BACKGROUND We sought to evaluate agreement between a new and widely implemented method of temperature measurement in critical care, temporal artery thermometry and an established method of core temperature measurement, bladder thermometry as performed in clinical practice. METHODS Temperatures were simultaneously recorded hourly (n = 736 observations) using both devices as part of routine cli...

The main purpose of this paper is to draw attention to some facts and ideas that perhaps can help to identify problems or fields for development and research within the evaluation of training. Topics for group discussion are preceded by material on some basic concepts of evaluation and educational measurement. The ratio scale, the interval scale, the ordinal scale, and the nominal scale are giv...

OBJECTIVE The primary goal of the current study was to investigate factors contributing to more negative cognitive change at older ages. METHOD Longitudinal data on 12 cognitive tests were examined in 2,637 adults ranging from 18 to 85 years of age. Because both the intervals between measurement occasions and the number of occasions varied across participants, it was possible to investigate e...

The main purpose of this paper is to propose an approach for performance measurement, classification and ranking the investment companies (ICs) by considering internal structure and uncertainty. In order to reach this goal, the interval network data envelopment analysis (INDEA) models are extended. This model is capable to model two-stage efficiency with intermediate measures i...

BACKGROUND Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a common musculoskeletal condition affecting older individuals. Clinical balance tests are frequently used to assess standing balance in these people. There is insufficient information regarding the reliability of these tests. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate reliability and measurement error of 4 common clinical standing balance tests in p...

This paper describes a new time-interval measurement system of high resolution, which contains sixteen multi-tap delay lines. In practice, during single measuring cycle sixteen time-stamps are registered and collected twice. It means that measured time-interval can be precisely interpolated from collection of time-stamps even after each measuring cycle. This solution leads straight to increase ...

industrial organizations are complex systems` where the interactions among the various functions such as sales, distribution, manufacturing, materials, finance, human resources and maintenance have to be man-aged towards a common purpose of delivering the customers satisfaction. however, since most of these or-ganizations have a `functional structure`, each function or department works towards ...