Considering the multiple instance learning(MIL) in classification problem, a novel multiple instance twin support vector machines(MI-TWSVM) method is proposed. For linear classification, unlike other maximum margin SVM-based MIL methods, the proposed approach leads to two non-parallel hyperplanes. The non-linear classification via kernels is also studied. Preliminary experimental results on pub...

INTRODUCTION Sexual disorders impact up to 43% of women. However, the relationship between sexual dysfunction and psychological variables such as personality traits and coping mechanisms is not well understood. AIM To examine personality domains and coping strategies utilized by women with sexual dysfunction in a clinical sample. METHODS Patients seeking care for female sexual dysfunction (...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies enable Conversational Agents (CAs) to perform highly complex tasks in a human-like manner and may help people cope with anxiety improve their mental health well-being. To support patients well-being an authentic way, CAs need be imbued behavior, such as personality. In this paper we cover innovative form of CA, so-called Personality-Adaptive (PACAs) tha...

This thesis aimed to study how exposure to peer suicide may relate to current adjustment and attitudes towards suicide. Eight-five young adult graduates of the same public high school in the northeast who were exposed to multiple peer suicides as adolescents filled out an Attitudes Towards Suicide Scale, Scale of Perceived Social Support, reported their level of agreement with Thomas Joiner’s s...

This study examined 10 factors and their relation to the life satisfaction of single middle-aged professional women. The proposed regression model, which included job satisfaction, gender identity, locus of control, social support, health, financial resources, leisure-time activities, sexual satisfaction, and regrets regarding life circumstances, was explored through a questionnaire. Questionna...

Individual animals frequently exhibit repeatable differences from other members of their population, differences now commonly referred to as 'animal personality'. Personality differences can arise, for example, from differences in permanent environmental effects--including parental and epigenetic contributors--and the effect of additive genetic variation. Although several studies have evaluated...

OBJECTIVE type-D personality comprises a risk factor for adverse prognosis in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, concerns that type-D personality may not be a stable personality taxonomy and that progression of CVD may contribute to the manifestation of type-D personality have been voiced. The present study examined the stability of type-D personality in patients with acute my...

ADAPTOR is the result of a three-stage research project performed in the 'concept, development and evaluation' paradigm. The research project was undertaken to develop active decision support system generators for senior managers, based on the understanding of the influence of personality on human decision making. It was observed that ad hoc systems would have difficulty in providing this type ...