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Selected AbstractsRumination in posttraumatic stress disorderDEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, Issue 5 2007Tanja Michael Ph.D. Abstract Recent studies have shown that rumination is a powerful predictor of persistent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, to date, the mechanisms by which rumination maintains PTSD symptoms are little understood. Two studies of assault survivors, a cross-sectional (N = 81) and a 6-month prospective longitudinal study (N = 73), examined several facets of ruminative thinking to establish which aspects of rumination provide the link to PTSD. The current investigation showed that rumination is not only used as a strategy to cope with intrusive memories but it also triggers such memories. Certain characteristics of rumination, such as compulsion to continue ruminating, occurrence of unproductive thoughts, and "why" and "what if" type questions, as well as negative emotions before and after rumination, were significantly associated with PTSD, concurrently and prospectively. These characteristics explained significantly more variance in PTSD severity than the mere presence of rumination, thereby indicating that not all ways of ruminative thinking are equally maladaptive. Depression and Anxiety 24:307,317, 2007. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source] Bipolarity in human reasoning and affective decision makingINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, Issue 8 2008Rui Da Silva Neves This article explores several facets of bipolarity in human reasoning and affective decision making. First, it examines how positive and negative pieces of information help to discriminate between classical forms of reasoning (deduction, induction, and abduction). It is shown that (1) both positive and negative information can independently account for these distinctions and (2) these same distinctions can be accounted for by a possibilistic analysis of the plausibility of the states of the world ruled out by the premises and the ones compatible with these premises. Second, it is shown that an analysis of the plausibility ("impossible," "guaranteed possible," "nonimpossible") of the states of the world ruled out or allowed by positive or negative pieces of information in human hypothesis testing allows us to explain some puzzling psychological results. Next, bipolarity is explored in the domain of affective decision making. It is proposed notably that the combination of the bivariate bipolarity of emotions (negative, neutral, positive) and the multivariate bipolarity of emotions of comparison provide the tools for an emotional reasoning and decision making which might be the way by which we actually evaluate possible situations and take our decisions, instead of maximizing our expected utility. © 2008 Wiley Periodcals, Inc. [source] Increasing the JIF of mycoses: a challenge with several facetsMYCOSES, Issue 5 2007Hans C. Korting [source] A Universal Healthcare System: Is It Right for the United States?NURSING FORUM, Issue 1 2007Marleise Rashford RN TOPIC.,A Universal Health Care System: Is it Right for the United States? The over 45 million Americans who are uninsured speak volumes about the problems with our present healthcare system. Many Americans do not have access to basic health care and it is time to revisit the importance of universal health care for all Americans. PURPOSE.,To gain a greater understanding of the facts, figures, and support for universal health care in America. SOURCE OF INFORMATION.,A literature review of five research studies. CONCLUSION.,The implementation of universal health care in America is a plausible feat, but the support of several facets of society is necessary for this to become a reality. [source] Toward Web 2.0 music information retrieval: Utilizing emotion-based, user-assigned descriptorsPROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (ELECTRONIC), Issue 1 2007Hyuk-Jin Lee This exploratory, preliminary study seeks to determine whether the use of emotion-based, user-assigned descriptors elicited from music information retrieval (MIR) system users could improve access and retrieval for a browsing-based MIR system within the Web 2.0 environment. We used the Glass Engine, a Web-based tool designed for exploring Philip Glass' music, as the basis for conceptualizing this study. The Glass Engine allows users to browse several facets of Glass' music via direct manipulation (sliding bars). [source] | ||||||||||