Bassnett’s Struggle: With Whom Does She Struggle? For What Does She Struggle ?

The Struggle for Existence

"It is in the nature of things" is surely, today, just as good an explanation of a biological phenomenon as it ever was; and now, as always, it is singularly unilluminating. That some of the problems to which such an explanation is usually given are susceptible to analysis appears obvious; at least an approach can be made toward segregating the many factors which, acting independently ox throug...

Struggle for Existence

The experimental work mentioned in this paper has been supported jointly by grants from The Rockefeller Foundation and the Dr. Wallace C., and Clara A. Abbott Memorial Fund of The University of Chicago. Thomas Park expresses his deep appreciation to the following friends for criticism, constructive suggestions, and advice: Thomas Burnett, Charles Elton F.R.S., A. E. Emerson, P. W. Frank, Don W....

Screening for spiritual struggle.

A growing body of research documents the harmful effects of religious or spiritual struggle among patients with a wide variety of diagnoses. We developed a brief screening protocol for use in identifying patients who may be experiencing religious/spiritual struggle, as well as patients who would like a visit from a chaplain. We describe the results of a pilot study in which non-chaplain healthc...

A Struggle Against Forgetting

One of the most remarkable characteristics of living organisms is their ability to alter their behavior by learning. Human beings excel at processing new information, retaining it in their memory, and using it to develop new ideas. Studies in the mollusk Aplysia showed that learning involves the strengthening and increased effectiveness of preexisting synapses. Over time, it has become clear th...

Struggle to Return