Cook, Ian
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BMC Research Notes
ObjectivesTo investigate the agreement between two data reduction approaches for detecting sedentary breaks from uni-axial accelerometry data collected in human participants. Free-living, uni-axial accelerometer data (n = 318) were examined for sedentary breaks using two different methods (Healy–Matthews; MAH/UFFE). The data were cleaned and reduce...
Kanda, K. Fujimoto, K. Mochizuki, R. Ishida, K. Lee, B.
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BMC Cancer
BackgroundAppropriate assessment is essential for the management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), an intractable symptom that cannot yet be palliated, which is high on the list of causes of distress for cancer patients. However, objective assessment by medical staff makes it easy to underestimate the symptoms and effects of CIP...
Hugos, Cinda L. Cameron, Michelle H.
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Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to familiarize the reader with assessments and measurement of spasticity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Spasticity affects 60–84% of people with MS, worsening as disability worsens and impacting activity, participation, and quality of life. Spasticity manifests in many ways, including spasms, ...
Nelson, Helen J. Kendall, Garth E. Burns, Sharyn K. Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A. Kane, Robert T.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundWhile power imbalance is now recognized as a key component of bullying, reliable and valid measurement instruments have yet to be developed. This research aimed to develop a self-report instrument that measures power imbalance as perceived by the victim of frequent aggressive behavior.MethodsA mixed methods approach was used (468 particip...
Nelson, Helen J Kendall, Garth E Burns, Sharyn K Schonert-Reichl, Kimberly A Kane, Robert T
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Lee, Hae-Young Shin, Jinho Kim, Gheun-Ho Park, Sungha Ihm, Sang-Hyun Kim, Hyun Chang Kim, Kwang-il Kim, Ju Han Lee, Jang Hoon Park, Jong-Moo
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Clinical Hypertension
The standardized techniques of blood pressure (BP) measurement in the clinic are emphasized and it is recommended to replace the mercury sphygmomanometer by a non-mercury sphygmomanometer. Out-of-office BP measurement using home BP monitoring (HBPM) or ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) and even automated office BP (AOBP) are recommended to correctly ...
Stover, Angela M. McLeod, Lori D. Langer, Michelle M. Chen, Wen-Hung Reeve, Bryce B.
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Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes
BackgroundThis paper is part of a series comparing different psychometric approaches to evaluate patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures using the same items and dataset. We provide an overview and example application to demonstrate 1) using item response theory (IRT) to identify poor and well performing items; 2) testing if items perform different...
Al-Said Ahmad, Amro Andras, Peter
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Journal of Cloud Computing
Performance and scalability testing and measurements of cloud-based software services are necessary for future optimizations and growth of cloud computing. Scalability, elasticity, and efficiency are interrelated aspects of cloud-based software services’ performance requirements. In this work, we use a technical measurement of the scalability of cl...
Hussein, Hussein Awad Bäumer, Jacqueline Staufenbiel, Rudolf
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Ceruloplasmin (Cp) plays an important role in copper transport and iron metabolism, as well as Cp is also an indicator for the health status of dairy cows. The present study reports the validation of an automated assay to assess the plasma Cp in dairy cows. Plasma Cp levels were determined in 40 Holstein cows and intra- and inter-assay precision, a...
Ravi, Sanjana J. Meyer, Diane Cameron, Elizabeth Nalabandian, Michelle Pervaiz, Beenish Nuzzo, Jennifer B.
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BMC Public Health
BackgroundSince the 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic, the concept of measuring health security capacity has become increasingly important within the broader context of health systems-strengthening, enhancing responses to public health emergencies, and reducing global catastrophic biological risks. Efforts to regularly and sustainably track the ...
