BACKGROUND Item response models using exponential modelling are more sensitive than classical linear methods for making predictions from psychological questionnaires. OBJECTIVE To assess whether they can also be used for making predictions from quality of life questionnaires and clinical and laboratory diagnostic-tests. METHODS Of 1000 anginal patients assessed for quality of life and 1350 ...

interactive, with immediate support, modelling, monitoring and feedback. However, especially in the early years, most parents might be expected to be more ‘expert’ than their children (for example in reading), and the social and emotional tone and content of the parent-child relationship is very different from that of a peer relationship – praise and other forms of reinforcement might be even m...

naming and translation. Comprehension processes benefited from prior production in the same language, and production processes benefited from prior comprehension. However, these response time reductions were smaller than with identical process repetition, suggesting some degree of process directionality. Error rate reductions followed a different pattern, with comprehension at encoding elicitin...

Ultrasound has been in clinical use in the field of obstetrics since 1978. With advances in technology, there has been improvement in resolution, allowing for far better imaging of the fetus. This together with new developments in the field of screening for pregnancy disorders has lead to a change in the clinical application of ultrasound in the care of routine low risk pregnant women. Techniqu...

Ünlü Dünya Sistemleri teorisyeni Imanuel Wallerstein’ın etkilerini taşımakla birlikte Abu-Lughod, Avrupa Hegemonyasından Önce: 1250-1350 Arasında Sistemi isimli eseriyle modern dünya ekonomisinin kökenlerini 16. yüzyılda değil, 13. yüzyıla dayandığını ortaya koyarak verili kabul gören açıklamaları eleştiriye tutmaktadır. Eser içerisinde pek çok sorunun cevabını arayan yazar, başta ekonomisin ar...

Abstract Declining winter rainfall coupled with recent prolonged drought poses significant risks to water resources and agriculture across southern Australia. While declines over decades are largely consistent modelled climate change scenarios, particularly for southwest Australia, the significance of these is yet be assessed within context long-term hydroclimatic variability. Here, we present ...