Perceiving greater variety among past conflicts with a focal goal reduces expected goal conflict.

Many important personal goals, such as health, career, finances, and social relationships, entail repeatedly performing the same (or similar) actions over time (e.g., to exercise daily or save money weekly). When pursuing such ongoing goals, people are likely to accumulate multiple experiences of goal conflict (e.g., multiple occasions when one failed to exercise or save as intended). How might these past experiences of goal conflict inform expectations about future goal pursuit? This research examines how the perceived relationship among past conflicts with a focal goal-in particular, perceived variety-shapes expectations. Perceived variety refers to the holistic assessment of differentiation (vs. similarity) among items in an assortment. Six studies demonstrate that perceiving greater variety among past conflicts with a focal goal decreases expectations of encountering conflict in the future. This occurs because perceiving greater variety makes the causes of past events seem collectively unstable (i.e., more temporary and one-off). Consequently, holding constant the number and content of past events, perceiving greater variety among past conflicts with a focal goal reduces expected goal conflict. Further, considering past events that prompt (i.e., motivate) less (vs. more) engagement in causal search (i.e., events that are less self-relevant, or positive) attenuates perceived variety's effects. The findings contribute to understanding of goal conflict, variety and similarity, and forecasting in goal pursuit. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Non-convulsive status epilepticus induced by acute thalamic lesions: A report of three cases.

The thalamocortical network appears to play a pivotal role in ictogenesis. We herein present three cases of non-convulsive status epilepticus (SE), in adult patients without previous history of epilepsy or seizures, precipitated by acute thalamic vascular and metabolic-induced lesions. In all cases the EEG showed patterns consistent with generalized SE confirmed either by a fast and complete clinical and EEG response to anti-seizure medication or definitive subtle motor signs consistent with SE. We argue that the subcortical disruption of thalamocortical networks due to the thalamic lesion predisposed to the occurrence of non-convulsive SE. In patients with thalamic disorders and unexplained mental status changes EEG evaluation should always be considered.

Plantas medicinais: projeto de educação ecológica desenvolvido por acadêmicos de enfermagem / Medicinal plants: education project developed by academics of nursing

O projeto consiste em desenvolver um programa de educação ecológica em uma escola estadual do interior de São Paulo, por meio do cultivo e uso de plantas medicinais em um horto localizado na referida escola. Foram aplicados 146 questionários com perguntas abertas para avaliar o conhecimento de alunos. A implantação do horto medicinal contou com a elaboração de 16 canteiros e proporcionou aos alunos e à comunidade um conhecimento adequado e orientado sobre as plantas, a fitoterapia e a ampliação do processo de cuidar em enfermagem na escola.(AU)

The project consists in developing an ecologic educational program within a state school of São Paulo´s province, Brazil, through the culture and usage of medicinal plants in a garden located in the referred school. The 146 questionnaires were applied with open questions to evaluate the student´s knowledge. The implantation of medicinal garden depended on the preparation of 16 flower-beds and provided to the students and local community an adequate and guided knowledge about plants, phitotherapy and the enlargement process of nursing care in the school.(AU)

El proyecto consiste en desarrollar un programa de educación ecológica en una escuela estatal del interior de São Paulo, Brasil, a través del cultivo y uso de plantas medicinales en un huerto localizado en la escuela. Fueran aplicados 146 cuestionarios, con preguntas abiertas para avaluar el conocimiento de los alumnos. La implantación del huerto medicinal contó con la elaboración de 16 canteros y proporciono a los alumnos y la comunidad conocimiento adecuado y orientado sobre las plantas y la fitoterapia y la ampliación del proceso de cuidar en enfermería en la escuela.(AU)