OBJECTIVES Progressive loss of calibration of the original EuroSCORE models has necessitated the introduction of the EuroSCORE II model. Poor model calibration has important implications for clinical decision-making and risk adjustment of governance analyses. The objective of this study was to explore the reasons for the calibration drift of the logistic EuroSCORE. METHODS Data from the Socie...

After a 12 years’ observation in Vienna (VI), the superconducting gravimeter GWR C025 has been transferred in autumn 2007 to the new Conrad observatory (CO) 60 km SW of Vienna. It is one of few instruments which were operated at different stations. This aspect motivated a re-analysis of all calibration experiments performed so far in VI and CO, focused on the direct impact of drift effects and ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the influence on the kinetic and temporospatial parameters of calibration protocols with point and step techniques for a pressure-sensing walkway. METHODS Nine Labrador dogs were used. Two protocols of point calibration technique (C1 and C2) and eight protocols of step calibration technique (C3 to C10) were performed. In C1, weight was added to a stool to match the body...

background: in order to deliver the precise dose to the target in radiotherapy, absorbed dose to water at the reference point should be assessed. when the calibration procedure is performed for a reference dosimeter in the 60co beam of a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory (ssdl), the total uncertainty in absorbed dose to water (dw) is estimated to be approximately 1.5%. this study attempts...

The foundation of an offshore installation is designed to resist the static and dynamic loads it is subjected to during its lifetime. The design codes specify combinations of load factor on the static load, load factor on the dynamic load, and resistance factor on the soil resistance, with reference to the ‘characteristic’ loads acting on the foundation and the ‘characteristic’ foundation capac...

Several aspects of the procedure and corrections for the calibration of encapsulated radium sources at NBS have recently been investigated. It was found that a chamber equipped with a guard-ring type electrode system allowing the use of a vibrating reed electrometer as a current detector provides more versatility and precision than the gold-leaf electroscope now in use for routine calibrations....

many constants and coefficient effect on the modeling results. in many cases, it is possible these constants and coefficients differ from their real values in the environment, but the modeling results adapted with real boundary conditions due to other factors adjustment during modeling. uncertainty analysis is a tool for assessing the effect of uncertainty of various factors on the modeling res...

In the transfer calibration of heat flux sensors, a correction for the irradiance distribution across the sensing area may be required when the sensing areas of the reference and test sensors are different. A method to calculate this correction using well-known equations for the configuration factors is presented. Also, estimates of the correction for test conditions corresponding to the transf...

Abstract: To obtain free-space antenna factors (AFs) of hybrid antennas, two different calibration procedures have been used: one with ground reflection (ANSI method) and one without ground reflection (free-space arrangement). AFs of 38 antennas are compared in an overlapping frequency range. Also the standard deviation has been calculated over the frequency range to show the precision of the m...