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Insomnia as an Independent Predictor of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in HIV: Data from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Insomnia is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in the general population and is highly prevalent in people with HIV. The CVD risk conferred by insomnia in the HIV population is unknown.
Bedimo, Roger J., Budoff, Matthew J., Butt, Adeel A., Chang, Chung-Chou H., Freiberg, Matthew S., Gottlieb, Stephen S., Gupta, Samir K., Kundu, Suman, Marconi, Vincent C., Polanka, Brittanny M., So-Armah, Kaku A., Stewart, Jesse C., Womack, Julie A.   +12 more
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENTIAL ITEM FUNCTIONING AND ITEM DIFFICULTY [PDF]

ETS Research Report Series, 1989
ABSTRACTThis study examined the relationship of differential item functioning (DIF) to item difficulty on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). The data comprise verbal and mathematical item statistics from nine recent administrations of the SAT. In general, item difficulty is related to DIF.
Edward Kulick, P. Gillian Hu
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LINC01116, a hypoxia‐lncRNA marker of pathological lymphangiogenesis and poor prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The LINC01116 long noncoding RNA is induced by hypoxia and associated with poor prognosis and high recurrence rates in two cohorts of lung adenocarcinoma patients. Here, we demonstrate that besides its expression in cancer cells, LINC01116 is markedly expressed in lymphatic endothelial cells of the tumor stroma in which it participates in hypoxia ...
Marine Gautier‐Isola, Rafael Lopes Goncalves, Marin Truchi, Caroline Lacoux, Célia Scribe, Hugo Cadis, Laetitia Guardini, Sophie Bekisz, Marius Ilié, Paul Hofman, Georges Vassaux, Bernard Mari, Roger Rezzonico   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ensuring the quality of multiple-choice exams administered to small cohorts: A cautionary tale

Perspectives on Medical Education, 2017
Introduction Multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are a cornerstone of assessment in medical education. Monitoring item properties (difficulty and discrimination) are important means of investigating examination quality.
Meredith Young, Beth-Ann Cummings, Christina St-Onge   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

TEST ITEM ANALYSIS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WITH RASCH MODEL ONE PARAMETER FOR TESTING THE ITEM DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST USING BLOODSHED DEV C ++ APPLICATIONS [PDF]

, 2014
This article was made in Item Response Theory lecture to improve the ability of students to learn the application of the theory of grain analyst using the model of Rasch model.
Dadan, Rosana, Otok, Ewi Amsirta
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-P) in subacute poststroke patients without neglect [PDF]

, 2018
Background Oxford Cognitive Screen is designed for assessing cognitive functions of poststroke patients.This study was aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) version of theOxford Cognitive Screen-Putonghua (OCS-P) for use ...
Chan, Chetwyn C. H., Chen, Li-dian, Chien, Chi-wen, Demeyere, Nele, Hong, Wen-jun, Lau, Stephen C. L., Lee, Tatia M. C., Leung, Man-tak, Tao, Jing, Wong, Alex W. K., Yang, Shan-li   +10 more
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Developing evidence‐based, cost‐effective P4 cancer medicine for driving innovation in prevention, therapeutics, patient care and reducing healthcare inequalities

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The cancer problem is increasing globally with projections up to the year 2050 showing unfavourable outcomes in terms of incidence and cancer‐related deaths. The main challenges are prevention, improved therapeutics resulting in increased cure rates and enhanced health‐related quality of life.
Ulrik Ringborg, Joachim von Braun, Julio Celis, Anton Berns, Michael Baumann, Tit Albreht, Nancy Abou‐Zeid, Vanderlei Bagnato, Christian Brandts, Chien‐Jen Chen, Massimiliano di Pietro, Manjit Dosanjh, Thomas Dubois, Alexander Eggermont, Angelika Eggert, Ingemar Ernberg, Sara Faithfull, Johannes Förner, Stefan Fröhling, Manuel Heitor, Leroy Hood, Wei Jiang, Bengt Jönsson, Ravi Kannan, Maria Leptin, Su Li, Peter Lindgren, Douglas Lowy, Jun Ma, Alex Markham, Péter Nagy, Simon Oberst, M. Iqbal Parker, Danielle Rodin, Kevin Ryan, Joachim Schüz, Richard Sullivan, Josep Tabernero, Peter Turkson, Oliver Várhelyi, Harold Varmus, Chijie Wang, Elisabete Weiderpass, Nils Wilking   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

Item Response Theory for trait assessment in randomized item pool for computer based test

Scientific African
The rapid adoption of computer-based examinations (CBE) has raised concerns regarding fairness and reliability in assessing student performance. This study examines randomized test item fairness to test takers’ traits in CBE through the application of ...
Rhydal Esi Eghan, Edward Osei-Sarpong, Gaston Edem Awashie, Reindorf Nartey Borkor, Evans Yaokumah, Aditta Abigail N’ganomah   +5 more
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Navigating new norms: a systematic review of factors for the development of effective digital tools in higher education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
What factors make for an effective digital learning tool in Higher Education? This systematic review identifies elements of a digital tool that published examples reveal to be features of an engaging and impactful digital tool. A systematic literature search yielded 25 research papers for analysis.
Akmal Arzeman, Jessica Haines, Connie Pritchard, Stephen Rutherford, Nigel Francis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Difficulties in Writing News Item Experienced by Students of A Vocational High School in Cirebon

IJET (Indonesian Journal of English Teaching), 2017
This study was qualitative research that used descriptive analysis.The present study aimed at investigating out the students’ difficulties in writing news item and find out the most dominant difficulty in writing news item made by the eleventh graders of
Syahfitri Anugerah Dewi, Misdi Misdi
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