Coaching technology, wearables and exergames can provide quantitative feedback based on measured activity, but there is little evidence of qualitative feedback to aid technique improvement. To achieve personalised qualitative feedback, we demonstrated a proof-of-concept prototype combining kinesiology and computational intelligence that could help improving tennis swing technique. Three-dimensi...

Background Finding out the effective ways of teaching and assessing communication skills remain a challenging part of medication education. This study aims at exploring the usefulness and effectiveness of having additional feedback using qualitative analysis in assessment of communication skills in undergraduate medical training. We also determined the possibilities of using qualitative analysi...

population (estimated at 13.9%) and is a common reason for referral to adult community mental health teams (CMHTs) with up to 80% of patients reporting this symptom at assessment. Very little is known about the experience of assessment within this patient group. There has been some limited research into the experiences of patients receiving one of the two common differential diagnoses in this g...

This paper presents a scheme for the quantitative and qualitative assessment of concept maps in the context of a web-based adaptive concept map assessment tool, referred to as COMPASS. The propositions are characterized qualitatively based on specific criteria and on the error(s) that may be identified. The quantitative assessment depends on the weights assigned to the concepts/propositions and...

A key motivation for multi-disciplinary collaborations is the inclusion of data and knowledge from contributing disciplines for the further development of existing models. The objective of this research is to evaluate the potential of using drought information from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) to complement the forest fire danger assessment of the European Forest Fire Information Syst...

Assessment and examination in higher education takes place in a complex context where many perspectives affect; management, academic developers, students and not least teachers. That assessment strongly influences students’ learning is well documented (Gibbs 1999; Marton 2005). The study’s starting point is that a better understanding of how teachers really relate to this very important part of...

The Health Development Agency (www.hda.nhs.uk) is the national authority and information resource on what works to improve people's health and reduce health inequalities in England. It gathers evidence and produces advice for policy makers, professionals and practitioners, working alongside them to get evidence into practice. iii Contents Foreword iv Summary 1 What is the role of qualitative ap...

INTRODUCTION Survivors of critical illness experience multidimensional disabilities that reduce quality of life, and 25-30% require unplanned hospital readmission within 3 months following index hospitalisation. We aim to understand factors associated with unplanned readmission; develop a risk model to identify intensive care unit (ICU) survivors at highest readmission risk; understand the modi...

Corporate credit risk assessment decisions involve two major issues: the determination of the probability of default and the estimation of potential future benefits and losses for credit granting. The former issue is addressed by classifying the firms seeking credit into homogeneous groups representing different levels of credit risk. Classification/discrimination procedures commonly employed f...