Preemptive priority is defined and contrasted with head-of-the line priority Poisson arrivals
at a single server are assumed throughout, and only steady-state solutions are found. The …

Background Few resources are available to support caregivers of patients who have survived
critical illness; consequently, the caregivers’ own health may suffer. We studied caregiver …

Rationale: Disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after greater than or equal to 7 days of
mechanical ventilation (MV) in medical/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients are …

Background: Depression and related disorders are characterized by deficits in behavioral
activation, exertion of effort, and other psychomotor/motivational dysfunctions. Depressed …

Behavioral activation is a fundamental feature of motivation, and organisms frequently make
effort-related decisions based upon evaluations of reinforcement value and response costs. …

Rationale Effort-related motivational symptoms such as anergia and fatigue are common in
patients with depression and other disorders. Research implicates pro-inflammatory …

This paper describes the use of a new type of organic alkali that replaces and improves
upon traditional inorganic alkalis such as sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate. The new …

Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICUAW) has been recognized as an important and
persistent complication in survivors of critical illness. The absence of a consistent …

Rationale Depressed people show effort-related motivational symptoms, such as anergia,
retardation, lassitude, and fatigue. Animal tests can model these motivational symptoms, and …

The structure of simple decisions is considered in terms of a model which composes such
decisions from hypothetical elementary decisions. It is argued that reaction-time data can be …