Stress By: Noha Wafa’i Moussa Diab Under supervision of: Prof. Afaf Abduel Hamied * Stress definition: In phonetics‚ stress is defined as an intensity given to a syllable of speech by a special effort in utterance‚ resulting in relative loudness. This emphasis in pronunciation may be merely phonetic (i.e. noticeable to the listener but not meaningful). For example‚ stress differentiates the noun from the verb as in ’present’ or ’permit’. * The characteristics of stressed syllables:
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Objective of the report Understand job stress and its nature‚ Understand theoretical viewpoints of stress‚ Discuss how it has affected employees in United States and Japan. 1.Introduction Modern businesses are complex and highly competitive consequently employees‚ management of the organization as well as organization itself under contentious strain to accomplish higher targets (Rothmann et al‚ 2005). In recent time’s organizations around the world restructuring‚ outsourcing and downsizing
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What is work-related stress? It is well recognised that stress at work is a massive problem. Any stress can reduce employee well-being and it is well recognised that excessive or sustained work pressure can lead to stress. Occupational stress poses a risk to most businesses and compensation payments for stress are increasing. It is important to meet the challenge by dealing with excessive and long-term causes of stress. Our annual absence management surveys show that stress is one of the most important
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Biological Psychology Notes Sumaiya Bhimji 12L Stress Notes Biological Treatment Benzodiazepine Group of drug most commonly used to treat anxiety which slows down the activity of the central nervous system. GABA - Neurotransmitter that it is the body’s’ natural form of the anxiety relief. 40% of the neuron response to GABA & produce a quieting effect. This happen when GABA receptors react with the neuron on the outside of the receiving neuron. when GABA lock into the receptor it
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genuine smile can help to reduce levels of stress? Why or why not? Stress is a negative feeling induced by a wide range of stressors which brings forth changes to our body physically and mentally. Intense and prolonged pressure would make us stressful and lead to the warning signal of our body showing that we are more vulnerable to stress-related disorders such as heart disease and depression (Kemeny‚ 2003). Therefore‚ when human beings encounter stress‚ they would adopt various methods to cope
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Managing stress enhances well-being This is an excerpt from Dimensions of Leisure for Life by Human Kinetics | The stressors in one’s life can be managed in three ways (Hood & Carruthers‚ 2002). First‚ people can target the thoughts or perceptions of threat that trigger the flight or fight response and the related feelings. Second‚ people can take action to address directly the environmental challenges. Third‚ people can pursue activities that reduce the physiological stress response. People
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Severe Weather Storms: Hurricanes and Tornadoes A hurricane is an extremely violent tropical cyclone. The origin of the term Hurricane originates from a Mayan Storm god by the name of Hurakan. He was a Central American idol who believably caused the storms. Years later‚ the hypothesis of someone creating angry storms has been corrected. It is known that these storms are an act of nature by God’s laws at work. The term hurricane just stuck with the weather condition. Another source states
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Isaacs’ Storm The book Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson discusses the meteorologist Isaac Cline and his role in predicting the Galveston Hurricane of 1900‚ the deadliest hurricane in history. This was a time period where people believed that their technology had overcome the forces of nature. In their view‚ Galveston‚ Texas‚ a thriving city on the quiet waters of the gulf could not possibly be devastated by any storm. Meteorology as a science was still controversial; some people thought that the weather
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The Spokane ice storm occurred on November 19th‚ 1996 in Spokane Washington. Many people‚ I’m sure if they live near Spokane have experienced this. This storm was the worst storm in 60 years. The ice storm caused many damages to the city‚ like fallen trees‚ frozen power lines costing a lot of money. All these damages totaled $22 million in 1996 money‚ now costing $33 million dollars in 2013 money. It started when freezing rain started to drizzle with fog and cover all the roads‚ trees and power
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is the nature of this problem? Stress is always a complex issue but will be even more complex if it is left unattended (Wan Hussin‚ 2007). According to Redhwan‚ et al (2009)‚ stress is defined as a condition of mental is under pressure which caused by individual and social problems as well as inner and outer self-factors. Besides‚ according to A.D.A.M. Health Solutions (2012)‚ there are two types of stress which are physical stress and emotional stress. So What? : What are the urgent
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