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A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steelcase, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are engaged is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberating them from having to do everything in collaboration with others.

You should live your life attempting to identify and control those things which you can genuinely control.

You are not going to be able to control the dimensions of this plan.

Worry only about things that you can control.

When governments lose their control on power, law and order begin to disintegrate.

So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy worrying about things that are beyond our control.

I can not control whether or not I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example, he says.

Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the children in the growth mind-set workshop as compared with only 9% of students in the control group.

Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failures, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control.

They have more control over their lives.

They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives.

Human control of fire goes back far enough (over a million years) that evolution could have produced a genetic leaning towards fire as a central aspect of human life.

The so-called mindful-eating strategies can fight distractions and help us control our appetite, Brunstrom says

What does Brunstrom suggest we do to control our appetite

Hunger isn't controlled solely by the physical characteristics of a recent meal.

So here's a suggestion offered by two researchers at the Rand Corporation: Why not take a lesson from alcohol control policies and apply them to where food is sold and how it's displayed?

Many policy measures to control obesity（肥胖癥）assume that people consciously and rationally choose what and how much they eat and therefore focus on providing information and more access to healthier foods," note the two researchers

In contrast," the researchers continue, "many regulations that don't assume people make rational choices have been successfully applied to control alcohol, a substance — like food — of which immoderate consumption leads to serious health problems.

What do the Rand researchers think of many of the policy measures to control obesity

Why do policymakers of alcohol control place density restrictions?

What is the general guideline the Rand researchers suggest about junk food control

Borrowing ideas from alcohol control measures.

Mr Jobs had a reputation as a control freak?（怪人）, and his critics complained that the products and systems he designed were closed and inflexible, in the name of greater ease of use.

In fact, when you break a role or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

It is easy to accept that genes control physical characteristics such as sex, race and eye color.

The reason for these and countless other patterns of social behaviour is that they are controlled by social norms--shared rules or guidelines which prescribe the behavior that is appropriate in a given situation.

What controls remain for the users will be audio-based, so, for example, you'll just have to say "a bit warmer", and the air conditioning will adjust automatically.

After her unhappy marriage to a man who was trying to control her without considering her wishes and feelings ,she says, " it's very important to me to carry my own weight

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In fact, their moods turned significantly darker than those of members of the control group, who weren't urged to think positive thoughts.

"A balanced breakfast is really helpful, but getting regular meals throughout the day is more important to leave blood sugar stable through the day, which helps control weight and hunger levels," says Elder.

"I can not control whether or not I wind up getting the disease swine flu, for example," he says.

"One of the risk factors for premature deaths is the air we breathe, over which individuals have little control," he said.

"right now, people think of aging as natural and something you can't control,'' he said.

A new study of 12,000 workers in 17 countries by Steel case, a furniture-maker which also does consulting, finds that the best way to ensure employees are "engaged" is to give them more control over where and how they do their work—which may mean liberati

A team of researchers from the University of York conducted a randomized (隨機(jī)的) control trial with 691 depressed patients from 83 physician practices across England.

Across the country, 285 emergencymanagement teams are devoted to crisis control.

At the top of the building, animal control officers put cat food in traps and captured the raccoon.

Crews had the fire under control in about 45 minutes and managed to contain the fire to its point of origin.

Despite being unaware that there were two types of instruction, teachers reported significant motivational changes in 27% of the children in the growth mindset workshop as compared with only 9% of students in the control group.

Early findings suggest that a bigger breakfast is beneficial to weight control.

It's to let them be in control and to drive the car.

Komada says chess gives him, and his students, control.

Police turned it over to the animal control department after they caught it.

Some people find that craftwork helps them control their weight.

The most recent National Journal poll asked respondents about the American dream, what it takes to achieve their goals, and whether or not they felt a significant amount of control over their ability to be successful.

Colleges exercise full control over their own financial affairs.

No wonder parents worry their own kids might spin out of control once they hit the turbulent waters of adolescence.

Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

Interactive television advertising, which allows viewers to use their remote controls to click on advertisements, has been pushed for years.

Cablevision hopes to allow customers to buy things with their remote controls early next year.

For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group of 334 employees continued with their normal workflow.

Flexibility and control is key, she continued.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

According to Moen, flexibility gives employees better control over their work and time.

Most recruiters are unable to control their racial biases.

A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers or the National Black Employees Association, the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' control.

Because so many of our modern technologies and services depend on oil, nations, corporations, and institutions that control the trade in oil exercise extraordinary power.

In a recent essay in the?New York Review of Books,?Robert Darn ton, the head of Harvard University's library, argued that because such books are a common resource – the possession of us all – only public, not-for-profit bodies should be given the power to control them.

Under the settlement, when no rights holders come forward and register their interest in a work, commercial control automatically reverts to Google

Opponents of Google Books believe that digitally archiving the world's books should be controlled by non-profit organisations .

to revise its current population control policy

It's the message you sent me about the delivery delay of the control desks.

Those control desks are a special order

To request him to purchase control desks.

They may breed out of control.

"They were able to walk fester, had improved balance, and were also able to get up out of a chair faster than the control group," Starr says.

A job application might mention affiliations with groups such as the "Wisconsin Association of African-American Lawyers" or the "National Black Employees Association," the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members' con

A previous study noted that dolphins always 34 consciously control their breathing.

After six months, researchers found the high protein group had significantly improved their muscle function一almost twice as much as the control group.

After six months, the employees who participated in ROWE reported reduced work-family conflict and a better sense of control of their time, and they were getting a full hour of extra sleep each night.

And about 200 to 215 million women don't have access to birth control they want, so that they can't control their own fertility.

But others opted to lie, and they showed increased activity in their frontal parietal (顱腔壁的) control network, which is involved in difficult or complex thinking.

For example, one study found healthy adults assigned to a high-fat diet for five days showed impaired attention, memory, and mood compared with a low-fat diet control group.

For the most part, consumers control what happens to a product.

For the study, 325 employees spent six months taking part in ROWE, while a control group of 334 employees continued with their normal workflow.

Amy Blankson describes how to strategically stop during the day by using technology to control overworking.

However, they're more cautious about sharing information with nonmembers, as the organization guards against others developing the ability to hiJack and take control of their satellites.

If you're moderately exercising for 150 minutes a week, as the Centers for disease Control and Prevention recommends, or less than that, you're probably not an extreme athlete.

In order to make sure it doesn't control us,we should come to terms with the fact that it's more than the technology itself that's responsible for our habits.

Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of "Friends", a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

Ogbeh says experts are investigating how to control the pests damage and prevent its spread, which has gone largely unchecked until now.

Online security cameras, intelligent lighting and a wealth of sensors that control both temperature and air quality are offering an unprecedented level of control, efficiency, and improvements to what were once classed necessary costs when running a busin

The other group—the control group—was put on a typical low-calorie diet with about 50 to 60 grams of protein a day.

The startup's product, SentabTV, enables older adults who may not be comfortable with computers to access email, video chat and social media using just their televisions and a remote control.

These improvements don't mean we shouldn't attempt to control our use of technology.

What they don't need to do—what would be a distraction—is to have to think about where their fingers are, or how to control the ball while running.

A man was free if he was self-controlled.

A new commodity brings about a highly profitable, fast-growing industry, urging antitrust反壟斷regulators to step in to check those who control its flow.

A young English teacher saved the lives of 30 students when he took control of a bus after its driver suffered a serious heart attack.

Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources.

And unplanned human activities have proved the idea of top-down control by top predators to be true.

Data can strengthen giants' controlling position.

Empowerment and delegation mean new forms of management control to ensure that the overall business plan is being followed, and that operations become more profitable under the new organization, rather than less.

For previous generations, college was decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed help from people of the same age and from within.

Harvold, who has not passed his driving test, said, "I realized the bus was out of control when I was speaking to the students."

Hormones are chemicals which are produced by the body to control various body functions.

If acceptable social behavior is too strictly defined and controlled, the insensitive or aggressive behavior that administrators are seeking to minimize may actually be encouraged.

If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better control your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

In the 1960s, scientists proposed that predators at the top of a food web had a surprising amount of control over the size of populations of other species - including species they did not directly attack.

Internet companies' control of data gives them enormous power.

It involves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.

Italy is the latest western European country trying to control a growing immigrant population by demanding language skills in exchange for work permits, or in some cases, citizenship.

Moreover, the tendency for universities to monitor and shape student behavior runs up against another characteristic of young adults: the response to being controlled by their elders.

One of the purposes of the annual pony drift is to control the number of ponies.

Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate.

Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn't extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today.

Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use.

Second, youth-sport programs have long been considered important to youth's psychosocial development, providing opportunities to learn important life skills such as cooperation, discipline, leadership, and self-control.

She also operates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the goal of demonstrating that everyone has the ability to control what's on their plate.

The essential belief of the first free government in the world was liberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the state.

The forced wait requires some self-control.

The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

The second principle is to loosen the control that providers of on-line services have over data and give more to those who supply them.

They fear losing control of their workers.

They have controlled the data market.

They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems.

To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life.

Understanding these reasons will control our own anger if we are willing to evaluate ourselves with a critical eye.

We're looking at the benefits of systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that.

When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it's a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.

Scientists jumped to the rescue with some distinctly shaky evidence to the effect that insects would eat us up if birds failed to control them.

However， Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind， and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone， in reality we are continually faced with a question： “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that？ ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire， Allen concluded ： “ We do not attract what we want， but what we are.

Allen‘s contribution was to take an assumption we all share-that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts-and reveal its erroneous nature.

Paid and owned media are controlled by marketers promoting their own products.

Within the complex social structure of the scientific community, researchers make discoveries; editors and reviewers act as gatekeepers by controlling the publication process; other scientists use the new finding to suit their own purposes; and finally, the public receives the new discovery and possibly accompanying technology.

But, unlike with mining claims, the community takes control of what happens next.

Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government,and control of citizenship and the borders is among them.

What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits.

What are the norms of your environment? What converys status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.

As we grow up, we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviors, which is in many ways a good thing.

But as adults we also have the luxury of being able to control our own diaries and it's important that we schedule in time to enjoy the thing we love.

If you consistently lose your cool with your kids, then you are inadvertently modeling a lack of emotional control for your kids.

In fact, the ability to emotionally regulate or maintain emotional control when confronted by stress is one of the most important of all life's skills.

In particular, they called for forging closer collaborations with western state governments, which are often uneasy with federal action, and with the private landowners who control an estimated 95% of the prairie chicken's habitat.

Some powers do belong exclusively to the federal government, and control of citizenship and the borders is among them.

The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.

The idea of involving children in a big decision is a great idea because it can help them feel a sense of control and ownership in what can be an overwhelming process, said Ryan Hooper, clinical psychologist in Chicago.