... Table 3: Mean item-total correlation and Cronbach's alpha for domain scores in the NFAS-4 and the NFAS-5 (N = 3325) Cronbach's alphaa NFAS-4 NFAS-5 Mean item-total correlation NFAS-4 NFAS-5 Walking/standing ... Mann Whitney U-test Data quality The response rates and the low levels of missing data show that both versions ofthe NFAS are acceptable to the population A few items had a high percentage of ... and a visual analog scale The level of missing data was least and the responder preference was highest, forthe five-point scale version Since the NFAS data are skewed towards higher levels of...
... could mathematically represent both the pupil and iris A relative measurement, referred to as relative pupil area (rPA) was obtained by dividing the pupil area by the iris area Only the rPA values ... analyses and interpretation MSR conceived the study, helped to collect the data, participated in the data analyses and interpretation, and helped to draft the manuscript All authors read and approved ... collected the data, participated in the data analyses and interpretation, and helped to draft the manuscript JDB helped with the conception and design ofthe experiment, helped to collect the data, participated...
... score of to each negative item The total score is calculated as the sum of all 10 items, and the cut-off value forthe diagnosis of neuropathic pain is a total score of 4/10 All questions are related ... logistic and evaluation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Cuestionario DN4 This appendix includes the Spanish versionof DN4 questionnaire ... Spain), Mar a Madariaga (Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain) and Carmen Martínez-Valero (Hospital Universitario, Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain) for their collaboration in the study...
... questionnaires for 12–18 and 19–25 year olds No parent form is available forthe original MMQL forms The anglicised MMQL-UK (CF) versionofthe questionnaires (based on the 12–18 year age group) was used as ... the primary researcher, was responsible for co-ordinating and managing the study on a day-to-day basis, for data collection and collation, data analysis and input into writing the manuscript WYC ... Background The measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly becoming part ofthe overall assessment ofa patient's health both in the clinical and the research setting, as it provides...
... based alternative for using MSC in treatment of cardiovascular disease [23] Non-cell based therapies as opposed to cell-based therapies are generally easier to manufacture and are safer as they ... (IS) as a percentage ofthe area at risk (AAR) was assessed using Evans’ blue dye injection and TTC staining as described previously [27] All animal Statistical analysis Two-way ANOVA with post-hoc ... molecular signaling 2007, 2:9 Thomas PD, Campbell MJ, Kejariwal A, Mi H, Karlak B, Daverman R, Diemer K, Muruganujan A, Narechania A: PANTHER: a library of protein families and subfamilies indexed...
... clinics ofthe Dental Schools of Athens and Thessaloniki ii) dental clinics ofthe Social Insurance Fund of Greece (IKA) in Athens and Thessaloniki and iii) a selected professional corporation These ... based on: a) the availability of an appropriate middle-age group ofthe population in one place, b) the possibility to perform a clinical examination along with completion ofa questionnaire and ... Method and Data Analysis The OHIP-14 score was calculated using the additive method Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) v.19 To assess the...
... score of to each negative item The total score is calculated as the sum of all 10 items, and the cut-off value forthe diagnosis of neuropathic pain is a total score of 4/10 All questions are related ... logistic and evaluation of data All authors read and approved the final manuscript Additional material Additional file Cuestionario DN4 This appendix includes the Spanish versionof DN4 questionnaire ... Spain), Mar a Madariaga (Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain) and Carmen Martínez-Valero (Hospital Universitario, Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain) for their collaboration in the study...
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... and asetof questions for diagnostic analysis and planning All ofthe separate components ofthe actual Guide are contained in additional files (see Additional Files 1, 2, and 4) The main narrative ... need for clear conceptual and operational definitions, measurement approaches, and additional practical information about the realities of application • QUERI frames of reference and concepts affected ... use ofthe terms task versus organizational purpose from the PARIHS framework’s approach to Facilitation The latter envisages the purpose of Facilitation to occur along a continuum from primarily...
... data; MCS and CF drafting the manuscript; AB, MF and WR interpretation of data, critical revisions ofthe manuscript All authors read and approved the final manuscript Acknowledgements We thank ... longitudinal assessment ofthe case and all data from medical records were evaluated to form a diagnosis of Clinical Somatizers (CS), taking into account the number of validated unexplained symptoms ... period all symptoms for which a medical explanation was in doubt were further discussed with the participant's GP The history of somatoform complaints was made for each subject As a standard procedure,...
... responsible for writing the manuscript AB planned the design ofthe study, collected data and conducted the analyses, took part in reading the ms and approved to the final versionofthe ms TF ... regarding socio-demographics The same procedure, with the same classes of students, was used three weeks later As a compensation for their participation, the students had a chance of winning a ... a movie in a lottery that was conducted in each class after all students had completed their questionnaires at the first and second assessment A case-control design was adopted forthe evaluation...
... Tiersma, the history of English legal language can be summarized as follows: The Anglo-Saxons drove away the Celtic language ofthe original inhabitants of England and their laws left traces in ... and strategies of translation, as well as assessment and evaluation of translations This study aims at revealing the most basic features of Vietnamese and English legal language, and basic concepts ... literal translation or translation label plus transcription The choice of strategies forthe translation ofa text depends on the purpose ofthe translation and the componential analysis ofthe ST...
... of employees and an average annual salary plus benefits Then the log ofthe average yearly salary and benefits becomes a part ofthe regression constant Thus, with the exception ofthe constant ... software and network equipments are used as the base forthe IT capital measure These data are available in the 10K reports ofthe publicly traded companies Almost all the companies list the beginning ... not available for most ofthe companies in the dataset, this study first uses the number of employees as a proxy forthe labor input The total labor cost can be thought of as a product of the...
... Ltd, Cambridge, UK) Alternatively, the rotational power spectrum of each individual particle was calculated and then averaged (data not shown) It appeared that all averaged classes showed a stoichiometry ... aggregate appears as a ladder above the original c11 band on SDS ⁄ PAGE and consists of c11 rings hosting varying amounts ofthe c monomer Aggregates are particularly abundant in c ring preparations ... indicating that the scanning process did not influence the appearance ofthe biological sample Capaldi RA & Aggeler R (2002) Mechanism ofthe F(1)F(0)-type ATP synthase, a biological rotary motor...
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