background: the bipolar disorder patients follow-up (bdpf) project is a longitudinal, prospective and naturalistic study. the purpose of the present report is to introduce the project, elaborate its methods, and present the reliability data of the utilized symptoms rating scales. methods: the sampling started in may 2008 and is still in progress. the probands are assessed at the beginning of th...

zola, in his book the experimental novel, introduces the aspects of what is now called the naturalistic novel. later on, zola’s ideas were exported to the english literature and the works of english novelists. george gissing is one of the english authors who have successfully adopted the premises and the key elements of zola’s naturalistic novel in their work. this paper deals with the naturali...

Zola, in his book The Experimental Novel, introduces the aspects of what is now called the naturalistic novel. Later on, Zola’s ideas were exported to the English literature and the works of English novelists. George Gissing is one of the English authors who have successfully adopted the premises and the key elements of Zola’s naturalistic novel in their work. This paper deals with the naturali...

In this article, the author explains how and why one particular qualitative research approach, the naturalistic inquiry paradigm, was implemented in an e-learning research study that investigated the use of the World Wide Web technology in higher education. A framework is presented that situates the research study within the qualitative research literature. The author then justifies how the stu...