Happy Mind Research Articles

A Review on Management of Vataja Shirorog W.S.R. to Tension type Headache through Dashmooladi Siddha Ksheerdhara and Oral Administration

It is sad and known to everybody that in today’s era, it is difficult to maintain one’s mental health. A happy mind can accomplish anything but with a busy, competitive, and demanding life, earning bread and butter has deteriorated one’s mindset. Today’s lifestyle change, i.e., irregular food habits, suppression of natural urges, lack of proper sleep, and less time for relaxation, has increased incidences of many diseases. Due to complexity, diversity, and range of root causes of mental health and little awareness about healthy mind among people, it becomes challenging to diagnose the problem. In Ayurveda, mind contemplates to be a bridge between indriyas and indriyarthas. If the mind is unhealthy, it will surely reflect upon the body. Insomnia, insanity, tension-type headache, office headache, depression, schizophrenia, stress, and anxiety have now become very common. Fortunately, in Ayurveda, there are various lines of treatments such as Satva avajaya chikitsa, Daivya vyapasraya chikitsa, Adravyabhoot chikitsa, Yukti vyapasraya chikitsa, Achar rasayan, Yoga, and pranayama followed by proper diet and also Panchakarma therapies such as nasya and shirodhara with medicated oil seems quite effective. Shirodhara can be performed using a variety of herbs including takra, ksheer, kwath, etc. It involves continually and rhythmically pouring liquid over the forehead from a specified height for a set amount of time. The liquid depends on what disease is being treated. Shirodhara also involves a head massage. It is thought to be a good relaxing procedure for mind.

Yvonne’s House in Modiano’s Novel Ville Triste: Happy Space or Place of Illusory Happiness?

<p>談到空間的「詩學」，巴舍拉立即想到家屋。他尤其稱揚自幼居住的房舍，他試圖在此間探索幸福空間的意象。哲學家探究屋舍的各處空間，從地窖到閣樓，也同時分析了屋內的櫃子與抽屜。因為他不只要探索空間，更想了解空間與居住者間親密的互動。本文試圖探討：默迪阿諾小說的人物，多半是無國籍、無身份證件的人，這些人怎麼幻想或看待一間從小生長的房子？這些人物很少談論到家屋，更少機會能回到小時生活過的屋舍。他的小說中，直到第四本小說《傷心寓所》，才第一次出現有關家屋的描寫。這是女主角依鳳的家。依鳳對於這間房子是否存在著巴舍拉頌揚的感動？此外，小說主角緒瑪哈，一個無國籍者，又是怎麼看待他未婚妻的家屋？本文將以巴舍拉的觀點來分析《傷心寓所》關於家屋的描寫。我們將探訪依鳳的老家，她童年時的臥室。巴舍拉非常讚揚這個私密的空間。此外，我們將探討一間不在視線範圍內，卻一直被感知的鄰室，它充滿了消失及不復存在的過往的意象，最後，我們將探索一間樂園般的修車廠以及緒瑪哈對他未婚妻的這間老家的想法。</p> <p> </p><p>Speaking of the "poetics" of space, Bachelard immediately thinks of the house. He especially exalts the house where people live since childhood, where he tries to explore the "happy mind". He details each space of a house, from the cellar to the attic, and at the same time analyzes the cabinets and drawers within. Because he explores not only space, but also wants to understand the intimate interaction between the space and the occupants. But most of the characters in Modiano’s novels are stateless and without identity documents. How do these people imagine or see a house that grew up from childhood? These characters rarely talk about their homes, and even less of a chance to go back to the houses they lived in as children. In his novels, it was not until the fourth novel Villa Triste that the description of the family house appeared for the first time. This is the home of the heroine Yvonne. Between this house and Yvonne, is there something touching like that described by Bachelard? Moreover, how does Victor Chmara, the stateless protagonist of the novel and Yvonne’s fiancé, see this house? This article will analyze the description of the house in Villa Triste from Bachelard’s point of view. We will discover Yvonne’s home, her childhood bedroom – an intimate space Bachelard admires, then see a neighboring room which evokes disappearance and the untraceable past, and finally in a last part, we will explore a paradise-like garage, and we will see what perception Victor Chmara has of the home.</p> <p> </p>

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness Of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Hand Exercise in Prevention of AV Fistula Dysfunction among Hemodialysis Patient In Selected Hospital, Tumkur

Health is wealth; this phrase is very popular because happiness lies in the health of man. Good health helps to develop charm, grace, and happy mind. Kidneys are a pair of bean shaped organs located either side of the lower back just below the rib cage. Renal failure is the severe impairment or total lack of kidney function. Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) develops insidiously overtime and necessitates the initiation for long term survival.1 Dialysis is used to remove fluid and uremic waste products from the body when the kidneys are not able to do so. It is the best method to use arteriovenous fistula (AVF) as a vascular access. Compared to other vascular access such as venous catheter and a synthetic graft, arteriovenous fistula is most used method as it has fewer complications. Complications can occur even if we are careful, but are much less common if you take a few precautions. Hand exercise is essential to perform in prevention of AV fistula dysfunction. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding Hand exercise among Hemodialysis patients in selected hospital, Tumkur.Methods: n evaluative approach with pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used with purposive sampling technique to select the sample (N=50). A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the Knowledge and STP was administered to find its effectiveness. The collected data was analyzed by using Descriptive statistics like mean, median and standard deviation, and inferential statistics like paired and independent‘t’ test was included to test the hypothesis and Chi-square test was included to test the association of knowledge scores with demographic variables.Results: The mean percentage of post-test knowledge score (79.09 %) was higher than the mean percentage of pre-test knowledge score (36.54%). The calculated’ value [t (49) = 21.01] is greater than the table value (0.05, 49df) = 1.96. It showed a significant difference between mean pre- and post- test knowledge scores. Calculated x2 values are showed no significant association between any of the variables with their post-test knowledge scores. Therefore, no significant association was found between these other variables and post-test knowledge level of Hemodialysis patients.
 Interpretation & Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that there was a deficit in knowledge ofHemodialysis patients before administration of STP. The results indicated that the STP is effective in increasingthe knowledge of Hemodialysis patients on Hand exercise.

Socio-Cultural Factors Associated With Home Violence Against Women In Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria

Violence in the home is a major scourge in the society that needs unique attention to combat. There is a general saying that “a happy mind gives strength to the whole body” which means a happy woman makes a happy home, while a happy home makes a happy society. To this end, violence as a negative condition to the well-being of women is purely devastating to their happiness especially when it occurs within the home. This paper therefore explored survey design method technique in finding out the socio-cultural factors associated with home violence as experienced by women and its effects in Oye Ekiti, a town in Ekiti State of Nigeria. In a convenient sampling technique, data were collected from 200 married women who responded to questionnaire. . Hypotheses were tested using chi-square. Results showed that factors such as level of education, religion belief and income were mostly among others not associated with violence in the home, which means there are more underlying factors to look out for. It was therefore recommended that government should incite stricter laws in addressing home violence cases Family courts should also be put in place early warning systems to become aware of the consequences of ill-treatment of women at home. Also, religious organization should be more proactive in the teaching of morals towards curbing home violence.

EEG analysis on human reflection towards relaxation of mind

This paper presents an interdisciplinary studies of electronic systems: engineering, psychology and neuro-cognition. It evaluates the neurophysiological activities of human emotion using electroencephalography (EEG). This study is aimed to classify a comparison of Electroencephalogram (EEG) signal to observe human reflection towards relaxation state of mind during divine Quran recitation and listening to music. The objectives of this study is to measure the changes in alpha band and prove that the brain is less active when the subject is listening to Quran compared to music. Six healthy subjects were recruited to measure their behaviors of the mind for a total duration of three minutes. We have highlighted the observation in Topographic Map of the brain through ERP Analysis to observe whether the brain experience any changes. The results showed that the brain activity is less active and the Alpha Power is higher when the subject is listening to Quran Recitation. We conclude that listening to Quran Recitation is a useful tool for a healthy and happy mind which can help people recognize the need of Islamic practice in human life.

Analysis of Musical Instrument-Related Activities in Teacher's Manuals under the Nuri Curriculum for Three-, Four-, and Five-Year-Olds

본 연구는 누리과정 교사용 지도서에 제시된 악기 관련 활동의 전반적 경향과 ‘악기 연주하기’활동의 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 따라서 누리과정 교사용 지도서 총 32권에서 악기 관련 활동 192개를 선정하여, 누리과정 관련요소, 활동유형, 악기종류를 분석하고, 그 가운데 52개의‘악기 연주하기’활동만을 생활주제, 음악적 개념, 태도, 활동자료, 교수-학습방법에 따라 빈도와 백분율로 산출하였다. 연구결과, 누리과정 교사용 지도서의 악기 관련 활동은 예술경험영역의 예술적 표현하기에서의 반영 비율이 가장 높았다. 악기 관련 활동유형으로 노래 부르기, 악기 연주하기가 많았고, 악기종류는 리듬악기가 가장 많았다. ‘악기 연주하기’활동을 분석한 결과, 연령과 생활주제에 따라 활동 수에서 편차가 나타났다. 악기 연주하기 활동의 목표, 내용, 평가에 나타난 음악적 개념을 분석한 결과 활동목표에는 리듬이 가장 많았으며, 활동내용과 평가에서는 음색이 가장 많은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 활동목표와 평가에 제시된 음악적 태도는 즐거운 마음으로 참여하기가 가장 높았다. 활동자료는 악기 외에 음원을 가장 많이 사용했고, 교수-학습방법으로 3세는 자유롭게 연주하기, 4세는 분담합주하기, 5세는 리듬치기가 많이 나타났다.This study set out to examine the overall trends of musical instrument-related activities and the characteristics of the activities of playing a musical instrument in teachers manuals under the Nuri Curriculum. For this purpose, the study selected 192 activities related to musical instruments in total 32 teacher s manuals under the Nuri Curriculum, analyzed the elements related to the Nuri Curriculum, types of activities, and kinds of musical instruments, and obtained frequency and percentage from 52 activities of playing a musical instrument according to life topics, musical concepts, attitudes, activity materials, and teaching and learning methods. The findings show that the activities related to musical instruments recorded the highest reflection percentage in artistic expressions in the area of art experiences in the teacher s manuals under the Nuri Curriculum. The popular types of activities related to musical instruments were singing a song and playing a musical instrument. The most abundant type of musical instruments was rhythm instruments. The study analyzed the activities of playing a musical instrument and found a deviation in the number of activities according to age and life topics. The musical concepts were analyzed in the goals, content, and evaluation of activities of playing a musical instrument. The analysis results show that rhythms and tones were the most in the goals of activities and in the content and evaluation of activities, respectively. As for musical attitudes in the goals and evaluation of activities, participation with a happy mind was the highest. As for activity materials, sound sources were used most other than musical instruments. As for teaching and learning methods, playing a musical instrument freely, playing in divided ensemble, and beating rhythms were the most among three-, four-, and five-year-olds, respectively.

The Science of subjective well-being

R.J. Larsen, M. Eid, Ed Diener and the Science of Subjective Well-Being. Part 1. The Realm of Subjective Well-Being. D.M. Haybron, Philosophy and the Science of Subjective Well-Being. R. Veenhoven, Sociological Theories of Subjective Well-Being. S.E. Hill, D.M. Buss, Evolution and Subjective Well-Being. D.M. McMahon, The Pursuit of Happiness in Human History. Part 2. Measuring Subjective Well-Being. U. Schimmack, The Structure of Subjective Well-Being. W. Pavot, The Assessment of Subjective Well-Being: Successes and Shortfalls. M. Eid, Measuring the Immeasurable: Psychometric Modeling of Subjective Well-Being Data. Part 3. The Happy Person. R.E. Lucas, Personality and Subjective Well-Being. J.T. Cacioppo, L.C. Hawkley, A. Kalil, M.E. Hughes, L. Waite, R.A. Thisted, Happiness and the Invisible Threads of Social Connection: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study. M.D. Robinson, R.J. Compton, The Happy Mind in Action: The Cognitive Basis of Subjective Well-Being. F. Fujita, The Frequency of Social Comparison and Its Relation to Subjective Well-Being. R.J. Larsen, Z. Prizmic, Regulation of Emotional Well-Being: Overcoming the Hedonic Treadmill. S. Oishi, M. Koo, Two New Questions about Happiness: Is Happiness Good? and Is Happier Better? R.M. Biswas-Diener, Material Wealth and Subjective Well-Being. D.G. Myers, Religion and Human Flourishing. Part 4. Subjective Well-Being in the Interpersonal Domain. M.L. Diener, M. Diener McGavran, Makes People Happy? A Developmental Approach to the Literature on Family Relationships and Well-Being. E.S. Huebner, C. Diener, Research on Life Satisfaction of Children and Youth: Implications for the Delivery of School-Related Services. T.A. Judge, R. Klinger, Job Satisfaction: Subjective Well-Being at Work. E.M. Suh, J. Koo, Comparing Subjective Well-Being across Cultures and Nations: The What and Why Questions. Part 5. Making People Happier. L.A. King, Intervention for Enhancing Subjective Well-Being: Can We Make People Happier, and Should We? B.L. Fredrickson, Promoting Positive Affect. R.A. Emmons, Gratitude, Subjective Well-Being, and the Brain. Part 6. Conclusions and Future Directions. E. Diener, Myths in the Science of Happiness, and Directions for Future Research.

Self‐Image of Aging: A Method for Health Promotion

In 2020, 15.25% of the Thai population will be over 60. The elderly are those who are considered to be retired and unemployed. Their physical and mental conditions are rapidly changing. They experience many health problems as the result of deteriorating health. Consequently, the health‐care team needs to focus on the elderly's perception of health, self‐image, and health care provided. Understanding the nature of aging will enhance the elderly's health, such that they will perform self‐care and live a more enjoyable life. The aim of this study was to investigate the health perceptions, self‐image and methods of health promotion provided to the elderly. Focus discussion groups consisting of participants over 60 years of age, were formed. One hundred and eight participants from four Aging Clubs of large cities were invited to participate. The participants came from Chiang Mai (n = 30), Phitsanulok (n = 21), Siriraj (n = 20), and the 43rd Health Center Aging Club (n = 37), a suburb near Bangkok.Results: The majority of participants perceived that ‘Health is composed of a good physical and mental condition’ and ‘physical strength and happy mind’. All participants identified three things that made them healthy: exercise, good food, and having hobbies. The participants practised what they believed. Exercise was seen as excellent medicine, and lack of disease was seen as good fortune. Several participants emphasized that having regular check‐ups, avoiding smoking, and avoiding drinking alcohol, as being healthy. Few of the elderly, in a group of > 70‐year‐olds, from the 43rd Health Center and the Phitsanulok group, mentioned traditional treatment as promoting health. Several participants from Chiang Mai saw fresh air and good ventilation as facilitating health. All participants preferred to meet each other and join in recreational activities at the club for the elderly. Interestingly, the 60–70‐year‐old age group from the Siriraj Aging Club believed life planning and a good sexual relationship were essential for good health. All participants revealed good relationships in their families. They used religious principles to keep their equilibrium and to help maintain their spiritual well‐being. Four major factors were identified as contributing to making the participants feel old: physical changes, declined functions, declined health, and emotional instability. Several participants said they felt old when they were told they were old. Other participants complained of feeling old when they were dependent. They said it caused them to lose their self‐respect.Conclusion: The study revealed that the different groups of elderly participants had a mutual concept of health. The life experiences of the elderly were based on their beliefs of helpful heath‐care practises. Thus, caregivers need to develop and apply effective and humanistic methods of health promotion for the elderly.