Intensive Electrical Convulsion Therapy in Acute Mania

It would seem that the overwhelming success of convulsion therapy in depressive syndromes has retarded recognition of the use of this treatment in states of excitement. Little has been written in this country on E.C.T. in mania, and apart from a report that the condition is refractory and frequently relapses, there is scant guidance on the subject. The object of this paper is to draw attention to the real value of E.C.T. in mania, when given in adequate quantity at the beginning, and followed up by frequent spacing of shocks to prevent relapse. For this purpose, “intensive therapy” is regarded as that which commences with several shocks daily until the excited state is suppressed, and by this method the most maniacal patient can be rapidly and dramatically brought under control.

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Earnings management to achieve positive earnings surprises in case of medium size companies listed in Poland

International Journal of Accounting and Economics Studies ◽

10.14419/ijaes.v3i2.5258 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 141 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Piotr Wójtowicz

Keyword(s):

Earnings Management ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Medium Size ◽

The Real ◽

Earnings Surprise ◽

Earnings Surprises ◽

Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽

Real Value ◽

The Subject ◽

Annual Earnings

<p>Earnings management in Polish listed companies was the subject of only several studies, mainly theoretical, but none of them is related to earnings management to meet analysts’ expectations. The aim of the paper is to detect any signals of earnings management to achieve zero or small positive earnings surprises. The sample comprises 609 observations from years 2012-2014 related to medium size companies listed at Warsaw Stock Exchange. Distribution of scaled annual earnings surprise (difference between realized and forecasted earnings scaled by beginning total assets) is analyzed. It contains unusually high frequency of small positive surprises. If the module of earnings surprise is small it is more probable that the real value was higher than the forecast - meeting or beating the forecast, so small positive earnings surprises are more probable than negative. If the module of earnings surprise is high it is more probable that the forecast of income was higher than the real value - neither meeting nor beating the forecast. Results are not sensitive to the choice of earnings surprise metric.</p>

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How Should Secondary Mathematics for Girls Differ from that for Boys?

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.7.1.0015 ◽

1914 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 15-16

Author(s):

Jean F. Robertson

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Secondary Mathematics ◽

Broad Sense ◽

Teaching Mathematics ◽

The Real ◽

Real Value ◽

The Subject

This topic put in a slightly different way is the question that constantly arises in one form or another— “ what is the real value of mathematics to our students and what are we doing to make the high school course of most use to them—use in a broad sense.” In any high school, be it for girls or for boys, our direct and clear course in teaching mathematics is so to present the subject that it shall stimulate the desire for knowledge for itself that is in the heart of every child, promote self activity and independence of thought, and that it shall enlist in this work the interest and enthusiasm of the child. For, instead of the old idea that interest in a subject takes the backbone out of it, we now feel that knowledge must be infused with interest if it is to reach the heart and work its influence on character.

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Loving attention: a realist, projectivist theory of value

Religious Studies ◽

10.1017/s003441250500795x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 415-433

Author(s):

MARK T. NELSON

Keyword(s):

Speculative Philosophy ◽

The Real ◽

Tentative Hypothesis ◽

Real Value ◽

The Subject ◽

Theory Of Value

I try out a tentative hypothesis in speculative philosophy, by sketching a theory of value modelled on John Locke's theory of acquisition. I argue that this theory has all the advantages of Locke's theory of acquisition, but few of its disadvantages. Moreover, it allows us to reconcile two attractive, but apparently incompatible, ideas about value: the real-value idea (that animals, plants, artifacts, and landscapes really are valuable) and the subject-dependence idea (that things have value only in relation to experiencing subjects). As a theory of value, it may be interesting in its own right, but I also argue that it may be of particular interest to theists.

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Radiation synovectomy of the knee joint

Nuklearmedizin ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1623935 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 45 (01) ◽

pp. 57-61

Author(s):

M. Puille ◽

D. Steiner ◽

R. Bauer ◽

R. Klett

Keyword(s):

Knee Joint ◽

Lymph Nodes ◽

Geometric Mean ◽

Radiation Synovectomy ◽

Real Activity ◽

Anterior View ◽

Inguinal Lymph Nodes ◽

The Real ◽

Therapeutic Modalities ◽

Real Value

Summary Aim: Multiple procedures for the quantification of activity leakage in radiation synovectomy of the knee joint have been described in the literature. We compared these procedures considering the real conditions of dispersion and absorption using a corpse phantom. Methods: We simulated different distributions of the activity in the knee joint and a different extra-articular spread into the inguinal lymph nodes. The activity was measured with a gammacamera. Activity leakage was calculated by measuring the retention in the knee joint only using an anterior view, using the geometric mean of anterior and posterior views, or using the sum of anterior and posterior views. The same procedures were used to quantify the activity leakage by measuring the activity spread into the inguinal lymph nodes. In addition, the influence of scattered rays was evaluated. Results: For several procedures we found an excellent association with the real activity leakage, shown by an r² between 0.97 and 0.98. When the real value of the leakage is needed, e. g. in dosimetric studies, simultaneously measuring of knee activity and activity in the inguinal lymph nodes in anterior and posterior views and calculation of the geometric mean with exclusion of the scatter rays was found to be the procedure of choice. Conclusion: When measuring of activity leakage is used for dosimetric calculations, the above-described procedure should be used. When the real value of the leakage is not necessary, e. g. for comparing different therapeutic modalities, several of the procedures can be considered as being equivalent.

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ICO as a Business Financing Tool: Myths and Reality

Economics taxes & law ◽

10.26794/1999-849x-2018-11-2-41-51 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 41-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

I. Ya. Lukasevich

Keyword(s):

Corporate Finance ◽

Digital Economy ◽

Real Sector ◽

The Real ◽

Objective Information ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Russian Economy ◽

The Subject ◽

Business Financing ◽

Made In

The subject of the research is new tools for business financing using the initial coin offering (ICO) in the context of the development of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technologies as their basis. The purpose of the work was to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the ICO in comparison with traditional financial tools as well as prospects, limitations and problems of using digital financial tools. Conclusions are made in relation to possibilities, limitations and application areas of digital business financing tools, particularly in the real sector, taking into account the specifics of the Russian economy and legislation. It is shown that the main problems of using the digital financial tools are related to the economic sphere and caused by the lack of adequate approaches to evaluation of assets as well as the shortage of objective information. The problems and new tasks of corporate finance in the digital economy are defined.

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The 'Real' Value of Conflicted Analyst Coverage

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1571418 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Stacey E. Jacobsen ◽

Irina Stefanescu ◽

Xiaoyun Yu

Keyword(s):

Analyst Coverage ◽

The Real ◽

Real Value

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Building an ‘Industrial Engineering Mindset’ among Indian Healthcare Executives: Toward Management of Healthcare Facilities at an Industrial Scale post the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning ◽

10.1177/2516600x211005997 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2516600X2110059

Author(s):

Som Sekhar Bhattacharyya ◽

Rajesh Chandwani

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Industrial Engineering ◽

Industrial Scale ◽

Subject Domain ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Healthcare Executives ◽

The Future ◽

Adequate Quantity ◽

The Subject

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the necessity of good quality and adequate quantity of healthcare infrastructure facilities. Healthcare facilities were provided for COVID-19 facilities with improvisation and supplementary lateral infrastructure from other sectors. However, the main point of contemplation going into the future was regarding how to quickly develop healthcare facilities. The subject domain of ‘industrial engineering’ (IE) and its associated perspectives could provide some key insights regarding this. The authors undertook a conceptual literature review and provided theoretical argumentation toward this. The findings provided insights regarding the application of industrial engineering concepts in healthcare facilities and services.

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Comparison of Ellipsoidal and Parabolic Mirror Systems in Fluorimetry and Room Temperature Phosphorimetry

Applied Spectroscopy ◽

10.1366/0003702794926128 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 166-170 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

G. L. Walden ◽

J. D. Winefordner

Keyword(s):

Room Temperature ◽

Small Volume ◽

Collection Efficiency ◽

Parabolic Mirror ◽

The Real ◽

Real Value

The use of ellipsoidal and parabolic mirrors to increase the collection efficiency of sample luminescence is demonstrated for small volume samples. The results indicate that the real value of such systems is in the cases in which dilution to larger volumes is not desirable.

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