... that they recognized the importance ofusingvisualaidsin speaking lessons They also could master the types ofvisualaids and the benefits ofusingvisualaidsinteachingIn pre-survey, there ... Quality of trainee teachers’ usage ofvisual aid types 33 III.2 TherealityofusingvisualaidsinteachingEnglish 33 III.3 Tips for using common types ofvisualaids ... aidsinteaching English; however, they have not exploited the whole value ofusingvisualaids Besides, they have had some problems inusingvisualaidsinEnglish lessons Therefore, with the purposes...
... evidence, into the role ofthe accountancy profession in preventing another financial crisis ACCA firmly believes inthe value that audit brings to business and the wider economy by building trust in ... Banking Housing & Urban Affairs Committee on the role ofthe accounting profession in preventing another financial crisis, http://banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings Hearing&Hearing_id=0f533e5b-dc43-4fc2-a415-5df2ae8806da ... the role of audit inthe global financial crisis and that the profession needs to respond appropriately Several of these issues, including audit competition, have been examined in inquiries in...
... explicitly The Monster simple group has the other conjugacy class of involutions called 2A One ofthe aims in this paper is to give a new construction ofthe moonshine module VOA V from the point of ... note that the conditions of Theorem 3.21 including the fusion rule (3.21) follow from the conditions of Theorem 3.20 Proposition 3.22 Assume the triple (D, α, β) satisfies the conditions of Theorem ... conclusion Since the intertwining operators among L( , 0)-modules are all well-defined over R (even over Q ), we can rewrite Theorem 4.1 of [Mi5] into the following theorem Theorem 3.25 Under Hypotheses...
... would inthe 21st century’s model of inhospitality? That is, rather than playing the standard riffs ofthe aporia ofthe ethics ofthe “otherness ofthe other,” one might experiment with addressing— ... of hospitality according to certain rules, complications, inversions—accepting the deployment of certain words (“justice,” the “wholly other”) without marking them, hovering at the edges ofthe ... schooled in several ofthe dominant theoretical paradigms through which the flows of power, money, information, memory, and material can be monitored The two companion volumes of Theory inthe Era of...
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... compared the back-translation with the original English version and found a few variations in choice of words or terminology, understandable in either language However, the final wording ofthe Swedish ... intended for use in English- speaking countries Non -English speaking countries can either create their own ques- The aim of this study was to explore the validity of a Swedish version ofthe Rome II ... feeling of incomplete emptying Loose stools Straining >three bowel movements a day Amount of leaking Bile cholic Anal incontinence Loose stools 3/4 of times Urgency Swallowing of air Incomplete...
... finally the authorized Swedish translation ofthe CCQ provided by the developer [3,5,7] The questionnaires were filled in before meeting the health professional, i.e the GP or a nurse During the ... measure of generic health related quality of life and is valid for use in COPD [12,13] The SF-36 was included inthe study as a means of characterising the study population As instructed by the developers, ... according to their professional expertise The only restrictions made to the ratings were that the patients' individual scores on the QoL questionnaires were blinded for the patient and the GP...
... as the two Japanese words captured the meaning of all three English words The backward translations were similar to the original English version ofthe W-BQ22 Any minor differences were inthe ... Well-being items were also examined with a view to reducing the number of items to keep the length ofthe questionnaire to a minimum The following issues were considered in developing the shortform: ... shortform: the balance of positive and negatively worded items across the scale and within subscales, content ofthe items (ensuring that the items cover the breadth of meaning ofthe construct being...
... 0.74) In all three cases the accuracy was considerably higher than the precision The CCQ scores ofthe patients were within the limits ofthe MCID ofthe scores ofthe treating clinician in 62% ... 62% and the mean score ofthe reviewing clinicians in 63% The proportion of cases within the MCID of 0.4 (CP 0.4 ) between treating clinician and reviewing clinicians was lower (0.50) There were ... an in- depth interview) is used as the gold standard, and the outcome ofthe in- depth interview is compared with the patient’s score on the questionnaire completed inthe clinic before the in- depth...
... Committee ofthe Federal University of Minas Gerais Results The 160 children completed the Brazilian version ofthe CPQ11–14 questionnaire inthe waiting room at the clinic in face-to-face interviews ... Brazilian version ofthe CPQ11–14 The study was conducted in Belo Horizonte, capital city ofthe state of Minas Gerais, Brazil The city is situated inthe central southern region ofthe state and ... the quality of life ofthe respondents The lack of instruments of this type in Brazil limits researchers to two alternatives: developing a new instrument or translating, adapting and validating...
... date using non-sample dependent models, such as Rasch Models The aim of this study was to explore the dimensionality ofthe GHQ12 using Rasch models, in particular to ascertain whether the GHQ12 ... Table as "Q11*") The lack of threshold disordering supports the use ofthe Likert scoring method for the GHQ-12 as opposed to the dichotomous scoring method Therefore, the former scoring method was ... with the former displaying marginally better fit on this criterion In addition, both of these models also fulfilled the IFI and CFI criteria, as did the GHQ-6 Finally, in terms ofthe ECVI both the...
... ensured by the use ofthe method of quotas3 Trained and independent interviewers of TNS-Healthcare SOFRES Institute usingthe Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) technique administered the ... Studies (INSEE) [4,5] The 170-item survey questionnaire was administered by trained and independent interviewers of TNS-Healthcare SOFRES Institute usingthe Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview ... 95% confidence interval inthe 507 women eligible inthe national French screening plan The precision ofthe result for the GP’s survey was +/- 4% for a 95% confidence interval inthe 600 GP Data...
... assistance of relatives who accompanied them and of rheumatology nurses at the clinics The patients were asked whether they understood the 20 items from the eight domains ofthe Thai HAQ The levels of ... Among the others, 35 (27.8%) resided in Central Thailand, 23 (18.3%) inthe North, 11 (8.7%) inthe Northeast or East, and 31 (24.6%) inthe Southern part of Thailand The mean (SD) age ofthe studied ... domains ofthe Thai HAQ (dressing and grooming, walking, grip, and activity domains) The grip and walking domains ofthe Thai HAQ also had weak correlations with the number of swollen joints,...
... dividing the sum ofthe scores by the number of items Higher scores indicate better HRQOL on the SHQ and SF-36, but worse HRQOL on the SGRQ Dyspnea was evaluated usingthe Japanese version ofthe ... all, these findings indicate that the SHQ could be an effective assessment for a wide range ofthe manifestations ofthe disease, including both functional and psychological The validity ofthe ... systems involved inthe DF domain (p = 0.01), the EF domain (p = 0.03), the total SHQ score (p = 0.04), and in three ofthe eight subscales ofthe SF-36 (p < 0.01 to p = 0.04) (Table 3) The SGRQ...
... change inthe patient's management'[12] The MCID can be determined by the judgment ofthe patient on the basis of a Global Rating of Change (GRC) questionnaire (patient referencing), by the clinician ... In light of these observations, we suggest that the MCID ofthe CCQ instrument is approximately 0.4 points Thus, a change in score of 0.4 or more from baseline indicates the smallest change indicated ... improvement was of little importance inthe setting ofthe present analysis, as the change in health status of these patients was either too small or too large to be of interest Patient referencing has...
... by comparing the LCQ with other health outcome questionnaires during the first visit The internal consistency, the degree of homogeneity within a domain, was determined by the degree of correlation ... and therefore can be used to evaluate the results of interventions of cough clinics The Dutch version allows us to compare our patients and outcomes to other clinics usingthe LCQ Conclusion In ... for the three domains and for the total score Responsiveness was analysed by calculating the 95% confidence interval for the average improvements inthe three domain scores and the total score of...
... easily seen that with these values of q f p 5M the coefficients o f W in (2.8) are equal to zero Therefore, equating the coefficients jqp o f sin < 5, co s in (2.8) we ob tain : ỉ> L-isAiM ị* ... with period 2n The rest a ss umpt ions f or F a n d for the characteristic roots are the same as inthe first paragraph But here we consider the case when there exist the following relations between ... n-linear system J S o u n d an d V ibration 1974, vol 36, N4 367 [3] O sinski z , N guyen V an D ao.: P aram etric o scillatio n o f an uniform beam in a Theological m odel P roceedings of the...
... guanacastepene A precursor inthe Danishefsky synthesis), via the versatile tricyclic intermediate The main features ofthe proposed synthetic route to are shown in Scheme The bicyclic intermediate 5, readily ... was employed inthe first total synthesis of (±)-heptemerone G (2) and in a synthesis ofthe (±)-guanacastepene precursor Key features ofthe synthesis include an efficient new synthetic sequence ... ketone 15 as a single epimer (the configuration at C-8 is of no consequence for the synthesis) The ‘kinetic’ lithium enolate was then generated from 15 using LDA and trapped with TMSCl The trimethylsilyl...