scholarly journals Traditional Cardiopulmonary Criterion of Death is the Only Valid Criterion of Human Death

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Peter Volek
Keyword(s):  
Valid Criterion ◽  
Human Death

Test-Taking Motivation and Personality Test Validity

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. O’Neill ◽  
Richard D. Goffin ◽  
Ian R. Gellatly
Keyword(s):  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Test Validity ◽  
Personality Testing ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Field Sample ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Valid Criterion

In this study we assessed whether the predictive validity of personality scores is stronger when respondent test-taking motivation (TTM) is higher rather than lower. Results from a field sample comprising 269 employees provided evidence for this moderation effect for one trait, Steadfastness. However, for Conscientiousness, valid criterion prediction was only obtained at low levels of TTM. Thus, it appears that TTM relates to the criterion validity of personality testing differently depending on the personality trait assessed. Overall, these and additional findings regarding the nomological net of TTM suggest that it is a unique construct that may have significant implications when personality assessment is used in personnel selection.

scholarly journals Validity of negative bone biopsy in suspicious bone lesions

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 205846012110306
Author(s):  
Mine B Lange ◽  
Lars J Petersen ◽  
Michael B Nielsen ◽  
Helle D Zacho
Keyword(s):  
Bone Biopsy ◽  
False Negative ◽  
Exclusion Criterion ◽  
Bone Lesions ◽  
False Negatives ◽  
Patient Morbidity ◽  
Bone Biopsies ◽  
Initial Biopsy ◽  
Valid Criterion

Background The presence of malignant cells in bone biopsies is considered gold standard to verify occurrence of cancer, whereas a negative bone biopsy can represent a false negative, with a risk of increasing patient morbidity and mortality and creating misleading conclusions in cancer research. However, a paucity of literature documents the validity of negative bone biopsy as an exclusion criterion for the presence of skeletal malignancies. Purpose To investigate the validity of a negative bone biopsy in bone lesions suspicious of malignancy. Material and Method A retrospective cohort of 215 consecutive targeted non-malignant skeletal biopsies from 207 patients (43% women, 57% men, median age 64, and range 94) representing suspicious focal bone lesions, collected from January 1, 2011, to July 31, 2013, was followed over a 2-year period to examine any additional biopsy, imaging, and clinical follow-up information to categorize the original biopsy as truly benign, malignant, or equivocal. Standard deviations and 95% confidence intervals were calculated. Results 210 of 215 biopsies (98%; 95% CI 0.94–0.99) showed to be truly benign 2 years after initial biopsy. Two biopsies were false negatives (1%; 95% CI 0.001–0.03), and three were equivocal (lack of imaging description). Conclusion Our study documents negative bone biopsy as a valid criterion for the absence of bone metastasis. Since only 28% had a confirmed diagnosis of prior cancer and not all patients received adequately sensitive imaging, our results might not be applicable to all cancer patients with suspicious bone lesions.

scholarly journals Entropy analysis of human death uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Tenreiro Machado ◽  
António M. Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Analysis ◽  
Human Death

scholarly journals On Glass Forming Ability of Bulk Metallic Glasses by Relating the Internal Friction Peak Value

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 767
Author(s):  
Xianfeng Zhang ◽  
Xiao Cui ◽  
Zhuotong Du ◽  
Fangqiu Zu ◽  
Jinjing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Friction ◽  
Metallic Glasses ◽  
Bulk Metallic Glasses ◽  
Glass Forming Ability ◽  
Liquid Region ◽  
Internal Friction Peak ◽  
Glass Forming ◽  
Constituent Elements ◽  
Valid Criterion ◽  
Peak Value

The internal friction (IF) behaviors of a series of LaCe-, Zr-, and La-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) were studied by a computer-controlled, conventional inverted torsion pendulum. The results indicate that with an increasing temperature, the IF also increases gradually in the supercooled liquid region, followed by a decrease caused by crystallization. BMGs with a good glass forming ability (GFA) usually possess a high IF peak value for an alloy system with the same constituent elements. Furthermore, the magnitude of the IF value (Qi−1) of the inflection point is an efficient criterion of GFA. The Qi−1 value is a valid criterion under the conditions of identical constituent elements and different element contents. However, Qi−1 and GFA have no relationship among different alloy systems.

Nursing practice and the definition of human death

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 229-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Edwards ◽  
Kevin Forbes
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Human Death

Global Earthquake Fatalities and Population

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Holzer ◽  
James C. Savage
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Poisson Distribution ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Population ◽  
Background Rate ◽  
Death Toll ◽  
World Population Growth ◽  
Human Death ◽  
Earthquake Fatalities

Modern global earthquake fatalities can be separated into two components: (1) fatalities from an approximately constant annual background rate that is independent of world population growth and (2) fatalities caused by earthquakes with large human death tolls, the frequency of which is dependent on world population. Earthquakes with death tolls greater than 100,000 (and 50,000) have increased with world population and obey a nonstationary Poisson distribution with rate proportional to population. We predict that the number of earthquakes with death tolls greater than 100,000 (50,000) will increase in the 21st century to 8.7±3.3 (20.5±4.3) from 4 (7) observed in the 20th century if world population reaches 10.1 billion in 2100. Combining fatalities caused by the background rate with fatalities caused by catastrophic earthquakes ( >100,000 fatalities) indicates global fatalities in the 21st century will be 2.57±0.64 million if the average post-1900 death toll for catastrophic earthquakes (193,000) is assumed.

On the effect of Omorol on urethral gonorrhea in men

1923 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
N. P. Krivosheev
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
New Era ◽  
Valid Criterion

With the discovery of the contagious origin of gonorrhea in the form of the gonococcus discovered by Neisser (in 1879), a new era has dawned in the treatment of the disease: nowadays we must be guided by the clinical symptoms of the disease alone, but we must have in mind a substantial and valid criterion. The treatment of this disease has ushered in a new era: nowadays, in assessing the results of the treatment of gonorrhoea, we must not be guided only by the clinical symptoms of the disease, but we must have in mind a more substantial and valid criterion, namely the presence or absence of gonococci in the urethra secretions, and to better fulfill the task of therapy we must, upon establishing the diagnosis of the disease, disinfect the diseased urethra as quickly and reliably as possible.

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