A principal wishes to ascertain an agent’s true profile in order to decide whether or not to accept his request. The principal designs a questionnaire regarding the agent’s profile and commits himself to accept the request if the agent’s answers satisfy certain conditions. The agent is boundedly rational in that he cannot fully understand the principal’s conditions and can only detect certain "...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Regular postanesthesia visits allow the detection of anesthesia related complications and increase patient satisfaction. Consequently, the performance of postanesthesia visits has been recommended after certain types of anesthesia. However, no data is available concerning the current practice of postanesthesia visits. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate qu...

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) has not been investigated using objective tests in myasthenia gravis (MG). We investigated whether objective measurements of somnolence better detected abnormalities compared with sleepiness questionnaires in MG, and determine if MG patients have EDS. Eight patients with mild-to-moderate MG were recruited. Patients completed maintenance of wakefulness, overnig...

Objectives. This study investigated whether women experience self-presentational concerns related to rehabilitation settings and explored preferences for characteristics of the social and physical treatment environment in relation to women's Social Physique Anxiety (SPA). Methods. Two cross-sectional studies were conducted. In Study 1, female undergraduate students (n = 134) completed four ques...

BACKGROUND There are no current instruments to facilitate population screening for rosacea. OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate a screening instrument for rosacea applicable for population surveys. METHODS A rosacea-specific screening instrument (Rosascreen), consisting of a subject-completed questionnaire and screening algorithm, was developed based on current diagnostic criteria for rosacea...

This article investigates the analysis of online depression forums and questionnaires. The analyses seven forums, two Hungarian five international forum. Depression forum posts were analyzed based on keyword searches readings from posts. 37 keywords analyzed, results which are illustrated with diagrams. most commonly used is `help'. In addition, frequently include 'depressed', 'depression', 'an...