We explore the potential of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a skills-based intervention that provides participants with sustainable tools for adaptive responses to stress and negative mood, for the large group of young people with depression or anxiety who only partially or briefly respond to currently available first-line interventions.

Pure phase reference intensity ratio determinations were completed on eleven biotites ranging in Fe composition from χFe = 0.058 to χFe = 0.695, where χFe = Fe/(Fe + Mg). The crystal chemistry of biotites requires that the intensity of diffraction for the 00l reflections, and thus the corresponding reference intensity ratio, correlate with the Fe, Mg and Al in the octahedral sites. As Fe occupancy increases in the octahedral site, the Lki for the 00l reflections increases as does the value of ∣F∣2 computed using the Takeda and Ross (1975) biotite model. The ∣F∣2 trend closely parallels the experimental regression of Lki = 6.359χFe + 1.513 (R = 0.91). Observed mass absorption measurements completed by X-ray transmission show a similar trend with μo = 69.36χFe + 47.85 (R = 0.97). Calculated values of μ from biotite chemical analyses agree well with the measured values. These relationships may be used to predict the appropriate Lki needed for quantitative analysis of biotite-bearing specimens if the Fe and Mg content of the biotite can be determined.

Radiation damage effects in ceramics, e.g., nuclear waste forms, transmutation targets, and inert matrix fuels, may have important implications for the physical and chemical stability of these materials as the cumulative radiation dose increases over time. A key aspect of scientific research in this area is the ability to understand the fundamental damage mechanisms through the combination of experimental and atomistic modelling techniques. In this paper, we review some of the lessons learned from the significant body of data now available for pyrochlore-defect fluorite based materials, followed by an illustration of the advantages of working on simple compounds with well established interatomic potentials. We conclude the paper with a description of radiation damage processes in the LaxSr1-1.5xTiO3 defect perovskites, a system that includes phase transformations, short-range order effects, and complex defect behavior.

Microscopy and Microanalysis 2005 promises to be a dynamic meeting proving that good science can transcend national boundaries. In addition to the usual sponsoring societies, the Microscopy Society of America (MSA) and the Microbeam Analysis Society (MAS), the International Metallographic Society (IMS) will again be a co-sponsoring society of the meeting. We are also fortunate that with the prime location of the meeting in Hawaii, many of the Pacific Rim Microscopy Societies will be joining us for the meeting. These include the Committee of Asia-Pacific Societies for Microscopy (CAPSM), the Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society (AMMS, Inc.), the Australian Microbeam Analysis Society (AMAS), and Microscopy New Zealand (MNZ). This truly international representation will provide attendees with the opportunity to observe how microscopy and microanalysis are advancing multiple fields of science in much of the world. The M&M 2005 Executive Program Committee, comprised of co-chairs from each of the participating societies, has put together a comprehensive scientific program that will address a variety of cutting-edge topics in the applications of microscopy in the biological and physical sciences and in the development of new instrumentation and techniques.