Every student is unique. Evaluation of student answersheet should be done in more fair and transparent manner. Whenever subjective evaluation is there it may lead to difference of opinion. Fuzziness arises by virtue of difference in opinion. To improve the classical statistics of the teaching assessment this paper combines the various methods. It uses fuzzy logic to solve the said problem of Ev...

I agree with Professor ter Meulen that there is no need to make a forced choice between “justice” and “solidarity” when it comes to determining what should count as fair access to needed health care. But he also asserts that solidarity is more fundamental than justice. That claim needs critical assessment. Ter Meulen recognizes that the concept of solidarity has been criticized for being excess...

The directors of the American Board of Orthodontics (ABO) continually strive to enhance the written and clinical certification examinations to achieve a fair, consistent, and objective assessment of every orthodontist who is examined. It is important to design testing processes that are as valid and reliable as possible. This article introduces the ABO’s latest testing instrument that will enha...

A system for assessment of function after major pelvic injuries is proposed. This numerical system developed from a five-year prospective study of 60 patients. Five factors were assessed and scored: pain, standing, sitting, sexual intercourse and work performance. The total score then gave a clinical grade as excellent, good, fair or poor. The scoring system allows comparison between early and ...

Background: Schizophrenia constitutes a serious public health problem all over the world. It is one of the leading causes of disability among young adults and prevents them from leading normal productive lives. Methods: We retrospectively studied new cases diagnosed to have schizophrenia (n=211) seen during the period, March 1999 February 2001. Their premorbid personality traits, socio-demograp...

The Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA) title of the 1996 FAIR Act is a novel departure in farm policy. Its fixed payments, no acreage set-asides, and avoidance of CCC commodity stockpiles provide a possible means of transition to a market-based agriculture that would not require governmental intervention to prop up the agricultural economy. Some now argue that the FAIR Act has failed, on...

For a proper assessment of risks associated with the trading of derivatives, the performance of hedging strategies should be evaluated not only in the context of the idealized model that has served as the basis of strategy development, but also in the context of other models. In this paper we consider the class of so-called interval models as a possible testing ground. In the context of such mo...

Fair results give motivation and encouragement to the students. So reforms in education are must not only in curriculum development but also in students' performance assessment. Proposed method is useful when questions in the examination are of subjective or objective type and total time duration is given to attempt all questions rather than individual question. This method considers impor...

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We treated 49 patients at an average age of 80 years (75 to 90) with distal mostly intraarticular humeral fractures by open reduction. There were 8 class A, 13 class B and 28 class C fractures on Müller's classification. The patients were reviewed at a postoperative average of 18 months. The patients' assessment of the result was very good in 31%, good in 49%, fair in 15% and poor in 5%. The fl...