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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze, Stanislav N. Gorb, Timo Zeimet, Wencke Krings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a happiness measurement scale based on the Quran and Hadith using the Rasch Model

Psikoislamika
Happiness has long been a central theme in psychology, both in conceptual discourse and in the development of measurement instruments. However, no existing scale integrates the moral and spiritual dimensions of happiness derived from the Qur’an and ...
Bunga Alodia Isfara, Irianti Usman, Isman Rahmani Yuson, Fajar Siddiq Ramadhan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nichtlineare Staubungsneigung binärer Schüttgutmischungen: Herausforderungen bei der Prognose Non‐linear dusting tendency of binary bulk material mixtures: Challenges in prognosis

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, EarlyView.
Aufgrund überlagerter oder konkurrierender Mechanismen sind relevante Wechselwirkungen bei der Staubung von Schüttgutmischungen komplex und nur unzureichend verstanden. Selbst für Mischungen aus umfassend charakterisierten Einzelkomponenten existieren keine belastbaren Modelle. In dieser Arbeit werden die Hürden bei der Prognose thematisiert.
David Horst, Anke Helfer, Eberhard Schmidt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the validity and reliability of the Taita symptom checklist using Rasch analysis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 2015
The Taita symptom checklist (TSCL) is a standardized self-rating psychiatric symptom scale for outpatients with mental illness in Taiwan. This study aimed to examine the validity and reliability of the TSCL using Rasch analysis.
Yun-Ling Chen, Ay-Woan Pan, LyInn Chung, Tsyr-Jang Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring child and adolescent well-being in Denmark: Validation and norming of the Danish KIDSCREEN-10 child/adolescent version in a national representative sample of school pupils in grades five through eight.

PLoS ONE, 2023
KIDSCREEN-10 is a generic instrument for measuring global health-related quality of life among 8-18-year-old children and adolescents. This study examines the criterion-related construct validity and psychometric properties of the Danish language version
Tine Nielsen, Maiken Pontoppidan, Morten Pettersson, Christina H Donstrup, Svend Kreiner, Signe Boe Rayce   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pooling information across sites and years to estimate bat fatalities at wind farms

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We compared complete pooling (CP), no pooling (NP), and partial pooling (PP) approaches for estimating detection probabilities and hence bat fatalities at wind farms. Partial pooling integrates information across sites and years, improving precision with sparse data while preserving site‐level variation.
Natalia Berberian, Philip M. Dixon
wiley   +1 more source

A COMPARISON OF RELIABILITY TESTS IN FIELD RESEARCHES AND AN APPLICATION ON AGRICULTURAL DATA

Journal of Business Administration and Social Studies, 2021
Validity and reliability, so psychometric properties, are statistically significant in field researches. This study is an applied research on farmer problems in order to be an example of the research to be done and the main objective of the study is to ...
Doğan YILDIZ, Ece UZUNSAKAL
doaj  

PSYCHOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF THE MANCHESTER FOOT PAIN AND DISABILITY INDEX: VALIDATION AND RASCH ANALYSIS [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The Manchester Foot Pain and Disability Index (MFPDI) is a self-assessment questionnaire developed in the UK to measure foot pain and disability in the general population1.
Alcacer-Pitarch, Begonya, Garrow, Adam, Gijón-Noguerón, Gabriel, Luque-Suárez, Alejandro, Munuera, Pedro Vicente, Ndosi, Mwidimi, Redmond, Anthony   +6 more
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Impact of the Electron Density on the Fixed-Node Errors in Quantum Monte Carlo

, 2011
We analyze the effect of increasing charge density on the Fixed Node Errors in Diffusion Monte Carlo by comparing FN-DMC calculations of the total ground state energy on a 4 electron system done with a Hartree-Fock based trial wave function to ...
Mitas, Lubos, Rasch, Kevin
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Thresholds for minimum clinically important difference, minimal important change and patient acceptable symptom state for the ACL‐RSI and the K‐SES in patients after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to calculate and provide Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) thresholds, Minimum Clinically Important Difference (MCID), and Minimal Important Change (MIC) values for the ACL‐Return to Sport after Injury (ACL‐RSI) scale and the Knee Self‐Efficacy Scale (K‐SES) in patients treated with ACL reconstruction ...
Ramana Piussi, Jakob Lindskog, Rebecca Hamrin Senorski, Roland Thomeé, Kristian Samuelsson, Eric Hamrin Senorski   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source