scholarly journals Computing Quality of Structure of a Web-Site

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 2142-2148
Author(s):  
B. Vishnu Priya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Web Site ◽  
Quality Of Structure

scholarly journals Validation of the Chinese version of the Care Evaluation Scale for measuring the quality of structure and process of end-of-life care from the perspective of bereaved family

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanjuan Zhao ◽  
Liming You ◽  
Hongmei Tao ◽  
Frances Kam Yuet Wong
Keyword(s):  
End Of Life ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Quality Of Dying ◽  
Bereaved Family ◽  
Quality Of Structure ◽  
Care Evaluation

Abstract Background Assessing the quality of structure and process of end-of-life care can help improve outcomes. There was currently no valid tool for this purpose in Mainland China. The aim of this study is to validate the Chinese version of the Care Evaluation Scale (CES). Methods From January to December 2017, a cross-sectional online survey was conducted among bereaved family members of cancer patients from 10 medical institutes. The reliability of the CES was assessed with Cronbach’s α, and structural validity was evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis. Concurrent validity was tested by examining the correlation between the CES total score and overall satisfaction with end-of-life care, quality of dying and death, and quality of life. Results A total of 305 valid responses were analyzed. The average CES score was 70.7 ± 16.4, and the Cronbach’s α of the CES was 0.967 (range: 0.802–0.927 for the 10 domains). The fit indices for the 10-factor model of CES were good(root-mean-square error of approximation, 0.047; comparative fit index, 0.952; Tucker–Lewis index, 0.946; standardized root mean square residual, 0.053). The CES total score was highly correlated with overall satisfaction with medical care (r = 0.775, P < 0.01), and moderately correlated with patients’ quality of life (r = 0.579, P < 0.01) and quality of dying and death (r = 0.570, P < 0.01). In addition, few associations between CES total score and demographic characteristics, except for the family members’ age. Conclusions The Chinese version of the CES is a reliable and valid tool to evaluate the quality of structure and process of end-of-life care for patients with cancer from the perspective of bereaved family in Mainland China.

Poverty as a Tourism Attraction

2016 ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Donatella Privitera
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
Global Circulation ◽  
Slum Tourism ◽  
Online Activities ◽  
Tourist Behaviour ◽  
The Web

The visit of the favela or slum into a tourist destination is seen as a part of the so-called reality tours phenomenon and of the global circulation of the favela as a trademark. Tourist behaviour involves a search for leisure experiences from interactions with features or characteristics of places they choose to visit. Examples are the favelas in Brazil, the township of South Africa, the slum in India that have led to different definitions of “slum tourism”, “poor-poor tourism”, “reality tourism”. Web heavily affect today most of the online activities and their effect on tourism is obviously rather important. The aim of the chapter is to discuss about slum tourism definitions. At the same time, taking Reality Tours and Travel - a wholesaler slum websites - as a case, this study attempts to explore issues of the quality of strategic choices on the web. Considering that the content of web site includes a wide variety of technologies, is important that website offer also interactivity with e-tourists. Through the results of the study, it is possible to gain knowledge of the slum e-tourism.

A Proposed Template for the Evaluation of Web Design Strategies

2009 ◽  
pp. 293-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Xanthidis ◽  
David Nicholas ◽  
Paris Argyrides
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Design ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Work Done ◽  
The Web

This chapter is the result of a two years effort to design a template aiming at standardizing, as much as such a task is feasible, the evaluation of Web sites. It is the product of a few publications in international conferences and journals. A thorough review of the international literature on the subject led the authors to conclude there is a very large number of opinions, thoughts and criteria from different professionals involved, directly or indirectly, with the process of designing a good Web site. To make matters even more complicated there are a number of different terms used by various scholars, scientists and professionals around the world that often refer to similar, if not the same, attributes of a Web site. However, it seems that all these differences could boil down to a systematic approach, here called evaluation template, of 53 points that the design strategies of the Web sites should be checked against. This template was tested on a significant number (232) of Web sites of Greek companies and proved it can be used to evaluate the quality of Web sites not only by technology experts but by non-experts alike. The evaluation template, suggested here, is by no means the solution to the problem of standardizing the process of evaluating a Web site but looking at other work done on the subject worldwide it is a step ahead.

scholarly journals Quantifying quality of WEB site based on usability

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.7) ◽  
pp. 320
Author(s):  
Dr JKR Sastry ◽  
N Sreenidhi ◽  
K Sasidhar
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
End User ◽  
Effi Ciency ◽  
Computational Procedures ◽  
The Web

Information dissemination is taking place these days heavily using web sites which are hosted on the internet. The effectiveness and effi-ciency of the design of the WEB site will have great effect on the way the content hosted on the WEB can be accessed. Quality of a web site, places a vital role in making available the required information to the end user with ease satisfying the users content requirements. A framework has been proposed comprising 42 quality metrics using which the quality of a web site can be measured. Howevercompu-tations procedures have not been stated in realistic terms.In this paper, computational procedures for measuring “usability” of a WEB site can be measured which can be included into overall computation of the quality of a web site.

scholarly journals Coding into the Great Unknown: Analyzing Instant Messaging Session Transcripts to Identify User Behaviors and Measure Quality of Service

2010 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Maximiek ◽  
Erin Rushton ◽  
Elizabeth Brown
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Service ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Reference Services ◽  
User Behaviors ◽  
Digital Reference

After one year of providing virtual reference service through an instant messaging (IM) service, Binghamton University (BU) Libraries, under the purview of its Digital Reference Committee (DRC), undertook a study of collected session transcripts. The goals of this work were to determine who was using the IM service and why; if staffing for the service was adequate and met our in-person reference standards; and if improvements to the libraries’ existing reference services were needed. The findings revealed that 31 percent of identifiable users were students and 5 percent of users were campus community members. The analyses also revealed that many used the service for complex questions and not just ready reference, policy, and directional questions as had been expected. The most common question types were Web site navigation help (29% of all sessions), research assistance (22%), and instructional questions (23%). The American Library Association Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) Guidelines for the Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service Providers were used to measure quality of service. The findings reveled that approachability, showing interest, and listening were each demonstrated in over 80 percent of sessions, indicating these activities can be demonstrated effectively in a virtual environment. The study also found that questions were correctly answered 84 percent of the time. The study provided valuable insight into how patrons approach and locate information on our Web site and demonstrated a need for additional training, improved site design and navigational aids, and future discussions of staffing alternatives for the IM service.

MPF, a multipurpose figure of merit for phasing procedures

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Burla ◽  
Benedetta Carrozzini ◽  
Giovanni Luca Cascarano ◽  
Carmelo Giacovazzo ◽  
Giampiero Polidori
Keyword(s):  
Ab Initio ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Computing Time ◽  
Correct Solution ◽  
Unknown Structure ◽  
Quality Of Structure

The efficient multipurpose figure of merit MPF has been defined and characterized. It may be very helpful in phasing procedures. Indeed, it might be used for establishing the centric or acentric nature of an unknown structure, for identifying the presence of some pseudotranslational symmetry, for recognizing the correct solution in multisolution approaches and for estimating the quality of structure models as they become available during the phasing process. Thus, phase improvement or deterioration may be monitored and useless models may be discarded to save computing time. It is also shown that MPF may be applied in different phasing approaches, no matter ifab initioor nonab initio.

scholarly journals Structure of Government Support and Sustainability of SMEs in Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Donatus Mugisha Rulangaranga ◽  
Mellan Basemera ◽  
Alain Vilard Ndi Isoh
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Maximum Sample Size ◽  
Degree Of Association ◽  
Quality Of Structure

This study was carried out to establish whether structure of government support has any association or influence onto sustainability of SMEs in Uganda. The focus was to ascertain whether there is a link between how government provides support to SMEs and sustainability of these SMEs. A maximum sample size of 384 SMEs was selected. Questionnaire approach was used to collect data from the owners and or managers of SMEs. Based on factor analysis, two components of structure of government support were established namely; quality of structure of government support and extent of policy implementation. To test the association of the variables, correlation analysis was carried out. The results from this analysis indicated that both components of structure of government support had significant association with SME sustainability in Uganda. Quality of structure however, had higher degree of association as compared to extent of policy implementation. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis was carried out to check the degree of influence of structure of government support onto SME sustainability. The results indicated that both components of structure of government support have influence onto SME sustainability. Based on this, it was concluded that structure of government support has a significant association with and influence onto SME sustainability in Uganda. It was therefore recommended that there was need for government support towards SMEs to be properly structured in order to realize SME sustainability. The structuring needs to take into consideration the quality of the structure as well as extent to which SME policy is implemented.

scholarly journals The development of criteria, indices and indicators and of medical care quality for patients with syndrome of diabetic foot in out-patient practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-142
Author(s):  
Oleg V. Udovichenko ◽  
E. A. Berseneva ◽  
D. O. Meshkov
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Practice Analysis ◽  
Results Of Treatment ◽  
Quality Of Structure ◽  
Chronic Course

The special techniques of evaluation of every single disease are required for assessing quality and effectiveness of treatment in out-patient practice. The purpose of study was development of criteria, indices and indicators of evaluation of quality of out-patient medical care of patients with syndrome of diabetic foot. The technique of literary searching and practice analysis were applied to develop criteria, indices and indicators for evaluating structure, processes and results of treatment. The evaluation of quality of result requires more complicated techniques of data collection as opposed to indices of quality of structure and processes. The developed indices can be also applied in evaluating effectiveness of treatment of other diseases with chronic course though curable in the main.

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