The prevailing regeneration methods in Scandinavian countries are artificial including measures such as site preparation and planting. These considered to be a part of more intensive forest management require an initial investment. use can, however, increase the growth stand. In this study, purpose was investigate if investment is profitable by comparing three different intensity levels (low, m...

Many tools for self-report measurement of children’s pain have been developed independently of each other. There has been little research comparing their properties so that the best tools can be chosen. The present study compared and cross-calibrated six self-report measures of children’s pain intensity. The measures examined were the Faces Pain Scale (FPS), the Coloured Analogue Scale (CAS), t...

BACKGROUND Binge drinking (≥ 4 drinks for women; ≥ 5 drinks for men, per occasion) is responsible for more than half of the estimated 80,000 U.S. deaths annually and three-quarters of the $223.5 billion in costs in 2006. Binge drinking prevalence is assessed more commonly than binge drinking intensity (i.e., number of drinks consumed per binge episode). Risk of binge drinking-related harm incre...

A critical issue in the probabilistic framework for performance-based earthquake engineering is the choice of ground motion intensity measure(s). In an effort to identify optimum intensity measure(s), a comprehensive parametric statistical study based on 881 earthquake record components was conducted to identify the correlation between (1) seismological variables (SV’s) and traditional ground m...

OBJECTIVE At present, there are no well-validated biomarkers for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The present study used an infrared motion tracking system to monitor and record the movement intensity of children and to determine its diagnostic precision for ADHD and its possible associations with ratings of ADHD symptom severity. METHODS A Microsoft motion sensing camera reco...

We present ordinal measures of association for establishing visual correspondence in images. Linear correspondence measures like correlation and the sum of squared differences are known to be fragile. Ordinal measures, which are based on relative ordering of intensity values in windows, have demonstrable robustness to depth discontinuities, occlusion, and noise. The relative ordering of intensi...

BACKGROUND Many studies have measured the intensity of end of life care. However, no summary of the measures used in the field is currently available. OBJECTIVES To summarise features, characteristics of use and reported validity of measures used for evaluating intensity of end of life care. METHODS This was a systematic review according to PRISMA guidelines. We performed a comprehensive li...

QUESTION How has balance challenge intensity been reported in trials of balance exercise interventions? Are there any instruments designed to measure the intensity of balance challenge in balance training exercises? DESIGN Systematic review of randomised trials of balance training exercises. PARTICIPANTS Older adults, ie, the majority of subjects were aged over 55 years. INTERVENTION Bala...