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Recent years have seen a surge of interest by clinical psychologists in the idea of psychological formulation. Interest in this idea has also been shown by humanistic psychologists as evidenced by a recent issue of this journal, in which formulation is offered as a possible antidote to diagnosis. In this article, I examine the idea of formulation from the viewpoint of client-centered therapy, offering a critical perspective and concluding that as formulation is ultimately about identifying a specific pathway for a specific problem, it continues to subtly promote a medical ideology, incompatible with client-centered therapy.

Environmental natural resource conservation and protection (ENRCP) has been extensively promoted in recent years as an approach for pursuing nature conservation and socioeconomic objectives. The rationale for ENRCP is often compelling and convincing. This article assesses the environmental problems, level of community participation and involvement of government in ENRCP and examine the problems associated with community participation in ENRCP. The study is based on our case study in Kida community, Hawul local government of Borno state, Nigeria. To achieve our objective both quantitative and qualitative data - participant observation, focus group discussions and in-depth interviews for the paper were drawn from a larger mixed methods.The results of this analysis indicates that, despite sincere willingness of communities, serious deficiencies are widely evident. It is evident that problems associated with ENRCP includes indiscriminate tree felling, bush burning, overgrazing and ignorance among community members. It was recommended that government should actively participate by providing seedlings and also educate the local community on the essence and relevance of ENRCP.

1. Biochar for environmental management: an introduction / Johannes Lehmann and Stephen Joseph -- 2. Traditional use of biochar / Katja Wiedner and Bruno Glaser -- 3. Fundamentals of biochar production / Robert Brown [and others] -- 4. Biochar production technology / Akwasi A. Boateng [and others] -- 5. Characteristics of biochar: physical and structural properties / Chee H. Chia, Adriana Downie and Paul Munroe -- 6. Characteristics of biochar : macro-molecular properties / Markus Kleber, William Hockaday and Peter S. Nico -- 7. Biochar elemental composition and factors influencing nutrient retention / James A. Ippolito [and others] -- 8. A biochar classification system and associated test methods / Marta Camps-Arbestain [and others] -- 9. Evolution of biochar properties in soil / Joseph J. Pignatello [and others] -- 10. Persistence of biochar in soil / Johannes Lehmann [and others] -- 11. Movement of biochar in the environment / Cornelia Rumpel [and others] -- 12. Biochar effects on crop yield / Simon Jeffery [and others] -- 13. Biochar effects on the abundance, activity and diversity of the soil biota / Janice E. Thies, Matthias C. Rillig and Ellen R. Graber -- 14. Biochar effects on plant ecophysiology / Claudia Kammann and Ellen R. Graber -- 15. Biochar effects on soil nutrient transformations / Thomas H. DeLuca [and others] -- 16. Priming effects in biochar-amended soils : implications of biochar-soil organic matter interactions for carbon storage / Thea Whitman, Bhupinder Pal Singh and Andrew R. Zimmerman -- 17. Biochar effects on nitrous oxide and methane emissions from soil / Lukas Van Zwieten [and others] -- 18. Biochar effects on nutrient leaching / David Laird and Natalia Rogovska -- 19. Biochar effects on soil hydrology / Caroline A. Masiello [and others] -- 20. Biochar and heavy metals / Luke Beesley [and others] -- 21. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated aromatic compounds in biochar / Thomas D. Bucheli, Isabel Hilber and Hans-Peter Schmidt -- 22. Sorption and remediation of organic compounds in soils and sediments by (activated) biochar / Sarah E. Hale, Gerard Cornelissen and David Werner -- 23. Biochar and retention/effi cacy of pesticides / Ellen R. Graber and Rai S. Kookana -- 24. Test procedures for biochar analysis in soils / Michael Bird -- 25. Biochar as an additive to compost and growing media / Christoph Steiner, Miguel A. Sâa#x81;nchez-Monedero and Claudia Kammann -- 26. Biochar systems and system fit / Saran P. Sohi [and others] -- 27. Biochar, carbon accounting and climate change / Annette Cowie [and others] -- 28. Biochar sustainability and certification / Frank G.A. Verheijen [and others] -- 29. Economic evaluation of biochar systems : current evidence and challenges / Simon Shackley [and others] -- 30. Socio-economic feasibility, implementation and evaluation of small-scale biochar projects / Stephen Joseph [and others] -- 31. Commercialization of the biochar industry / Michael Sesko, David Shearer and Gregory Stangl.

This study offers alternative interpretations of war-related distress embedded within the social and political context of the Vietnam War. Subjective interpretations from aging Vietnam veterans were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. A central theme—Moral authenticity: Overcoming the betrayal and shame of war—overarched five subordinate themes. Four subordinate themes encapsulated layers of war-related betrayal associated with shame. Shame was likely to be described as either (a) internal/sense of personal failure, with no acts of rage; or (b) external/reckless or threatening acts of others, engendering rage. A fifth theme, reparation with self, reflected humility, gratitude, and empathy, currently undefined domains of the growth construct.

The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between causal attributions and self-controlling behavior in adults following a negative event. More internal, stable, and global causal attributions were associated with greater self-controlling behavior even with concurrent
depressive symptoms partialled out. The implications for a model of attribution - inhibition are discussed.