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On the Predictive Validity (Generalizability) of IELTS Academic Tests [PDF]

Teaching English Language, 2019
Predictive validity of high-stake tests has attracted the attention of applied linguists since a couple of decades ago. Despite the existence of a plethora of studies on reliability and validity issues of high stake tests, it seems that predictive ...
Goodarz Shakibaei, Mehran Memari
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Propriedades psicométricas do dizziness handicap inventory-child/adolescent – versão reduzida

Audiology: Communication Research, 2017
RESUMO Introdução A tontura na infância e adolescência interfere no comportamento psicológico e pode levar a consequências, como mau rendimento escolar e distúrbios de linguagem. Objetivo Desenvolver e verificar a aplicabilidade da versão reduzida do
Maria da Glória Canto de Sousa, Cristina Freitas Ganança, Laíse dos Santos Lobo, Melka de Almeida Souza, Eduardo Pondé de Sena   +4 more
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Remote Assessment of Ataxia Severity in SCA3 Across Multiple Centers and Time Points

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a genetically defined ataxia. The Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) is a clinician‐reported outcome that measures ataxia severity at a single time point. In its standard application, SARA fails to capture short‐term fluctuations, limiting its sensitivity in trials.
Marcus Grobe‐Einsler, Vivian Maas, Arian Taheri Amin, Jennifer Faber, Tamara Schaprian, Katharina Hill, Matthis Synofzik, Lisa H. Graf, Heike Jacobi, Manuela Lima, Ana F. Ferreira, Bart P. van de Warrenburg, Ilse H. J. Willemse, Dagmar Timmann, Andreas Thieme, Paola Giunti, Hector Garcia‐Moreno, Magda M. Santana, Jeannette Hübener‐Schmid, Elin H. Davies, Thomas Klockgether   +20 more
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Assessment of reading in english as foreign language: investigating the defensibility of test items [PDF]

, 2005
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.In the present study, the defensibility of test items is investigated in three different ...
Tumolo, Celso Henrique Soufen
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CX3CL1 in Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Plasma Dynamics Across Age and Disease Stages

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Backgrounds Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid‐beta plaques, tau tangles, and neuroinflammation. C‐X3‐C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CX3CL1, also known as fractalkine), a neuroimmune chemokine implicated in AD pathogenesis, shows inconsistent alterations in plasma/serum across studies.
Ling Wang, Yujie Liu, Fei Li, Xuelin Li, Lanlan Li, Jie Zhang, Yali Xu   +6 more
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Accelerometers thresholds to estimate physical activity intensity in children and adolescents: a systematic review. DOI: 10.5007/1980-0037.2012v14n1p101

Revista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2012
The aim of this study was to verifiy the validity (criterion) and generality (cross-validity) of accelerometer thresholds to distinguish different physical activity intensities and identify sedentary behaviors in children and adolescents.
Felipe Fossati Reichert, Edio Luiz Petroski, Marcelo Romanzini   +2 more
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Scale of attitudes toward alcohol - Spanish version: evidences of validity and reliability

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
Objective: validate the Scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and individuals with alcohol use disorders in its Spanish version. Method: methodological study, involving 300 Colombian nurses.
Erika Gisseth León Ramírez, Divane de Vargas   +1 more
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Absence of Statistical and Scientific Ethos: The Common Denominator in Deficient Forensic Practices

Statistics and Public Policy, 2017
Comparative Bullet Lead Analysis (CBLA) was discredited as a forensic discipline largely due to the absence of cross-discipline input, primarily metallurgical and statistical, during development and forensic/judicial application of the practice.
William A. Tobin, H. David Sheets, Clifford Spiegelman   +2 more
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Value of MRI Outcomes for Preventive and Early‐Stage Trials in Spinocerebellar Ataxias 1 and 3

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To examine the value of MRI outcomes as endpoints for preventive and early‐stage trials of two polyglutamine spinocerebellar ataxias (SCAs). Methods A cohort of 100 participants (23 SCA1, 63 SCA3, median Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) score = 5, 42% preataxic, and 14 gene‐negative controls) was scanned at 3T up ...
Thiago J. R. Rezende, Emilien Petit, Young Woo Park, Sophie Tezenas du Montcel, James M. Joers, Jonathan M. DuBois, H. Moore Arnold, Michal Povazan, Ipek Özdemir, Guita Banan, Romain Valabregue, Philipp Ehses, Jennifer Faber, Chiadi U. Onyike, Peter B. Barker, Jeremy D. Schmahmann, Eva‐Maria Ratai, Sub H. Subramony, Thomas H. Mareci, Khalaf O. Bushara, Henry Paulson, Thomas Klockgether, Alexandra Durr, Tetsuo Ashizawa, Christophe Lenglet, Gülin Öz, READISCA Investigators   +26 more
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Fluid Biomarkers of Disease Burden and Cognitive Dysfunction in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Identifying objective biomarkers for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is crucial to improving diagnosis and establishing clinical trial and treatment endpoints. This study evaluated fluid biomarkers in PSP versus controls and their associations with regional 18F‐PI‐2620 tau‐PET, clinical, and cognitive outcomes.
Roxane Dilcher, Charles B. Malpas, Stuart J. McDonald, William T. O’Brien, Craig Despott, Kelly L. Bertram, Matthew P. Pase, Lukas Frontzkowski, Meng Law, Terence J. O’Brien, Lucy Vivash   +10 more
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