| performance | The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. "Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible." (Paley) 2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character. "Her walking and other actual performances." "His musical performances." . Synonym: Completion, consummation, execution, accomplishment, achievement, production, work, act, action, deed, exploit, feat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| performance test | A test, such as five of the eleven Wechsler adult intelligence scale subtests, requiring little or no verbal instruction from the examiner and virtually no verbal response by the examinee. (05 Mar 2000) |
| high-performance liquid chromatography | <investigation> A lab technique, a type of column chromatography, which uses a combination of several separation techniques to separate substances at higher resolution. Extremely sharp peaks on the elution profile can be produced with high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). (09 Oct 1997) |
| psychomotor performance | The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Tactual Performance Test | halstead-Reitan battery |
| task performance and analysis | The detailed examination of observable activity or behaviour associated with the execution or completion of a required function or unit of work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee performance appraisal | The assessment of the functioning of an employee in relation to his work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| karnofsky performance score | A measure given by a physician to a patients ability to perform certain ordinary tasks: 100-normal, no complaints, 70-unable to carry on normal activity, 50-requires considerable assistance, 40 - disabled, 30 - hospitalisation recommended. (09 Oct 1997) |
| karnofsky performance status | A performance measure for rating the ability of a person to perform usual activities, evaluating a patient's progress after a therapeutic procedure, and determining a patient's suitability for therapy. It is used most commonly in the prognosis of cancer therapy, usually after chemotherapy and customarily administered before and after therapy. It was named for dr. David a. Karnofsky, an american specialist in cancer chemotherapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Leiter International Performance Scale | A nonverbal (performance) test for measuring intelligence which contains norms for each age between 2 and 18; originally developed as a method of assessing the comparative intellectual abilities of Caucasian, Chinese, and Japanese children, but now occasionally used for assessing slow learners and those who are blind, deaf, or verbally handicapped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anti-anxiety agents | Agents that alleviate anxiety, tension, and neurotic symptoms, promote sedation, and have a calming effect without affecting clarity of consciousness or neurologic conditions. Some are also effective as anticonvulsants, muscle relaxants, or anaesthesia adjuvants. Adrenergic beta-antagonists are commonly used in the symptomatic treatment of anxiety but are not included here. Substances with a benzodiazepine ring structure widely used to treat anxiety and neuroses. Drugs in this class also generally have sedative or weak hypnotic properties and may be effective as muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants, and anaesthesia adjuvants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anxiety | <psychology> The unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychophysiological responses to anticipation of unreal or imagined danger, ostensibly resulting from unrecognised intrapsychic conflict. Physiological concomitants include increased heart rate, altered respiration rate, sweating, trembling, weakness and fatigue, psychological concomitants include feelings of impending danger, powerlessness, apprehension and tension. (18 Nov 1997) |
| anxiety attack | An acute episode of anxiety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anxiety, castration | Anxiety due to fantasied injuries to or loss of the genitals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anxiety disorders | Disorders in which anxiety (persistent feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness) is the predominant disturbance. (12 Dec 1998) |