Reporting checklists are used as measurement tools for assessing quality, even though they have not been validated for such use

Stone tools have been used as cognitive/chronological, cultural

A comprehensive survey of hearing questionnaires: how many are there, what do they measure, and how have they been validated?

The self-report questionnaire is a popular tool for measuring outcomes in trials of interventions for hearing impairment. Many have been designed over the last fifty years, and there is no single standard questionnaire that is widely accepted and used. We felt it would be a valuable resource to have a comprehensive collection of all adult hearingloss questionnaires (excluding those wholly devot...

When Does the Recommendation of Other People Matter in Social Commerce Even Though They Have Not Purchased Either?

Owing to the lack of human bandwidth online, feedback systems have been introduced as a means of providing information on quality. Existing studies on the effects of ratings systems have had conflicting results. With this in mind, this study investigates the relative contribution of information according to search cost. It focuses on Groupon, based on its unique provision of daily deals, most o...

Stars ’ - Have They Been Discovered ?

Recently there is a suggestion about the star RXJ1856.5−3754, being a possible candidate for quark star. While from the estimates of the radiation radius, given by the authors, it does not seem to fit with any of the known models for such stars, the mass radius diagram admits the possibility of this being a quark star of mass M ⊙ < M < 1.4M ⊙ , provided the radius mentioned is the actual radius...

Hospital Quality Reporting and Improvement Efforts Have Been Successful

On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, and our 43,000 individual members, the American Hospital Association (AHA) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Senate Finance Committee’s hearing on health care quality. Our statement is offered in support of improving transparency for the public, continuing and enhancing support of eff...