The current study was designed to investigate the changes that occur in depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms and health-related quality of life during methylphenidate (MPH) treatment in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Forty-five treatment naive children with ADHD, aged 8-14, were assessed based on self, parent and teacher reports at the baseline and ...

The articles in this issue attempt to better understand the specific relationship between literature and the workings of the brain/mind. It includes articles from a literary scholar and poet who examines the neurological basis of writing poetry, and from four literary scholars: one who looks at the relation between some specific poetic techniques and the functioning of certain processing system...

The user’s experience of his or her interaction with a product is becoming an increasingly important aspect of product design. In the ‘experience economy’, experiential factors have become major discriminants affecting the success of new products. Industry is well aware of this, and likewise design schools are adjusting their curricula to better train their students to take into account factors...

Among the medical conditions that affect human body, which have recently arisen and raised a lot of confusion debate, it is mandatory to give anti-coronavirus drugs individuals, distinct legal question our research trying answer, whether authorities can force individuals take these vaccines, this compulsion contradicts The original principle prohibition touching body except with explicit person...

The object of this study is to analyze the factors influencing success of Bank-issued micropayment systems in Iran. Based on an existing IS post acceptance model which considers well known factors, we focus on studying the influence of a new factor related to compulsion (direct and indirect).  Our model consists of seven main factors along with ‘Direct compulsion’ defined as a mediator v...

Introduction: Data on the relationship between personality profile and nicotine dependence may help health professionals to design and improve programs for the treatment and prevention of this dependence. Objective: To investigate the relationship between personality profile and nicotine dependence in a group of smoking undergraduate students. Methods: A total of 1,245 undergraduate students we...

Attitudes towards risk are highly consequential in clinical disorders thought to be prone to “risky behavior”, such as substance dependence, as well as those commonly associated with excessive risk aversion, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding disorder (HD). Moreover, it has recently been suggested that attitudes towards risk may serve as a behavioral biomarker for OCD. We ...

The study focuses on the relationship between job satisfaction, performance, and social / family compulsion absenteeism in blue collar employees working petroleum sector of Pakistan.150 from refineries oil marketing companies were included survey responded questionnaire, encompassing all variables. Results prove hypothesis 1 whereas, 2 could not be proven. will help Pakistani organization to re...