Statistical Modeling: Returning to its Roots

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...

A Modeling Toolbox and Its Applications to Statistical Process Modeling

Analyzing data that are measured or collected in processes requires statistical software. Most methods for analysis use a regression approach or its expanded forms such as polynomial and response surface models. However, the available commercial programs are inconvenient and costly for personal use, and require demanding pre-training in using them. A simple and user-friendly interface program a...

Statistical Mechanical Modeling and Its Application to Nanosystems

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...