for understanding the emergence of
life on Earth, and could also inform the
search for aliens on other worlds.
These presumed microbial fossils were
originally collected by Dominic Papineau,
an associate professor in geochemistry
and astrobiology (London), during a
2008 expedition to Québec’s Nuvvuagittuq
Supracrustal Belt. They reported
their discovery in a 2017 paper published
in Nature ... In the years since
then, Papineau and his colleagues have
worked to bolster the case that the
tantalizing structures are indeed early
lifeforms that may have thrived near
hydrothermal vents in Earth’s ancient
oceans. The researchers report these
“unprecedented” new findings, which
potentially reveal “a diverse microbial
ecosystem on the primordial Earth that
may be common on other planetary
bodies, including Mars,” in a study
published in Science Advances. ...
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In a first for telepresence communication,
a NASA flight surgeon was ‘holoported’
to the International Space Station
(ISS), appearing and conversing as a
virtual presence in real time, hundreds of
miles above the surface of Earth.
If it sounds like Star Trek, you're
not too far off. ... But this isn't science
fiction. When NASA flight surgeon
Josef Schmid was beamed up to the ISS
in October of last year, the illusion was
made possible thanks to Microsoft’s
‘holoportation’ technology, which lets
users interact with 3D representations of
remote participants in real time. “This
is [a] completely new manner of human
communication across vast distances,”
says Schmid. “It is a brand-new way of
human exploration, where our human
entity is able to travel off the planet.”
Unlike traditional holographic projections
that appear to hover in the air for
anybody to see, holoportation requires
the use of an augmented reality headset,
such as Microsoft’s HoloLens technology,
for the wearer to be able to perceive
(and interact with) the remotely
captured individual(s), who are filmed
with a multiple-camera setup in their
actual location.
In this case, European Space Agency
(ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who
was on board the ISS and wearing such
a headset, had a two-way conversation
with Schmid and members of his
medical team, along with the CEO of
AEXA Aerospace, which develops custom
holoportation software ...
Research has found that we actually
harbor an aversion to creators
and creativity; subconsciously, we see
creativity as noxious and disruptive,
and as a recent study demonstrated,
this bias can potentially discourage us
from undertaking an innovative project
or hiring a creative employee.
“People actually have strong associations
between the concept of creativity
and other negative associations like
vomit and poison,” said Jack Goncalo, a
business professor at the University of
Illinois and the lead author on the new
study. “Agony was another one.”
Dr. Goncalo has spent a decade studying
the underlying factors that motivate
and hinder creators. For instance, he
and his co-authors have found that in
some cases religious belief can limit a
person’s creativity, and that creativity
can provide a feeling of liberation to
people who carry secrets. ...
Creativity means change, without
the certainty of desirable results. “We
have an implicit belief the status quo is
safe,” said Jennifer Mueller, a professor
of management. ... the people invested
in the status quo have plenty of incentive
not to change. “Novel ideas have
almost no upside for a middle manager
—almost none,” she said. “The goal of
a middle manager is meeting metrics of
an existing paradigm.” ...
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This lower-limb prosthesis, created
by industrial designer Harry Teng,
offers amputees a safe, low-cost standing
aid in the shower. It was designed to
bridge the gap between traditional prostheses,
which are expensive and generally
not waterproof, and bathroom aids
such as wall grips and shower stools that
don’t help users with the most treacherous
step —getting into the shower.
Lytra is a prosthetic leg made from
Proteus® Sheet (medical grade polypropylene).
The sheets are molded into
curvatures and assembled together to
gain incredible strength as a unit. ...
Visit: www.harry-teng.com
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Superadobe homes are estimated to
last for centuries and are cost-effective
to produce. The making of the new
material also carries the potential of
creating autonomy and better-paid jobs.
Nader Khalili first proposed earthbag
construction at a 1984 Nasa symposium
that tasked participants to share ideas
of how to build on the Moon and Mars,
using material available onsite, as the
costs of taking materials from Earth
into space would be exorbitant. “When
my dad gave that presentation, his
case was that earth really is gold: 99%
of the material that you need to build
a shelter for yourself is on your own
land. Talk about true sustainability and
empowerment,” says Sheefteh Khalili,
co-director of Cal-Earth Institute. A
nonprofit that her late father founded
in 1991, the institute teaches people
how to build disaster-resistant, sustainable
structures using earth-based
architecture.
Adobe is an earth-based material
consisting of soil compacted with
organic materials such as corn stalks,
hay, and animal manure. It is one of
the oldest building materials in the
world, though its exact components
can vary. Superadobe is also manufactured
from earth and organic materials.
But the mixture is fortified with lime,
then compressed into polypropylene
bags which are piled on top of each
other, each heavy layer separated by
barbed wire.
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Scientists from the Beijing Institute
of Technology, China, set out
to create a novel robotic rat —named
‘SQuRo’ (small-sized quadruped robotic
rat)— that could serve as an agile adaption
to perform multiple motions and
carry payloads. This robot can perform
a whole series of motions, including
crouching-to-standing, walking, crawling,
and turning, and can even recover
from a fall by controlling its limbs and
cervical parts to adjust its center of
mass. The SQuRo demonstrated it was
able to pass through an irregular narrow
passage just 3.5 inches wide, cleared
an obstacle of 1 inch, and went down a
slope of 15° in a stable manner.
Could this robot be the answer to rescue
missions or transporting payloads
to places that are hard to reach? Well,
with it being much smaller than other
similar robots, and the fact that it can
carry up to 91% of its own weight, it
certainly seems so. ...
We have all experienced not noticing
a sound until it goes away. Often
it is an air conditioner or an idling truck.
The air conditioner cycles off or the
ignition is cut, and suddenly we “hear”
the silence. And we sigh in relief. We
momentarily revel in the peace until it
starts up again or is replaced by the next
aural annoyance. If our ears are not being
damaged and we can mostly tune it
out, should these noises concern us? We
should indeed notice it and be concerned
for the sake of our brains. ...
Chronic noise exposure, such as
might be experienced by individuals
who live near an airport, can lead to an
overall decrease in perceived quality
of life, increased stress levels along
with an increase in the stress hormone
cortisol, problems with memory and
learning, difficulty performing challenging
tasks, and even stiffening of
blood vessels and other cardiovascular
diseases. According to the WHO, noise
exposure and its secondary outcomes
such as hypertension and reduced
cognitive performance are estimated to
account for an astounding number of
years lost due to ill health, disability, or
early death. ...
A straightforward way to reduce
noise is to use sound-isolating earplugs.
Most are made of foam, and
their one-size-fits-most design can
work well ...
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It is important to design accommodations
in areas of impairment for
neurodivergent children [ADHD, Autism,
Dyspraxia, Dyslexia] because of the lack
of consistent and supportive accommodations
in their environment. When
children interact with a world that is
not designed for them, there is bound
to be some struggle. By making accommodations
we can reduce struggle
and increase confidence, autonomy and
self-determination.
1. Sensory Regulation. The ways that
people’s brains process sensory input.
ND people may process this information
differently. This may be from not receiving
or being bombarded with sensory
information. ...
2. Emotional Regulation. How we process and respond to our environments
through our emotions. ND children’s
classrooms and homes may not
be equipped to support a complex and
deep level of emotional response. ...
3. Socialization. The ways in which
we form connections with others. For
ND children, it can look different. Some
schools offer to reprogram their natural
ways, which is not desirable ...
4. Communication. The way that
people exchange information. Often
times, ND children are forced to have
verbal communication ...
5. Executive Function. The processes
by which we manage and execute actions
like packing a backpack, switching from
working to listening ...
On April 14, PG&E’s 50-year license
for the Eel River Dams expired, with
the company opting against renewing the
costly Potter Valley Project (PVP). ...
Before the dam, the Eel hosted some of
the most dramatic salmon and steelhead
runs in California. The few remaining
fish are now listed as threatened under
the Federal Endangered Species Act.
Because the dam prevents the normal,
seasonal flushing of sediments in the
river, the water is considered “impaired”
under the Clean Water Act. ...
Dams degrade water quality. They also
block the rich nutrients brought into the
habitat by spawning anadromous fish.
The salmon and steelhead using our
rivers for spawning have traveled and
fed in thousands of miles of ocean water
from as far away as Canada, Alaska
or even Russia. When they die after
spawning these exotic nutrients supercharge
the ecosystem benefiting all
forms of life. ... Dam removal is about
much more than restoring endangered
fish populations. ... Once streams are
returned to their natural states, they
are able to cleanse themselves, wash
out all the sediments that smother
aquatic plants, insects and fish.
Improved water quality also impacts
everything from associated wetlands to
coastal beaches and estuaries. ...
Not all dams are good candidates for
removal, but enough of them are to feed
a growing national movement to come
up with win-win scenarios for fish,
ecosystems and human ...
The term biocentrism encompasses
all environmental ethics that “extend
the status of moral object from
human beings to all living things in
nature”. Biocentric ethics calls for a
rethinking of the relationship between
humans and nature. It states that nature
does not exist simply to be used or
consumed by humans, but that humans
are simply one species amongst many,
and that because we are part of an ecosystem,
any actions which negatively
affect the living systems of which we
are a part adversely affect us as well,
whether or not we maintain a biocentric
worldview.
Biocentrists observe that all species
have inherent value, and that humans
are not “superior” to other species in a moral or ethical sense. The four main
pillars of a biocentric outlook are:
1. Humans and all other species are
members of Earth’s community.
2. All species are part of a system of
interdependence.
3. All living organisms pursue their
own “good” in their own ways.
4. Human beings are not inherently
superior to other living things.
Moment to moment, the world is
kept alive only by the bacteria doing
the basic work of life, which no
one else can do, and by maintaining
relationships more complex than any
we could ever understand. We are all
here only because of other beings. ...
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Mr. [Augustine] Alpha and three
colleagues will, over a few days,
gather the details of every death that
took place in the village of Funkoya [Sierra
Leone] since 2020, using a process
called an electronic verbal autopsy. The
data they collect goes to the project’s
head office at Njala University, in the
town of Bo. There, a physician reviews
the symptoms and description and classifies
each death according to its cause.
It is an extraordinarily labor-intensive
way of establishing who has died,
and how, but it’s necessary here because
only a quarter of deaths in Sierra
Leone are reported to a national vital
statistics registry system, and none of
the deaths have a cause assigned. Life
expectancy here is just 54 years, and
the vast majority of people die from preventable or treatable causes. But because
there is no data about the deaths
of its citizens, the government plans its
programs and health care budget based
on models and projections that are,
ultimately, only best guesses. ...
Vital statistics collection across the
developing world is weak. ...nearly half
of the people who die around the world
each year do not have their deaths
recorded. “There is no incentive in
death registration,” said Prabhat Jha.
He pioneered these kinds of efforts two
decades ago in India; doing it now in
Sierra Leone has shown that the model
will work anywhere, and has helped
bolster a government eager to root its
policies in evidence and hard facts. ...
The international animal rights
group Sea Shepherd said it hopes
that pressure will build from within the
Faroe Islands to end its traditional drive
of sea mammals into shallow water,
where they are slaughtered for their
meat and blubber.
A local activist published gruesome
video footage of Sunday’s slaughter
of 1,428 white-sided dolphins on the
central Faroese island of Eysturoy in the
North Atlantic archipelago [September
12, 2021, see photo]. The number of
dolphins was so large —much higher
than in previous years— that it appears
participants may not have been able to
follow regulations to minimize the suffering
of the mammals. “It was a complete
disaster, completely unprecedented in fact, it could even be the largest
single hunt of cetaceans in documented
history anywhere in the world,” said
Robert Read, campaign director for the
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Environmental activists have long
claimed the practice is cruel. But this
year even people on the Faroes who defend
the four-century-old practice have
spoken out amid fears that this year’s
slaughter will draw unwanted attention.
“We must admit that things did not go
as we would like to,” said Hans Jacob
Hermansen, the former chairman of the
Faroese association behind the drives.
“We are going to evaluate if anything
went wrong ...
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‘we’re not ready.’
Revolutions have been led
by self-taught amateurs,
by the poor and working
people, by passionate
individuals from all walks
of life. Who is ever ready?”
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