BACKGROUND Prognostic models often show poor performance when applied to independent validation data sets. We illustrate how treatment use in a validation set can affect measures of model performance and present the uses and limitations of available analytical methods to account for this using simulated data. METHODS We outline how the use of risk-lowering treatments in a validation set can l...

This study aims at providing recommendations concerning the validation of analytical protocols by using routine samples. It is intended to provide a case-study on how to validate the analytical methods in different environmental matrices. In order to analyze the selected compounds (pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls) in two different environmental matrices, the current work has performed ...

Criteria are presented by which analytical methods may be judged to have been validated for the determination of pesticide residues. All stages of analysis are addressed, from initial preparation of samples to the production of results, but with a focus on simplicity and cost-effectiveness of the requirements. Criteria are provided for both quantitative and qualitative (screening) methods and t...

To promote the development of electric vehicles (EVs), many charging stations have been built. The construction of charging stations costs a lot, hence it’s necessary to evaluate their energy efficiency due to their main aims of energy conservation. In this paper, a fuzzy model based on the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation (FCE) and analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is presented to evaluate the en...

Method validation is therefore an essential component of the measures that a laboratory should implement to allow it to produce reliable analytical data. In some sectors, most notably in the analysis of food, the requirement for methods that have been “fully validated” is prescribed by legislation. ‘Full’ validation for an analytical method is usually taken to comprise an examination of the cha...

Method validation is the process used to confirm that the analytical procedures employed for a specific test is able to produce reliable and replicable results. An analytical method should be conducted in order to demonstrate that it is suitable for its intended use [1]. The aim of this present work is to demonstrate and evaluate the suitability of method validation. The analytical validation d...

The prediction of events is of substantial interest in many research areas. To evaluate the performance of prediction methods, the statistical validation of these methods is of utmost importance. Here, we compare an analytical validation method to numerical approaches that are based on Monte Carlo simulations. The comparison is performed in the field of the prediction of epileptic seizures. In ...