Michael A. Schmidt Books

During her forty-year career, Rose Terry Cooke (1827-1892) published a diverse range of short stories, poems, and essays across various magazines, yet her work remains under-analyzed. Critics often label her as a realist and an early feminist, but her fiction also embodies sentimentalism, complicating the prevailing nineteenth-century ideal of women as wives and mothers. This study aims to provide a nuanced understanding of Cooke by examining the influence of literary and cultural discourses on her work. Analyzing her correspondence with editors reveals her struggle to balance artistic ambitions with familial responsibilities. The study focuses on the interplay between sentimentalism and realism in her short stories, highlighting her engagement with the cultural discourse of domesticity that defined women's roles in her era. Cooke's critical views on marriage often intersect with her discussions of Calvinism, as her harshest husbands are typically stern Calvinists. While she critiques marriage, she also advocates for women's traditional roles, creating tensions within her portrayals. This study addresses these contradictions as central to her work, ultimately challenging the simplistic categories of realism vs. sentimentalism and feminism vs. antifeminism. A brief examination of contemporaries like Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, and Rebecca Harding Davis suggests that these classifications may be inadequate

Selbstregulation ist für Schüler, Studierende und Erwachsene entscheidend, um neue Fertigkeiten zu erlernen und eigene Lernprozesse zu steuern. Im Kontext des lebenslangen Lernens müssen Erwachsene ihr Wissen und ihre Fähigkeiten kontinuierlich aktualisieren. Besonders Promovierende stehen vor spezifischen Herausforderungen, da sie ein oft unstrukturiertes Dissertationsprojekt bewältigen müssen, bei dem Selbstregulation eine unterstützende Rolle spielt. Kritische Aspekte wie längere Abschlusszeiten und hohe Abbrecherquoten machen Selbstregulation umso wichtiger. Promovierende müssen neue Kompetenzen erwerben, motiviert und organisiert sein sowie volitionale Strategien anwenden. Die Studien basieren auf einem neu entwickelten Prozessmodell der Selbstregulation für Erwachsene, das sich auf bestehende Modelle des selbstregulierten Lernens stützt. Dabei wird sowohl die Validierung des Modells auf Trait- als auch auf State-Ebene untersucht. Zudem werden zwei Trainingsstudien vorgestellt, die zur Förderung der Selbstregulation von Promovierenden durchgeführt und evaluiert wurden. Diese Untersuchungen bieten wertvolle Einblicke in die Unterstützung von Promovierenden im Hinblick auf ihre Selbstregulationsfähigkeiten.

Officials from the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control have reported that the overuse of antibiotics in medicine has created an epidemic of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Doctors fear that if antibiotic use is not curtailed, we may soon approach the day when untreatable infections are rampant. In Beyond Antibiotics, Drs. Schmidt, Smith, and Sehnert explore the problems presented by the overuse of these drugs. More importantly, they show how to build immunity, improve resistance to infections, and avoid antibiotics when possible.

Research increasingly questions the safety and efficacy of antibiotics in treating ear infections in small children. This guide explores the underlying causes of the problem and suggests new strategies. The author discusses diet, homeopathic care, and children's vitamin absorption process. The book includes a checklist that advises parents when they should take their children to the doctor, and provides specific questions to ask in determining the appropriateness of antibiotics or surgery.

The book explores the critical role of dietary fats in brain health, revealing that the brain is composed of nearly 60 percent fat. It features a quiz to assess the reader's fatty acid profile and distinguishes between harmful and beneficial fats. Through compelling case studies, the author discusses how nutrition influences mood, memory, and behavior. Additionally, it offers strategies for improving mental, physical, and emotional intelligence through targeted supplements and a healthy diet, addressing the risks of poor dietary choices.

In Tired of Being Tired , Dr. Michael A. Schmidt describes in short, succinct chapters the many factors that contribute to fatigue and factors that affect mental clarity. This book will help you assemble the pieces of your own puzzle and develop a strategy to achieve peak energy that is unique to you. With this knowledge in hand, you can proceed to the basic strategies at the end of the book that boost energy and restore balance.Some of the diverse issues that are raised in this book - vitamin and mineral deficiencies that cause low energy- prescription drugs that cause fatigue- psychological triggers of fatigue and poor mental clarity- digestive problems that may point the body's energy system- environmental toxins and how to protect against them- laboratory tests to help solve the riddle of poor energy