Evaluation is one of the three basic forms of disciplined inquiry, the others being research and policy analysis. It is that form of inquiry whose focus is some evaluand (program, process, organization, person, etc.) and which results in “merit” and/or “worth” constructions (judgments) about it. Merit constructions converge on the intrinsic quality of an evaluand, irrespective of the setting in...

AIM To describe the development and implementation of a person-centered endoscopy safety checklist and to evaluate the effects of a "checklist intervention". METHODS The checklist, based on previously published safety checklists, was developed and locally adapted, taking patient safety aspects into consideration and using a person-centered approach. This novel checklist was introduced to the ...

AIMS To identify different types of models used in economic evaluations of smoking cessation, analyse the quality of the included models examining their attributes and ascertain their transferability to a new context. METHODS A systematic review of the literature on the economic evaluation of smoking cessation interventions published between 1996 and April 2015, identified via Medline, EMBASE...

In a previous publication the authors developed a privacy and security checklist to evaluate Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) videoconferencing software used between patients and therapists to provide telerehabilitation (TR) therapy. In this paper, the privacy and security checklist that was previously developed is used to perform a risk analysis of the top ten VoIP videoconferencing softwar...

Threats of bioterrorism and emerging infectious disease pandemics may result in fear-related consequences. If left undetected and untreated, fear-based signs and symptoms may be extremely debilitating and lead to chronic problems with a risk of permanent damage to the brain's locus coeruleus and stress response circuits. The triage management of susceptible, exposed, and infectious victims seek...

No funding source declared by the authors. 1 Arriaga AF, Bader AM, Wong JM, et al. Simulation-Based Trial of Surgical-Crisis Checklists. N Eng J Med. 2013;368:246–53. 2 Hales BM, Pronovost PJ. The checklist—a tool for error management and performance improvement. J Crit Care. 2006;21(3):231–5. 3 Lingard L, Regehr G, Orser B, et al. Evaluation of a preoperative checklist and team briefing among ...

Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document presents a checklist to facilitate evaluation of MIME capable User Agents. Access to a MIME test-responder, that generates test-messages is described.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The neural basis of mental retardation is poorly understood. This study aimed to characterize structural anomalies of the brain in mental retardation and the relationship between them and the degree of mental retardation. METHODS Eighty adolescents receiving educational support and 40 controls underwent MR brain imaging and intelligence quotient (IQ) assessment. MR imag...

Initiated by the European Community, most organizations are now confronted with the task to evaluate the ergonomic design of their computer workplaces. To clarify the practical demands of assisting checklists, an expert poll was performed. In this poll, the following requirements turned out to be essential: (a) The evaluation should be concise. 63% of the experts voted for a checklist with 20 t...