Self-Assessment in Librarianship: Current Practices and Future Possibilities

Ammunition Marking Current Practices and Future Possibilities

Digital health assessment in rheumatology: current and future possibilities.

Digital assessment and graphical feedback of patient-reported outcome measures such as the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) could increase empowerment and involvement of patients in their own care process. The App ecosystem that Reade is building is an example of how digital assessment using mobile devices can be integrated into existing hospital IT infrastructure.

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Cochlear implants: current designs and future possibilities.

The cochlear implant is the most successful of all neural prostheses developed to date. It is the most effective prosthesis in terms of restoration of function, and the people who have received a cochlear implant outnumber the recipients of other types of neural prostheses by orders of magnitude. The primary purpose of this article is to provide an overview of contemporary cochlear implants fro...

Stone treatments: current trends and future possibilities.

With the widespread distribution of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) by the late 1980s, this noninvasive technology became the preferred approach to most patients with symptomatic urolithiasis. The extraordinary success of the original Dornier HM3 lithotriptor had tremendous appeal to patients and physicians alike. SWL was established as the preferred initial treatment approach for 80% to 90% of ca...