Reward and punishment learning in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
Published in: Behavioural Brain Research
Mar 02, 2020
Prior studies on reward learning deficits in psychiatric disorders have used probabilistic learning tasks, making it unclear whether impairment is due to the probabilistic nature of the task rather than reward processing. In this study, we tested probabilistic vs. deterministic reward and punishment learning in healthy controls and three patient groups: schizophrenia (SZ), psychotic bipolar disorder (BD), and nonpsychotic BD. Experimental results show that reward learning was impaired in patien...
Factors that influenced the adoption of IFRS by Islamic banks in the UAE
Published in: Accounting Research Journal
Feb 21, 2020
Marketing communication in the digital age: Exploring the cultural historical activity theory in examining Facebook's advertising platform
Published in: International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management
Feb 04, 2020
Facebook is the leading social media platform, with more than 1.8 billion users. The growth of Facebook has been a phenomenon, and the demographics of its users cut across all social strata. Businesses have taken note of Facebook's online presence and are increasingly advertising on Facebook. To understand the role of Facebook in creating the link between businesses and clients, we drew on a theoretical framework that identifies the importance of technology mediation between subjects and object...
The effect of Islamic jurisprudence and fundamentalism rules on building goals, characteristics and controls of money in Islam
Published in: Journal of DIrasat -- University of Jordan
Jan 31, 2020
The philosophy of tightening punishment of murder: Comparative analyse between Jordan, United Arab Emirates And France
Published in: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory IssuesVolume 23, Issue 1, Pages 1 - 182020
Jan 23, 2020
This research provides an intensive comparative theoretical examination of the aggravating circumstances of murder in the Federal Penal Codes of the United Arab Emirates (No. 3 of 1987, as modify by Decree No. 7 of 2016), Jordan (No. 16 of 1960, as modify by Decree No. 27 of 2017), and France (March 1, 1994). In doing so, the study identifies required amendments for the Jordanian penal code regarding conditions related to the victim, in terms of both physical and mental elements. The results in...
Levels of Vitamin D and Vitamin D Pathway Gene polymorphisms in adults: results from agriculture workers in Punjab, Pakistan
Published in: Progress in Nutrition
Jan 09, 2020
Background and aims: Worldwide low levels of vitamin D (< 30ng/dL) is prevalent and linked to bone disorders, diabetes and coronary heart disease. Deficiency in Vitamin D is a diagnostic challenge in asymptomatic individuals. The present study aimed to assess the environmental and also the genetic determinants affecting vitamin D deficiency in an asymptomatic rural agricultural population sample of Punjab province of Pakistan. Material and method: An interview based questionnaire and blood sam...