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Standardized testing and the promise of progress
2017
Abstract In light of the constantly expanding use of standardized tests (STs) not only in industrialized countries but also in developing nations, this article seeks to offer some reflections on the assessment path that educational systems across the world are taking. In unpacking the STs we must not take for granted a number of aspects of standardized tests—from their construction and application to their unintended consequences. The article proceeds in four distinct but interrelated parts: (1) understanding the assumptions and process in the development of STs, (2) probing the assumptions underlying the use of STs, (3) recognizing that STs are limited in what they can tell teachers abou…
VESICAL IMAGING-REPORTING AND DATA SYSTEM – A NEW APPROACH TO BLADDER CANCER STAGING
2022
The aim: To present the assumptions and to show the usefulness of Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) based on multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) in the diagnostic pathway management of patients with a bladder cancer. Materials and methods: The review is based on available literature from last 10 years from PubMed database and the Przegląd Urologiczny journal focusing on articles on VI-RADS. Overall, 18 articles were included. Presented magnetic resonance images come from the examinations of the patients who were diagnosed with bladder cancer from 2019 to 2021 at Department of Diagnostic Imaging in University Clinical Hospital in Opole, Poland. Conclusions: T…
Nexus of Electrospun Nanofibers and Additive Processing—Overview of Wearable Tactical Gears for CBRNE Defense
2021
Due to complex nature of twenty-first century battlefield, soldiers must perform multiple tasks to protect nations while maintaining their own safety. Advances in technological innovations are critical to support such functionalities to enhance safety and security. Using nexus of electrospinning and additive processing, we present how recent developments can be used to produce new generation of protective fabrics with integrative force protection, sensing/detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield explosives (CBRNE), and biomedical functionalities. Although electrospinning has been in use for some time, the special blends and configurations of nanofibers, as de…
Through the Eyes of an Entangled Teacher: When Classical Musical Instrument Performance Tuition in Higher Education is Subject to Quality Assurance
2020
What happens when a classical music instrument performance course at a Norwegian state university study programme is assessed for quality following a standardized procedure? The article explores frictions and negotiations between managerial quality assurance and classical music performance education in a contextual sense, focusing particularly on the teacher-student relation. I employ my own experience as an instrument performance teacher in a Western Classical Music performance study programme while drawing on state acts, regulations, managerial processes, educational politics, funding, and classical music performance education’s habitus and heritage. I begin by addressing the institution …
Child poverty in a Scandinavian welfare context - from children's point of view
2011
Published version of an article published in the journal: Child Indicators Research. Also available from the publisher at: http;//dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-010-9092-0 The focus for this article is child poverty in a Nordic welfare state context. With data from two qualitative studies from Sweden and Norway, we discuss child poverty from the children's point of view, in the framework of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, articles 27 and 28. In article 27, food, housing and clothing are mentioned as particularly important for an adequate standard of living. In poverty studies where children's voices are being heard there has been little focus on these necessities. We find that a fe…
Comparison of MRI and VQ-SPECT as a Screening Test for Patients With Suspected CTEPH: CHANGE-MRI Study Design and Rationale
2020
The diagnostic strategy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is composed of two components required for a diagnosis of CTEPH: the presence of chronic pulmonary embolism and an elevated pulmonary artery pressure. The current guidelines require that ventilation–perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (VQ-SPECT) is used for the first step diagnosis of chronic pulmonary embolism. However, VQ-SPECT exposes patients to ionizing radiation in a radiation sensitive population. The prospective, multicenter, comparative phase III diagnostic trial CTEPH diagnosis Europe - MRI (CHANGE-MRI, ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02791282) aims to demonstrate whether functional…
How should vaccination services be planned, organized, and managed? Results from a survey on the Italian vaccination services
2019
Background. Quality improvement is an increasingly recognized approach to maximize service effectiveness and minimize costs in public health. However, the Italian law never provided for the institutional accreditation of vaccination services. Furthermore, a recently approved law added six more compulsory vaccinations to the original four, which has led to a considerable increase in vaccination efforts, without any previous resources evaluation. The aim of the study was to investigate structural, organizational and managerial characteristics of the Italian vaccination services, in order to suggest the adoption of adequate quality standards. Study design. A survey involving the representative…
Uzņēmējdarbības paplašināšana starptautiskā līmenī: zīmola veidošanas procesi un kompānijas "British American Tobacco" zīmola stratēģijas
2018
Globālo tirgu raksturo vairāki vietējie un starptautiskie produkti, kas nemitīgi cīnās par vietu un lietotāju atzinību, tāpēc nevar novērtēt par zemu globālās zīmolu popularizēšanas nozīmi. Uzņēmumiem ir jāreklamē savi produkti globālā mērogā, izmantojot dažādus efektīvus mediju un izplatīšanas kanālus. Jāuzver, ka dažādus kanālus izmanto uzņēmumi, kas iziet starptautiskajos tirgos, kas, savukārt, ir noteicis globālās zīmolu popularizēšanas stratēģijas, kas ir spēkā uzņēmumā. Kad uzņēmumi izlemj paplašināties starptautiskā līmenī, izvēloties tirgus stratēģijas, būtiska loma ir standartizācijai un adaptācijai. Tad rodas jautājums, kā uzņēmumi kontrolē un uzrauga zīmola veidošanas procesus da…
Comparison of the performance of different HPV genotyping methods for detecting genital HPV types
2008
Classification of high-risk HPV types for cervical cancer screening depends on epidemiological studies defining HPV type-specific risk. The genotyping tests that are used, are however, not uniform with regard to type-specific detection rates making comparisons between different studies difficult. To overcome the lack of a “gold standard” four tests were evaluated crosswise using 824 cervical smears pretested by HC2. The tests evaluated were the L1-PCR-based assays PGMY09/11 LBA, HPV DNA Chip and SPF LiPA and an E1 consensus PCR followed by cycle sequencing (E1-PCR). A subset of 265 samples was tested in addition with the GP5+/6+ reverse line blot assay. Differences were noted in the sensiti…
Patskaņu izrunas īpatnības skotu angļu valodā (korpusā SCOTS)
2018
Skotijas vēsture un pašreizējie apstākļi ir multilingvāli un tur lietotā angļu valoda atšķiras no citur lietotajām angļu valodas paveidiem ar tās izrunas modeli. Šī darba mērķis ir patskaņu izpēte skotu standarta angļu valodā, lai raksturotu tās patskaņu sistēmu salīdzinājumā ar standarta britu angļu valodu un novērotu kādas iespējamās līdzības. Šī mērķa sasniegšanai izmantotā metode ir patskaņu formantu akustiskā kvantitatīvā analīze, kurai paraugi ņemti no Skotu Tekstu un Runas Korpusa (Scottish Corpus of Texts&Speech). Pētījuma rezultāti atklāj, ka skotu angļu valodas lietotājiem ir atšķirīgi patskaņu inventāri un patskaņu artikulācijas veids var atšķirties starp dažādām lietotāju grupām…