empirical+evaluation+of+the+system+usability+scale

... of the studies reviewed here used the firm as the unit of analysis. The remaining fifteen studies adopted ex- port venture as the unit of analysis. In the case of using the firm as the unit of ... Measurement: An Evaluation of the Empirical Research in the Literature 1 Export Performance Measurement: An Evaluation of the Empirical Re- search in the Literature INTRODUCTION The area of export ... Measurement: An Evaluation of the Empirical Research in the Literature 4 carry out such controls, casting some doubts on the representativeness of the samples and on the robustness of the data obtained....

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... redeployers. In the event of the bad state of the world occurring, these asset redeployers change the use of the asset and generate cash thereby creating value. Debt therefore acts as a means of transferring ... worse off in all cases since the secured creditors have prior claims to not just the collateral but also all other assets of the firm. In the case of junior secured debt, the value of the unsecured ... do anticipate that there are states of the world wherein the assets in their intended use may not be of any value. In the instance that this bad state of the world occurs, the assets are redeployed...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 02:15

... said they would eliminate "a good bit of the time" and a "little bit of the time," stating that they were too similar to "most of the time" and "some of the ... provided about their sleep, an additional indication of the overall relevance of the measure from the participants' perspec- tives. Ease of administration and response scales Improvements to the format ... that they were frequently awakened during the night due to the pain of FM. Participants also spoke of no longer feeling refreshed upon awakening since having FM, regardless of the amount of sleep...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 18:20

... "yes" when the number of hours of sleep is 7 or 8. The scores of the dimensions and of the sleep prob- lem index were converted to a 0 to 100 scale, with higher scores reflecting more of the attribute ... medication. The analysis of the psychometric properties was per- formed on all subjects who completed at least 50% of the items of the MOS-Sleep at the baseline visit (more than 99% of the sample). The ... utilizing the same 7-point scale as above. Description and scoring rules of the MOS-Sleep The item content and the structure of the MOS-Sleep are presented in Table 1. All items of the MOS-Sleep,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... cor- roborated by the statistical measure of effect size, which persisted in the total and most of the subscale analyses. Our evaluation generated results similar to those of prior studies of the PedsQL™, ... considerations. The first is feasibility; the instrument should be easily administered, both in the ED and at the time of follow-up (FU). Another considera- tion is validity: the strength of the association ... analyzed by means of a paired t-test. The effect size was then calculated by dividing the overall mean change in score by the standard deviation of the score at baseline. As a point of reference,...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 19:20

... support for the qualitatively-derived theoretical underpinnings of the instrument. The PLA contributes to the advancement of science by offering a tool to measure what is hypothesized to be the primary motivator ... select their own activities, responses to the PLA are individualized in meaningful ways not offered by the more global subscales of the Ped- sQL™ [25] or AAQOL [23]. Providing an extensive list of fun ... PLA. Methods Development of the PLA The PLA scale is a 15-question, 3-indicator scale designed to measure level of unrestricted involvement in chosen life activities. The questionnaire completed by the child...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... for the study was also obtained from the offices of the Regional and Dis- trict Commissioners, the Regional Medical Officer and the District Medical Officers. The head of each health unit, the ... in the design, led the implementation of the simulated patients study, and co-wrote the first iteration of the manuscript. KN was involved in the design and data collection, conducted most of the ... health units in the participating districts by the end of 2008. This paper focuses on the scale up of the YFS compo- nent only. At its core, the YFS intervention relied on the in-ser- vice training of health...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 08:20

... assessment of their sleep quality facilitated by this measure was both important and similar to the type of information they pro- vided to their physicians about the consequences of their nocturnal ... part of the development of the generic sleep assessments that were evaluated, this study provides evidence of their content validity, supporting their use in FM studies. Modifications to the MOS-Sleep ... part of a patient diary. The MOS-Sleep was considered to be of similar relevance by the participants while providing a more comprehen- sive and detailed assessment of the impact of FM on their sleep....

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

... [25,26] and the 14-item General Activity subscale of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (QLES-Q) [27]. For each item of the QLES-Q, the respondent uses a 5-point scale ranging ... Specifically, the GA-VAS obtained relatively high correlations with the HAM-A, HADS-Anxiety, and the mental subscales of the SF-36, and lower correlations with the HADS- Depression and the physical subscales ... obtained between the GA-VAS and the mental subscales of the SF-36 com- pared to the physical subscales. MIDs The distributions of GA-VAS scores for each of the seven PGIC response categories are presented...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 16:20

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Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... idea of the high prevalence of edema in the more advanced grades of cellulite. The lack of specific clinical and laboratory studies hinders research on cyclic edema and the dissemination of ... associated with the more advanced stages. The control of edema is essential in the treatment of cellulite. Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of in- terest exists. ... this disease. The fact that it is idiopathic is another limiting factor to its management as there are few reports about treatment in the literature. During the evaluation of patients with...

Ngày tải lên: 25/10/2012, 10:51

... should concern: the audience, the aims, the content, and the methodology. 13 3. Significance of the thesis The findings of the thesis will be useful not only to the researcher, and the course book ... with the hope that practical suggestions would be given for further improvements of the material in the near future to meet the target of ensuring the effectiveness of the teaching and the learning ... development. 3.1.2. The Suitability of the Material to the Content Requirements of the Course 3.1.2.1. Syllabus analysis To determine whether the material has well responded to the content requirements of the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2012, 14:50

... (%) Chart 2: Learners’ evaluation on the usefulness of the topics of the ESP reading texts in the courses As shown in chart 2, no one thinks that the topics of the ESP reading texts in the courses 1, ... texts, the length of the ESP reading texts, the amount of technical vocabulary contained in each ESP reading text, the level of difficulty in grammar, the usefulness of exercises, the most ... necessity of replacing the reading texts in the textbook by the ESP reading texts To answer the survey question of whether the reading texts in the textbook should be replaced by the ESP readings...

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Ngày tải lên: 24/07/2013, 09:11

... point.) To be sure of the effect of SS in raw water, another experiment was conducted with the supernatant from the final settling tank of the WWTP (Ube City, Japan) with the same initial TC ... CONCLUSION (1) The optimum operational condition of the device is a pressure of 0.3 MPa. When a high-dissolved CO 2 device is used for the disinfection of the effluent from the final settling ... buried in the SS, allowing the bacteria to take up CO 2 again. From these results, after 20 min, the TC log-inactivation of the two samples could not reach 2.67 (result of SS = 1.67 mg/L). The results...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 10:15