REMARKABLE SLOWNESS OF PULSE.

Slowness Surface Wave Surface

Slowness in schizophrenia.

Nufferno Speed Test In this investigation we have used only the Nufferno speed test, which is designed to measure speed as distinct from general level of intelligence. It consists of 19 problems of the Thurstone letterseries type in each of which the patient is presented with series of letters and is required to add at the end of the series the letter which is appropriate to the sequence (Furne...

www.ssoar.info Slowness logistics

Works conducted in logistics management mostly emphasize the importance of a ‘time compression’ strategy to develop a sustainable competitive advantage. At the level of the design, manufacturing or distribution of products to consumers, high-speed orientation is now considered to be a universal source of performance. Drawing from current developments in the French food retailing industry, the p...

Obsessive Slowness : A Case Report

Obsessive slowness is described to be a syndrome of extreme slowness in ways various tasks are performed. Its existence as an independent syndrome is challenged by authors, who regard it to be a part of obsessive compulsive disorder. Behavioural techniques of prompting, pacing and shaping are recommended for treatment of this condition. We describe here a case of a 21 year old male patient who ...

Slowness of movement in Parkinson's disease.

Loss of the ability to move is the most characteristic and fundamental motor deficit in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonian patients exhibit akinesia (inability to initiate movement), hypokinesia (reduced movement), and bradykinesia (slowness of the movement itself). (All these phenomena will be subsumed under the title akinesia.) Rigid muscles may contribute to akinesia, but they are not the cau...