Web-based parameterized questions is one of the most promising kinds of Web knowledge assessment. In an assessment context a reasonably small number of parameterized questions can be used to produce assessments for large classes. In self-assessment context, the same question can be used again and again with different parameters allowing every student to achieve mastery. This paper reports the r...

Background: Chromomycin A3 (CMA3) staining, with the slide method or fluorescence microscopy, is widely used for indirect assessment of protamine deficiency in a semen sample. Flow cytometry is the most suitable tool which to improve assessment accuracy, both in terms of statistical analysis and to prevent observer variation. This study provides a simple procedure to account for merocyanine 540...

Since last April, when researchers announced evidence that tamoxifen reduces the incidence of breast cancer in high-risk women, doctors have been looking for a systematic way to identify women who qualify as "high risk." To address this need, the National Cancer Institute developed the Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, an interactive computer program released this month as a pilot project. Th...

AIM To develop an equitable system for allocating equipment, aids and appliances to adults with disabilities based on assessment of need and capacity to benefit for use by occupational therapists, who are the main professional group involved in assessing and prioritising applications. METHODS An assessment tool was developed, pilot tested and field tested at four sites in New South Wales. Ass...

BACKGROUND Assessment of the quality of included studies is an essential component of any systematic review. A formal quality assessment is facilitated by using a structured tool. There are currently no guidelines available for researchers wanting to develop a new quality assessment tool. METHODS This paper provides a framework for developing quality assessment tools based on our experiences ...

This paper describes a method developed to support feasibility assessments of urban anaerobic digestion (AD). The method not only uses technical assessment criteria but takes a broader sustainability perspective and integrates technical-operational, environmental, financial-economic, socio-cultural, institutional, policy and legal criteria into the assessment tool developed. Use of the tool can...