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  2. Eustress - Wikipedia

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    The core elements are absorption, enjoyment and intrinsic motivation. [31] Flow is the "ultimate eustress experience – the epitome of eustress". [8] Hargrove, Nelson and Cooper described eustress as being focused on a challenge, fully present and exhilarated, which almost exactly mirrors the definition of flow. [8]

  3. Stress (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The difference between experiences that result in eustress and those that result in distress is determined by the disparity between an experience (real or imagined) and personal expectations, and resources to cope with the stress. Alarming experiences, either real or imagined, can trigger a stress response.

  4. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    One of three stable transuranic elements predicted by the new science of nucleonics in James P. Hogan's Giants series. Not naturally occurring outside of neutron stars, but trace amounts are created at the detonation of nucleonic weapons. Bureaucratium Scientific in-joke: Similar to Administratium and variation of the joke.

  5. Biological roles of the elements - Wikipedia

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    The following list identifies in rank order the possible biological roles of the chemical elements, ranging from a score of 5 for elements essential to all living things, to a score of 1 for elements that have no known effects on living things. There are also letter scores for special functions of the elements.

  6. List of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    118 chemical elements have been identified and named officially by IUPAC.A chemical element, often simply called an element, is a type of atom which has a specific number of protons in its atomic nucleus (i.e., a specific atomic number, or Z).

  7. Well-being contributing factors - Wikipedia

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    Research does exist, however, suggesting that compared to single people, married people have better physical and psychological health and tend to live longer. [256] With this, a two-factor theory of love was developed by Barnes and Sternberg. This theory is composed of two components: passionate love and companionate love.

  8. Allostatic load - Wikipedia

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    The graph represents the effect of increased stress on the performance of the body. The lower the stress levels are in the body, the less likely the allostatic load model will have a significant effect on the brain and health.

  9. Estrous cycle - Wikipedia

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    The estrous cycle (from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros) 'gadfly') is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria. [1]