The Use of Decision Support to Measure Documented Adherence to a National Imaging Quality Measure

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

High density Lipoprotein; What to Measure: Quality or Quantity?

Development of A Questionnaire to Measure Attitude toward Oocyte Donation

Background To our knowledge, there is no valid and comprehensive questionnaire that considers attitude toward oocyte donation (OD). Therefore this study has aimed to design and develop a tool entitled attitude toward donation-oocyte (ATOD-O) to measure attitude toward OD. MaterialsAndMethods This methodological, qualitative research was undertaken on 15 infertile cases. In addition, we performe...

Use of Numerical Simulation to Measure the Effect of Relief Wells for Decreasing Uplift in a Homogeneous Earth Dam

Relief wells are used extensively to relieve excess hydrostatic pressure in pervious foundation strata overlain by impervious top strata, conditions which often exist landward of levees and downstream of dams and hydraulic structures. Placing well outlets in below-surface trenches or collector pipes helps dry up seepage areas downstream of levees and dams. Relief wells are often used in combina...

How to measure national stereotypes?

BECAUSE IT IS PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO EVALuate the accuracy of national stereotypes, the Report by A. Terracciano et al. (“National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures,” 7 Oct. 2005, p. 96) examining the relations between ratings of national character and ratings of individuals in 49 different cultures represents quite a technical achievement. Studies of st...