There is converging evidence from several psychological fields on the ways in which individuals engage in specific strategies to modify, alter, or accept their emotional experiences to obtain more desirable outcomes. The current Special Issue is dedicated to a series of examinations on how these selfregulatory strategies can promote resilience, create and sustain positive moods and intrinsic mo...

Our attitudes and moods may greatly effect on our everyday life experiences, perception, behavior and mental wellbeing. Emotion recognition and ability to detect e.g. positive or negative thinking offers a novel perspective for designing for wellness and behavior change. Especially, we are interested in utilizing nervous system as a data source. In this work-inprogress paper, we present our ong...

We describe our experiences in trying to implement a hierarchical reinforcement learning system, and follow with conclusions that we have drawn from the difficulties that we encountered. We present our objectives before we started, the problems we encountered along the way, the solutions we devised for some of these problems, and our conclusions afterward about the class of problems for which r...

In order to investigate the power system impact of wind turbines, it is essential to use accurate simulation models of wind turbines and power system. These models must correctly represent the electromagnetic and electromechanical behavior of the wind turbines in order to predict critical operational conditions and grid reinforcements. Power system elements such as busbars, lines, cables, etc. ...

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become the predominant model of training and is emerging as a common model of practice for many nonpsychology health care professions. Recognizing the relevance of EBP to psychology, the American Psychological Association (APA) developed and endorsed an offi cial policy statement on EBP for the practice of professional psychology. There is now a pressing need t...

Burnout is considered one of the most complicated psychological and social phenomena. It is affected by technological advance, but some researchers perceive it as a result of the gap emerged from recent advances. In this connection, many studies indicate that psychological stresses cause about (80%) of the diseases of this age. Different communities have seen a marked increase in the institutio...