Since the 1980's, scientific interest in applicants' reactions to admission procedures has been growing. Several theoretical frameworks and evaluation questionnaires were developed. Many researchers have asked potential participants about their attitudes—
Marek Denker +4 more
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Development, Validation and Reliability of an Open Book Examination Perception Questionnaire-I: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Introduction: Open Book Examinations (OBEs) are being employed in education, presenting unique opportunities, and challenges to both learners and educators. However, the perception and implication of learning experience remains unanswered. Aim:
Veena A Bembalgi +4 more
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Robot Assisted Surgical Ward Rounds: Virtually Always There
Background: While an explosion in technological sophistication has revolutionized surgery within the operating theatre, delivery of surgical ward-based care has seen little innovation.
Stefanie M. Croghan +4 more
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Validating the Persian Version of ICT Engagement Questionnaire [PDF]
Background: Considering the importance of ICT engagement in learning environments, it is necessary to have a reliable and valid method of evaluating it among students. ICT Engagement questionnaire (Zylka et al.) has been designed for this purpose.
Sahar Baradaran Abdollahy +2 more
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The Way We Measure: Comparison of Methods to Derive Radial Surface Brightness Profiles [PDF]
The breaks and truncations in the luminosity profile of face-on spiral galaxies offer valuable insights in their formation history. The traditional method of deriving the surface photometry profile for face-on galaxies is to use elliptical averaging.
de Jong, R. S. +2 more
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Lay Definitions of Intelligence, Knowledge, and Memory: Inter- and Independence of Constructs
The present study examined how lay participants define the following concepts used widely in psychology: being intelligent, knowing, and remembering.
Jennifer H. Coane +4 more
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Emotions and scope effects in the monetary valuation of health [PDF]
JEL classifications: H41 H51 I11 I18 I31This study presents evidence on the role of emotions in the monetary evaluation of health technologies, namely, drug-eluting stents (DES) in our case.
Araña, Jorge +3 more
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Factor structure and construct validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers (ASCOT-Carer) [PDF]
Background: The ASCOT-Carer is a self-report instrument designed to measure social care-related quality of life (SCRQoL). This article presents the psychometric testing and validation of the ASCOT-Carer four response-level interview (INT4) in a sample of
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Development and psychometric testing of a new instrument to measure factors influencing women's breast cancer prevention behaviors (ASSISTS) [PDF]
Background: Breast cancer preventive behaviors have an extreme effect on women's health. Despite the benefits of preventive behaviors regarding breast cancer, they have not been implemented as routine care for healthy women.
Gholami, Ali +5 more
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Development and validation of the Multimorbidity Treatment Burden Questionnaire (MTBQ) [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a new scale to assess treatment burden (the effort of looking after one's health) for patients with multimorbidity. DESIGN: Mixed-methods. SETTING: UK primary care.
Chaplin, Katherine +5 more
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