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Taylor, William E., Christopher J. Cassady, Steven M. Lonergan, Ben D. Peyer, and Kenneth J. Stalder. "PSVII-11 Utilizing digital images to evaluate accuracy and repeatability of body condition score in cull sows." Journal of Animal Science 98, Supplement_3 (November 2, 2020): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaa054.300.

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Abstract The objective of this study evaluated the accuracy and repeatability when determining cull sow body condition scores (BCS) evaluated by scorers utilizing digital images. Participants (n=6) were selected based on previous BCS scoring on live sows. Group standards were established utilizing the scores from two participants with extensive experience BCS sows. Other scorers were not provided training before they scored images and no “scorer calibration” activity occurred to ensure that each scorer was observing similar traits when applying BCS. Two separate groups of sows were scored and video images for each sow were collected and stored for evaluation. The images were recorded as a convenience sample from a cooperating sow abattoir. The cull sow video images were assigned a BCS using an 8-point scale (1,1+,2-,2,3,4,5,NS). Scores from the lower portion of the scale were classified (+ and -) to provide a more specific BCS difference evaluation among sows that were thin. When scorers evaluated the sows (n=165) from the first group, they scored the BC for each sow. Additionally, a random group of sows (n=40) images were selected to be scored a second time by the same scorer. Repeatability (inter- and intra- scorer), individual bias, group bias, and group deviation from standard’s mean BCS were calculated. Data from the first sow group showed that relative to the standard’s mean scores, participants overestimated BCS by .41 (P=0.0001). A similarly selected second set of cull sow images obtained from the same abattoir was recorded. The second group included more sow images (n=220) and a greater number images that were scored a second time(n=55) in order to calculate the repeatability values. The same measures described for group 1 were calculated. After data analysis from the second sow group, it was again noted that participants overestimated BCS by 0.1 (P=0.0009).

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Payne, Brian K., Hilary Harper, Blcky Quandt, Tara Campbell, Tonya Bodenheimer, and Labett White. "Accuracy of College Honors Students' Self-Reported American Collegiate Test Scores." Perceptual and Motor Skills 81, no. 1 (August 1995): 64–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1995.81.1.64.

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The accuracy of responses to survey questions by 105 college honors students who reported their American College Test scores in English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Natural Sciences, and Total scores was examined. Students were asked to report their total ACT scores and their subject-area ACT scores. The responses were accurate only for the total score. Implications are provided in the conclusion.

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Gatot, D., and A. I. Mardia. "Differences of wells scores accuracy, caprini scores and padua scores in deep vein thrombosis diagnosis." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 125 (March 2018): 012131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012131.

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Blakely, J. A., and A. A. Blakely. "The accuracy of predicting Thoroughbred heart scores." New Zealand Veterinary Journal 43, no. 2 (January 4, 1995): 57–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1995.35848.

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Mwita, Clifford C., Duncan Kajia, Samson Gwer, Anthony Etyang, and Charles R. Newton. "Accuracy of clinical stroke scores for distinguishing stroke subtypes in resource poor settings: A systematic review of diagnostic test accuracy." Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice 05, no. 04 (October 2014): 330–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.139966.

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ABSTRACT Background: Stroke is the second leading cause of death globally. Computerized tomography is used to distinguish between ischemic and hemorrhagic subtypes, but it is expensive and unavailable in low and middle income countries. Clinical stroke scores are proposed to differentiate between stroke subtypes but their reliability is unknown. Materials and Methods: We searched online databases for studies written in English and identified articles using predefined criteria. We considered studies in which the Siriraj, Guy’s Hospital, Besson and Greek stroke scores were compared to computerized tomography as the reference standard. We calculated the pooled sensitivity and specificity of the clinical stroke scores using a bivariate mixed effects binomial regression model. Results: In meta-analysis, sensitivity and specificity for the Siriraj stroke score, were 0.69 (95% CI 0.62-0.75) and 0.83 (95% CI 0.75-0.88) for ischemic stroke and 0.65 (95% CI 0.56-0.73) and 0.88 (95% CI 0.83-0.91) for hemorrhagic stroke. For the Guy’s hospital stroke score overall sensitivity and specificity were 0.70 (95% CI 0.53-0.83) and 0.79 (95% CI 0.68-0.87) for ischemic stroke and 0.54 (95% CI 0.42-0.66) and 0.89 (95% CI 0.83-0.94) for hemorrhagic stroke. Conclusions: Clinical stroke scores are not accurate enough for use in clinical or epidemiological settings. Computerized tomography is recommended for differentiating stroke subtypes. Larger studies using different patient populations are required for validation of clinical stroke scores.

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Gigliotti, Eileen, and William Ellery Samuels. "Tests of Revisions to the Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire." SAGE Open Medicine 8 (January 2020): 205031212091129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050312120911293.

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Objectives: To compare the accuracy of averaged scores from the original Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire (NSSQ)and averaged scores from each of three new NSSQ versions (NSSQ-R.aid, NSSQ-R.n/a, and NSSQ-R.format). These three new versions of the widely used NSSQ were developed to address three previously identified concerns regarding score accuracy: the Aid subscale’s examples of aid, lack of an n/a response option, and the network nomination/rating procedure. Missing data rates were also assessed. Methods: A convenience sample ( N = 223) completed one of the four NSSQ versions. Score accuracy (restriction) was assessed by size of correlation between averaged scores (averaged score/network size) and network size, with low correlations indicating less score restriction and higher score accuracy. Fisher’s r-to- z transformations assessed the significance of the difference between all correlations from the three versions. Missing data rates were assessed using chi-square tests of independence. Results: The cumulative effects of removing the aid examples and use of the n/a response option improved score accuracy; averaged Aid scores from the NSSQ-R.n/a were statistically significantly less restricted than corresponding scores on the original NSSQ. The final version (NSSQ-R.format) actually resulted in statistically significant decreased score accuracy for averaged Affect scores. There were no statistically significant differences in missing data rates among versions. Conclusion: Averaged scores from the NSSQ-R.n/a should be used. Future research should focus on the use of situation-specific Aid items.

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Bupp, JE, M. Dinger, C. Lawrence, and S. Wingate. "Placement of cardiac electrodes: written, simulated, and actual accuracy." American Journal of Critical Care 6, no. 6 (November 1, 1997): 457–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc1997.6.6.457.

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BACKGROUND: Research has shown that critical care nurses show low accuracy on written tests of placement of electrodes, yet it is unknown how this low accuracy translates into placement of electrodes on actual patients. OBJECTIVES: To determine if accuracy scores differ between three methods (written knowledge, simulated clinical practice, actual clinical practice) of evaluating placement of continuous ECG electrodes by a group of cardiac care nurses. METHODS: A standardized scoring diagram was used with three different methods of measuring the accuracy of 44 nurses who worked on a telemetry unit or medical ICU in placing continuous ECG electrodes. The three methods were (1) written knowledge--placement of stickers on a diagram of a torso, (2) simulated clinical practice--placement of electrodes on a human model, and (3) actual clinical practice--placement of electrodes on an assigned patient. RESULTS: For the total diagram score (maximum score = 11), no significant differences among groups were found. For the V1 subscale score (maximum score = 4), a significant difference among groups was found: Scheffe's test showed that the significant difference was between simulated and actual clinical practice. Percentages of nurses achieving the maximum, or accurate, score were 18% for written knowledge, 25% for simulated clinical practice, and 9% for actual clinical practice. CONCLUSIONS: Although total scores did not differ among groups, the mean scores indicate that placement of electrodes was not accurate by any method. This finding has implications for how electrode placement is taught to nurses and for the accountability of nurses for placement of electrodes on their patients.

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Wong, Jane L., and Andrew R. Gilpin. "Effects of Speed Vs Accuracy Instructions and Field Dependence on College Students' Digit-Symbol Matching Performance." Perceptual and Motor Skills 73, no. 1 (August 1991): 314. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1991.73.1.314.

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Correct digit-symbol matches of 68 women were significantly higher than those of 26 men. Speed instructions led to higher scores than those for accuracy or a neutral approach. Field dependence (Group Embedded Figures Test scores) interacted with instructions and field independent subjects scored higher when instructed to be accurate.

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Sermsathanasawadi, N., P. Suparatchatpun, T. Pumpuang, K. Hongku, K. Chinsakchai, C. Wongwanit, C. Ruangsetakit, and P. Mutirangura. "Comparison of clinical prediction scores for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis in unselected population of outpatients and inpatients." Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease 30, no. 7 (June 25, 2014): 469–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0268355514541981.

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Objectives The aim of this research was to compare the accuracy of the modified Wells, the Wells, the Kahn, the St. André, and the Constans score for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis of the lower limb in unselected population of outpatients and inpatients. Method The pretest of probability score was employed in consecutive 500 outpatients and inpatients with suspicion of deep vein thrombosis. All patients were examined with compression ultrasonography. Results Deep vein thrombosis was confirmed in 26.4%. In the unselected population of outpatients and inpatients, the accuracy of the modified Wells score and the Constans score was higher than other scores. Both scores were more accurate for the outpatients. There was no accurate score for the inpatient subgroup. Conclusions The modified Wells and the Constans score appear to be useful in the unselected population of outpatients and inpatients and particularly in the outpatient subgroup.

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Huang, Qiangru, Chengying He, Huaiyu Xiong, Tiankui Shuai, Chuchu Zhang, Meng Zhang, Yalei Wang, Lei Zhu, Jiaju Lu, and Liu Jian. "DECAF score as a mortality predictor for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis." BMJ Open 10, no. 10 (October 2020): e037923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037923.

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ObjectivesThis study was conducted to assess the association between the Dyspnea, Eosinopenia, Consolidation, Acidemia and Atrial Fibrillation (DECAF) scores and the prognosis of patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD), to evaluate the specific predictive and prognostic value of DECAF scores and to explore the effectiveness of different cut-off values in risk stratification of patients with AECOPD.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.ParticipantsAdult patients diagnosed with AECOPD (over 18 years of age).Primary and secondary outcome measuresElectronic databases, including the Cochrane Library, PubMed, the Embase and the WOS, and the reference lists in related articles were searched for studies published up to September 2019. The identified studies reported the prognostic value of DECAF scores in patients with AECOPD.ResultsSeventeen studies involving 8329 participants were included in the study. Quantitative analysis demonstrated that elevated DECAF scores were associated with high mortality risk (weighted mean difference=1.87; 95% CI 1.19 to 2.56). In the accuracy analysis, DECAF scores showed good prognostic accuracy for both in-hospital and 30-day mortality (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve: 0.83 (0.79–0.86) and 0.79 (0.76–0.83), respectively). When the prognostic value was compared with that of other scoring systems, DECAF scores showed better prognostic accuracy and stable clinical values than the modified DECAF; COPD and Asthma Physiology Score; BUN, Altered mental status, Pulse and age >65; Confusion, Urea, Respiratory Rate, Blood pressure and age >65; or Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores.ConclusionThe DECAF score is an effective and feasible predictor for short-term mortality. As a specific and easily scored predictor for patients with AECOPD, DECAF score is superior to other prognostic scores. The DECAF score can correctly identify most patients with AECOPD as low risk, and with the increase of cut-off value, the risk stratification of DECAF score in high-risk population increases significantly.

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Barnett, David W., and Gregg M. Macmann. "Aptitude-Achievement Discrepancy Scores: Accuracy in Analysis Misdirected." School Psychology Review 21, no. 3 (September 1, 1992): 494–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02796015.1992.12085631.

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Ross, Roslyn P. "Aptitude-Achievement Discrepancy Scores: Accuracy in Analysis Ignored." School Psychology Review 21, no. 3 (September 1, 1992): 509–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02796015.1992.12085632.

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Dudbridge, Frank. "Power and Predictive Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores." PLoS Genetics 9, no. 3 (March 21, 2013): e1003348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003348.

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Redelmeier, Donald A., Daniel A. Bloch, and David H. Hickam. "Assessing predictive accuracy: How to compare brier scores." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 44, no. 11 (January 1991): 1141–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0895-4356(91)90146-z.

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Mullins, Israel L., Carissa M. Truman, Magnus R. Campler, Jeffrey M. Bewley, and Joao H. C. Costa. "Validation of a Commercial Automated Body Condition Scoring System on a Commercial Dairy Farm." Animals 9, no. 6 (May 29, 2019): 287. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9060287.

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Body condition scoring (BCS) is the management practice of assessing body reserves of individual animals by visual or tactile estimation of subcutaneous fat and muscle. Both high and low BCS can negatively impact milk production, disease, and reproduction. Visual or tactile estimation of subcutaneous fat reserves in dairy cattle relies on their body shape or thickness of fat layers and muscle on key areas of the body. Although manual BCS has proven beneficial, consistent qualitative scoring can be difficult to implement. The desirable BCS range for dairy cows varies within lactation and should be monitored at multiple time points throughout lactation for the most impact, a practice that can be hard to implement. However, a commercial automatic BCS camera is currently available for dairy cattle (DeLaval Body Condition Scoring, BCS DeLaval International AB, Tumba, Sweden). The objective of this study was to validate the implementation of an automated BCS system in a commercial setting and compare agreement of the automated body condition scores with conventional manual scoring. The study was conducted on a commercial farm in Indiana, USA, in April 2017. Three trained staff members scored 343 cows manually using a 1 to 5 BCS scale, with 0.25 increments. Pearson’s correlations (0.85, scorer 1 vs. 2; 0.87, scorer 2 vs. 3; and 0.86, scorer 1 vs. 3) and Cohen’s Kappa coefficients (0.62, scorer 1 vs. 2; 0.66, scorer 2 vs. 3; and 0.66, scorer 1 vs. 3) were calculated to assess interobserver reliability, with the correlations being 0.85, 0.87, and 0.86. The automated camera BCS scores were compared with the averaged manual scores. The mean BCS were 3.39 ± 0.32 and 3.27 ± 0.27 (mean ± SD) for manual and automatic camera scores, respectively. We found that the automated body condition scoring technology was strongly correlated with the manual scores, with a correlation of 0.78. The automated BCS camera system accuracy was equivalent to manual scoring, with a mean error of −0.1 BCS and within the acceptable manual error threshold of 0.25 BCS between BCS (3.00 to 3.75) but was less accurate for cows with high (>3.75) or low (<3.00) BCS scores compared to manual scorers. A Bland–Altman plot was constructed which demonstrated a bias in the high and low automated BCS scoring. The initial findings show that the BCS camera system provides accurate BCS between 3.00 to 3.75 but tends to be inaccurate at determining the magnitude of low and high BCS scores. However, the results are promising, as an automated system may encourage more producers to adopt BCS into their practices to detect early signs of BCS change for individual cattle. Future algorithm and software development is likely to increase the accuracy in automated BCS scoring.

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Casiere, Daniel A., and Nancy L. Ashton. "Eyewitness Accuracy and Gender." Perceptual and Motor Skills 83, no. 3 (December 1996): 914. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1996.83.3.914.

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43 people gave written descriptions of a 3-min. video they had viewed of an ambiguous, staged scene. Accuracy scores were determined based on the number of correct items listed minus the number of wrong items listed. The finding of higher scores for the 19 women than for the 24 men is consistent with previous research on gender and memory.

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Slater, L., and M. Daniel. "A-79 Flynn Effect Correction: Accuracy Base Rate for IQ/Ability Level." Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 34, no. 6 (July 25, 2019): 939. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acz034.79.

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Abstract Objective Flynn Effect (FE) is the observed rise in population psychometric intelligence quotient (IQ) scores over time, approximately three IQ points per decade. Sometimes in forensic evaluations, points are deducted from archival IQ scores to “correct” for FE. This study determined the accuracy of FE correction for three IQ ranges. Method Participants were 240 people (age: M = 52.7, SD = 24.4; 149 female) from the WAIS-IV standardization group who took the WAIS-III and WAIS-IV in counterbalanced order with an inter-test interval from 6-163 days. WAIS-IV Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) scores were subtracted from WAIS-III scores and differences were divided into two groups: 1.) > 2 IQ points – when applying FE correction to a WAIS-III score produced a more accurate estimate and 2.) < 1 IQ points – when applying FE correction produced a less accurate estimate. Accuracy base rates were tabulated for three WAIS-III FSIQ groups: below average < 89; average 90-109; and above average groups > 110. Results FE correction produced more accurate WAIS-IV FSIQ estimates for 70% of the below average group, 56% of the average group, and 65% of the above average group. Conclusions Applying an FE correction provides a more accurate WAIS-IV IQ estimate about half the time for average IQ scores and about two-thirds of the time for above and below average IQ scores. (Standardization data from the WAIS-III Copyright © 1997 NCS Pearson Inc. & WAIS-IV Copyright © 2008 NCS Pearson Inc. Used with permission. All rights reserved.)

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Miller, Robert J. H., Danielle Southern, Stephen B. Wilton, Matthew T. James, Bryan Har, Greg Schnell, Sean van Diepen, and Andrew D. M. Grant. "Comparative Prognostic Accuracy of Risk Prediction Models for Cardiogenic Shock." Journal of Intensive Care Medicine 35, no. 12 (October 14, 2019): 1513–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0885066619878125.

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Objectives: Despite advances in medical therapy, reperfusion, and mechanical support, cardiogenic shock remains associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Accurate risk stratification may improve patient management. We compared the accuracy of established risk scores for cardiogenic shock. Methods: Patients admitted to tertiary care center cardiac care units in the province of Alberta in 2015 were assessed for cardiogenic shock. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation-II (APACHE-II), CardShock, intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) Shock II, and sepsis-related organ failure assessment (SOFA) risk scores were compared. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to assess discrimination of in-hospital mortality and compared using DeLong’s method. Calibration was assessed using the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test. Results: The study included 3021 patients, among whom 510 (16.9%) had cardiogenic shock. Patients with cardiogenic shock had longer median hospital stays (median 11.0 vs 4.1 days, P < .001) and were more likely to die (29.0% vs 2.5%, P < .001). All risk scores were adequately calibrated for predicting hospital morality except for the APACHE-II score (Hosmer-Lemeshow P < .001). Discrimination of in-hospital mortality with the APACHE-II (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.72, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.66-0.76) and IABP-Shock II (AUC: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.68-0.77) scores were similar, while the CardShock (AUC: 0.76, 95% CI: 0.72-0.81) and SOFA (AUC: 0.76, 95%CI: 0.72-0.81) scores had better discrimination for predicting in-hospital mortality. Conclusions: In a real-world population of patients with cardiogenic shock, existing risk scores had modest prognostic accuracy, with no clear superior score. Further investigation is required to improve the discriminative abilities of existing models or establish novel methods.

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Lin, Harrison W., and Neil Bhattacharyya. "S272 – Diagnostic and Staging Accuracy of MRI vs. CT in CRS." Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery 139, no. 2_suppl (August 2008): P166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.448.

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Objectives Determine the correlation between computed tomography (CT)- and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based staging and classification of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods Paired CT and MRI scans of 89 adult patients who were imaged by both modalities within a 3-month time period for evaluation of pituitary disease were scored for sinus disease using the Lund-Mackay system in a randomized and blinded fashion. The Lund scores were compared for similarity, correlation, and diagnostic classification between modalities. Results The mean Lund scores were 2.3 ± 0.6 (95% CI) for CT-based staging and 2.1 ± 0.5 for MRI-based staging with a median time interval between scans of 3 days. The difference in means was not statistically significant (p=0.444, paired t-test). Correlation analysis revealed a significant association between CT- and MRI-based scores (Pearson's r=0.837, p<0.001). Disease classification agreement analysis using published Lund score cutoffs (3 versus 4) for the likelihood of true sinus disease revealed that CT- and MRI-based scoring agreed on 76 cases (85.4%). Disagreement in disease classification occurred in 13 cases (7 MRI positive but CT negative and 6 CT positive but MRI negative) for a kappa value of 0.557 (p<0.001). Conclusions Lund-Mackay staging of sinus disease by MRI is closely correlated to corresponding staging based on CT. MRI does not significantly over-stage or over-classify patients with sinus disease.

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Ishee, Jimmy H., and Larry W. Titlow. "Validation of Criterion-Referenced Archery Cutting Scores." Perceptual and Motor Skills 76, no. 2 (April 1993): 643–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1993.76.2.643.

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This study investigated an empirical method for setting optimal cutting scores for a criterion-referenced archery test. The classification-outcome probabilities and approaches to validity suggested by Berk were utilized. Pretest scores were obtained on 35 uninstructed college-age women on six ends (six arrows each) from 20 yards (18.3 m) after an unrecorded warm-up end. Posttest scores were after 15 weeks of instruction. Score distributions were the primary determinant for accurately classifying students as true mastery and true nonmastery. Accuracy is a function of the amount of overlap between distributions. Using the point at which the distributions overlapped, classification accuracy was estimated. Probabilities associated with 80 points were p(TM) + p(TN) = .83 and p(FM) + p(FN) = .14. Scores above and below 80 points had lower probabilities of classification accuracy. Reliability estimated using Kappa was .59. Statistical validity of the cutting score ( phi) was .68.

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Plakans, Lia, Atta Gebril, and Zeynep Bilki. "Shaping a score: Complexity, accuracy, and fluency in integrated writing performances." Language Testing 36, no. 2 (September 26, 2016): 161–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265532216669537.

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The present study investigates integrated writing assessment performances with regard to the linguistic features of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF). Given the increasing presence of integrated tasks in large-scale and classroom assessments, validity evidence is needed for the claim that their scores reflect targeted language abilities. Four hundred and eighty integrated writing essays from the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) were analyzed using CAF measures with correlation and regression to determine how well these linguistic features predict scores on reading–listening–writing tasks. The results indicate a cumulative impact on scores from these three features. Fluency was found to be the strongest predictor of integrated writing scores. Analysis of error type revealed that morphological errors contributed more to the regression statistic than syntactic or lexical errors. Complexity was significant but had the lowest correlation to score across all variables.

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Alam, Md Mashiul, Md Mukhlesur Rahman, Tanjima Parvin, Khurshed Ahmed, SM Mustafa Zaman, Sajal Krishna Banerjee, Sayed Ali Ahsan, Harisul Hoque, Prashant Bajracharya, and Md Rakibul Hasan Rashed. "Cleveland Clinic Socre – What is the Role of a Novel Prognostic Treadmil Score to Diagnose Coronary Artery Disease?" University Heart Journal 14, no. 2 (February 17, 2019): 62–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/uhj.v14i2.40284.

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Background: Ischemic heart disease is increasing all over the world even in the developing countries like Bangladesh. The incidence rate of coronary artery disease is escalating very rapidly among both male and female population in our country. Though exercise treadmill test (ETT) is a well accepted non-invasive investigation to diagnose Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), it has a high false positive and false negative result if ST segment response alone is calculated for interpretation of the test. Accuracy of different treadmill scores in our population is largely unknown. Clevelan Clinic Score is a prognostic ETT score which is validated for prognostic indication but may have some diagnostic value as well. Objective: To know the diagnostic role of Cleveland Clinic Score, currently which has only prognostic implication. Method: A Cross-Sectional study was carried out on patients attending University Cardiac Center in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for stable chest pain to find out the accuracy of Cleveland Clinic Scores (CCS) in comparison to other diagnostic treadmill scores namely Duke Treadmill Score (DTS) and Simple Treadmill Score (STS).Total 130 persons including male and female who have undergone ETT were included according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Coronary angiogram reports were collected after the procedure was performed as per clinical practice. The accuracy of ST segment response & different treadmill scores were calculated and compared with each other. Result: ETT scores had better sensitivity and specificity than ST segment response which was affected by workup bias more. CCS, DTS and STS have 83.3% & 60.9%; 71.4% & 71.7%; 64.3% & 78.3% sensitivity & specificity, respectively. Receiver Operator Characteristics (ROC) curve analysis showed all of the three scores have similar area under curve (AUC) that means they have similar accuracy to diagnose CAD. But they have different sensitivity and specificity for different cut off value. Overall analysis showed accuracy of STS (83.9%) is comparable to that of DTS (83.3%), CCS (77%) . Conclusion: Among the three treadmill scores Cleveland Clinic Score has comparable predictive accuracy when compared with DTS, STS. Though a prognostic ETT score, CCS may have diagnostic role which need to be validated further. University Heart Journal Vol. 14, No. 2, Jul 2018; 62-66

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Yarab, Paul E., Christine Cregan Sensibaugh, and Elizabeth Rice Allgeier. "Over-Confidence and under-Performance: Men's Perceived Accuracy and Actual Performance in a Course." Psychological Reports 81, no. 1 (August 1997): 76–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.1.76.

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The confidence and actual performance of 121 undergraduates in general social psychological knowledge was examined in an applied setting on a pretest measure and first examination score. Men indicated higher confidence in their performance on the pretest measure than women. Men overestimated and women underestimated their performance, although men's and women's scores were not different. However, women scored higher than men on the class examination. The results are discussed in terms of how they differ from those of laboratory experiments.

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Mal-Allah, Mahmood, Khalid Gh. Hameed Al-Abachi, and Hakki Mohammed Majdal. "Accuracy of clinical scores in differentiatingstroke subtypes in Mosul." Annals of the College of Medicine, Mosul 36, no. 1 (December 28, 2010): 49–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33899/mmed.2010.8918.

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Sicoly, Fiore. "Estimating the Accuracy of Decisions Based on Cutting Scores." Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 10, no. 1 (March 1992): 26–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/073428299201000102.

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Parry-Jones, Adrian R., Kamran A. Abid, Mario Di Napoli, Craig J. Smith, Andy Vail, Hiren C. Patel, Andrew T. King, and Pippa J. Tyrrell. "Accuracy and Clinical Usefulness of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Grading Scores." Stroke 44, no. 7 (July 2013): 1840–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.113.001009.

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Dudbridge, Frank, Nora Pashayan, and Jian Yang. "Predictive accuracy of combined genetic and environmental risk scores." Genetic Epidemiology 42, no. 1 (November 26, 2017): 4–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gepi.22092.

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Geomini, Peggy, Roy Kruitwagen, Gérard L. Bremer, Jeltsje Cnossen, and Ben W. J. Mol. "The Accuracy of Risk Scores in Predicting Ovarian Malignancy." Obstetrics & Gynecology 113, no. 2, Part 1 (February 2009): 384–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/aog.0b013e318195ad17.

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Li, M. "Adjust quality scores from alignment and improve sequencing accuracy." Nucleic Acids Research 32, no. 17 (September 23, 2004): 5183–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh850.

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Vilhjálmsson, Bjarni J., Jian Yang, Hilary K. Finucane, Alexander Gusev, Sara Lindström, Stephan Ripke, Giulio Genovese, et al. "Modeling Linkage Disequilibrium Increases Accuracy of Polygenic Risk Scores." American Journal of Human Genetics 97, no. 4 (October 2015): 576–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.09.001.

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Nordaas, Ingrid Kvåle, Georg Dimcevski, Odd Helge Gilja, Roald Flesland Havre, Ingfrid S. Haldorsen, and Trond Engjom. "Diagnostic Accuracy of Computed Tomography Scores in Chronic Pancreatitis." Pancreas 50, no. 4 (April 2021): 549–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/mpa.0000000000001803.

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Burda, Angela N., Dana R. Overhake, and Kimberly K. Thompson. "Familiarity and Older Adults' Transcriptions of Native and Nonnative Speech." Perceptual and Motor Skills 100, no. 3_suppl (June 2005): 939–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.100.3c.939-942.

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24 adults ages 60+ yr. transcribed 60 words and 30 sentences spoken by native speakers of English, Taiwanese, and Spanish to assess whether familiarity with the nonnative English speakers' accents improved transcription scores. The accuracy of listeners' transcription scores on the first half of the stimulus items was compared with accuracy of listeners' scores on the second half. Analysis indicated accuracy of transcriptions declined on words but improved for sentences, so familiarity and length of the stimuli may influence listeners' accurate transcribing of accented speech.

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Pandey, Rajesh, Rahul Pathak, Arun Gnawali, Prem Krishna Khadga, Sashi Sharma, Anurag Jha, Rabin Hamal, Dinesh Koirala, and Pawan Parajuli. "Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-invasive Laboratory-Based Fibrosis Scores in Predicting the Presence of Esophageal Varices in Liver Cirrhosis." Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine 9, no. 2 (November 9, 2020): 54–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jaim.v9i2.32814.

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Introduction: Non-invasive assessment of esophageal varices (EVs) may reduce endoscopic burden and cost. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive fibrosis scores (AAR, APRI, FIB-4, King and Lok scores) for the prediction of varices in liver cirrhosis. Methods: This prospective study included 100 liver cirrhosis patients who underwent screening endoscopy for EVs. AAR, APRI, FIB-4, King and Lok scores were assessed. The receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) were plotted to measure and compare the performance of each score for predicting EVs and to obtain the corresponding optimal prediction value. Results: Of the 100 patients, 70 were males and 30 were females with a mean age of 54.05±11.58 years. Esophageal varices were found in 77 patients out of which 58.44% were high-risk varices. Platelet count and non-invasive fibrosis scores APRI, FIB-4, Lok and King were able to discriminate patients with and without varices. Using area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC), these scores were found to have low to moderate diagnostic accuracy for the presence of EVs and high-risk EVs, where the APRI score had the highest AUROC (0.77 and 0.70) respectively. At a cutoff value > 1.4, APRI score had 90.9% sensitivity, 60.9% specificity and 84 % diagnostic accuracy in predicting the presence of varices, while it had 84.4% sensitivity, 45.5% specificity and 63% diagnostic accuracy in predicting the presence of highrisk varices, at a cutoff value > 2.02. Conclusion: APRI, AAR, FIB-4, King, and Lok scores had low to moderate diagnostic accuracy in predicting the presence of varices in liver cirrhosis. The APRI score can help select a patient for the endoscopy but cannot replace endoscopy for esophageal varices screening.

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Subramanian, Vigneshwar, Edward J. Mascha, and Michael W. Kattan. "Developing a Clinical Prediction Score: Comparing Prediction Accuracy of Integer Scores to Statistical Regression Models." Anesthesia & Analgesia 132, no. 6 (January 15, 2021): 1603–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000005362.

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Silberman, Cláudia Débora, Jerson Laks, Cláudia Figueiredo Capitão, Cláudia Soares Rodrigues, Irene Moreira, and Eliasz Engelhardt. "Recognizing depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease: accuracy and specificity of two depression rating scale." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 64, no. 2b (June 2006): 407–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x2006000300011.

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This study aimed to find cut-off scores for the Montgomery-Asberg rating scale (MADRS) and the Beck depression inventory (BDI) that can relate to specific clinical diagnoses of depression in Parkinson´s disease (PD). Mild and moderate PD patients (n=46) were evaluated for depression according to the DSM IV criteria. All patients were assessed with the MADRS and the BDI. A "receiver operating characteristics" (ROC) curve was obtained and the sensibility, specificity, positive and the negative predictive values were calculated for different cut-off scores of the MADRS and the BDI. The Kappa statistic was calculated for different cut-off scores to assess the agreement between the clinical judgment and both scales. Depression was present in 18 patients. MADRS cut-off scores of 6 and 10 showed Kappa 0.5 and 0.56, respectively. Specificity of cut-off score of 6 was 78.6% and of cut-off score of 10 was 96.4%. Kappa agreement of BDI cut-off scores of 10 and 18 were 0.36 and 0.62, respectively. Specificity was 60.7% for 10 and 92.9% for 18. Both rating scales show similar accuracy within the ROC curves (84.3% for MADRS and 79.7% for BDI). The MADRS and the BDI show a good accuracy and correlation to the clinical diagnosis when a cut-off score of 10 is used to MADRS and a cut-off score of 18 is used to BDI to recognize depression in mild to moderate PD patients. This may help clinicians to recognize depression in PD.

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Benedict, Mark Q., Priscila Bascuñán, Catherine M. Hunt, Erica I. Aviles, Rachel D. Rotenberry, and Ellen M. Dotson. "Trials of the Automated Particle Counter for laboratory rearing of mosquito larvae." PLOS ONE 15, no. 11 (November 10, 2020): e0241492. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241492.

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As a means of obtaining reproducible and accurate numbers of larvae for laboratory rearing, we tested a large-particle flow-cytometer type device called the ‘Automated Particle Counter’ (APC). The APC is a gravity-fed, self-contained unit that detects changes in light intensity caused by larvae passing the detector in a water stream and controls dispensing by stopping the flow when the desired number has been reached. We determined the accuracy (number dispensed compared to the target value) and precision (distribution of number dispensed) of dispensing at a variety of counting sensitivity thresholds and larva throughput rates (larvae per second) using < 1-day old Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti larvae. All measures were made using an APC algorithm called the ‘Smoothed Z-Score’ which allows the user to define how many standard deviations (Z scores) from the baseline light intensity a particle’s absorbance must exceed to register a count. We dispensed a target number of 100 An. gambiae larvae using Z scores from 2.5–8 and observed no difference among them in the numbers dispensed for scores from 2.5–6, however, scores of 7 and 8 under-counted (over-dispensed) larvae. Using a Z score ≤ 6, we determined the effect of throughput rate on the accuracy of the device to dispense An. gambiae larvae. For rates ≤ 98 larvae per second, the accuracy of dispensing a target of 100 larvae was - 2.29% ± 0.72 (95% CI of the mean) with a mode of 99 (49 of 348 samples). When using a Z score of 3.5 and rates ≤ 100 larvae per second, the accuracy of dispensing a target of 100 Ae. aegypti was - 2.43% ± 1.26 (95% CI of the mean) with a mode of 100 (6 of 42 samples). No effect on survival was observed on the number of An. gambiae first stage larvae that reached adulthood as a function of dispensing.

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Beer, John, Paula Fleming, and William Knorr. "Effects of Eye Color and Sex on Accuracy in Archery." Perceptual and Motor Skills 68, no. 2 (April 1989): 389–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pms.1989.68.2.389.

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126 subjects were 47 children in Grade 7, 49 students in Grade 8, and 30 adults, who shot arrows at bull's-eye targets from varying distances. Analysis of variance of accuracy scores indicated that there was no difference for eye color, but boys scored more points than did girls.

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Shafaghi, Afshin, Faeze Gharibpoor, Zahra Mahdipour, and Ali Akbar Samadani. "Comparison of three risk scores to predict outcomes in upper gastrointestinal bleeding; modifying Glasgow-Blatchford with albumin." Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine 57, no. 4 (December 1, 2019): 322–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/rjim-2019-0016.

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Abstract Introduction. Management of upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) is of great importance. In this way, we aimed to evaluate the performance of three well known scoring systems of AIMS65, Glasgow-Blatchford Score (GBS) and Full Rockall Score (FRS) in predicting adverse outcomes in patients with UGIB as well as their ability in identifying low risk patients for outpatient management. We also aimed to assess whether changing albumin cutoff in AIMS65 and addition of albumin to GBS add predictive value to these scores. Methods. This was a retrospective study on adult patients who were admitted to Razi hospital (Rasht, Iran) with diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding between March 21, 2013 and March 21, 2017. Patients who didn’t undergo endoscopy or had incomplete medical data were excluded. Initially, we calculated three score systems of AIMS65, GBS and FRS for each patient by using initial Vital signs and lab data. Secondary, we modified AIMS65 and GBS by changing albumin threshold from <3.5 to <3.0 in AIMS65 and addition of albumin to GBS, respectively. Primary outcomes were defined as in hospital mortality, 30-day rebleeding, need for blood transfusion and endoscopic therapy. Secondary outcome was defined as composition of primary outcomes excluding need for blood transfusion. We used AUROC to assess predictive accuracy of risk scores in primary and secondary outcomes. For albumin-GBS model, the AUROC was only calculated for predicting mortality and secondary outcome. The negative predictive value for AIMS65, GBS and modified AIMS65 was then calculated. Result. Of 563 patients, 3% died in hospital, 69.4% needed blood transfusion, 13.1% needed endoscopic therapy and 3% had 30-day rebleeding. The leading cause of UGIB was erosive disease. In predicting composite of adverse outcomes all scores had statistically significant accuracy with highest AUROC for albumin-GBS. However, in predicting in hospital mortality, only albumin-GBS, modified AIMS65 and AIMS65 had acceptable accuracy. Interestingly, albumin, alone, had higher predictive accuracy than other original risk scores. None of the four scores could predict 30-day rebleeding accurately; on the contrary, their accuracy in predicting need for blood transfusion was high enough. The negative predictive value for GBS was 96.6% in score of ≤2 and 85.7% and 90.2% in score of zero in AIMS65 and modified AIMS65, respectively. Conclusion. Neither of risk scores was highly accurate as a prognostic factor in our population; however, modified AIMS65 and albumin-GBS may be optimal choice in evaluating risk of mortality and general assessment. In identifying patient for safe discharge, GBS ≤ 2 seemed to be advisable choice.

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Adjorlolo, Samuel. "Diagnostic Accuracy, Sensitivity, and Specificity of Executive Function Tests in Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury in Ghana." Assessment 25, no. 4 (April 27, 2016): 498–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073191116646445.

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The sociocultural differences between Western and sub-Saharan African countries make it imperative to standardize neuropsychological tests in the latter. However, Western-normed tests are frequently administered in sub-Saharan Africa because of challenges hampering standardization efforts. Yet a salient topical issue in the cross-cultural neuropsychology literature relates to the utility of Western-normed neuropsychological tests in minority groups, non-Caucasians, and by extension Ghanaians. Consequently, this study investigates the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of executive function (EF) tests (The Stroop Test, Trail Making Test, and Controlled Oral Word Association Test), and a Revised Quick Cognitive Screening Test (RQCST) in a sample of 50 patients diagnosed with moderate traumatic brain injury and 50 healthy controls in Ghana. The EF test scores showed good diagnostic accuracy, with area under the curve (AUC) values of the Trail Making Test scores ranging from .746 to .902. With respect to the Stroop Test scores, the AUC values ranged from .793 to .898, while Controlled Oral Word Association Test had AUC value of .787. The RQCST scores discriminated between the groups, with AUC values ranging from .674 to .912. The AUC values of composite EF score and a neuropsychological score created from EF and RQCST scores were .936 and. 942, respectively. Additionally, the Stroop Test, Trail Making Test, EF composite score, and RQCST scores showed good to excellent sensitivities and specificities. In general, this study has shown that commonly used EF tests in Western countries have diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity when administered in Ghanaian samples. The findings and implications of the study are discussed.

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Toornstra, A., P. P. M. Hurks, W. Van der Elst, K. Massar, G. Kok, and L. M. G. Curfs. "Measuring Goal Setting in School-Aged Children: Studying the Effects of Demographic Variables in Regression-Based Norms." Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology 6, no. 2 (April 26, 2020): 96–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40817-020-00081-8.

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Abstract The aim of the study was to establish demographically representative norms for tasks measuring goal setting, and more specifically planning and reasoning in children. Three tasks were administered to n = 195 Ukrainian children aged 5.10 to 14.5 years old: the Spatial Working Memory (SWM), the Stockings of Cambridge (SOC) test, and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT). Main outcome per test was accuracy: i.e., the total number correct for the SOC and NNAT, and the total amount of incorrect responses for the SWM. Correlations among accuracy measures varied from − 0.51 to 0.60, indicating these tasks measure related but at the same time unique constructs. Higher age was associated with more accurate test performances on all outcome measures. On the NNAT, we found a curvilinear association between age and accuracy, indicating that younger children’s NNAT accuracy scores increased more with age compared with older children. We found a cubic age effect on accuracy for the SWM and SOC: i.e., test scores were relatively stable at younger and older ages, with a curvilinear increase in test scores in the other age groups. Demographically corrected norms were calculated and presented per test. These indicated that sex was not associated with accuracy scores on any of the tests. Last, a higher level of parental education (LPE) was associated with higher accuracy scores, but only on the NNAT. We conclude that demographic variables in norm analyses enhance insight in the scores and allow for application in clinical settings and research.

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Hiemstra, Laurie A., Sarah Kerslake, and Mark Lafave. "Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Femoral Tunnel Accuracy." Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 5, no. 2 (February 1, 2017): 232596711668774. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2325967116687749.

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Background: Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction is a procedure aimed to reestablish the checkrein to lateral patellar translation in patients with symptomatic patellofemoral instability. Correct femoral tunnel position is thought to be crucial to successful MPFL reconstruction, but the accuracy of this statement in terms of patient outcomes has not been tested. Purpose: To assess the accuracy of femoral tunnel placement in an MPFL reconstruction cohort and to determine the correlation between tunnel accuracy and a validated disease-specific, patient-reported quality-of-life outcome measure. Study Design: Case series; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: Between June 2008 and February 2014, a total of 206 subjects underwent an MPFL reconstruction. Lateral radiographs were measured to determine the accuracy of the femoral tunnel by measuring the distance from the center of the femoral tunnel to the Schöttle point. Banff Patella Instability Instrument (BPII) scores were collected a mean 24 months postoperatively. Results: A total of 155 (79.5%) subjects had adequate postoperative lateral radiographs and complete BPII scores. The mean duration of follow-up (±SD) was 24.4 ± 8.2 months (range, 12-74 months). Measurement from the center of the femoral tunnel to the Schöttle point resulted in 143 (92.3%) tunnels being categorized as “good” or “ideal.” There were 8 failures in the cohort, none of which occurred in malpositioned tunnels. The mean distance from the center of the MPFL tunnel to the center of the Schöttle point was 5.9 ± 4.2 mm (range, 0.5-25.9 mm). The mean postoperative BPII score was 65.2 ± 22.5 (range, 9.2-100). Pearson r correlation demonstrated no statistically significant relationship between accuracy of femoral tunnel position and BPII score ( r = –0.08; 95% CI, –0.24 to 0.08). Conclusion: There was no evidence of a correlation between the accuracy of MPFL reconstruction femoral tunnel in relation to the Schöttle point and disease-specific quality-of-life scores. Graft failure was not related to femoral tunnel placement. The patellofemoral instability population is complex, and patients present with multiple risk factors that, in addition to the accuracy of femoral tunnel position, contribute to quality of life and warrant further investigation.

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Buonviri, Nathan O. "Effects of Silence, Sound, and Singing on Melodic Dictation Accuracy." Journal of Research in Music Education 66, no. 4 (October 5, 2018): 365–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022429418801333.

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This study continues a line of inquiry testing strategies commonly used in melodic dictation. Undergraduate music majors ( N = 44) completed short tonal dictations in a within-subjects design to determine effects of silence, audible sounds, and singing on test scores. Participants scored significantly lower when required to sing the melody prior to notating it compared with either of the other conditions. In the singing condition, only 18% of participants sang all target melodies completely correctly, and a significant positive correlation was found between singing accuracy and dictation scores in that condition. In light of previous studies, these results suggest that singing may be a distraction during dictation and that if it is employed for memory reinforcement, it must be executed accurately. The lack of a significant difference in scores between the silent and audible sounds conditions, coupled with the finding that 82% of participants made audible sounds when allowed, suggests that silence should be maintained during dictation when necessary but that students should be allowed to make sounds when feasible. Technological tools could aid instructors in physically isolating students so they do not distract each other during dictation.

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Cernovsky, Zack Z. "Flawed Studies of SIMS’s Diagnostic Accuracy by Teams of Puente-López and Capilla Ramírez." European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 3, no. 2 (March 14, 2021): 16–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejmed.2021.3.2.730.

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Background: The teams of Puente-López and Capilla Ramírez evaluated diagnostic accuracy of the Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology (SIMS), a test often used to assess malingering by persons injured in motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). Yet all SIMS items represent legitimate medical symptoms, and more than 50% of them are those experienced by severely injured motorists, but they are fallaciously scored as indicative of malingering. Thus, more injured patients with more symptoms obtain higher SIMS scores for malingering. Method: The studies by Puente-López and by Capilla Ramírez were carried out on SIMS scores of injured motorists. The present article assesses the severity of their injuries, as documented by Puente-López and by Capilla Ramírez. Results and Discussion: The study by Capilla Ramírez’s team excluded patients with pathological results on physical examinations, or on X-Rays, EMG, and MRI: thus, only mildly injured motorists were included. The patients of Puente-López had signs of only a mild cervical whiplash. Almost none reported lower back pain or dizziness. Thus, both studies included patients with only mild symptoms that resulted in very low SIMS scores: they scored within the non-malingering range as defined by the SIMS manual. Their scores were below SIMS scores of healthy persons instructed to feign whiplash symptoms from an MVA. The teams of Capilla Ramírez and of Puente-López erroneously interpreted these results as demonstrating diagnostic accuracy of the SIMS for detection of malingering in injured motorists. Conclusions: The two studies of very mildly injured motorists fail to demonstrate “diagnostic accuracy of the SIMS” because the SIMS is mostly used by insurance contracted psychologists on more severely injured MVA patients (those with whiplash and post-concussion syndrome), i.e., those with more symptoms and thus, with higher SIMS scores that fallaciously classify them as “malingerers.”

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Elhamshary, Mustafa, Amro Serag, Mohab Sabry, and Wael Elfeky. "Outcome Prediction After Open Heart Surgery." Egyptian Cardiothoracic Surgeon 1, no. 1 (November 21, 2018): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.35810/ects.v1i1.6.

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Abstract: Background: Mortality is the most commonly used outcome measure after cardiac surgery. Various risk scores were developed to predict mortality after cardiac surgery with many differences among these scores. We evaluated the accuracy of Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and Cardiac Surgery Score (CASUS) in predicting mortality in our patient population. Methods: Between October 2015 and December 2017, 103 adult patients who underwent open heart surgery were evaluated. The clinical characteristics, outcomes and risk scores data of the patients were collected. Accuracy of the scores was assessed using receiver operating curve (ROC) and the multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results: 103 patients were enrolled with mortality rate of 10.3%. The non-survivors group showed statistically significant lower E.F, higher platelet count, higher bilirubin level and lower Po2 level (P value: 0.015, 0.020, 0.038, 0.006) respectively. Both APACHE II and SOFA scores performed better than CASUS score in predicting mortality in this study. However, APACHE II score (Area Under Curve “AUC”:0.878, sensitivity: 80%, specificity: 78.5%) and the preoperative platelet count independently predicted mortality after cardiac surgery. Conclusion: Both APACHE II and SOFA scores showed a high power in predicting mortality after cardiac surgery but APACHE II score rises as the best tool for risk stratification in our patient population. Keywords: Mortality; Cardiac surgery; Risk scores.

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Kallner, Helena Kopp, Maria Persson, Marcus Thuresson, Daniel Altman, Isaac Shemer, Malin Thorsell, and Elisabeth Andrea Wikström Shemer. "DIAGNOSTIC COLPOSCOPIC ACCURACY BY THE GYNOCULAR AND A STATIONARY COLPOSCOPE." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 31, no. 3 (2015): 181–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462315000252.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sensitivity and specificity of cervical lesions by the low-cost, portable Gynocular colposcope and a stationary colposcope, in women referred for colposcopy with abnormal cervical cytology.Methods: A randomized cross-over clinical trial for evaluating the diagnostic accuracy in detecting cervical lesions by the Gynocular and a stationary colposcope. The Swede score systematic colposcopy system was used for evaluation of colposcopic abnormalities. Directed punch biopsy and excisional cone biopsy were used as the “gold-standard” by histologically confirmed high grade cervical lesions CIN2+ (CIN2, CIN3, CIN3+). In total, 123 women referred for colposcopy due to abnormal cervical cytology were recruited at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. The percentage agreement and the kappa statistic were calculated for Swede score by the Gynocular and a stationary colposcope. Swede scores were compared with the results from directed punch biopsy and excisional cone biopsy.Results: The Gynocular and the stationary colposcope had a high agreement of Swede scores with a Kappa statistic of 0.947, p < .0001. Punch biopsy diagnosed CIN2+ (CIN2, CIN3, and invasive cancer) in 44 (35.7 percent) women while cytology detected CIN2+ in 34 (27.6 percent) women. There were no significant differences of the sensitivity and specificity for different Swede scores by the Gynocular or a stationary colposcope in detecting CIN 2+.Conclusions: There were no significant differences in sensitivity or specificity in detecting cervical lesions by the Gynocular or stationary colposcope. The Gynocular is as accurate in diagnosing cervical lesions as a stationary colposcope.

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Fan, Xiaoli, and Li Yang. "Method to assess the accuracy of scores in mortality prediction." European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 28, no. 7 (July 2016): 850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/meg.0000000000000639.

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Taboada, Blanca, Cristina Verde, and Enrique Merino. "High accuracy operon prediction method based on STRING database scores." Nucleic Acids Research 38, no. 12 (April 12, 2010): e130-e130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkq254.

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Ziamko, V., V. Okulich, and A. Dzyadzko. "Evaluating prognostic accuracy of lethality scores in patients with sepsis." Immunopathology, Allergology, Infectology, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 6–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.14427/jipai.2019.2.6.

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Hustad, Katherine C., Ashley Oakes, and Kristen Allison. "Variability and Diagnostic Accuracy of Speech Intelligibility Scores in Children." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 58, no. 6 (December 2015): 1695–707. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2015_jslhr-s-14-0365.

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Abbasi, Toni, Debra Adornetto-Garcia, Patricia A. Johnston, Julie H. Segovia, and Barbara Summers. "Accuracy of Harm Scores Entered Into an Event Reporting System." JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration 45, no. 4 (April 2015): 218–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/nna.0000000000000188.

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