Violence: The malignancy of our times! Is there hope?

Violence: the malignancy of our times! Is there hope?

I am truly honored to be here with you tonight and to remember Karen Homey. It's hard to believe that 50 years have gone by since Karen Homey founded the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Her contributions to the field of analysis and psychiatry have survived the test of time, forming a link between the old school of pure psychoanal...

Epilepsy: Is there hope?

Epilepsy is a highly prevalent chronic neurologic disorder and leads to social, behavioural, health and economic consequences. 'Treatment gap' varies from 10 per cent in developed countries to 75 per cent in low-income countries. Stigma and discrimination related to epilepsy are prevalent worldwide. Electroencephalography (EEG) is considered the most important tool for evaluating the patient wi...

Successful aging: is there hope?

Is there hope for the homeless?

There is hope in attribute weighting

Experimental evidence shows that attribute weighting in value trees is prone to various biases. The origins of these biases are suggested to be either behavioral or procedural. It is most surprising that recent literature does not discuss weighting biases observed in connection with applications where these methods are used to support real decision making processes. This is the situation both w...