DOES MINDFULNESS ENHANCE CRITICAL THINKING? EVIDENCE FOR THE MEDIATING EFFECTS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MINDFULNESS AND CRITICAL THINKING

Does mindfulness enhance critical thinking? Evidence for the mediating effects of executive functioning in the relationship between mindfulness and critical thinking

Mindfulness originated in the Buddhist tradition as a way of cultivating clarity of thought.Despite the fact that this behaviour is best captured using critical thinking assessments, no studies have examined the effects of mindfulness on critical thinking or the mechanisms underlying any such possible relationship.Even so, mindfulness has been sugg

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Arthroscopic Superior Capsular Reconstruction With the Long Head of the Biceps Tendon to Reinforce the Repair of a Supraspinatus Tear and Increase Healing

Rotator cuff tears continue to be a challenge for the shoulder surgeon since there is taylor te400 still a high rate of retears.To increase the rate of repair and decrease the number of retears, we present a technique, in which we reinforce a tension-free double-row repair of the supraspinatus with reconstruction of the superior capsule with the lo

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Value of Endoscopy in Cholesteatoma Clearance: A Systematic Review

Introduction: The primary goal of cholesteatoma surgery is to eradicate it from the middle ear cleft.However, due to linear axis of illumination of the microscope, in some of the recesses or hidden areas in middle ear are not visualised.To overcome this, many studies have been done on the complimentary use of endoscopes in visualising these hidden

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Assessing the pharmacodynamic profile of intravenous antibiotics against prevalent Gram-negative organisms collected in Colombia

OBJECTIVES: This study was designed to simulate standard and optimized dosing regimens for intravenous antibiotics against contemporary populations of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using MIC distribution data to determine which of the tested carbapenem regimens provided the greatest opp

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