I examine statistical considerations in the analysis of functional outcome following stroke and discuss the mathematical relation between improvement in function and discharge functional score. I demonstrate mathematically that the predictor variables of improvement and discharge functional score are the same and that the regression coefficients for improvement and discharge functional score wi...

In this paper development of a multimodal based biometric fusion system is discussed. A fingerprint recognition system is developed using global singularity features. Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients are used to recognise a speaker using the backpropagation artificial neural network. A score level fusion based recognition system is developed using fingerprint and speech match scores and the ...

AIMS To develop local contemporary coefficients for the Trauma Injury Severity Score in New Zealand, TRISS(NZ), and to evaluate their performance at predicting survival against the original TRISS coefficients. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of adults who sustained a serious traumatic injury, and who survived until presentation at Auckland City, Middlemore, Waikato, or North Shore Hospital...

OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate the validity and reliability of a multidimensional balance scale-the Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB) scale-suitable for use with functionally independent older adults. DESIGN Psychometric evaluation of the scale's content and convergent validity, test-retest and intra- and interrater reliability, and internal rater consistency. SETTING Urban community. P...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to develop a precise risk score for the screening of large populations for individuals at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes based on noninvasive measurements of major risk factors in German study populations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A prospective cohort study (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition [EPIC]-Potsdam study) of 9,729 men and 15,43...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS — A random population sample of 35to 64-year-old men and women with no antidiabetic drug treatment at baseline were followed for 10 years. New cases of drug-treated type 2 diabetes were ascertained from the National Drug Registry. Multivariate logistic regression model coefficients were used to assign each variable category a score. The Diabetes Risk Score was compos...

Adjustment factors to allow comparison of EPD from several breed associations for birth, weaning, and yearling weights have been available for more than 10 yr. This paper describes steps to calculate adjustment factors for EPD for 4 carcass traits: marbling score, fat thickness, ribeye area, and retail product percentage. The required information is the same as for the weight traits: 1) breed o...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Questionnaire-Children with Difficulties (QCD), which was developed for the evaluation of children's daily life behaviors during specified periods of the day. METHODS The subjects were 1,514 Japanese public elementary and junior high school students. For the examination of reliability, Cronbach's alpha was ca...

In the spring of 1916, Prof. H.D. Hughes, of the Iowa Experiment Station, asked a number of experienced corn judges to score some five hundred ears of corn on the basis of what they thought the relative yields would be. These five hundred ears of corn were field run, varying from only three or four inches in length to more than ten inches. The variety was the college strain of Reid. In addition...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between visual score of emphysema and homology-based emphysema quantification (HEQ) and evaluate whether visual score was accurately predicted by machine learning and HEQ. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 115 anonymized computed tomography images from 39 patients were obtained from a public database. Emphysema quantificat...