Psychology Today

The Myth of Creative Blocks: When Inspiration Disappears

Discover why “creative blocks” aren’t real—and how understanding what’s truly behind them can unlock deeper, more powerful ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...
Psychology Today

To Be Directive or Non-Directive: That Is the Question

When should therapists lead, and when should they listen? Here's how to balance directive vs non-directive therapy with ...
IEEE

Laparoscopic Image Desmoking Using the U-Net with New Loss Function and Integrated Differentiable Wiener Filter

Abstract: Laparoscopic surgeries often suffer from reduced visual clarity due to the presence of surgical smoke originated by surgical instruments, which poses significant challenges for both surgeons ...
IEEE

AGD: A Learning-based Optimization Framework for EDA and its Application to Gate Sizing

Abstract: In electronic design automation (EDA), most simulation models are not differentiable, and many design choices are discrete. As a result, greedy optimization methods based on numerical ...
The Boston Globe

‘This is a failure of government functions’: Federal shutdown leaves military families throughout New England in limbo

Heather H. has been a military spouse for more than a decade. She and her four young children rely on her husband’s paychecks to stay afloat, she said. As the federal shutdown stretches into its third ...