Quality criteria/key components for high quality of diabetes management to avoid diabetes-related complications

PurposeThrough a two-stage survey, this paper examines how researchers judge the quality of answers on ResearchGate Q&A, an academic social networking site.Design/methodology/approachIn the first-stage survey, 15 researchers from Library and Information Science (LIS) judged the quality of 157 answers to 15 questions and reported the criteria that they had used. The content of their reports was analyzed, and the results were merged with relevant criteria from the literature to form the second-stage survey questionnaire. This questionnaire was then completed by researchers recognized as accomplished at identifying high-quality LIS answers on ResearchGate Q&A.FindingsMost of the identified quality criteria for academic answers—such as relevance, completeness, and verifiability—have previously been found applicable to generic answers. The authors also found other criteria, such as comprehensiveness, the answerer's scholarship, and value-added. Providing opinions was found to be the most important criterion, followed by completeness and value-added.Originality/valueThe findings here show the importance of studying the quality of answers on academic social Q&A platforms and reveal unique considerations for the design of such systems.

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The effects of psychotherapy for adult depression are overestimated: a meta-analysis of study quality and effect size

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291709006114 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 211-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 256

Author(s):

P. Cuijpers ◽

A. van Straten ◽

E. Bohlmeijer ◽

S. D. Hollon ◽

G. Andersson

Keyword(s):

Effect Size ◽

Analytical Study ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Quality Criteria ◽

Treatment Manual ◽

High Quality ◽

Intention To Treat ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Adult Depression

BackgroundNo meta-analytical study has examined whether the quality of the studies examining psychotherapy for adult depression is associated with the effect sizes found. This study assesses this association.MethodWe used a database of 115 randomized controlled trials in which 178 psychotherapies for adult depression were compared to a control condition. Eight quality criteria were assessed by two independent coders: participants met diagnostic criteria for a depressive disorder, a treatment manual was used, the therapists were trained, treatment integrity was checked, intention-to-treat analyses were used, N⩾50, randomization was conducted by an independent party, and assessors of outcome were blinded.ResultsOnly 11 studies (16 comparisons) met the eight quality criteria. The standardized mean effect size found for the high-quality studies (d=0.22) was significantly smaller than in the other studies (d=0.74, p<0.001), even after restricting the sample to the subset of other studies that used the kind of care-as-usual or non-specific controls that tended to be used in the high-quality studies. Heterogeneity was zero in the group of high-quality studies. The numbers needed to be treated in the high-quality studies was 8, while it was 2 in the lower-quality studies.ConclusionsWe found strong evidence that the effects of psychotherapy for adult depression have been overestimated in meta-analytical studies. Although the effects of psychotherapy are significant, they are much smaller than was assumed until now, even after controlling for the type of control condition used.

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Outstanding Videogames on Water: a Quality Assessment Review Based on Evidences of Narrative, Gameplay & Didactic Criteria

10.20944/preprints201808.0212.v1 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Galván-Pérez ◽

Tania Ouariachi ◽

Mª Teresa Pozo-Llorente ◽

José Gutiérrez-Pérez

Keyword(s):

Quality Assessment ◽

Present Article ◽

Quality Indicator ◽

Quality Criteria ◽

High Quality ◽

Design Validation ◽

Adventure Games ◽

Water Based ◽

Game Simulation

Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the youngest, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and help to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology problems. Thus, the present article aims: a) the evaluation of a sample of 20 educational videogames about water, making use of some empirical criteria of quality; and b) the design, validation and application of an integrate quality indicator of educational videogames on water, based on the aspects of narrative, gameplay and didactics to that sample, which allows us to obtain a ranking. The findings reflect a ranking of games allows to suggest that the nature of the game (simulation, adventures, platforms or questions) does not determine the quality of the game, although generally simulations and adventure games are placed in a range of medium or high quality, as well as those games that pursue objectives related to the design and management of a territory in a sustainable way. The paper provides teachers with quality criteria based on narrative and gameplay that complement and enriches the pedagogical dimension.

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Outstanding Videogames on Water: A Quality Assessment Review Based on Evidence of Narrative, Gameplay and Educational Criteria

Water ◽

10.3390/w10101404 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 1404 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Laura Galván-Pérez ◽

Tania Ouariachi ◽

M.ª Pozo-Llorente ◽

José Gutiérrez-Pérez

Keyword(s):

Quality Assessment ◽

Present Article ◽

Quality Indicator ◽

Quality Criteria ◽

First Person ◽

High Quality ◽

Adventure Games ◽

Water Based ◽

Game Simulation

Videogames have become educational, communicative and social tools among the young, favouring the acquisition of skills, abilities and values, encompassing an endless number of themes, and helping them to experience and to face, in the first person, a great diversity of environmental situations and ecology problems. Thus, the present article aims: (a) to evaluate a sample of 20 educational videogames about water, making use of some empirical criteria of quality; and (b) to design, validate and apply an integrated quality indicator of educational videogames on water, based on the aspects of narrative, gameplay and education, which allows us to obtain a ranking. The findings reflect a ranking of games allowing us to suggest that the nature of the game (simulation, adventures, platforms or questions) does not determine the quality of the game, although generally simulations and adventure games are placed in a range of medium- or high-quality, as well as those games that pursue objectives related to the design and management of a territory in a sustainable way. The paper provides teachers with quality criteria based on narrative and gameplay that complement and enrich the pedagogical dimension.

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Test Quality

International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling - Measuring Professional Competence for the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-78071-5_4 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 77-84

Author(s):

Raphael Wess ◽

Heiner Klock ◽

Hans-Stefan Siller ◽

Gilbert Greefrath

Keyword(s):

Secondary Education ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Quality Criteria ◽

Test Quality ◽

Quality Test ◽

High Quality ◽

Data Set ◽

Secondary Quality ◽

German Universities

AbstractGeneral standards in the form of quality criteria can be used in order to assess the quality of an instrument and/or to construct a high-quality test. Three main indicators, the so-called “core quality criteria,” have emerged: objectivity, reliability and validity (e.g. Bühner, 2011; Ebel & Frisbie, 1991; Linn, 2011; Miller, Linn & Grolund, 2009; Rost, 2004). These primary and selected secondary quality criteria (fairness and usability) are examined in more detail in the following using a data set of 349 pre-service teachers for secondary education at several German universities.

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The Influence of Degree of Maturity on the Quality of Canned Pigeonpeas

The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico ◽

10.46429/jaupr.v45i4.13760 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 45 (4) ◽

pp. 217-231

Author(s):

F. Sánchez Nieva

Keyword(s):

Quality Criteria ◽

Weight Basis ◽

High Quality ◽

Green Pigment ◽

Stage Of Development ◽

Degree Of Maturity

The effect of maturity on the quality of canned pigeonpeas was studied. Various quality criteria such as drained weight, volume, and viscosity of the brine, color and turbidity of brine, and uniformity of color with respect to the predominance of green pigment were found to depend on the maturity of the pigeonpeas processed. It was found that higher drained weights were obtained as maturity increased. The viscosity of the brine increased while its volume decreased and the brine became darker and had a higher turbidity. Since all these quality criteria are taken into consideration in grading the product, the maturity of the pigeonpeas being processed will determine the grade of the canned product. Since higher shelled-out percentages are obtained as the pigeonpeas become more mature, processors may process peas at a stage of development which may lead to a lowering of the quality of the canned product. To insure a high-quality pack it is suggested that pigeonpeas should be bought by the processor according to quality or maturity, and not on a weight basis.

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Influence of technology parameters of free-cutting steel continuous casting on the billet internal structure

Ferrous Metallurgy Bulletin of Scientific Technical and Economic Information ◽

10.32339/0135-5910-2020-2-139-142 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 139-142

Author(s):

A. T. Kunakbaeva ◽

A. M. Stolyarov ◽

M. V. Potapova

Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Continuous Casting ◽

Internal Structure ◽

Sulfur Content ◽

Manganese Content ◽

High Quality ◽

Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽

Cutting Steel ◽

Continuously Cast

Free-cutting steel gains specific working properties thanks to the high content of sulfur and phosphorus. These elements, especially sulfur, have a rather high tendency to segregation. Therefore, segregation defects in free-cutting steel continuously cast billets can be significantly developed. The aim of the work was to study the influence of the chemical composition of freecutting steel and casting technological parameters on the quality of the macrostructure of continuously cast billets. A metallographic assessment of the internal structure of cast metal made of free-cutting steel and data processing by application of correlation and regression analysis were the research methods. The array of production data of 43 heats of free-cutting steel of grade A12 was studied. Steel casting on a five-strand radial type continuous casting machine was carried out by various methods of metal pouring from tundish into the molds. Metal of 19 heats was poured with an open stream, and 24 heats – by a closed stream through submerged nozzles with a vertical hole. High-quality billets had a cross-sectional size of 150×150 mm. The macrostructure of high-quality square billets made of free-cutting steel of A12 grade is characterized by the presence of central porosity, axial segregation and peripheral point contamination, the degree of development of which was in the range from 1.5 to 2.0 points, segregation cracks and strips – about 1.0 points. In the course of casting with an open stream, almost all of these defects are more developed comparing with the casting by a closed stream. As a result of correlation and regression analysis, linear dependences of the development degree of segregation cracks and strips both axial and angular on the sulfur content in steel and on the ratio of manganese content to sulfur content were established. The degree of these defects development increases with growing of sulfur content in steel of A12 grade. These defects had especially strong development when sulfur content in steel was of more than 0.10%. To improve the quality of cast metal, it is necessary to have the ratio of the manganese content to the sulfur content in the metal more than eight.

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An experience of performing spirometry by trained general practitioners

Medical alphabet ◽

10.33667/2078-5631-2020-25-34-36 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 34-36

Author(s):

M. A. Pokhaznikova ◽

E. A. Andreeva ◽

O. Yu. Kuznetsova

Keyword(s):

General Practitioners ◽

Quality Criteria ◽

Poor Quality ◽

Male Gender ◽

Study Research ◽

The Poor ◽

Quality Of Research ◽

Forced Expiratory Maneuver ◽

Maximal Effort

The article discusses the experience of teaching and conducting spirometry of general practitioners as part of the RESPECT study (RESearch on the PrEvalence and the diagnosis of COPD and its Tobacco-related aetiology). A total of 33 trained in spirometry general practitioners performed a study of 3119 patients. Quality criteria met 84.1% of spirometric studies. The analysis of the most common mistakes made by doctors during the forced expiratory maneuver is included. The most frequent errors were expiration exhalation of less than 6s (54%), non-maximal effort throughout the test and lack of reproducibility (11.3%). Independent predictors of poor spirogram quality were male gender, obstruction (FEV1 /FVC<0.7), and the center where the study was performed. The number of good-quality spirograms ranged from 96.1% (95% CI 83.2–110.4) to 59.8% (95% CI 49.6–71.4) depending on the center. Subsequently, an analysis of the reasons behind the poor quality of research in individual centers was conducted and the identified shortcomings were eliminated. The poor quality of the spirograms was associated either with the errors of the doctors who undertook the study or with the technical malfunctions of the spirometer.

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Experience of clinical testing of personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients in intensive care units

Medical alphabet ◽

10.33667/2078-5631-2020-13-52-58 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 52-58 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. A. Eryomenko ◽

N. V. Rostunova ◽

S. A. Budagyan ◽

V. V. Stets

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Intensive Care Units ◽

Remote Monitoring ◽

Clinical Testing ◽

Transportation Of Patients ◽

High Quality ◽

Telemedicine System ◽

Accuracy Of Measurements ◽

Hospital Equipment

The experience of clinical testing of the personal telemedicine system ‘Obereg’ for remote monitoring of patients at the intensive care units of leading Russian clinics is described. The high quality of communication with the remote receiving devices of doctors, the accuracy of measurements, resistance to interference from various hospital equipment and the absence of its own impact on such equipment were confirmed. There are significant advantages compared to stationary patient monitors, in particular, for intra and out-of-hospital transportation of patients.

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METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF VISUALIZATION OF CORONARY ARTERIES WITH TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Medical Visualization ◽

10.24835/1607-0763-2018-1-26-35 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 26-35

Author(s):

Z. A. Agaeva ◽

K. B. Baghdasaryan

Keyword(s):

Blood Flow ◽

Coronary Blood Flow ◽

Coronary Arteries ◽

Transthoracic Echocardiography ◽

Second Harmonic ◽

Anatomic Reconstruction ◽

High Quality ◽

Acoustic Window ◽

Methodological Aspects

The transthoracic echocardiography made by multifrequency probes with support of the mode of the second harmonic imaging, is a competitive method for visualization of the main coronary arteries and allows to estimate coronary blood flow with high quality. Of course, the method has considerable restrictions, most important of which is the low spatial resolution of a method, due to small acoustic window. Because of this the transthoracic visualization of coronary arteries perhaps will not become the leading method of anatomic reconstruction of separately taken coronary artery and especially all coronary arteries system. However uniqueness and indisputable advantage of this method is an opportunity to noninvasively estimate a coronary blood flow both once, and in dynamics.

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