Two studies examined the associations between life regrets and indicators of quality of life across the adult life span. Given that opportunities to undo regrets decline with age, regret intensity was expected to be inversely associated with subjective well-being and health among older adults. In addition, the research explored protective factors that have the potential to reduce older adults' ...

Abstract In this paper the relationship between the use of abortion and contraception among married women in a society experiencing uronid decline in fertility is analysed using data from the Korean National Fertility Survey of 1974. The level and pattern of abortion before and after modern contraceptives became widely available are described, and the implications of the changing patterns of ...

PURPOSE To investigate the MacDQoL test-retest reliability and sensitivity to change in vision over a period of one year in a sample of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN A prospective, observational study. METHOD Patients with AMD from an ophthalmologist's list (n = 135) completed the MacDQoL questionnaire by telephone interview and underwent a vision assessment o...

Abstract: Problem statement: We studied the inventory-production system with two-parameter Weibull distributed deterioration items. Approach: The inventory model was developed as linear optimal control problem and by the Pontryagin maximum principle, the optimal control problem was solved analytically to obtain the optimal solution of the problem. Results: It was then illustrated with the help ...

Abstract --In this paper, we developed an EOQ model for Weibull deteriorating items with linear demand rate in fuzzy environment. Shortages are allowed and partially backlogged. Holding cost, deterioration cost, ordering cost, shortage cost and opportunity cost are assumed as a triangular fuzzy numbers. The purpose of this paper is to minimize the total cost function in fuzzy environment. Grade...

An order level inventory system for deteriorating items has been developed with demand rate as a ramp type function of time. The finite production rate is proportional to the demand rate and deterioration rate is time proportional. The unit production cost is inversely proportional to the demand rate. The model with no shortage case in inventory is first solved. The inventory shortage is discus...

While deterioration models consider the gradual reduction in quality and quantity of products over time, amelioration models assume the opposite. This paper is based on an earlier work by Hwang for finding an optimal economic order quantity solution for items subject to amelioration in a Weibull distribution. Hwang solved the problem with a graphical procedure. In this paper, a rigorous analyti...

Compared with a group of age matched controls, patients with Parkinson's disease scored significantly lower in testing for ideomotor apraxia. Imitation of movement sequences was affected more severely than performance of single movements. The degree of impairment was not related to severity of motor disability, but correlated strongly with the results of tests that measured visuospatial and vis...

We have developed an order level inventory system for deteriorating items with demand rate as a ramp type function of time. The finite production rate is proportional to the demand rate and the deterioration rate is independent of time. The unit production cost is inversely proportional to the demand rate. The model with no shortages case is discussed considering that: (a) the demand rate is st...

In this study, a deterministic inventory model in which items are subject to constant deterioration and shortages are allowed. The unsatisfied demand is backlogged which is a function of time. The optimal order quantity is derived by minimizing the total cost. The numerical example is given to support the result. The convexity of the cost function is shown numerically. Sensitivity analysis is c...