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External examining: fit for purpose? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In a context of international concern about academic standards, the practice of external examining is widely admired for its role in defending standards.
Bloxham, Susan, Price, Margaret
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Protocol for quantifying miRNA trafficking across the endosomal membrane

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An in vitro protocol measures miRNA uptake into endosomes isolated from mammalian cell extracts, which are free of subcellular contaminants. Performed at 37 °C in the presence of ATP, it ensures the import of single‐stranded miRNA into the endosomal lumen.
Syamantak Ghosh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validity of Discrete-Choice Experiments - Evidence for Health Risk Reduction [PDF]

open access: yes
There is growing interest in discrete-choice experiments (DCE) as a method to elicit consumers' preferences in the health care sector. Increasingly this method is used to determine willingness-to-pay (WTP) for health-related goods.
Peter Zweifel, Harry Telser
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Evaluating GenAI‐produced feedback on undergraduate bioscience essays against good higher education feedback practice

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This pilot study investigates the potential of Generative AI to provide formative feedback to students. ChatGPT was prompted to provide feedback on Year 1 Bioscience essays, which were evaluated against established good feedback practices. GenAI‐authored feedback had useful elements, but was limited in scope. GenAI may have potential to provide instant,
Annabel Court   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting representativeness in home‐based dementia activity interventions: a literature review

open access: yesAlzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
Most persons living with dementia (PLwD) reside in community settings, which has driven the development of a wide range of home‐based activity interventions. However, the external validity of these studies remains uncertain because the representativeness
Jiska Cohen‐Mansfield
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of crowd noise on officiating in Muay Thai: achieving external validity in an experimental setting

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2012
Numerous factors have been proposed to explain the home advantage in sport. Several authors have suggested that a partisan home crowd enhances home advantage and that this is at least in part a consequence of their influence on officiating.
Tony D Myers, Nigel J Balmer
doaj   +1 more source

The (misconceived) distinction between internal and external validity [Elektronisk resurs]

open access: yes, 2015
Researchers often aim to make correct inferences both about that which is actually studied (internal validity) and about what the results generalize to (external validity).
Wallin, Annika,   +2 more
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Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of Accelerated Biological Aging in Survivors of Cancer: A Scoping Review

open access: yesAging and Cancer, EarlyView.
Cancer treatment is associated with measurable acceleration of biological aging across epigenetic, telomere, senescence, and immune biomarkers. However, biomarker validation and interventional strategies remain limited, especially in hematologic malignancies, underscoring the need for standardized multi‐omic aging assessments and adequately powered ...
Moataz Ellithi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the effect of universal testing and treatment strategies for HIV prevention in Zambia and South Africa: generalizing the results of the HPTN 071 (PopART) trial

open access: yesJournal of the International AIDS Society
Introduction HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 071 (PopART) was a cluster‐randomized trial to evaluate universal testing and treatment (UTT) strategies for HIV prevention.
Bonnie E. Shook‐Sa   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pitfalls in the external validation of FRAX

open access: yesOsteoporosis International, 2011
Recent studies have evaluated the performance of FRAX® in independent cohorts. The interpretation of most is problematic for reasons summarised in this perspective.FRAX is an extensively validated assessment tool for the prediction of fracture in men and women.
Kanis, John A.   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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