in some situations the producers desire to maximize total profit of decision making units (dmus) while the inputs and outputs prices of dmus change from one time period to another. in this paper, the researchers develop productivity index when producers are going to maximize total profit when the price of inputs and outputs are known.the proposed method uses all price information about inputs a...

To resolve the conflict between our desire for a good smoothing effect and desire to give additional weight to the recent change, a grey accumulating generation operator that can smooth the random interference of data is introduced into the double exponential smoothing method. The results of practical numerical examples have demonstrated that the proposed grey double exponential smoothing metho...

Flibanserin acts at cortical, limbic, hypothalamic, and brainstem nuclei to inhibit serotonin release by binding to 5-HT1A autoreceptors and block postsynaptic action of serotonin at 5-HT2A receptors. This gradually disinhibits the turnover of other monoamines like dopamine and noradrenaline that are critical for sexual desire.

A case is described of a patient who has a compelling and persistent desire to become deaf. She often kept cotton wool moistened with oil in her ears and was learning sign language. Living without sound appeared to be a severe form of avoidance behavior from hyperacusis and misophonia. She had a borderline personality disorder that was associated with a poor sense of self. Her desire to be deaf...

I N THE FIRST PART OF LEVIATHAN, “OF MAN,” BEFORE HOBBES DEFINES a commonwealth and prophesies the philosophical “Kingdome of Darknesse” into which it can descend (956), he proclaims that “to have no Desire, is to be Dead” (110). As a motto for the passions, the phrase resonates as a defense of desire, a call to understand strong feelings as on the side of life. To have no desire is to be dead ...

The assessment and then treatment of a change in libido, or a change in the desire to partake in sexual activity, during the menopausal transition and beyond has been a challenging and elusive area of clinical research. This is partly due to the multidimensional nature of female sexuality, the difficulties of measuring testosterone in women in a reliable and accurate manner, and the complexity ...