OBJECTIVES To validate the QUAL-E, a new measure of quality of life at the end of life. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the instrument's psychometric properties, including the QUAL-E's associations with existing measures, evaluation of robustness across diverse sample groups, and stability over time. The study was conducted at the VA and Duke University Medical Centers,...

In this paper we present a model for quality assessment over linked data. This model has been designed to align with emerging standards for provenance on the Web to enable agents to reason about data provenance when performing quality assessment. The model also enables quality assessment provenance to be represented, thus allowing agents to make decisions about re-use of existing assessments. W...

Music Council will present a concert March 25 featuring Shirlee E m mons, Soprano and William McGra th , Tenor, with t he second half of the program devoted to the stage version of the Wolf Fer ra r i opera, "The Secret of Suzanne", in English, announces K a t h r y n Johns ton '55, President . T h e program will consist of duets and solos by t he guest art ists . The duets will be "Ma qual mai...

W H A T ' S B A L A N G O T T H A T O T H E R S LACK? The unique qual i ty of being w a t e r p r o o f . M a n y he rb ic ides a r e highly water-soluble. Bu t not Balan. It clings to soil particles in the weedgerminat ing area. Resists the leaching effect of heavy rains and rep e a t e d i rr igat ions. S t a y s p u t for months , before breaking down gradually and natural ly to avoid harmfu...

Among recent m ultimedia i maging s ystems single chi p cameras ar e do minating over t hree chip cameras. The si ngle chip cameras wi th a CF A as a color splitt ing system provide the R G B im ages with m utually d ifferent an d in complete sampling. The calculation of f ull resolut ion R G B im ages brings some problems and selected interpolation technique can affect the f inal image qual it...