In a 29-year study of 6,203 individuals ranging in age from 41 to 96 years at initial assessment, we evaluated the relative and combined influence of 65 mortality risk factors, which included sociodemographic variables, lifestyle attributes, medical indices, and multiple cognitive abilities. Reductions in mortality risk were most associated with higher self-rated health, female gender, fewer ye...

In studying through simulation, choosing an appropriate tool/language would be a difficult task because many of them are available. On the other hand, few research works focus on evaluation of simulation tools/languages and their comparison. This paper makes a couple of evaluations and ranks more than fifty simulation tools that are currently available. The first evaluation and ranking is in th...

Conversational agents (CAs) provide opportunities for improving the interaction in evaluation surveys. To investigate if and how a user-centered conversational tool impacts users' response quality their experience, we build EVA - novel course educational scenarios. In field experiment with 128 students, compared against static web survey. Our results confirm prior findings from literature about...

in studying through simulation, choosing an appropriate tool/language would be a difficult task because many of them are available. on the other hand, few research works focus on evaluation of simulation tools/languages and their comparison. this paper makes a couple of evaluations and ranks more than fifty simulation tools that are currently available. the first evaluation and ranking is in th...

Considering the growing recognition of the importance of patient engagement in healthcare decisions, research and delivery systems, it is important to ensure high quality and efficient patient engagement evaluation tools. In this commentary, we will first highlight the definition and importance of patient engagement. Then we discuss the psychometric properties of the patient engagement evaluati...

Evaluation tools specifically aimed at computer game design have been developed and adopted by the industry. Meanwhile, a recent game study by the authors of this article indicates that design choices with negative impact on player experience prevail in a number of games of both high and low rating. These results gave reason to question whether existing evaluation methods fully address all aspe...