We identify three different levels of correlation (pairwise relative ordering, network-wide ranking and prediction through linearity) that could be assessed between a computationally-light centrality metric and a computationally-heavy centrality metric for real-world networks. The Kendall's concordance-based correlation measure could be used to quantitatively assess how well we could consider t...

Correlation and concordance of glomerular filtration rate from renal scintigraphy modified modification diet in disease equation

BACKGROUND Concordance is characterised as a negotiation-like health communication approach based on an equal and collaborative partnership between patients and health professionals. The Leeds Attitudes to Concordance II (LATCon II) scale was developed to measure the attitudes towards concordance. The purpose of this study was to translate the LATCon II into Chinese and psychometrically test th...

INTRODUCTION Anterior and posterior corneal elevations are measurements used to detect keratoconus suspects. PURPOSE To determine the efficacy of Orbscan II and Pentacam when assessing their elevation maps. MATERIALS AND METHODS The efficacy of the Orbscan II and Pentacam measuring the anterior and posterior corneal elevations were evaluated in a sample of 68 eyes. The concordance between t...

OBJECTIVE AND BACKGROUND Objective monitoring of cough may be preferred to subjective reporting of the symptom in clinical and research settings. Therefore, a self-contained, ambulatory cough monitoring system is needed that is non-invasive, usable for children and adults of all ages, inexpensive, and highly accurate with easy to use analysis software. METHODOLOGY After development of a new d...

OBJECTIVE To determine which of 3 different plate angles (20°, 25°, 30°) used in double pelvic osteotomy (DPO) would result in the most similar acetabular angle (AA) achieved with a 20° triple pelvic osteotomy (TPO) technique in dogs. STUDY DESIGN Experimental anatomic study. ANIMALS Cadaveric canine pelves (n = 8). METHODS Transverse plane computed tomographic images of cadaveric pelves ...

A pair of linear orders L, L′ on an n-element set V is a concordance pair if the Kendall and Spearman correlation measures between L and L′ coincide. A graph is called concordance graph if it has the same number of induced three-vertex one-edged subgraphs as induced three-vertex twoedged subgraphs. It is known (see Fishburn and Monjardet (2000)) that (L, L′) is a concordance pair if and only if...

BACKGROUND Clinical reasoning is central to any health profession but its development among learners is difficult to assess. Over the last few decades, the script concordance test (SCT) has been developed to solve this dilemma and has been used in many health professions; however, no study has been published on the use of the script concordance test in optometry. The purpose of this study was t...