The cognitive impairment revealed in some non- demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients is characterized by executive dysfunction with widely repeated deficits on tests of verbal (letter) fluency. However, conflicting evidence exists of an impairment on other word retrieval tasks, such as confrontation naming, which do not place heavy demands on executive processes. Previous resear...

Few studies have considered confrontation in the context of coping with discriminatory experiences. These studies test for the first time whether confronting racial discrimination is associated with greater psychological well-being and physical health through the promotion of autonomy. In two separate samples of racial minorities who had experienced racial discrimination, confrontation was asso...

The goal of this paper is to present the constructive confrontation approach to management of organizational culture. The approach provides for transformation of confrontation caused by differences between the new values of a declared organizational culture and the current values of employees in constructive process. Constructive confrontation allows for the concentration of energies and capaci...

Information technology may be able to help people become better ethical decision makers. This paper explores philosophical and psychological issues underlying the design of a moral dilemma support system (MDSS). The effects of schemas, decision strategies, social information, and emotions on dilemma analysis are considered. MDSS features that would help people understand moral dilemmas, choose ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are dynamically-arranged networks typically composed of a large number of arbitrarily-distributed sensor nodes with computing capabilities contributing to –at least– one common application. The main characteristic of these networks is that of being functionally constrained due to a scarce availability of resources and strong dependence on uncontrollable environmen...

This article was acceptedfOr publication April 5, 1996 M any persons with brain damage refuse or avoid participating in a therapeutic program. This avoidance is a major obstacle to rehabilitation (Zencius, Lane, & Wesolowski, 1991) and may be due to cognitive impairments (e.g., decreased awareness of deficits, limited insight and judgment) (Alderman 1991). To avoid participation in therapy, the...

Dengue has been recognized as one of the most important vector-borne human diseases. The disease is induced by dengue virus infection resulting from the bite of an infected Aedes spp. mosquito after imbibing the tainted blood from animals or patients. Dynamic clinical spectrums ranging from asymptomatic, undifferentiated fever, typical dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengu...

Confrontation naming tests are commonly employed in neuropsychological assessment. Surprisingly little work has been done, however, to determine how various demographic, linguistic, and disease status variables influence patterns of performance on these tests. The present study examined data on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) from a total of 1,131 subjects, including 719 normals, 325 patients with...