We were faced with a shelved knowledge system at a health insurance company. The system used Bayesian statistics. For correct computations such a system is of course well suited, but not for the people who use it: people do not easily formulate their expertise in numerical probabilities. We addressed the question of whether it is possible to find out in which format experts do represent their k...

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the concerns of Dr Reneman and colleagues about our paper, Kersnovske et al. [13]. Dr Reneman and colleagues have raised two issues that we address below. Their first concern relates to the use of experts for the purpose of validation. We assume the authors are not concerned with the use of experts as a method of content validation, per se, as this is...

Roles played by the proximal-to-distal sequencing (PDS) of the multi-joint limb in a relatively slow target-aiming task by the arm were investigated using keystroke motion on the piano. Kinematic recordings were made while experts (N=7) and novices (N=7) of piano players performed an octave keystroke at four linearly-scaled loudness levels with a short tone production (staccato) technique. The ...

BACKGROUND Present models and definitions of patient-centeredness revealed a lack of conceptual clarity. Based on a prior systematic literature review, we developed an integrative model with 15 dimensions of patient-centeredness. The aims of this study were to 1) validate, and 2) prioritize these dimensions. METHOD A two-round web-based Delphi study was conducted. 297 international experts we...

BACKGROUND The feasibility as well as the suitability of several therapies for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) in primary care applied by the family physician (FP) appeared to be low. FPs need effective and acceptable strategies to manage these functionally impaired patients. OBJECTIVE To review important and effective elements in the treatment of patients with MUS in primary care accord...

A scooter fault diagnostic system that makes use of feature extraction and intelligent classification algorithms is presented in this paper. Sound features based on MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group)-7 coding standard and several other features in the time and frequency domains are extracted from noise data and preprocessed prior to classification. Classification algorithms including the Neare...