【推荐2】Self-image is a mental blueprint or picture of ourselves - our own conception of the sort of person we are. Self-image is built up from our own beliefs about ourselves, the beliefs formed from our past experiences, successes, failures, relationships, etc.

Once a belief about ourselves is programmed into our minds, we act upon it as if it were true. Our positive beliefs are developed when we do something successfully or are recognized by people around us. Our negative beliefs are also developed when we give in to negative ideas. When we fail in something, some of us conclude that we are unsuccessful, unwanted, condemned, etc.

Thus, self-image is the key element in determining whether our internal guidance system functions for success or for failure. It sets the limits of our accomplishments, It determines what we can and cannot do. Self-image creates your character and your personality as well.

You may think the concept of self-image being an internal guidance system was got from the thought of a trained psychologist. In reality, the idea came from Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon who was more interested in helping people by giving them emotional facelifts, rather than just physical ones.

“Expand the self-image and you expand the ‘area of the possible’,” said Dr Maltz.

Maltz determined that the human brain and nervous system function as a kind of goal-seeking device similar to that used to guide airplanes on automatic pilot. Maltz’s idea is simple: each one of us is capable of taking control of our self-image and programming our automatic guidance system for success. According to Maltz, all behavior is defined by the self-image and no real behavioral change can take place unless the self-image is changed.

【推荐3】Robots have long been drawing inspiration from animals, with the creation of robot dogs or snake-shaped robots. And yet, the field of robotics is far less enthusiastic about the other kind of living things—plants. Barbara Mazzolai, an Italian roboticist owes this to a misconception about plant behavior: that they cannot move or think. “It’s not true at all,” she says. To challenge this view, Dr Mazzolai and her team recently launched a machine called “FiloBot”, a robot based on a climbing species.

To survive, a climbing plant must switch between several different behaviors. In forest environments, it must first grow out of the soil and travel along the ground in search of a support to hold onto, such as a nearby tree. Once a support is located, though, the plant fixes itself around the object and then growing towards the light. To choose the best angle to grow upwards, a climbing plant uses its shoots(芽) to receive information about light and gravity.

FiloBot has sensors on its main shoot. It can 3D-print its body with plastic and grow at a controllable rate. These functions, researchers found, enabled FiloBot to cross gaps, and find things to attach to. The lack of heavy on-board computing device means that it is light and requires minimal care, while its slow pace means that it doesn’t disturb things around it, making it possible to move through a complex, unseen environment, or monitoring disaster sites.

For now, FiloBot is still being tested. Its tendrils(卷须) have not left the laboratory. Still, it has already been employed in deconstructing plant behaviour. For example, it was long assumed that climbing plants find their supports by growing towards shade, though the exact mechanism was unclear. FiloBot could imitate this behaviour by detecting far-red light, which is typical of shaded areas, providing clues to how plants do it.

Dr Mazzolai hopes that such projects will inspire other roboticists to take their cues from plants and develop completely new technologies.

【推荐2】It’s well known that weightlifting can strengthen our muscles. Now, there’s increasing evidence that strengthening the muscles we use to breathe is beneficial too. New research shows that daily muscle training helps promote heart health and reduces high blood pressure.

“The muscles we use to breathe tend to shrink as we get older,” explains researcher Daniel, a physiologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. To test what happens when these muscles are given a good workout, he and his colleagues recruited healthy volunteers aged 18 to 82 to try a daily five-minute technique using a resistance-breathing training device. When people breathe into it, the device provides resistance, making it harder to breathe. “We found that doing 30 breaths per day for six weeks lowers blood pressure by about 9 mmHg,” Daniel says. According to Joyner, a physician at the Mayo Clinic who studies how the nervous system regulates blood pressure, that is the type of reduction with a blood pressure drug.

So, how exactly does breath training lower blood pressure? Daniel points to the role of endothelial (内皮的) cells, which help widen our blood vessels (血管) and promote good blood flow. “What we found was that six weeks of the training will increase endothelial l function by about 45%,”Daniel explains.

The new study builds on a previous study and adds to the evidence that the training is beneficial for adults of all ages. Before the results came in, Daniel had suspected that young, health y adults might not benefit as much. “But we saw strong effects,” Daniel says, pointing to a significant decline in blood pressure for participants of all ages. He says the finding suggests the training could help healthy young people prevent heart disease and the rise in blood pressure that tends to occur with aging.

The technique is not intended to replace exercise, he cautions, or to replace medicine for people with high blood pressure. Instead, Daniel says, “it would be a good additional prevention for people who are doing other healthy lifestyle approaches already.”

【推荐3】The country tide style suits the appearance and temperament of compatriots more, also let a person more comfortable. And most of the guochao things are very cost-effective, some old brands developed for many years, have a relatively complete industrial chain, the price is still conscience, coupled with the help of the Internet, the development of the past two years is getting better and better." Chen Jiayi, a college junior in Tianjin, said.

"What makes a fashion trend? If one or two people use it, it won't become popular. If they don't really use it, it won't be considered fashion. Today, we have in-depth contacts with most countries in the world, have a full understanding of the world, and still have a full confidence in ourselves. This pride is rational." Su Junbin, an associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Xiamen University, said.

In the survey, 96.0% of the young people surveyed are willing to pay for national fashion products.

He Yu, from Sichuan province, bought a lot of Guo-chao T-shirts in high school. "Eye shadow palettes with Chinese elements have been doing well in recent years, and food is also a feature."

According to the survey, 75.3 percent of Korean consumers bought fashion products, including clothing (75.3 percent), cosmetics (48.6 percent), gourmet food (47 percent), daily necessities (43.5 percent), and fashion games (42.4 percent).

Ge Kaiqi, a freshman majoring in animation design, has bought ice cream and postcards from the Palace Museum. "The ice cream is very similar to the Palace Museum, which makes people want to taste the ice cream without destroying its elegance. Postcards are colorful, imaginative and memorable."

There are many honest merchants on the market, but it takes time to identify those who are fishing in troubled waters. And our handicrafts, traditional clothes and so on are still more expensive. I wanted to buy a traditional oil-paper umbrella with beautiful ink paintings, but at more than 300 yuan, it's still too expensive for me. I can only do my best when buying Chinese fashion products." Chen jiayi said.