Prediction markets have been adopted to forecast events (trends) and manage risks related to the events in different projects. This paper scrutinises the first prediction market system (PMS) established in Taiwan, which shows favourable accuracy of the PMS in predicting infectious diseases comparing with expected value of historical data for the same period. It further analyses the incentive st...

A summary of the symptoms, prevalence and history of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is presented. The legal implications of PMS, particularly its use as a defence in criminal prosecutions and as an implicit factor in specific offences, are discussed by means of an analysis of Canadian legal cases, with reference to those in England and the United States. The authors offer suggestions on how physic...

An attractive feature of Prediction Markets (PMs, also called information markets or virtual stock markets) is that they provide economic incentives for informants to share unique information, i.e., information that no other informants possess. This feature and the broad availability of the Internet have lead to applications of prediction markets in a number of fields. Most reported application...

Statement of the problem: A study to assess the prevalence of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among adolescent girls in selected college, Thrissur, with a view to prepare an information pamphlet. Research approach and tool: A non experimental descriptive survey design was used in this study as research approach and tool adopted for this study was a modified standardized premenstrual syndrome scale....

OBJECTIVE Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects millions of women and is known as the most important disorder among them. The very aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of low dose calcium on severity of PMS. METHODS This study can be considered as a double-blind randomized clinical trial. Female students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences diagnosed with PMS in 2014 partic...

Two-hundred-fifty-six crossbred and Targhee ewes which lambed in February and March were randomly assigned to a 38or 73-day postpartum weaning group and within weaning group to a control, an 8or a 16-day progestogen treatment. Treatment was an intravaginal progestogen pessary for 7 days after weaning or for 15 days beginning 8 days before weaning with a 10 mg injection of progesterone on the da...

Iron, potassium, zinc, and other minerals might impact the development of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) through multiple mechanisms, but few studies have evaluated these relations. We conducted a case-control study nested within the prospective Nurses' Health Study II (1991-2001). Participants were free from PMS at baseline. After 10 years, 1,057 women were confirmed as PMS cases and 1,968 as con...

In this study, the degradation of dimethyl phthalate (DMP), taken as model compound for phthalate esters, by the photo-assisted peroxymonosulfate (PMS) process was investigated. The high oxidation potential of hydroxyl and sulfate radicals generated by the activation of PMS under UV-C light irradiation was used to completely oxidize aqueous DMP solutions. Experiments were conducted at varying i...

BACKGROUND Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a common finding in luteal phase of menstrual cycle resulting in several changes in woman life including pain sensation. OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the alterations of postoperative pain sensation in those with and without a history of PMS. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 140 women in in postoperative period were assigned to four groups regardin...

Study Objectives The aims of this study were to document sleep disturbances in individuals with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), to assess whether these individuals had been evaluated for sleep disorders, and to examine relationships between the sleep behavior of these individuals and the sleep behavior and daytime functioning of their caregivers. Methods Participants were 193 caregivers of in...