Objectives. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is a recognized therapy that improves motor symptoms in advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). However, little is known about its impact on personality. To address this topic, we have assessed personality traits before and after STN-DBS in PD patients. Methods. Forty patients with advanced PD were assessed with the Temperament ...

Online game addiction (OGA) is becoming a significant problem worldwide. The aim of this study was to explore the incidence of OGA and the roles of stressful life events, avoidant coping styles (ACSs), and neuroticism in OGA. A total of 651 Chinese college students were selected by random cluster sampling. Subjects completed the Chinese version of Young's eight-item Internet Addiction Scale (CI...

The objectives of this study were to compare the personality profiles of adolescent males with and without Internet addiction disorder (IAD), and to determine if IAD is associated with specific parental rearing behaviors. A total of 304 subjects (204 IAD positive and 100 IAD negative controls) completed three instruments: Symptom Checklist-90-revision (SCL-90-R), Eysenck Personality Questionnai...

This section is devoted to the Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model, its specialization to the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model and its extension to allow backorders. The next section deals with multiple products. The primary driver to hold inventories is the presence of a fixed production/ordering cost that is incurred every time a positive number of units are produced/ordered. We wish ...

In this paper, an Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model is formulated with investment in green operations and deterioration. the proposed model, demand rate depends on selling-price as well concerning level of products. The main objective study to find optimal replenishment time by considering profit maximization. effect multiple prepayments depicted a figure. Applying operation, manufacture...

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the optimal retailer’s replenishment decisions under two levels of trade credit policy within the economic production quantity (EPQ) framework. We assume that the supplier would offer the retailer a delay period and the retailer also adopts the trade credit policy to stimulate his/her customer demand to develop the retailer’s replenishment model ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the association of oxytocin with trait and state psychological factors in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS OXT and psychological variables were analyzed from 86 controlled diabetic patients (glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) < 7%) from 45 uncontrolled diabetic patients (HbA1c ≥ 7). Psychological characteristics were assessed with the Eys...