This study compares brain activation during causal attribution to three different loci, the self, another person and the situation; and further explores correlations with clinical scales (i.e. depression, anxiety and autism) in a typical population. While they underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging, 20 participants read short sentences about another person ( someone ) who engaged in be...

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common hospital acquired infection. The major associated cause is indwelling urinary catheters. Currently there are many types of catheters available. A variety of specialized urethral catheters have been designed to reduce the risk of infection. These include antiseptic impregnated catheters and antibiotic impregnated catheters. Other issue...

urine sample) occurring after the 20th week of gestation. Edema is common in patients with preeclampsia but is not necessary for the diagnosis. Eclampsia is defined by seizures, usually in the setting of preeclampsia. Seizures are rare without underlying preeclampsia. Although preeclampsia develops most commonly after the 20th week of pregnancy, it may occur in the postpartum period, usually wi...

The breast can be diffusely affected by a variety of specifi c and unique disorders, including benign disorders that are closely related to physiologic changes and infl ammatory and infectious diseases, as well as by benign and malignant tumors. The clinical manifestations include unilateral or bilateral breast enlargement with/without a palpable masses, shrinkage and breast asymmetry. Thus, kn...

1. Definitions 2 1.1. Non-cooperative Games 2 1.2. Cooperative 2-person Games 4 1.3. Cooperative n-person Games (in coalitional form) 6 2. Theorems and Main Ideas 7 3. Techniques 8 3.1. Tips to remember when solving 2-player 0-sum games: 8 3.2. Solving for mixed strategies in 2-player 0-sum games: 8 3.3. Finding equilibrium pairs in 2-person nonzero-sum games 9 3.4. Finding the Nash maximin bar...