objective : identification of the risk factors and psychological correlates of prolonged grief disorder is vital for health promotions in relatives of persons who died of cancer. the aim of this research was to investigate the role of defense mechanisms, character dimension of personality and demographic factors on complicated grief following a loss of a family member to cancer. method : a numb...

transcendental leadership is a new paradigm in management and leadership that is the best way to deal with today dynamic, changing and turbulent environments. transcendent leaders make the ethical foundation of organizations and have strategic leads. these leaders look at the organizations as a whole that lead others, themselves and the organization. a transcendental leader is a strategic leade...

PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to identify problems with communication with persons with aphasia and persons with dementia in a collaborative interview setting with their significant others. In particular, to compare interactional practices used in order to resolve problems caused by specific symptoms. METHOD Five persons with aphasia and five persons with dementia and their spouses...

Active colloids are microscopic particles, which self-propel through viscous fluids by converting energy extracted from their environment into directed motion. We first explain how artificial microswimmers move forward by generating near-surface flow fields via self-phoresis or the self-induced Marangoni effect. We then discuss generic features of the dynamics of single active colloids in bulk ...

Persons maintaining a financially focused self-concept view financial success as core aspect of their respective self-concepts. We examined whether measurement properties the scale (FFS) are invariant over time. A sample predominantly older community members who gamble (N = 147) completed 4-item FFS and Problem Gambling Severity Index (PGSI) twice, approximately four weeks apart. had strong tem...

The rewarding properties of cocaine have been postulated to be regulated, in part, by the mesolimbic dopamine system. However, the possibility that the rewarding properties of cocaine are mediated by direct activation of this system has yielded contradictory findings. The intracranial self-administration technique is used to identify specific brain regions involved in the initiation of response...

OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of self-reported length of coma and posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) in persons with medically verified traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to investigate factors that affect self-report of length of coma and PTA duration. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Specialized rehabilitation center with inpatient and outpatient programs. PARTICIPANTS Persons (N=2...

This article deals with active frequency filter design using signalflow graphs. The procedure of multifunctional circuit design that can realize more types of frequency filters is shown. To design a new circuit the Mason – Coates graphs with undirected self-loops have been used. The voltage conveyors whose properties are dual to the properties of the well-known current conveyors have been used ...

Actual–desired discrepancies in people’s self-concepts represent structural incongruities in their self-representations that can lead people to experience subjective conflict. Theory and research suggest that structural incongruities predict susceptibility to subtle influences like priming and conditioning. Although typically examined for their motivational properties, we hypothesized that beca...