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Evaluating operational specifications of point-of-care diagnostic tests: a standardized scorecard. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
The expansion of HIV antiretroviral therapy into decentralized rural settings will increasingly require simple point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests that can be used without laboratory infrastructure and technical skills. New POC test devices are becoming
Jonathan D Lehe   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of Challenge-Based Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Programs from Competencies and Gender Perspectives

open access: yesEducation Sciences
Active learning strategies are widely studied, but perspective on their effectiveness in complete undergraduate studies or about their contribution to closing the gender gap are still required.
Gilberto Huesca   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Robust identification of local adaptation from allele frequencies

open access: yes, 2012
Comparing allele frequencies among populations that differ in environment has long been a tool for detecting loci involved in local adaptation. However, such analyses are complicated by an imperfect knowledge of population allele frequencies and neutral ...
Graham Coop   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing student reasoning in upper-division electricity and magnetism at Oregon State University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Standardized assessment tests that allow researchers to compare the performance of students under various curricula are highly desirable. There are several research-based conceptual tests that serve as instruments to assess and identify students ...
Manogue, Corinne A., Zwolak, Justyna P.
core   +3 more sources

Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constantly weighing the pig will not make it grow: do teachers teach assessment tests or the curriculum?

open access: yesPerspectives in Education, 2014
For a number of years now, South Africa, like many other countries, has been debating a major paradigm shift in education, a shift from learning and teaching, which focused primarily on content to learning and teaching focused on outcomes.
Michael le Cordeur
doaj   +3 more sources

Are Educational Tests Inherently Evil?

open access: yesNonpartisan Education Review, 2007
no ...
Steve Sireci
doaj  

Differential gender bias in self-predicted performance in medical tests

open access: yesBMC Medical Education
Background The proportions of men and women in some residency programs have been unbalanced. In recent years, Mexican regulations surrounding the national standardized test for residency programs (ENARM) have changed, allowing applicants to choose their ...
Adrian Soto-Mota   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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