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On the ecological validity of a password study [PDF]

Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, 2013
The ecological validity of password studies is a complex topic and difficult to quantify. Most researchers who conduct password user studies try to address the issue in their study design. However, the methods researchers use to try to improve ecological validity vary and some methods even contradict each other.
Sascha Fahl, Marian Harbach, Yasemin Acar, Matthew Smith 0001   +3 more
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Putting formal specifications under the magnifying glass: Model-based testing for validation

, 2009
A software development process is effectively an abstract form of model transformation, starting from an end-user model of requirements, through to a system model for which code can be automatically generated.
Mark Utting, Woodcock, Jim, Aydal, Emine G., Paige, Richard, Paige, Richard F., Aydal, Emine, Emine G. Aydal, Aydal, E G, Richard F. Paige, Utting, Mark, Woodcock, J, Paige, R F, Jim Woodcock   +12 more
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Core verbal autopsy procedures with comparative validation results from two countries. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Cause-specific mortality statistics remain scarce for the majority of low-income countries, where the highest disease burdens are experienced.
Yusuf Hemed, Alan D Lopez, Whiting, DR, Daniel Chandramohan, Rao, Chalapati, Whiting, David R, Setel, Philip W, Yang Gonghuan, Yang, Gonghuan, Hemed, Yusuf, K G M M Alberti, Hemed, Y, Philip W Setel, Alberti K. G. M. M, Hemed Yusuf, Yang, G, Setel, PW, Alberti, K. G. M. M., Chandramohan Daniel, Rao Chalapati, Setel Philip W, Whiting David R, Lopez, Alan D, Gonghuan Yang, Chalapati Rao, Lopez, AD, Alberti, KGMM, Lopez, Alan D., David R Whiting, Chandramohan, D, Chandramohan, Daniel, Lopez Alan D, Setel, Philip W., Rao, C, Whiting, David R., Alberti, K. G. M. M   +35 more
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Validation Studies and Proficiency Testing [PDF]

Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL, 2002
Abstract Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) entered the European food market in 1996. Current legislation demands the labeling of food products if they contain <1% GMO, as assessed for each ingredient of the product. To create confidence in the testing methods and to complement enforcement requirements, there is an urgent need ...
Elke, Ankilam, Petra, Heinze, Simon, Kay, Guy, Van den Eede, Bert, Popping   +4 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
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Hospitalization Through Families’ Eyes: Comparing Inpatient Care Quality for Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis in Canada

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a chronic, inherited hemoglobinopathy that requires frequent hospitalization for disease‐related complications. Canadian data on inpatient care is limited. This study compared caregiver‐reported hospital experiences of children with SCD to those with cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic, autosomal recessive ...
Hailey M. Zwicker, Kyle Kemp, Perri Tutelman, Sharon H. J. Hou, Paul Fairie, Maria Santana, Gregory M. T. Guilcher, Taryn Fay‐McClymont, Glenda Bendiak, Wendy Pelletier, Nicola Wright, Fiona Schulte   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Validity of Comparative Educational Studies [PDF]

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1999
What are the conditions that will allow for appropriate comparisons among groups“ Should the concept of comparative validity be added to the lexicon of the psychometrician“
Hox, J.J., Bechger, T.M., Wittenboer, G.L.H. van den, Glopper, C. de   +3 more
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Predicting Hospitalization and Related Outcomes in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review, External Validation, and Development Study [PDF]

Rationale & objective: Hospitalization is common in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). Predicting hospitalization and related outcomes would be beneficial for hospitals and patients.
Jet Milders, Christiane Drechsler, Christoph Wanner, Fergus J. Caskey, Marie Evans, Kitty J. Jager, Vianda S. Stel, Joris I. Rotmans, Nicholas C. Chesnaye, Friedo W. Dekker, Roemer J. Janse, and the EQUAL study investigators, Antonio Vilasi, Maciej Szymczak, Maria Pippias, Pani Antonello, Cabiddu Gianfranca, and Merel van Diepen, Claudia Torino   +18 more
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Serological Benefit of SARS‐CoV‐2 Vaccination Relative to Infection in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of severe outcomes from SARS‐CoV‐2 (SCV2). In the post‐pandemic context, where most children have been infected with SCV2, there are limited data on whether vaccination remains beneficial in children with ALL.
Janna R. Shapiro, Freda Qi, Karen Colwill, Alina D. Dorogy, Ying Liu, Michelle Science, Anne‐Claude Gingras, James M. Rini, Sumit Gupta, Sarah Alexander, Shelly Bolotin, Tania H. Watts   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

History and development of validation with the ESP-r simulation program

, 2008
It is well recognised that validation of dynamic building simulation programs is a long-term complex task. There have been many large national and international efforts that have led to a well-established validation methodology comprising analytical ...
Macdonald, Iain, Strachan, Paul, Strachan, P. A., Kokogiannakis, Georgios, Kokogiannakis, G., Macdonald, I. A.   +5 more
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