In this paper, we refine the definition of weighted hesitant fuzzy set (WHFS), the concept that allows the membership of a given element is defined in terms of several possible values together with their importance weight, and then introduce some correlation measures for WHFSs. To illustrate the application of proposed correlation measures for WHFSs, we give a practical example in medical diagn...

M odern psychiatry in the NIS is currently undergoing reforms aimed at democratizing psychiatric care and making it more affordable and accessible to the public. Yet at the same time, such reforms are impossible within the narrow framework of the available mental health services. There is an obvious need for interaction between the mental health and general healthcare systems, specifically in t...

A one month study of the surgical and psychiatric service of a university hospital emergency room identified thirty-seven women coming for treatment as a result of physical abuse. Thirty-three of the thirty-seven women presented at the surgical services are represented 3.8 per cent of surgical admissions in the emergency room. These women came from all ages, social and ethnic groups. They usua...

I laud Dr. DeMaria’s efforts in summarizing the issues surrounding the medical malpractice crisis in the November issue of the Journal (1). However, I am struck by the lack of courage of state medical licensing boards in not advocating for stronger laws, policies, and procedures to focus on the 5% of physicians responsible for 50% malpractice payouts. Whereas the medical profession should be co...

enabled access to up-to-date surgical materials. However, we oday, the medical degree certificate only gives new graduaes a permit to continue studying and improving themselves, ince it is impossible, over the six years of the course, to resent students with the vast amounts of material that make p the various medical specialties. This completion of training is done in a variety of ways and y a...

Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2003, 45: 363–363 363 ‘On the influence of abnormal parturition: difficult labours, premature birth, and asphyxia neonatorum, on the mental and physical condition of the child, especially in relation to deformities’. In the third paragraph he notes ‘the object of this communication is to show that the act of birth does occasionally imprint upon the nervo...