STUDY PROTOCOL: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF RAISING OUR SPIRITS TOGETHER, AN ENTERTAINING, GROUP-BASED TECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR DEPRESSION, TAILORED FOR RURAL ADULTS AND DELIVERY BY CLERGY

Study protocol: A randomized controlled trial of Raising Our Spirits Together, an entertaining, group-based technology-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy for depression, tailored for rural adults and delivery by clergy

This paper presents a methodological description of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the effect of Raising Our Spirits Together (ROST), a technology-assisted cognitive behavioral therapy (T-CBT) for depression, tailored for the rural context and for delivery by clergy, compared to an enhanced control condition.Depression is among the mos

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Magel2 is required for leptin-mediated depolarization of POMC neurons in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus in mice.

Prader-Willi Syndrome is the most common syndromic form of human obesity Boys Spring Casual Set and is caused by the loss of function of several genes, including MAGEL2.Mice lacking Magel2 display increased weight gain with excess adiposity and other defects suggestive of hypothalamic deficiency.We demonstrate Magel2-null mice are insensitive to th

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The slippery paths of commemoration and Heritage tourism: the Netherlands, Ghana, and the rediscovery of Atlantic slavery

Reflects upon the commemoration of the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery.Author describes how the slave trade and slavery was recently "rediscovered", as a part of Dutch history, and he compares this to the attention to this history in other European countries once engaging in slavery.He argues that despite the AEG FSS62800P Built-In Comfor

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