As the clinical director, she was doing research on cognitive behavioral treatments that taught recovering addicts how to identify problems and overcome cravings.

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Applications will have to come with far more diagnostics so users can understand how to identify and fix problems.

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The idea was to form small groups of farmers, ask them to identify particular problems (such as pests, or low yields) and then show them how to solve these problems by carrying out experiments on small plots of land.

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