Overall assessment of engineering structures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Baraf
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Engineering Structures ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Personal Effect

<p>In 2010 a research project was initiated by the Swiss VSS (research and standardization in the field of road and transportation) and ewp AG, to develop an overall evaluation method for all types of engineering structures, which reduces the personal effect of an inspector on these evaluations and also includes aspects of structural and user safety as well as serviceability. It was developed to improve the reproducibility of condition ratings.<p>After the completion of the project, ewp continued to adapt the method for practical application. In order to easily collect and handle the data, especially for a large number of objects, the data collection and rating algorithm was implemented into a GIS-based database developed by ewp with solutions for mobile and web based data entry and analysis.

scholarly journals Conducting Qualitative Research Under Pandemic Restrictions – Considerations, Challenges, and Benefits

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Suslow ◽  
Chantal Giehl ◽  
Jannis Hergesell ◽  
Horst Christian Vollmar ◽  
Ina Otte
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Services Research ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Study Designs

Abstract Background: The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on professionals working in the medical area, resulting in a very high workload and tightened safety restrictions for physicians, nurses, caregivers, and patients. Medical professionals pose one of the main target groups in health services research. Their experiences contribute immensely to any research project aiming to improve delivery and quality of care. Furthermore, their input contributes significantly to gaining greater insight into the current handling of the pandemic and into what future improvements should be considered. In this paper, we discuss the challenges and benefits of conducting a qualitative research project under pandemic conditions by illustrating the progress of our research project ADAPTIVE. Methods: ADAPTIVE started in March 2020 and ended in August 2021. For data collection, we asked 26 participants to take part in an interview about using a web-based program to facilitate the exchange of patient information in multidisciplinary teams. Unfortunately, due to emerging hygiene regulations, corona-related restrictions, and the ongoing workload of medical professionals, the recruiting and interviewing process was challenging. Because of that we had to modify the original study design.Results: We discussed several adjustments for the data collection. However, the privacy policies of different clinics, professionals’ lack of experience with video calls, and participants’ poor internet connectivity eliminated the option of digital video interviewing. Alternatively, we interviewed participants by telephone. Nevertheless, telephone interviews come with limitations. Firstly, it may be difficult for participants to establish a trusting relationship with the interviewer. Secondly, non-verbal communication is lost during a telephone interview. Further, the focus group discussions initially planned had to be dismissed since a simultaneous gathering of the participants was not possible due several reasons. Conclusions: Qualitative research offers greater flexibility when adapting study designs and can, therefore, be successful, even under pandemic conditions. However, recruitment and data collection showed to be more time-consuming than under non-pandemic circumstances, and some methodological instruments such as focus groups were not possible. Trial registration: https://www.drks.de/drks_web/navigate.do?navigationId=trial.HTML&TRIAL_ID=DRKS00021603 (Registration: 02. July 2020)

Development of a web-based application to improve data collection for antimicrobial point prevalence surveys in the public health care system in South Africa; findings and implications (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalie Schellack ◽  
Danie Kruger ◽  
Nokuthula N Dlamini ◽  
Johanna C Meyer ◽  
Brian Godman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Resource Constraints ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Point Prevalence ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
Web Based

BACKGROUND Determining antimicrobial utilization patterns in hospitals can be a challenge given personnel and resource constraints with paper based systems. A web–based application (APP) was developed in South Africa to address this, building on a recent pilot point prevalence survey (PPS) using a paper-based system. OBJECTIVE The study aim was to test and refine the develop app as well as to evaluate its ease of use and potential time saving versus paper based methods. METHODS The developed app was tested in a large academic public hospital in a PPS in South Africa. During data collection phase, the app was evaluated for functionality on all 35 variables and subsequently refined. After the data collection, the app was evaluated in terms of its time saving potential and ease of use. RESULTS 181 patient’s files were surveyed across 13 wards in the hospital, with the findings similar to the paper-based study. The median age for males was 45.5 years and the median age for females was 42 years. Overall 80 out of 181 (44%) patients received antibiotics. Whilst 38% (12 out of 31) of patients in the adult surgical ward received antimicrobials, the prevalence was the highest (78%) in the paediatric medical wards. All the data collectors were confident in using the app after training and found the tool not complex at all. In addition, the time taken to plan for the study and to collect data was considerably reduced. Reduced time spending is important for instigating quality improvement programmes in resource limited settings. CONCLUSIONS All data collectors would recommend the app for future PPS surveys. Several concerns with data entry were identified, which have now been addressed in both the refined app as well as in future training. The app development has been successful and is now being deployed across South Africa as part of a national PPS.

Abstract P147: Telestroke Software Offers Improved and Novel Methods of Studying Physician Decision Making

Circulation ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 125 (suppl_10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julian P Yang ◽  
Andre Grujovski ◽  
Tim Wright ◽  
Tzu-Ching Wu ◽  
DaiWai M Olson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Acute Stroke ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Treatment Optimization ◽  
Acute Stroke Care ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Stroke Treatment ◽  
Physician Decision Making

Introduction: Data quality in stroke registries is typically dependent upon some form of chart review and manual data abstraction. The retrospective nature of this process is inherently prone to incomplete and inaccurate data collection with limited insight into the process of physician decision making. Hypothesis: New software packages accompanying telestroke systems will dramatically improve the quality of data by automating the abstraction process and providing real-time access to electronic databases. Methods: Telestroke systems provide web-based programs that record various levels of data. InTouch Technologies, Inc. currently provides StrokeRESPOND v3.0, a web-based program that facilitates telestroke consultation by organizing elements of the physician-patient encounter, including history, vitals, physical exam, laboratory results, and radiographs, and by generating a consultation note. Many data elements captured in the user interface mirror traditional metrics of acute stroke care research and can be de-identified and then directly transferred into an electronic database. The “forced choice” (aka hard-stop) design of data entry and elimination of secondhand abstraction can minimize data corruption and loss. Further, because each point of data entry and manipulation is time-stamped, powerful metadata_“data about data”_can be explored. By analyzing the sequence and patterns of clinical information entry and utilization, the actual thought process of the physician user can be investigated and provide new insights into stroke treatment. Optimization of acute stroke management, a complicated protocol, can be driven by identification of physician decision making patterns associated with multiple outcomes, including higher rates of treatment and faster treatment times. Conclusions: Specialized software programs will improve registry data collection, completeness and accuracy. The generation of metadata offers exciting, new avenues of research. Prospective stroke research using this methodology will require the collaboration of multiple academic institutions and industry partners.

scholarly journals Capturing a Stata Dataset and Releasing it into REDcap

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-138
Author(s):  
Seth T. Lirette ◽  
Samantha R. Seals ◽  
Chad Blackshear ◽  
Warren May
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Data Capture ◽  
Data Dictionary ◽  
Electronic Data Capture ◽  
Application Research ◽  
Electronic Data ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Technology Advances

With technology advances, researchers can now capture data using web-based applications. One such application, Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap), allows for data entry from any computer with an Internet connection. As the use of REDCap has increased in popularity, we have observed the need to easily create data dictionaries and data collection instruments for REDCap. The command presented in this article, redcapture, demonstrates one method to create a REDCap-ready data dictionary using a loaded Stata dataset, illustrated by examples of starting from an existing dataset or completely starting from scratch.

scholarly journals Sistem Informasi Inventory Barang Berbasis Web

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Fatoni Fatoni Fatoni ◽  
Agus Sujarwadi
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Inventory System ◽  
Inventory Systems ◽  
Coding System ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Final Project ◽  
The Web

Inventory system is a system that serves to know the inventory of goods in a place. Inventory systems are widely used or developed in a place with a variety of technologies. The existing problem at cooperative kasongan business together is not yet availability of inventory system of goods not efficient so that, when employees perform data collection sometimes still occur miscalculation because in data collection goods not yet computerized. Therefore, in this final project will be built web-based inventory information system,so that information about the stock of goods available in cooperative can be known clearly and in detail.      This inventory application is built using the programming language Php and mysql as database and several other stages in the design of this system. The stages in the design of this system is the analysis and design of systems, system design, coding, system implementation and system testing.      Based on the concept and design of this system then, it can be concluded that the web-based inventory of goods applications was built with the aim that in the management of data entry and discharge of goods more orderly and computerized so as to avoid the problem of miscalculation done by employees when collecting goods in cooperative Bantul.

scholarly journals Dataverzameling via internet: een update

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toon Taris ◽  
Paul Schreurs ◽  
Kees Jan Sepmeijer
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Collection Practices ◽  
Gathering Data

Web-based data collection: an update Web-based data collection: an update Toon Taris, Paul Schreurs & Kees Jan Sepmeijer, Gedrag & Organisatie, Volume 18, June 2005, nr. 3, pp. 181-195 The rapid increase in the number of internet users has given web-based surveys the potential to become a powerful tool in survey research. The present study discusses the pros and cons of this technique for gathering data. Pros include speed, cost effectiveness and exclusion of interviewer and data entry errors; cons include low response rates, selective response, and possible problems with data quality. As an illustration we present the results of a study among well over 45,000 Dutch home care employees, showing that men, higher educated and younger employees were more likely to respond through the internet than others. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that whereas the factor structures of selected work-related concepts were similar for respondents who used the internet vs. other respondents, their average scores differed strongly. Implications of these findings on data collection practices in social, work and organizational psychology are discussed.

Structural Validity and Reliability of The Urdu Translated Version of IPIP - NEO - 300 Web - Based Inventory

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minhaaj Rehman ◽  
John Anthony Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Ocean Model ◽  
Full Model ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Personality Preferences ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Invariance Test

The NEO-IPIP-300 is a 300-item version scale of freely available personality tests based on the OCEAN Model of 30 distinctive personality traits. The scale measures human personality preferences and groups them into five distinct factors, namely Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. The scale has been translated into many languages before, but there was no translation and norms available for the Urdu language.Paper reports the translation, creation of web version, data collection (N=869), and reliability of Urdu version of NEO-IPIP-300. We also did a CFA Analysis and Measurement Invariance test as part of the paper. Full measurement invariance was met for the full model, and partial measurement invariance was met for neuroticism (metric and scalar) and extraversion (metric). In general, all models fit well and suggest that the Urdu IPIP-300-NEO aligns well with the English IPIP-300-NEO. In some cases, the Urdu inventory performed better (e.g., higher internal consistency) than the English inventory.

Constructing and Evaluating a Validation Argument for a Next-Generation Alternate Assessment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy K. Clark ◽  
Meagan Karvonen
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Alternate Assessment ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Validity Evidence ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Alternate Assessments ◽  
Overall Evaluation ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Achievement Standards

Alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) have historically lacked broad validity evidence and an overall evaluation of the extent to which evidence supports intended uses of results. An expanding body of validation literature, the funding of two AA-AAS consortia, and advances in computer-based assessment have supported improvements in AA-AAS validation. This paper describes the validation approach used with the Dynamic Learning Maps® alternate assessment system, including development of the theory of action, claims, and interpretive argument; examples of evidence collected; and evaluation of the evidence in light of the maturity of the assessment system. We focus especially on claims and sources of evidence unique to AA-AAS and especially the Dynamic Learning Maps system design. We synthesize the evidence to evaluate the degree to which it supports the intended uses of assessment results for the targeted population. Considerations are presented for subsequent data collection efforts.

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