Background: assessment of psychopathy has gained much attention in the past few decades. The four-factor model of psychopathy has proved to be an efficient model for assessment of psychopathy in forensic and non-forensic samples. Several measures have been developed to capture the four-factor model. These four factors are labeled as interpersonal manipulation, criminal tendencies, erratic lifes...

INTRODUCTION Placebo effects (true biopsychological effects not attributable to the active ingredients of medical technical interventions) can be attributed to several mechanisms, such as expectancy manipulation and empathy manipulation elicited by a provider's communication. So far, effects have primarily been shown in laboratory settings. The aim of this study is to determine the separate and...

Abstract The concern that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to manipulate individuals, with undesirable consequences for the manipulated individual as well society a whole, plays key role in debate on ethics of AI. This chapter uses case political manipulation voters and vulnerable consumers studies explore how AI contribute facilitate such evaluated from an ethical perspective. presents...

Title of dissertation: PLANNING FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS Sagar Chowdhury, Doctor of Philosophy, 2013 Dissertation directed by: Professor Satyandra K. Gupta Department of Mechanical Engineering Optical tweezers (OT) can be viewed as a robot that uses a highly focused laser beam for precise manipulation of biological objects and dielectric beads at micro-scale. ...

objective: this is a parallel, three group, randomized, controlled clinical trial, with outcomes evaluated up to three months after randomization for children and adolescents with chronic nail biting. the current study investigates the efficacy of habit reversal training (hrt) and compares its effect with object manipulation training (omt) considering the limitations of the current literature ....