In intensive work over a four-week period in the summer of 1986, seven problems were studied and implemented on the Butterfly. The problems were Inspired by various capabilities in computer vision, and were proposed as benchmarks for a DARPA worksho{' on parallel architectures. They were: convolution and zero-crossing detectlOn for edges, edge tracking, connected component labeling, hough trans...

Until now, Islamic banking has grown very rapidly. This can be seen from the number of products that continue to grow and develop. One them is mudharabah deposit. The profit-sharing rate characteristic deposits public's appeal deposit their funds in banks, especially products. study aims determine effect financial ratios on profit sharing BPRS Indonesia. population used monthly reports all Indo...

Previous reports have conceptualized theory of mind (ToM) as comprising two components and questioned whether ToM deficits are associated with psychotic symptoms. We investigated 33 nonpsychotic depressed inpatients, 23 psychotic depressed inpatients, and 53 normal controls with the following measures: Eyes Task, Faux pas Task, Verbal Fluency Test (VFT), Digit Span Test (DST) and WAIS-IQ. The d...

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of different antipsychotics on depressive symptoms in schizophrenic patients. The data were drawn from a retrospective, naturalistic, observational study in which 222 subjects diagnosed as being affected by schizophrenia during a re-exacerbation phase received 6 weeks of monotherapy with fluphenazine decanoate, haloperidol decanoate, haloperidol,...

BACKGROUND There is current scientific debate in consideration of the possibility to consider the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as a mood disorder within the bipolar spectrum furthermore, authors reported about the challenging differential diagnosis of BPD and Bipolar Disorder (BD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS 32 patients hospitalized in the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit in Perugia, discharged ...

AIMS Presence of the null FS63TER allele of the rs1800169 polymorphism in the gene encoding the ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) may increase the risk of schizophrenia. This study prospectively evaluated the CNTF rs1800169 genotype (G/G vs non-G/G) effects on response to iloperidone. PATIENTS & METHODS Iloperidone 24 mg/day was evaluated in a study of patients with schizophrenia. Efficacy m...

OBJECTIVE Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms (CAINS) has recently been developed to improve measurement of negative symptoms in schizophrenia. We performed a multi-center study to validate the Korean version of the CAINS (CAINS-K) and explore potential cultural variation. METHODS One hundred eighty schizophrenia patients diverse in demographic and illness profile were recruit...

Objective Electroconvulsive therapy is effective in treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) but use is limited due to stigma and concerns around cognitive adverse effects. Magnetic seizure therapy (MST) is a promising new neuromodulation technique that uses transcranial magnetic stimulation to induce therapeutic seizures. Studies of MST in depression have shown clinical improvement with a favor...

Background and Objectives The Scale Of Prodromal Symptoms (SOPS) and its accompanying semistructured interview, the SIPS, have been developed to assess prodromal symptoms of psychosis. It has been correlated inversely with the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) in a number of studies, a DSM-IV-derived scale to assess personal, social and occupational functioning, which has been often shown ...

Introduction Only a few studies analyse the clinical and psychopathological characteristics of first-admitted inpatients regardless diagnosis. Objectives Describing psychopathological, demographic, with acute symptomatology identifying groups common features using factors extracted from Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Methods We selected 103 (48 F) psychiatric ward Sant’Andrea Hospital i...