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Issues discussed concern the portrayal of nihilism in William Shakespeare’s ’Macbeth,’ focusing on the existential and psychological aspects of character motivation. Topics include Macbeth’s anxiety over loss of control, his detached emotional state, and the relationship between literature and moral philosophy.

We present a simplified model of the evolution of a society which is regulated by a formal unanimity voting procedure. We examine several protocols, which depend on whether admission or expulsion are permissible, and on the order with which they are implemented. Conditions which ensure the existence of pure-strategy perfect equilibrium profiles for some voting protocols, and counter examples for the existence of such profiles in other protocols are presented. Finally, we prove that the original founders would prefer a protocol in which expulsion precedes admission to protocols in which admission precedes expulsion, or the two are treated simultaneously.

Despite increasing public, professional, and scientific interest in the problem of wife abuse and battering, little has been written about the importance of sociocultural sensitivity in intervention with abused and battered women in Arab society. In this article, I describe central family values in that society and discuss their relevance to wife abuse and battering. Specifically, the discussion focuses on values such as mutual family support and interdependence, family reputation, women's inferiority and male supremacy, and family cohesion and the relevance of those values to wife abuse and battering. In addition, I present Arab women's perspectives on this problem, as revealed in their responses to open-ended questions that were part of larger studies conducted by me. In this regard, five dimensions of their perspectives are considered: (1) Women's definitions of violence against women; (2) their awareness of the problem; (3) their justification or condemnation of violence against women; (4) their awareness of the risk encountered by battered women; and (5) their approach toward coping with the problem. The results are discussed from the perspective of the sociocultural context of Arab society. The article concludes with recommendations for socioculturally sensitive intervention with battered women in this society.

Lay summary: The article charts the benefits for universities of using multimedia tools to enhance traditional learning methods. It presents a case study of a successful three year pilot project at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to use multimedia tools to enhance classroom study. The article proposes 9 guidelines for university administrators to overcome political hurdles to, and generate support for, the implementation of similar projects. Publication significance: Multimedia tools have become integral to enriching and streamlining learning delivery at universities. The article presents an in-depth case study that provides insight into the challenges and benefits of introducing multimedia tools to the university classroom. It also addresses the bureaucratic and political challenges to implementing such multimedia learning environments. Raising awareness of and addressing these challenges is critical to successfully utilize multimedia tools.