OBJECTIVE To compare two methods of developing short forms of the Malaysian Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-M) measure. METHOD Cross sectional data obtained using the long form of the OHIP-M was used to produce two types of OHIP-M short forms, derived using two different methods; namely regression and item frequency methods. The short version derived using a regression method is known as Reg...

We review the application of the time-dependent close-coupling method to calculate energy and angle differential cross sections for the electron-impact ionization of atoms and molecules. PACS Numbers: 34.80.Dp, 34.80.Gs.

Health impact assessment (HIA) is an approach that has experienced increased activity and wide support within England. This is reflected in the large number of HIAs being undertaken at local and regional levels, by the advocacy of HIA in many national policy documents, and by the setting up of specialized HIA posts and centres. To continue this level of support, and to justify any increase, the...

This study examined a wide range of variables relating to the practice patterns of 692 Ontario chiropractors (approximately 30% of all registrants in the province) who subscribed to the Ontario Chiropractic Association's Patient Management Program. It analyzed the 2000-2001 data of these chiropractors and provided important information on such factors as practitioner and patient demographics, p...

Dynamic compaction is a soil improvement method which has been widely used for the increase of bearing capacity through stress wave propagation during heavy tamping. The cost and time of project implementation can be effectively curtailed by developing a model that can be used in the design of dynamic compaction operations. The numerical models offered so far are mostly one or two-dimensional, ...

The articulations are subject to static and dynamic loads during daily living. Small impact forces can cause damage on articular surfaces as a result of repetitive impact stress. This paper describes a project for a drop tower to allow dynamic impact test in cartilage tissue aiming to understand the mechanics of the cartilage response to impact and seeking to obtain dynamic properties of cartil...

Software undergoes many changes during maintenance due to shortened development cycles and increased frequency of software updates because of errors, incompatibility or missing functionalities. Impact Analysis is the process of estimating the effect of such changes on the software system after or before modifications. More recently, researchers have begun to investigate dynamic impact-analysis ...

Test adequacy criteria serve as rules to determine whether a test set adequately tests a program. The e ectiveness of a test adequacy criterion is determined by its ability to detect faults. For a test case to detect a speci c fault, it should execute the fault, cause the fault to generate an erroneous state and propagate the error to the output. Analysis of previously proposed code-based testi...