Returning to Roots: Pinter as Alternative Theatre Playwright

Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression: Returning to Contextual Roots

In 1990, Jacobson and colleagues at the University of Washington began a dismantling study where they tested competing hypotheses about the basis for the effects of cognitive therapy ( Jacobson et al., 1996). In particular, they isolated the behavioral activation (BA) component of cognitive therapy (CT) to determine whether simply activating depressed people, and thereby helping them make conta...

Joyce the Playwright

Badis as Theatre

In this paper, an application designed for use as a pedagogical resource in a distance education course is evaluated following the framework of dramatic theory for design of human-computer experiences, which is developed by Brenda Laurel based on Aristotelian aesthetics and includes concepts such as direct engagement, first-personness, mimesis and catharsis. This framework is then critically st...

Returning to our roots: making plant biology research relevant to future challenges in agriculture.

Over the next 50 years, considerable stress will be placed on worldwide crop production by a combination of factors, including an increased human population, an increase in the crops used per person, and a number of environmental issues. Given current trends, it will be necessary to approximately double yields worldwide during this time period, and meeting this challenge will require a consider...

Returning to Our Roots: Making Plant Biology Research Relevant to Future Challenges in Agriculture

Over the next 50 years, considerable stress will be placed on worldwide crop production by a combination of factors, including an increased human population, an increase in the crops used per person, and a number of environmental issues. Given current trends, it will be necessary to approximately double yields worldwide during this time period, and meeting this challenge will require a consider...