This study investigated the effects of virtual reality training on music performance anxiety. Seventeen music students were randomly assigned to a control group (n=8) or a virtual training group (n=9). Participants were asked to play a musical piece by memory in two recitals at three weeks interval. The anxiety was then measured with the Personal Report of Confidence as a Performer (PRCP), the ...

This case study is about the first Information Systems Ph.D. program in Ethiopia and the region, a collaborative effort of thirteen universities around the globe. Seventeen faculty members are traveling to Ethiopia to launch the program and plan to begin class summer 2008. This paper depicts the program design, program development, and an outline of the overall program. The authors share their ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate in a group of physicians the relation between burnout, demographic or job characteristics, anxiety, and immune variables. METHODS Seventy one physicians of all grades were recruited among different departments to a cross sectional survey. The Maslach burnout inventory, scales of emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and personal accomplishment, the trait scale of anx...

We consider an (s,S) inventory system with random lead time and repeated demands of unsatisfied demands from the orbit. Whenever the inventory level falls to the level s, an order is placed to bring the level to S. The quantity ordered is M = S− s. Demands to the system are served immediately if there is a positive inventory. Otherwise it will go to a pool of unsatisfied customers called orbit....

Inventory constitutes a major component of working capital. To a large extent, the success and failure of a business depends upon its inventory management performance. The basic objective of inventory management is to optimize the size of inventory in a firm so that smooth performance of production and sales function may be possible at minimum cost. Galloping inventories in recent years, the cr...