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A valid and reliable nutrition knowledge questionnaire for track and field athletes
(2017-04-12)Background Establishing an understanding of an athlete’s nutrition knowledge can inform the coach/practitioner and support the development of the athlete. Thus the purpose of the study was to develop a psychometrically ... -
Validating a social media typology with machine learning and focus groups
(ACPI (Academic Conference Publishing International), 2016-10-26)Social media networks (SMN) are an established part of the learning landscape in which our students reside as digital inhabitants. Our work is built around an ongoing four-year survey of student attitudes and engagement ... -
Validating knowledge models across multinational boundaries
(University of Hertfordshire, 1994)The issue of validation in knowledge engineering has always been problematic and approximate. The requirements of the Modema project create even greater problems for the validation process. This paper reviews existing ... -
Validation of a computer based system for assessing dietary intake
(1987)Dietary intake was assessed in 50 patients in hospital by using a dietary history method and computer based system for data collection and standard food tables to calculate the composition of nutrients. The results were ... -
Validation of a reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatographic method for concurrent assay of a weak base (salmeterol xinafoate) and a pharmacologically active steroid (fluticasone propionate)
(2006-03-18)The analysis of weakly basic drugs Such as salmeterol xinafoate (SX) by reverse-phase liquid chromatography remains a problem, particularly when present in combination with other drugs such as steroids and weak acids. This ... -
The validation of an invitro colonic motility assay as a biomarker for gastrointestinal adverse drug reactions
(2010-06)Motility-related gastrointestinal adverse drug reactions (GADRs), such as constipation and diarrhea, are some of the most frequently reported adverse events associated with the clinical development of new chemical entities, ... -
Validation of constitutively expressed bioluminescent Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a rapid microbiological quantification tool
(2015-06-15)Whole cell biosensors have been extensively used for monitoring toxicity and contamination of various compounds and xenobiotics in environmental biology and microbial ecology; their application in the pharmaceutical and ... -
Validation of methods for converting the original Disease Activity Score (DAS) to the DAS28
(2018-12-01)The Disease Activity Score (DAS) is integral in tailoring the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and is an important measure in clinical research. Different versions have been developed over the years ... -
The validation of physical activity instruments for measuring energy expenditure: problems and pitfalls
(1998)Objective: To review and categorize the problems associated with undertaking physical activity validation studies and to construct a checklist against which any study could be compared. Results: The studies reviewed ... -
Validation of the electronic Psoriasis Area and Severity Index application : Establishing measurement equivalence
(2019-12-01)To the Editor: Despite its many shortcomings, the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) remains the standard method worldwide for psoriasis assessment.1 Several studies have implemented electronic versions without ... -
Validation of the manual inclinometer and flexicurve for the measurement of thoracic kyphosis
(2018-04-03)Introduction: Physiotherapists commonly use the manual inclinometer and Flexicurve for the clinical measurement of thoracic spinal posture. The aim of this study is to examine the concurrent validity of the Flexicurve and ... -
Validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 in Lithuanian individuals with anxiety and mood disorders
(2023-08-31)The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) are short self-report questionnaires used to screen and assess depression and anxiety severity in medical and community samples. However, ... -
Validation of the Thai version of the family reported outcome measure (FROM-16)© to assess the impact of disease on the partner or family members of patients with cancer
(2019-02-08)Background: Cancer not only impairs a patient's physical and psychosocial functional behaviour, but also contributes to negative impact on family members' health related quality of life. Currently, there is an absence of ... -
Validation of ultrasound measurement of the subacromial space using a novel shoulder phantom model.
(Elsevier, 2014-07-01)Ultrasound has a high degree of diagnostic accuracy in the assessment of rotator cuff tendons. Increasingly, ultrasound is being used to measure other parameters of rotator cuff pathology, including the size of the subacromial ... -
The Validation Process for EYPS
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The Validity and Reliability of the My Jump 2 App for Measuring the Reactive Strength Index and Drop Jump Performance
(2019-02-01)BACKGROUND: This is the first study to independently assess the concurrent validity and reliability of the My Jump 2 app for measuring drop jump performance. It is also the first to evaluate the app's ability to measure ... -
Validity and repeatability of the EPIC-Norfolk Physical Activity Questionnaire
(2002)Physical activity is an important lifestyle which is often poorly assessed in epidemiological studies. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer Study-Norfolk cohort (EPIC-Norfolk), a large population-based cohort ...