The European philanthropy manifesto: ‘clearly needed and a very good thing'?

Is Cooperation a Good Thing?

Is Interactivity a Good Thing

This paper investigates whether adding interactivity to diagrammatic representations aids learning. More specifically, the analyses focus on the extent to which 3D interactive diagrams facilitate the comprehension of a geometry concept, the stereographic projection, that is usually taught using 2D diagrams. Four Interactive Learning Environments (ILE) were built in order to test the effectivene...

Hyperoxemia – too much of a good thing?

While avoiding hypoxemia has long been a goal of critical care practitioners, less attention has been paid to the potential for excessive oxygenation. Interest has mounted recently in understanding the clinical effects of hyperoxemia during critical illness, in particular its impact following cardiac arrest. In this issue of Critical Care, Dell'Anna and colleagues review available animal and hu...

It’s a Good Thing his Eyes Itched

Too Much of a Good Thing?*

discrepancy theories generally, assumes that people are motivated to verify their identities by seeking feedback from others which is not discrepant from their own self-views (Burke 1991; Burke and Stets 1999; Higgins 1987; Higgins, Klein, and Strauman 1985; Stets and Burke 1996; Swann 1983). When the dimension of meaning that is relevant to the identity is one of evaluation, people want others...