BACKGROUND The Internet is increasingly used to access health information, although the quality of information varies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the readability, and quality of websites about polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS Three UK search engines (Google, Yahoo and Bing) were searched for the term 'polymyalgia rheumatica'. After deleting duplicates, the first 50 eligible we...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) trains participants to use behavioural skills for managing their emotions. The study aimed to evaluate whether skills use is associated with positive treatment outcomes independently of treatment processes that are common across different therapeutic models. METHOD Use of the DBT skills and three common treatment processes (therape...

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 1 . Credibility and inflation expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 A . Analytical underpinnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 B . Policies to achieve credibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Meta-information is information about that can be used as cues to guide judgments and decisions. Three types of meta-information are routinely in intelligence analysis source reliability, credibility, classification level. The first two intended speak quality (in particular, the probability accurate), level describe information's security sensitivity. Two experiments involving professional anal...

The equilibrium measure is a natural extension of both probability and credibility measures. The convergence modes of random fuzzy variables with respect to equilibrium measure is an important issue for research. In this paper, we first introduce several convergence concepts for sequences of random fuzzy variables, including convergence in equilibrium measure and convergence in equilibrium dist...

Witness credibility is important for establishing testimonial value. The story model posits that people construct narratives from evidence but does not explain how credibility is assessed. Formal approaches use Bayesian networks (BN) to represent legal evidence. Recent empirical work suggests people might also reason using qualitative causal networks. In two studies, participants read a realist...