There is a pervasive euphoria in most developed and developing countries regarding the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in transforming the government from a sluggish and nonresponsive leviathan to a more efficient and citizen friendly institution. This paper proposes a method to assess in an objective manner the change in service quality as a result of e-Government projec...

We report two adults who received gabapentin (GBP) and subsequently developed behavioural side effects. Indications for GBP treatment were newly diagnosed epilepsy in one and painful paraesthesiae in the other. Both had no past history of psychiatric or behavioural disorder. Abnormal behaviour consisted of elevated mood, euphoria, and increased energy in both patients, and pressure of speech an...

This article examines how the Regional Autonomy in Political System and Authority Indonesia. Indonesia greatly influence implementation of When are more directed towards centralized control, will weaken, conversely when division authority from central government to regions occurs, should function according principle decentralization. position strengthens, euphoria elites would emerge. With incr...

This study considered whether the distinction between core and peripheral criteria for behavioral addiction, previously drawn with respect to computing activities in general, applies in the specific area of Massively Multiplayer Online Game playing. Questionnaire items were administered over the Internet to 442 game players. Factor-analysis of the data supported the previous findings for comput...

1. Marijuana is not a benign substance as previously believed 2. Smoked crude marijuana has no medical value and is contraindicated in general 3. Numerous studies suggest that marijuana smoke is an important risk factor in the development of respiratory disease. 4. While early literature suggests some potential benefits if marijuana for the treatment of glaucoma, nausea, and muscle spasms, by t...

As the end of the 20 century grows nearer, South Africans find themselves entering the postMandela era. Five years after the first democratic government was elected in South Africa, the euphoria of transformation and reconciliation has receded. In its place has come the hard reality that the social and spatial impacts of colonialism and apartheid run very deep. Since the transfer of power in Ju...

Synonymous with the obvious euphoria and panegyric extolment surrounding the exponential advances in modern science, there is a growing body of weighty privacy concerns uttered over the extent to which the potential ramifications that the commercialisation of certain technological innovations may have. One technology presently inflaming privacy advocates " is radio frequency identification (her...

The culture or tradition in Bali is full of philosophical values, especially the Med-Medan Banjar Kaja, Sesetan Traditional Village, Denpasar City. However, due to lack literacy, people's knowledge and understanding only limited euphoria. This article seeks explore analyze depth values contained by using perspective Max Scheler's philosophy descriptive analytical methods. Based on results this ...

We propose a model of history dependent disappointment aversion (HDDA), allowing the attitude of a decision-maker (DM) towards disappointment at each stage of a T -stage lottery to evolve as a function of his history of disappointments and elations in prior stages. We establish an equivalence between the existence of an HDDA representation and two documented cognitive biases. First, the DM over...

Abuse of over the counter drugs often gets overlooked by health care providers. Loperamide is one such over the counter drug that is often abused by drug addicts.We present here a case of a youngmale attaining euphoria from takingmassive doses of loperamide. He developed Torsades de Pointes and subsequent cardiac arrest. We found similarities in the progression of myocardial electrical conducti...