This study examined the construct validity of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) by examining the relations between NPD and measures of psychologic distress and functional impairment both concurrently and prospectively across 2 samples. In particular, the goal was to address whether NPD typically "meets" criterion C of the DSM-IV definition of Personality Disorder, which requires that the ...

The authors review the literature on the impact suppliers may have on the new product development (NPD) process to show the benefits of integrating suppliers within a firm’s NPD design team. In the tables, the authors have categorized the research studies examined, as either case based or empirical and reference some key findings to help future researchers in their efforts to examine early supp...

Abstract There are a lot of risks in new product development projects. It’s very important to assess these risks accurately for the success of these projects. This paper proposed a risk assessment approach of NPD projects based on analytic network process (ANP) method. The effectiveness of the approach is tested by an actual NPD project. The results show that the approach can reflect the comple...

Purpose: R&D activities, as well its knowledge multidisciplinary fostered contribute to technology-based enterprises (TBE) seek innovation of products in continuous and collaborative ways. Enterprise capability dealing with diversity, inimitable values, emotional social links among individuals involved changing is crucial for P&D succeed. Considering context, we follow answer research q...

BACKGROUND Local decision making is linked to several service quality improvement parameters. Rogi Kalyan Samitis (RKS) at peripheral decision making health units (DMHU) are composite bodies that are mandated to ensure accountability and transparency in governance, improve quality of services, and facilitate local responsiveness. There is scant literature on the nature of functioning of these i...

Linking psychoanalytic studies with neuroscience has proven increasingly productive for identifying and understanding personality functioning. This article focuses on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), with the aim of exploring two clinically relevant aspects of narcissistic functioning also recognized in psychoanalysis: fear and decision-making. Evidence from ...

To succeed in the market it is necessary for the companies to fully research customer needs and generate solutions which can best satisfy them. Creativity plays a crucial role in this process. If it is correctly implemented into the innovation process, it can mean a decisive competitive advantage for the company. It is connected to the idea generation phase within the overall NPD process. Innov...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate dermoscopic features and patterns of skin lesions by using conventional and polarized light dermoscopy (PD). DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Dermatology clinic at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. PATIENTS Ninety patients with skin lesions. INTERVENTIONS Skin lesions were imaged via conventional nonpolarized light contact dermoscopy (NPD), polarized light...

Many studies report sexual dimorphism in the fetal programming of adult disease. We hypothesized that there would be differences in the age-related decline in renal function between male and female intrauterine growth-restricted rats. Early-life growth restriction was induced in rat offspring by administering a low-protein diet (LPD; 8.7% casein) to dams during pregnancy and lactation. Control ...

The article analyzes the factors influencing formation of non-psychotic mental disorders (NPD) in students higher education institutions.The purpose study is to analyze non psychotic education.Material and methods. We analyzed results a survey 1235 students. Methods applied: clinical, psychopathological, epidemiological, clinical medical history, experimental psychological statistical methods.&...