In a CDIO programme, the CDIO syllabus, standards, and self-evaluation model constitute the core components of the programme’s quality assurance system. At the same time, CDIO programmes are also evaluated by national standards. A CDIO programme needs a quality assurance system which also fulfils these national requirements, and that is able to produce the evidence and documentation needed for ...

BACKGROUND The Danish National Registry of Patients (DNRP) is a potentially valuable resource for monitoring national trends in the use of chemotherapy and evaluating the benefits and harms of alternative treatments among colorectal cancer (CRC) patients in Denmark. However, the validity of chemotherapy reporting in the DNRP is unknown. In this study, we evaluated the validity of the DNRP for i...

In response to the guidelines issued by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB-International) to establish traceability and quality assurance in U.S. crime laboratories, NIST and the ATF initiated a joint project, entitled the National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC). The NBIC project aims to establish a national traceability and qualit...

A reference standard for a unit of measurement is an artifact that embodies the quantity of interest in a way that ties its value to the reference base. The selection of an appropriate reference standard is a crucial point in the performance evaluation of wire rope electromagnetic testing (EMT) instrument. In this paper, a 3-D finite element model (FEM) has been developed to study three referen...

Time periods composing stance phase of gait can be clinically meaningful parameters to reveal differences between normal and pathological gait. This study aimed, first, to describe a novel method for detecting stance and inner-stance temporal events based on foot-worn inertial sensors; second, to extract and validate relevant metrics from those events; and third, to investigate their suitabilit...

GOAL To assess the reliability of a reference standard for an information extraction task. SETTING Twenty-four physician raters from two sites and two specialties judged whether clinical conditions were present based on reading chest radiograph reports. METHODS Variance components, generalizability (reliability) coefficients, and the number of expert raters needed to generate a reliable ref...

BACKGROUND Early detection and confirmation of cholera outbreaks are crucial for rapid implementation of control measures. Because cholera frequently affects regions with limited laboratory resources, rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) designed for field conditions are important to enhance rapid response. Stool culture remains the "gold standard" for cholera diagnosis; however, its lack of sensitivit...

Two key international standards for messaging and directory services are evaluated using a prototype system. The aim is to develop a graphical user interface reference model that can be used by implementors to guide and benchmark their own development. The evaluation process is discussed which enabled the specification of the reference model. The development and evaluation of such graphical use...