OBJECTIVE The fitness to practise of international medical graduates (IMGs) is usually evaluated with standardised assessment tests. The performance rather than the competency of practising doctors should, however, be assessed, for which reason workplace-based assessment (WBA) has gained increasing attention. Our aim was to assess the composite reliability of WBA instruments for assessing IMGs....

Web-Based Assessment (WBA) System for K-12 needs to support the educational assessment according to the process-oriented learning and instruction. Usability issues of the Web-Based Assessment (WBA) System for K-12 refer to how to make questions efficiently, and how to control the access to the final Html test files from unauthorized people. In this paper, we study the usability issues of the an...

BACKGROUND The effect of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on platelet function in coronary heart disease (CHD) is complex and poorly defined. Platelet aggregation studies in healthy volunteers have demonstrated contrasting results when platelets are exposed to ROS. We investigated the effect of ROS on whole blood aggregation (WBA) and the endothelial cell-platelet interaction in patients with CHD....

Whole-body averaged specific absorption rate (WBASAR) is used as a metric for human protection from whole-body exposures. The frequency at which the WBA-SAR becomes maximal is called “resonance frequency”. The present study proposes a scheme to estimate WBA-SAR at the resonance frequency based on an analogy between a human and a quarter-wavelength monopole antenna. Specifically, WBA-SAR can be ...

CONTEXT Many studies have examined how educational innovations in postgraduate medical education (PGME) impact on teaching and learning, but little is known about effects in the clinical workplace outside the strictly education-related domain. Insights into the full scope of effects may facilitate the implementation and acceptance of innovations because expectations can be made more realistic, ...

Weathered bottom ash (WBA) from municipal solid waste incineration is a calcium aluminosilicate-rich material mainly used in construction and civil engineering as secondary aggregate. However, its use also being considered precursor the manufacture of alkali-activated binders (AA-WBA). This preliminary research aimed to deepen understanding potential WBA (>8 mm fraction) sole binders. To gai...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Altered pelvic alignment and asymmetrical weight bearing on lower extremities are the most common findings observed in standing and walking after stroke. The purpose of this study was to find the relationship between pelvic alignment and weight-bearing asymmetry (WBA) in community-dwelling chronic stroke survivors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was co...

PURPOSE Anticipating users' perceptions of the effects an innovation will have in daily practice prior to implementation may lead to a more optimal innovation process. In this study, the authors aimed to identify the kinds of perceptions that exist concerning the effects of workplace-based assessment (WBA), an innovation that is widely used in medical education, among its users. METHOD In 201...

Traditional quality models are not sufficient for testing Web-Based Applications (WBA) because they do not cover all problems related to the new features of WBA. In addition, the hypermedia nature of the Internet, speed of access to information, and the security of transactions are some of other aspects that differentiate these systems from old-fashioned systems. A web application can be consid...

Therapeutic oligonucleotides including siRNA and immunostimulatory ligands of Toll-like receptors (TLR) or RIG-I like helicases (RLH) are a promising novel class of drugs. They are in clinical development for a broad spectrum of applications, e.g. as adjuvants in vaccines and for the immunotherapy of cancer. Species-specific immune activation leading to cytokine release is characteristic for th...