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Is Construct Validation Valid? [PDF]

open access: yesPhilosophy of Science, 2016
What makes a measure of well-being valid? The dominant approach today, construct validation, uses psychometrics to ensure that questionnaires behave in accordance with background knowledge. Our first claim is interpretive—construct validation obeys a coherentist logic that seeks to balance diverse sources of evidence about the construct in question ...
Alexandrova, A, Haybron, DM
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Naïve validity [PDF]

open access: yesSynthese, 2017
AbstractBeall and Murzi (J Philos 110(3):143–165, 2013) introduce an object-linguistic predicate for naïve validity, governed by intuitive principles that are inconsistent with the classical structural rules (over sufficiently expressive base theories). As a consequence, they suggest that revisionary approaches to semantic paradox must be substructural.
Murzi J, Rossi L
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Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Activation by Benzo[a]pyrene Prevents Development of Septic Shock and Fatal Outcome in a Mouse Model of Systemic Salmonella enterica Infection

open access: yesCells, 2022
This study focused on immunomodulatory effects of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) activation through benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) during systemic bacterial infection.
Christiane Fueldner   +11 more
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Rounding up plant cells

open access: yesInternational Journal of Plant Biology, 2010
Compared to animal cells, plant cells are typically non-spherical, which may bias morphometric and fluorimetric analyses, including flow cytometry and other approaches used in the study of cellular biodiversity.
Sergio Ochatt, Anne Moessner
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Development and Validation of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing Panels for Detection of Germline Variants in Inherited Diseases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Context.-The number of targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels for genetic diseases offered by clinical laboratories is rapidly increasing. Before an NGS-based test is implemented in a clinical laboratory, appropriate validation studies are ...
Ferreira-Gonzalez, Andrea   +8 more
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FY-3G Satellite Instruments and Precipitation Products: First Report of China’s Fengyun Rainfall Mission In-Orbit

open access: yesJournal of Remote Sensing, 2023
Precipitation is one of the most important parameters in Earth system but is hard to measure. China began to develop satellites dedicated to precipitation measurements in the second generation of the FengYun polar-orbiting meteorological satellite ...
Peng Zhang   +16 more
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Once Validated, Always Validated? [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2007
YOU need a brief measure, say, of stress, or social resources, or functional status. You find one that not only seems to address the conceptual issues about which you are concerned, but for which information on validity and reliability have also been published. Moreover, it has been used frequently, and its name is well recognized.
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FY-3D MERSI On-Orbit Radiometric Calibration from the Lunar View

open access: yesSensors, 2020
Limited by the on-orbital calibration capability, scaling the measured radiance in accuracy and stability is challenging for the Earth observation satellites in the reflective solar bands (RSBs).
Ronghua Wu   +6 more
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Validation issues in educational data mining:the case of HTML-Tutor and iHelp [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Validation is one of the key aspects in data mining and even more so in educational data mining (EDM) owing to the nature of the data. In this chapter, a brief overview of validation in the context of EDM is given and a case study is presented. The field
Cocea, Mihaela, Weibelzahl, Stephan
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Evidence for Enhanced Efficacy of Passive Immunotherapy against Beta-Amyloid in CD33-Negative 5xFAD Mice

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2022
Passive immunotherapy is a very promising approach for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Among the different antibodies under development, those targeting post-translationally modified Aβ peptides might combine efficient reduction in beta ...
Kathrin Gnoth   +10 more
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