Sentences with phrase «validated instruments»

This has been found in both incarcerated and community - living psychopathic subjects (Kiehl et al., 2001; Muller et al., 2003; Birbaumer et al., 2005), children with conduct disorders (Marsh et al., 2008; Jones et al., 2009) and psychiatric patients (Dolan and Fullam, 2009), in all of which the CU facet of psychopathy was ascertained with validated instruments like the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL - R, Hare, 1991).

The use of well - established, standardised and validated instruments, suitable for administration by interviewers, to assess child development also ameliorated potential biases associated with negative maternal affect.

Especially in gerontology there is however still great need for validated instruments assessing HRQOL and comprehensive generic quality of life (QOL), including for example also environmental aspects.

Because pain assessment in animals has become more scientifically grounded in recent years, various clinically validated instruments for scoring pain in both dogs and cats are described.

Unlike the majority of existing research in the human - animal interaction field, this rigorously designed pilot study took place at multiple sites, and incorporated a randomized control cohort and validated instruments.

Apart from the A list, the following are the accepted models with validated instruments that according to Coffield et al., «proved to be the most psychometrically sound and ecologically valid (2004)».

«The comparison across athletes sampled in a similar way with validated instruments is what this study adds to the literature,» said Dr. Breyer.

Potential participants were mailed a survey designed using several validated instruments to assess cosmetic satisfaction in breast cancer patients.

Clinical assessments exist to evaluate the capabilities of a person with dementia, but until now, occupational therapists did not have a validated instrument to gain understanding of the caregiver's perceptions of the person with dementia's abilities.

«This study is the first step toward a validated instrument.

We need to invest a lot more time and efforts to improve and validate these instruments.

Download PDF file: INSPIRE Graduate Survey Webinar If you are interested in using a validated instrument to gather feedback from your graduates on what they learned while a student in your preparation program, then you should consider the INSPIRE Leadership Graduate Survey (INSPIRE - G).

This validated instrument contains six forms teachers can use to evaluate software across the following domains: (a) instruction, (b) directions and documentation, (c) feedback and evaluation, (d) content, (e) individualizing options, (f) interface and screen design, and (g) accessibility.

We are half - way to our goal — the targeted number of participants needed for a highly credible validated instrument.

The Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, a cross-culturally validated instrument measuring trauma and torture events and PTSD symptoms, was adapted to the Rwandan experience by experts in the field.

The NIDA Quick Screen is a validated instrument designed to assist providers in screening adults for substance use.

Measuring PSC without using a validated instrument has been proposed.

Over the 18 weeks, 201 people with CHD who would not normally have been screened for depression / anxiety were assessed using a validated instrument (the 5 - item Cardiac Depression Scale).

314 adolescents (14 — 17 years old) of the Acholi ethnic group living in camps for internally displaced persons, who had depression - like syndromes, defined using the Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (APAI; a locally defined and validated instrument assessing severity of 35 symptoms).

Recently, the CCGR has funded a series of knowledge translation workshops for gambling researchers and the development of a validated instrument to measure gambling participation.

SCREENIVF provides a validated instrument that included only women.

To assess the lifetime prevalence of the adolescents» delinquent behavior, 15 items derived from a validated instrument [18] were used.

Not exact matches

Roman primacy seems an instance of church authority validating itself rather than serving as the instrument for a providential outworking of scriptural truths.

The questionnaire was a modification of a previously validated and reliable survey instrument used by Freed et al8 to assess knowledge and attitudes of pediatric residents about breastfeeding.

To develop and validate a new instrument that assesses women's autonomy and role in decision making during maternity care.

Next week, the heads of 11 space agencies are expected to issue a joint communique from a meeting in New Delhi calling for cooperation to calibrate instruments and validate measurements «to achieve an international, independent system for estimating the global emissions based on internationally accepted data.»

IU Center for Aging Research investigators have developed and validated the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit 7 — the CAM - ICU - 7 for short — an easy - to - use delirium severity instrument that scores delirium on a scale of 0 to 7 — mild to severe delirium — and is useable with all ICU patients, including those on mechanical ventilation.

Observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii validated that the dimming was indeed caused by a planet, using both of the 10 meter Keck telescopes: the HIRES instrument installed on Keck I and NIRC2 on the Keck II.

This project will develop and validate an interdisciplinary instrument — a Quantitative Biology Concept Inventory (QBCI)-- which will allow assessment of mathematics and quantitative concept learning goals in the context of concrete, real - world life science data examples and models.

Besides the whole range of standard technology for the purification and detailed characterization of biomolecules the facility is equipped with a molecular Interaction analysis suite including a GxP validated Biacore T200 SPR instrument.

To validate candidate planets identified by K2, the researchers obtained high - resolution images of the planet - hosting stars from Keck Observatory's near infrared camera (NIRC2), the Gemini and Large Binocular Telescope (among others) as well as high - resolution optical spectroscopy using Keck Observatory's high resolution spectrograph (HIRES) instrument and the AUtomated Planet Finder.

The researchers validated the model results with unique data collected by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) atmospheric instruments.

These instruments are very difficult to construct and validate, so serious attention should be paid to the actual research supporting marketers» claims.

This is particularly important as illustrated in the prior post (Footnote 8 of the full piece to be exact), because «Teacher effectiveness ratings were based on, in order of importance by the proportion of weight assigned to each indicator [including first and foremost]: (1) scores derived via [this] district - created and purportedly «rigorous» (Dee & Wyckoff, 2013, p. 5) yet invalid (i.e., not having been validated) observational instrument with which teachers are observed five times per year by different folks, but about which no psychometric data were made available (e.g., Kappa statistics to test for inter-rater consistencies among scores).»

First, the instrument used was not validated and was limited in the depth in self - reported responses.

Through our validated survey instruments and tailored advisory services, YouthTruth partners with schools and districts to enhance learning for all students.

He is currently validating principal observation instruments to support school leaders» practices as teacher evaluators and data team leaders.

School ADvance also recommends the use of validated multi-rater instruments for direct feedback to administrators.

Factor analysis and stakeholder surveys have been conducted during statewide and pilot initiatives in various states to validate the survey instrument.

This instrument was developed and validated across seven separate studies and addresses four major factors: routine seeking, emotional reaction to change, short - term thinking, and cognitive rigidity.

The EQ - 5D instrument, as a standardized, cross-culturally validated measure of self - assessed health has a hugely important role in understanding population health within and across countries.

The accuracy of RRTMG is verified through comparison to AER's reference radiation code LBLRTM, which is directly validated with atmospheric measurements provided by high - quality spectral measurements from satellite -, aircraft - and ground - based instruments.

If I were debating him, I would insist that he not use any models which haven't been verified and validated, that he not use data from instruments which fail to meet basic scientific standards or databases which lack minimal quality control.

«It validates those who backed what were originally voluntary instruments that are finally seeing demand from California's compliance market, and indicates to governments with similar policies in development that the voluntary market can drive early action, inform policy, and successfully transition to meet compliance needs.»

«You will hear some skeptics say that the satellite - based temperature records don't support these findings, but we also used ground - based instruments like thermometers and rain gauges to validate these measurements,» said Shepherd.

Acting as a research site in the sky, the ARM Aerial Facility uses aircraft outfitted with cutting - edge instruments to obtain data for validating, testing, and complementing ground - based measurements.

You will hear some skeptics say that the satellite - based temperature records don't support these findings, but we also used ground - based instruments like thermometers and rain gauges to validate these measurements.»

One assumes that nobody waved a magic wand and decreed «let there be MMTS» there must have been an adoption R&R process where the new sensors were validated against the old across the full range of temperatures, seasons and sub-climates; in the presence of a calibrated third instrument more precise than both candidates; with data collected to estimate the error in the instrument, the error in the measurement process, drift rates and recalibration intervals.

The Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy Laboratory (ATMOSpeclab) designs, assembles, and validates innovative optical spectroscopic instruments.

Second, have the instruments being used to determine sea surface temperature been satisfactorily validated?