Abstract Background The operating properties of histologic indices are poorly characterized in Crohn’s disease (CD) and no validated index exists. We assessed the reliability responsiveness indices/items, developed an exploratory index, compared different methods scoring. Methods Using baseline week 12 image sets from EXTEND placebo-controlled trial, blinded central readers scored 4 (the Global...

This paper describes a fault tree technique based on generalized fuzzy numbers to a possibility distribution of reliability indices for power systems. Due to uncertainty in the collected data, all the failure probabilities are represented by generalized trapezoidal fuzzy number. In this paper, the fault-tree incorporated with the generalized trapezoidal fuzzy number and minimal cut sets approac...

This paper deals with the Reliability analysis of K-out-of-n : G redundant system in the presence of Lethal & Non-lethal Common Cause Shock failures (CCS) along with imperfect fault coverage. S.Akhtar (1994) has discussed the reliability analysis of k-out-of-n: G redundant system with Perfect and imperfect fault coverage and derived Reliability measures namely Rs (t), As (t), MTTF, MTBF. K.Mall...

This study examined cross-validation and test-retest reliability of questions and questionnaire indices commonly used for twin zygosity classification. Mothers of 58 monozygotic (MZ) and 52 dizygotic (DZ) same sex twin pairs were interviewed by telephone to answer questions regarding the similarity of their twins (mean age = 14.6 +/- 2.8 years). A logistic regression equation correctly classifi...

OBJECTIVES Three consecutive diets of the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board's multiple choice question examination in Medicine were analysed in two different ways, taking into account the responses of the candidates to the three separate specialities within medicine. DESIGN First, discrimination indices were obtained from calculations involving all 60 questions, each with five comp...

Article history: Received: 22.10.2013 Received in revised form: 4.12.2013 Accepted: 6.12.2013 Reliability assessment is of primary importance in designing and planning distribution systems that operate in an economical manner with minimal interruption of customer loads. Distributed generation (DG) units are subject to failures as all other generation units, the random behavior of these units mu...

Purpose Responses provided by unmotivated survey participants in a careless, haphazard, or random fashion can threaten the quality of data in psychological and organizational research. The purpose of this study was to summarize existing approaches to detect insufficient effort responding (IER) to low-stakes surveys and to comprehensively evaluate these approaches. Design/Methodology/Approach In...

Background: Echocardiography is a non-invasive method for assessment of the ovine and caprine heart. Complete reference ranges for cardiac dimensions and time indices for both species are not currently available and reliability of these measurements has not been evaluated. The objectives for this study are to report reliability, normal cardiac dimensions and time indices in a large group of adu...

The paper presents new results of a recent industry supported research and development study in which an efficient framework for evaluating practical and meaningful power system reliability and quality indices was applied. The system-wide integrated performance indices are capable of addressing and revealing areas of deficiencies and bottlenecks as well as redundancies in the composite generati...