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Strategies, practices, and challenges in enhancing quality assurance in qualitative biomedical research: A multi-method study protocol [PDF]

Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery
Background: The qualitative research paradigm is crucial for understanding complex human phenomena, making credibility essential for its findings. Challenges in applying quality assessment criteria and promoting responsible practices in biomedical ...
Hamidreza Khankeh, Mohammad Saatchi, Mahdieh Motie, Shima Shirozhan, Ulrich Dirnagl   +4 more
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The Youth Risk Index: psychometrics, predicting the initiation of early adolescent substance use, and the breadth of liability detected

Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IntroductionOver the last two decades, drug use epidemics have occurred across the world, including in countries with well-funded services for treatment and recovery, underscoring the need to bolster primary prevention.
Ty A. Ridenour, Ty A. Ridenour, Ty A. Ridenour, Nisha O'Shea Gottfredson, Jason Williams, Daniel S. Shaw, Maureen D. Reynolds, Cheryl A. Roberts, Richard Spoth, David R. Garnica-Agudelo, Idil Baran, Aysenil Belger, Diana H. Fishbein   +12 more
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Psychometric models of emerging adulthood: an evaluation in a Chilean university sample

Frontiers in Psychology
This study analyzed three models of the Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA): the original by Reifman et al., the version based on Arnett’s proposals, and the abbreviated version by Crocetti et al.
Paula Boero, Italo Trizano-Hermosilla, Eugenia V. Vinet   +2 more
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Psychometric Assessment of the Persian Version of the Structured Multidisciplinary Work Evaluation Tool (SMET) Questionnaire among Nurses [PDF]

بهداشت و ایمنی کار
Introduction: Nurses play a crucial role in hospital settings, often undertaking demanding tasks that exceed their physical and cognitive capacities.
MasoumehAlsadat Mousavi kani, Zeinab Kazemi, Marzieh Izadi Laybidi, Ehsan Garosi, Jamileh Abolghasemi, Mohammad Sadegh Ghasemi   +5 more
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Adolescent participation characteristics: Development and initial psychometric properties of the adolescents participation questionnaire

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Background Adolescents’ participation in daily activities is linked to positive effects, including improved academic performance, reduced school dropout and delinquency rates, increased social engagement, and influences well-being.
Yael Lavie-Pitaro, Naomi Weintraub, Anat Golos   +2 more
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Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of a Chinese version of the swallowing impairment score

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThe impact of thyroidectomy on swallowing is prevalent. Difficulties in swallowing can lead to malnutrition, destress and a decline in quality of life.
Weiwei Xu, Yuqiu Zhou, Yuxia Fan, Man Jiang, Guihua Li, Hui Guo, Qing Yang, Dingfen Zeng   +7 more
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Validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Break-up Distress Scale for college students

Frontiers in Psychology
ObjectiveThis study aimed to revise the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the Break-up Distress Scale (BDS) for college students.MethodsA total of 669 college students with breakup experience in the last 6 months were selected using the ...
Xin Qiao, Tingting Zhan, Tingting Zhan, Yaoguo Geng   +3 more
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Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Evidence-Based Practice Mentoring Scale into Turkish

Ebelik ve Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
Objective: This study aimed to adapt the Evidence-Based Practice Mentorship Scale (EBP-Mentorship Scale) into Turkish and to evaluate its psychometric properties among Turkish nurses.Methods: This methodological study was conducted with 152 nurses ...
Elanur Uludağ, Fadime Ulupınar, Yasemin Erden   +2 more
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The validity of tutor assessed Independent Research Reports contributing to a pre-university qualification

Educational Futures, 2013
This research considers the validity of tutor assessed, pre-university independent research reports. Evidence of construct relevance in tutors’ interpretations of the levels awarded to the candidates’ research process was investigated.
Jackie Greatorex, Stuart Shaw
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Measuring the Validity of Clustering Validation Datasets

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Clustering techniques are often validated using benchmark datasets where class labels are used as ground-truth clusters. However, depending on the datasets, class labels may not align with the actual data clusters, and such misalignment hampers accurate validation.
Hyeon Jeon, Michaël Aupetit 0001, DongHwa Shin, Aeri Cho, Seokhyeon Park, Jinwook Seo   +5 more
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