Process Assessment (Health Care) - Science topic

Background: In the domain of psychology, declarative concepts are a core component of the foundational knowledge that is to be learned. A promising means to enhance retention and comprehension of such concepts is to provide learners with open-ended quiz questions and corrective feedback (i.e., practice quizzing). As adapting quiz question complexit...

Background Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), an incurable motor neuron disease, primarily affects those between the ages of 60–79, and has an approximate post-diagnosis life-expectancy of only two to five years. The condition has an unpredictable but ultimately terminal trajectory that poses challenges for patients, caregivers and healthcare pro...

span>This study aimed to determine the effect of assessment methods and learning styles on online learning satisfaction with self-efficacy as a moderating variable. The study surveyed 228 students from the accounting education major program at a public university in Indonesia. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and moderat...

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This chapter explores how cultural assumptions and Northern European preferences impact the assessment process for nonreligious asylum seekers. It highlights the challenges in articulating non-belief in a system that favours linear, logical narratives. The chapter contrasts the formal language of assessment institutions with the realities faced by...

This article offers a thorough examination of curriculum standards in higher education, utilizing a theoretical taxonomy to assess significant empirical studies from the last three decades. It rigorously analyzes the progression of curricular standards, delineating their impact on curriculum development, academic standards, quality assurance, and t...

The modern labor world is undergoing unprecedented transformations. The emergence of new forms of work behavior during hiring and employment, such as overemployment, quiet quitting, and lying flat, poses significant challenges for traditional recruitment systems. Current labor market demands require enhanced accuracy and objectivity in candidate as...

Background The assessment of undergraduate medical students consists of a written component and an advanced clinical competency test that evaluates the students’ skills. The Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) were only implemented in most medical schools in the last ten years, similar in many developing countries. It was first used w...

This study examined the problems that pre-service teachers face in the onlineassessment process and their suggestions for solutions to these problems. Theparticipants were 136 pre-service teachers who have been experiencing onlineassessment for a long time and who took the Foundations of Open and DistanceLearning course. This research is a phenomen...

Assessment and feedback remain one of the biggest challenges when designing work-integrated learning (WIL) programs. Motivated by the paucity of student-facing research, this study explores the student experiences of assessment and feedback on work-placement modules across a variety of programs within a single university. Two hundred and seventy st...

In order to achieve its ambitious policy goals such as using 40% renewable energy, cutting emissions by 55% or reducing energy consumption by 29% by 2030, the EU must undergo an energy transition which is also just and fair. This will require rapid and drastic changes to the energy system and to society, and holds the risk of potentially negative i...

The state‐of‐health (SOH) assessment of lithium‐ion batteries is critical to the development and optimization of maintenance strategies. To ensure the accuracy of the assessment results, it must not only address a variety of uncertainties but also rationalize and transparently conduct the assessment process, as well as make the results interpretabl...

One type of trauma with a reasonably high incidence is fracture. The main goals of managing fracture injuries are to reduce pain, obtain and maintain the optimal anatomical position of the bone fragments, allow and assist the bone fusion process, and restore optimal function. Various actions taken to treat fractures can cause different responses in...

The “Neues Werk Cottbus” project is Germany’s first major initiative to apply the new Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) contract model in combination with BIM methodology. The project alliance, consisting of the client, designers, and construction companies, provides optimal conditions for implementing an innovative, interdisciplinary Big Open BIM...

Introduction: The prolonged stay of critically ill patients in the emergency department (ED) may lead to worse clinical outcomes. An emergency department (ED)-based intensive care unit (ICU) is one of the proposed solutions to deliver critical care in the ED. We thus aimed to characterize existent ED-ICU models and their reported association with c...

Background Accurately measured or estimated reference evapotranspiration (ET o ) data are needed to properly manage water resources and prioritise their future uses. ET o can be most accurately measured using lysimeter systems. However, high installation and operating costs, as well as difficult and time-consuming measurement processes limit the us...

To mitigate the impact of network security on the production environment in the industrial internet, this paper proposes a confidence rule-based security assessment model for the industrial internet that uses selective modeling. First, a definition of selective modeling tailored to the characteristics of the industrial internet is provided. Based o...

Assessing image quality is crucial in image processing tasks such as compression, super-resolution, and denoising. While subjective assessments involving human evaluators provide the most accurate quality scores, they are impractical for large-scale or continuous evaluations due to their high cost and time requirements. Pairwise comparison subjecti...

The charging and discharging of satellite surfaces induced by the space plasma environment constitute a primary cause of spacecraft anomalies, particularly in geosynchronous orbits subject to geomagnetic substorms and hot plasma injections from the magnetotail, where satellites are prone to unequal high-potential charging, significantly impacting t...

Background Reducing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) utilizing a single intervention has been challenging. The quality improvement (QI) bundle approach may better address BPD multifactorial risk factors. Methods A single-center interdisciplinary quality improvement (QI) initiative to enhance respiratory care for preterm infants born less than 30 w...

Objective To assess patient perspectives on the level of shared decision making (SDM) experienced related to bariatric surgery. Background Severe obesity is common and has serious health implications. Yet, few eligible patients pursue bariatric surgery. Shared decision making could be a useful approach for considering treatment options. Methods P...

The process of motorcycles evaluation is intricate and influenced by several factors that are uncertain, indeterminate and vague. It is difficult to estimate to what extent the choice will satisfy all requirements and change with the times. The theoretical frameworks such as hypersoft sets, interval and single-valued neutrosophic sets are useful in...

The reduced density matrix that characterises the state of an open quantum system is a projection from the full density matrix of the quantum system and its environment, and there are many full density matrices consistent with a given reduced version. Without a specification of relevant details of the environment, the time evolution of a reduced de...

With the widespread application of small-sized bolts in aerospace and other fields, the demand for measuring their connection structures is increasing. Currently, although ultrasonic longitudinal wave methods are commonly used for bolt pretension stress measurement, their accuracy is limited for small-sized bolts. This paper proposes a piezoelectri...

This study investigated the impact of borrower behavior, borrowers' financial capacity, and credit terms on the profitability of Post Bank Limited, Kampala District. The study aimed to analyse the relationship between borrower behavior, borrowers' financial capacity, and credit terms on the profitability of the bank. Logistic regression models were...

remarks is an open-source suite of tools for marking student work. It has been in moderate use for assessing semi-structured submissions in a handful of Computer Science courses with hundreds of students since 2016. The contemporary approach to systematically collaborate on such assessments is to use general-purpose administrative software (e.g., s...

This chapter aims to identify barriers and adaptive mechanisms of students, lecturers, and practitioners undertaking a portfolio assessment that applied a ‘whole-class’ co-creation approach. Beyond educator-student and peer-to-peer dynamics, industry practitioners’ involvement in the collaborative learning environment is essential to showcase curre...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is essential in digital education. Student satisfaction with PBL as a mediator influences learning effectiveness. This study analyzes how student satisfaction mediates PBL factors (authenticity, process, assessment, teamwork) and learning efficacy. This study used convenience sampling to obtain self-administered questio...

Background/Objectives: The growing incidence of cognitive impairment among older adults has a significant impact on individuals, family members, caregivers, and society. Current conventional cognitive assessment tools are faced with some limitations. Recent evidence suggests that automating cognitive assessment holds promise, potentially resulting...

After a fracture, patients have reduced willingness to bend and extend their elbow joint due to pain, resulting in muscle atrophy, contracture, and stiffness around the elbow. Moreover, this may lead to progressive atrophy of the muscles around the elbow, resulting in permanent functional loss. Currently, a goniometer is used to measure the range o...

The threat that climate change poses to water resource systems has led to a substantial and growing number of impact studies. These studies follow two approaches: (a) top‐down studies are driven by projections of future climate change provided by downscaled general circulation models (GCMs); and (b) bottom‐up studies are driven by the systematic ev...

Aiming at the problems of general learning effect and low interest of students in the teaching of the course “Computer Composition Principles” at Chongqing Engineering College, it is proposed to focus on the teaching concept of “student-centered,” make full use of online teaching resources and teaching methods, and reform the offline classroom. The...

The aim is to arrive at a thorough comprehension of the potential of “adaptive reuse” methods in promoting the sustainability of buildings and maintaining an architectural identity. Adaptive reuse is reviving the abandoned heritage buildings that might otherwise fall into disrepair and decay, and eventually be dilapidated. The role of architectural...

Using line structured light vision measurement technology, it is possible to perform non-contact measurement of the cam’s base circle radius. To address the issue of the structured light plane not being perpendicular to the axis of the cam being measured, this paper obtains the axis equation of the cam being measured through calibration, and based...

We address an open problem in the philosophy of artificial intelligence (AI): how to justify the epistemic attitudes we have towards the trustworthiness of AI systems. The problem is important, as providing reasons to believe that AI systems are worthy of trust is key to appropriately rely on these systems in human-AI interactions. In our approach,...

Technological advances lead to an increasing array of widely accessible online audiovisual (AV) products. However, translating these AV products poses challenges, especially for culturally sensitive content like swearwords. Using eye-tracking, this study investigates how audiences cognitively process translated swearwords in films from English to C...

Climate change stands out as a significant environmental issue on a global scale, with greenhouse gases being one of its primary drivers. The greenhouse gas process provides a critical framework for understanding the sources, emissions, and environmental impacts of these gases. This article presents an overview of the fundamental elements of the gr...

In the rapidly developing digital era, the application of technology in the field of education is a must to improve the quality and efficiency of the learning and assessment process. One of the innovations that has emerged is the use of Android-based applications for the implementation of exams and assessments. This study aims to analyze the use of...

An assessment was conducted to examine the indoor environment of an existing university building in Nigeria, aiming to provide information that could enhance the reduction in the cooling load and ensure thermal comfort for occupants in university buildings. This paper explained the instrumentation, experimental field study, and building assessment...

Compressed sensing (CS) is an innovative signal acquisition and reconstruction technology that has broken through the limit of the Nyquist sampling theory. It is widely employed to optimize the measurement processes in various applications. One of the core challenges of CS is the construction of a measurement matrix. However, traditional random mea...

Background Gene drive-modified mosquitoes (GDMMs) have been promoted as one of the innovative technologies that may control and eliminate malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases. Several products are in early stages of development, targeting either population suppression or population modification of the mosquito vector. However, there is no dire...

Background ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, is an artificial intelligence software designed to generate text-based responses. The objective of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and consistency of ChatGPT’s responses to single-choice questions pertaining to carbon monoxide poisoning. This evaluation will contribute to our understanding of the reli...

Temperature sensing is a critical aspect in various applications, ranging from industrial processes to consumer electronics. Two commonly used temperature sensors are NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistors and DS18B20 thermometer sensors. NTC thermistors are resistive devices characterized by a negative temperature coefficient, making t...

Improving the quality of testing of electro-hydraulic equipment is associated with the development of measures to reduce the levels of the stands own noise, increasing the stability of the operation of hydraulic systems by increasing the degree of test automation and maintaining the stability of the operating parameters of the test bench’s hydrauli...

An analogy with the polarization Stokes parameters and symplectic methods of the second-order intensity moment matrix allowed us to develop a simple technique for measuring the orbital Stokes parameters followed by mapping the structured beam states onto the orbital Poincaré sphere. The measurement process involves only two shots of the beam intens...

Measurable residual disease (MRD) testing in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) represents a heterogenous assessment process designed to quantify leukemia-specific biomarkers that are not ascertainable by routine pathologic evaluation. The most common tools used to assess MRD are multiparameter flow cytometry (MPFC), and polymerase chai...

The article presents the study results on the possibility of burning the bituminous coal instead the lignite in the boiler BKZ-420-140 type. The study objectives are to determine the influence of coals thermal characteristics on the combustion efficiency in a boiler. The boiler efficiency analysis when burning various coal types is carried out on t...

Cumulative effects assessments are often expected to include an analysis of environmental and social effects despite a relative lack of clarity around how include a broad spectrum of social and cultural impacts. In Canda, these expectations are evolving in part in response to the need to consider the impacts of development on Indigenous communities...

Ensuring the safety of oil tank farms is essential to maintaining energy security and minimizing the impact of potential accidents. This paper develops a quantitative regional risk model designed to assess both individual and societal risks in oil tank farms, with particular attention to energy-related risks such as leaks, fires, and explosions. Th...

Background Mental health presentations account for a considerable proportion of paramedic workload; however, the decision-making involved in managing these cases is poorly understood. This study aimed to explore how paramedics perceive their clinical decision-making when managing mental health presentations. Methods A qualitative descriptive study...

When they encounter a cataphoric pronoun during real-time sentence processing, the comprehender begins searching actively for a feature-matched noun that can supply its reference. The present study investigates individual variation in this active search procedure, leveraging an ongoing change in the pronoun system of North American English. The typ...

Background Individuals with diabetes and co-existing psychiatric disorders have more diabetes complications and lower life expectancy than those with diabetes but no co-existing psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric health professionals may have a role in improving these outcomes but often lack diabetes knowledge and skills. This study aims to examine...

With a view to improve measurements, this paper presents a statistical approach for characterizing the behaviour of roughness parameters based on measurements performed on ground surface topographies (grit #080/#120). A S neoxTM (Sensofar®, Terrassa, Spain), equipped with three optical instrument modes (Focus Variation (FV), Coherence Scanning Inte...

Understanding the performance of electrochemical energy storage systems requires probing the electrochemical properties at each layer and interface during cell operation. While traditional onboard and operando methods can measure impedance, voltage, or capacity, they lack spatial resolution to pinpoint the properties to specific layers and interfac...

Forests play a key role in the global carbon (C) cycle through multiple interactions between above-ground and soil microbial communities. Deeper insights into the soil microbial composition and diversity at different spatial scales and soil depths are of paramount importance. We hypothesized that in a homogeneous above-ground tree cover, the hetero...

The field of assessment in tertiary education is currently experiencing a significant shift mostly due to the technological advancements. Technology is, in fact, both threatening assessment practices and empowering them when integrated in the assessment process. This special issue discusses the evolution of technology-enhanced assessment in tertiar...

Background: Decision-making in healthcare should include considerations for its environmental and social consequences as well as clinical and financial. Business cases represent projects which are likely to have particularly high impact, in which performing an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment may reduce negative effects. The practice of a...

To address road accident losses, there is a need to prioritize safety factors, especially in high-risk locations on the road network, toward assuring a sustainable transport system. This paper proposes an approach for quantitative risk assessments of safety factors in hazardous road locations and involves the integration of the Fuzzy logic model, t...

This research examines the environmental approval process in Nepal and compares it with those in India and Bangladesh, focusing on the time taken to complete the assessment of environmental study reports. The study conducts three levels of analysis. First, the policy review outlines all relevant environmental policies and laws, highlighting key pro...

Micro Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are vital to the economy, contributing significantly to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employment. MSMEs need to adopt industry 4.0 to improve operational efficiency, productivity, and market competitiveness. However, budget and time restrictions, low awareness, lack of relevant expert human resour...

Background The number of older adults with complex healthcare needs is growing alongside limited resources available in health services. To meet this challenge, it is urgent that healthcare staff are motivated and able to continuously translate new knowledge and working methods into daily practice. To facilitate such implementation, supportive meas...

Purpose The construction sector significantly contributes to global carbon emissions (CE). Assembled buildings, especially assembled interior decoration (AID), have recently gained popularity due to their potential carbon reduction benefits. This study aims to explore the environmental and economic benefits of assembled interiors by comparing AID a...

Background The underdiagnosis of cognitive impairment hinders timely intervention of dementia. Health professionals working in the community play a critical role in the early detection of cognitive impairment, yet still face several challenges such as a lack of suitable tools, necessary training, and potential stigmatization. Objective This study...

This paper introduces Karen Barad’s philosophical framework of agential realism as an alternative philosophy of science perspective for quantitative psychology and measurement. Agential realism offers a rethinking of the research object, measurement process and outcome, causality, and the researcher’s responsibility by proposing an ethico-epistem-o...

We propose a quantum error mitigation scheme for single-qubit measurement errors, particularly suited for one-way quantum computation. Contrary to well established error mitigation methods for circuit-based quantum computation, that require to run the circuits several times, our method is capable of mitigating measurement errors in real-time, durin...

Data fitting is an indispensable tool in modern metrology. However, as the models become more and more complex the most popular method, ordinary least squares regression, reaches its limit. As the relative uncertainty in the independent variable increases, we can no longer speak about an exactly known independent variable and an uncertain dependent...

Assessing vocabulary skills is a crucial aspect of educational interventions for students with disabilities, as it directly influences their academic progress, overall communication abilities, and quality of life. This study aims to explore professionals’ perceptions regarding the vocabulary assessments used with students with disabilities. By gain...

Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) is pushing the medical profession to be more accountable in our standards of assessment. This has led us to focus our efforts at the top of Miller’s pyramid, where we aim to see what the trainee ‘does’ in the clinical environment. In Canadian Royal College specialty training, this has come in the form of wo...