In its recently released Winter Reliability Assessment, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) found that while resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, large swaths ...

Purpose The Awake Breathing Pattern Assessment (ABPA) is a prototypical clinical grid recently designed through an international consensus of Speech and Language Pathologists (SLPs) to categorize the ...

Purpose: This study aimed to use three statistical methods to investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of the Chinese version of the Short Orientation-Memory-Concentration Test (C-SOMC) ...

Introduction: The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the inter-and intra-rater agreement among novice raters, as well as agreement between novice raters and an experienced consensus ...

A recent study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Assessing the Reliability of SPDAT Homelessness Vulnerability Tools and the Impact of Assessor Consistency and Changes to Homeless Vulnerability ...

Objective To identify functional performance tests (FPTs) with potential to identify athletes at risk of lower extremity injury (LEI) and assess their measurement properties. Design Systematic review ...

A literature review has confirmed that the Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) is an effective tool for measuring the severity and extent of atopic dermatitis (AD) -- including in patients with more ...

Objective Ultrasonography is crucial for diagnosing giant cell arteritis (GCA); however, training opportunities are rare. This study tested the reliability of ultrasonography findings and measurements ...

2 Mid and South Essex University Hospital Groups, Southend University Hospital, Rheumatology, Westcliff-on-sea, United Kingdom 3 University of Essex, School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise ...

Medical Problems of Performing Artists, Vol. 35, No. 1 (MARCH 2020), pp. 28-34 (7 pages) OBJECTIVES: To investigate intra- and inter-rater reliability of a ballet-based Dance Technique Screening ...

"Our findings indicate that digital visual analog scales are valid and reliable tools to monitor the symptoms of patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria. These findings support the use of daily ...