BACKGROUND The Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project Ballabgarh, run by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has a computerized Health Management Information System (HMIS) since 1988. The HMIS at Ballabgarh has undergone evolution and is currently in its third version which uses generic and open source software. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness ...

The Northern Region Landbird Monitoring Program (NRLMP) has been in place for nearly a decade and is designed to allow us to track population trends of numerous landbird species, while at the same time allowing us to investigate the effects of various kinds of land use activity on the occurrence, abundance, or demographics of numerous landbird species. We conduct pointcount bird surveys biennia...

In the past ten years, the use of whole body counters in nuclear power plants has grown significantly. The average counting load is now 2000 5000 counts per year at a typical multi-unit station. This paper reports the results of our evaluation as to the desirable characteristics of a whole body counting system and the performance of the FASTSCAN counter. FASTSCAN is a linear geometry counter, d...

BACKGROUND Most aspects of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis rely on subjective judgment. Computerized continuous performance tests are designed to improve the validity of the process but are controversial due to low odds ratios. There is a need to find more definitive measures of assessment. OBJECTIVES To test the validity and reliability of a new tool, a computerized contin...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of an immunization outreach program on immunization rates. SETTING A Pennsylvania independent practice association model managed care organization (100% Medicaid). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study (N = 2511) of children 30 to 35 months of age from two age cohorts that compared immunization rates for Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices schedules for...

Dynamic Assessment (DA) is theoretically framed within Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Theory (SCT) and relies on reunification of assessment and instruction. This process-oriented study of reading comprehension aims at investigating the impacts of applying computerized dynamic assessment (C-DA) which is an ongoing strand of DA on promoting at-risk advanced Iranian EFL students’ reading skills. The s...