introduction: marital burnout can be considered both an underlying factor for serious martial problems and a consequence of these problems. the present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the emotionally-focused couple therapy (efct) and the problem-centered systems therapy of the family (pcstf) on marital burnout in spouses of recovering addicts. methods: the present quasi-ex...

With the proliferation of electronically available information, an additional burden has been placed on the implementors of information gathering (IG) systems. The set of data that represents the best response to a query may be the aggregation of data acquired from distributed, heterogeneous information sources. In such environments, we distinguish between two approaches to the problem of infor...

Most law school mediation courses teach a set of problem-solving skills that are seen as useful in lawyering and that are also taught in other lawyering skills courses. By contrast, some mediation courses present a relatively new approach called “transformative mediation” and teach a different set of skills focused primarily on “interactional support” rather than on problem solving. This Articl...

The purpose of a learner is to make changes in a performance system to do similar tasks more effectively the next time. The meaning of “more effectively” can be only asserted in the context of the learner’s goals. Three types of learning goals can be distinguished in the context of planning systems: domain goals, planning efficiency goals, and plan efficiency or plan quality goals. Most work to...