And emotions

Supervisors are responsible to see that every worker is adequate on the job. Physically, mentally, and emotionally inadequate workers are accident prone. Personal hazards are lack of knowledge, conflict of motives, physical, and mental factors. 

Personnel Selection and Training. The quaHty of operating personnel is of paramount importance to the safe operation of a chemical plant. Operators must be intelligent and emotionally stable. Excessive use of alcohol and dmgs affects reHabiHty and can thereby render workers more susceptible to certain types of toxic exposure. Thorough medical screening is essential to avoid damaging exposures to susceptible individuals, eg, people with respiratory ailments should not be employed in areas where corrosive atmospheres could occur. 

The explosion killed two workers, injured 350 local residents, destroyed property up to 20 miles away, and damaged 50% of Henderson s 17,000 residential and commercial buildings. The two largest blasts registered 3.0 ajid 3.5 on the Richter scale hundreds of miles away in Cdifomia, cars were crumpled, doors blown off their hinges, and windows shattered for miles around. Uninsured losses were more than 20 million, plus 3 million more in insurance deductibles. Just as serious, were the psychological and emotional impact of the explosions, on schoolchildren and adults. 

Appetite control is a complex function of the brain that regulates feeding behaviour. This function integrates cognitive and emotional factors with a complex array of signals from the gastrointestinal tract and from adipose tissue. 

Neuroleptics or antipsychotics suppress the positive symptoms of schizophrenia such as combativeness, hallucinations and formal thought disorder. Some also alleviate the negative symptoms such as affective blunting, withdrawal and seclusiveness. Neuroleptics also produce a state of apathy and emotional indifference. Most neuroleptics block dopamine D2-receptors but some, like clozapine, also block dopamine D4-receptors or serotonin 5-hydroxytryptamine2A-receptors. 

Pain can be defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that is associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Pain is subjective, and the patient s report of pain should always be taken seriously. Pain management in acute and chronic illness is an important responsibility of the nurse Many nurses consider pain as the fifth vital sign and assessment of pain just as important as the assessment of temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure Accurate assessment of pain is necessary if pain management is to be effective Fhtients with pain are often undertreated. 

Alterations in fetal and maternal heart rates and maternal blood pressure frequently occur when ritodrine is administered IV. Additional frequent adverse reactions associated with IV administration include nausea, vomiting, headache, palpitations, nervousness, restlessness, and emotional upset. A rare, but serious, adverse reaction is pulmonary edema... 

The nursing diagnoses for the patient with a malignancy are usually extensive and are based on many factors, such as the patient s physical and emotional condition, the adverse reactions resulting from antineoplastic drug therapy, and the stage of the disease... 

Provide the patient and family with both physical and emotional support during treatment. 

Coping with the stresses of the role - to many people it might be both physically and emotionally demanding to be identified as a high flyer, to live up to the status of a high-potential employee, or to develop competence in line with others and one s own expectations. 

The main benefit of this type of scheme is that it is likely to create a less stressed and emotionally more balanced workforce. This in turn enhances a company s chances of retaining those newly returned to work. Furthermore, mentoring will also benefit the company by accelerating the time it would normally take for returners to perform their job competently once again. 

A wide variety of perceptual, cognitive, and emotional experiences may be encountered after the use of PCP. Abusers seek euphoria, which develops within minutes after smoking and is accompanied by a sense of warmth and numbness, as well as unusual delusions and hallucinations. 

Acute clinical signs of neurotoxicity, manifested by hyperexcitability, dyspnea, decreased respiration, tremors, and convulsions, were identified in the available literature as effects caused by high doses of endosulfan. Exposure to high levels of endosulfan in humans may possibly be associated with permanent brain damage as manifested by cognitive and emotional deterioration, memory impairment, and... 

One important reason for the emergence of Paracelsian alchemical illustration may have been its function as a psychological compensation for the rejection of Catholic imagery by the Protestants and the resulting spiritual and emotional insecurity experienced by many of the faithful. It is not merely coincidental that Paracelsian iconography should appear in Protestant areas where traditional Catholic icons had been destroyed. (The development of a specihcally Catholic interest in alchemy, however, was a phenomenon of the mid-seventeenth century developed in the work of Athanasius Kircher and other Jesuits.) ... 

The symptoms of bipolar disorder and the side effects associated with its treatment have implications for the patient s health-related quality of life. The disorder itself has an impact upon mental and emotional wellbeing. Bipolar disorder also affects areas of life such as employment, social partnerships and independence. The side effects of treatment may further impair the quality of life. 

The pathologic hallmarks of the disease in the brain include neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques made up of various proteins, which result in a shortage of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. These are primarily located in brain regions involved in learning, memory, and emotional behaviors such as the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, basal forebrain, and amygdala.11... 

O Patients with psoriasis have a lifelong illness that maybe very visible and emotionally distressing. There is a strong need for empathy and a caring attitude in interactions with these patients. 

All of this is also true of organic synthesis. As syntheses become highly innovative, creative and effective, the syntheses gain appeal to the senses and emotions of chemists who find beauty in them. In that moment, organic synthesis becomes Art . 

Smith, B., Meyers, M. and Kline, R., Hemispheric assymetry and emotion Later-alized parietal processing of affect and cognition. Biol Psych 29, 11-26. 1987. 

Revelle, W., Loftus, D. A., Individual differences and arousal Implications for the study of mood and memory. Special Issue Development of relationships between emotion and cognition. Cognition-and-Emotion 4(3), 209-237, 1990. 

Anderson, K. J., Revelle, W., and Lynch, M. J., Caffeine, impulsivity, and memory scanning A comparison of two explanations for the Yerkes-Dodson effect. Motivation and Emotion 13, 1-20, 1989. 

Shields, S. A., Reports of bodily change in anxiety, sadness, and anger. Motivation and Emotion 8(l), 1-21, 1984. 

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