Introduction. Fatigue syndrome is one of the nonmotor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of the study was assessment of prevalence of fatigue syndrome in PD and answering the question what are the independent risk factors connected with intensity of fatigue in PD. Methods. 114 patients with idiopathic PD (mean age 62.2 + 10.8 years) were enrolled. The fatigue was assessed according t...

China is reforming its banking system, partially privatizing and taking on minority foreign ownership of three of its dominant ‘‘Big Four” state-owned banks. This paper helps predict the effects by analyzing the efficiency of Chinese banks over 1994–2003. Findings suggest that Big Four banks are by far the least efficient; foreign banks are most efficient; and minority foreign ownership is asso...

In this study, we evolve both the controller and morphology of artificially embodied legged creatures. This is achieved by relaxing certain morphological constraints previously imposed on the artificial creature where the focus had only been on the optimization of its artificial neural network (ANN) controller. The first objective is to explore the legged locomotion behaviors that can be achiev...

I am delighted to see so many individuals here with an interest in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and this conference. I want to thank our co-chairs as well as the participants and observers. For some time we have recognized that CFS, because it primarily affects women, is a disease that we could acknowledge and claim as a condition on which the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) shoul...

Chances are that everyone reading this will either have lost a close friend, relative, or work colleague in a road traffic crash in the last couple of years. Chances are, the reports said it was an "accident". There might even have been police reports giving the "cause of the accident." Now, think about the meaning of the word "accident" - most people would agree it is an unpredictable event, o...