Assessment of the validity and reliability of the nurses’ professional values scale—revised in Persian version among nursing students by Fahimeh Alsadat Hosseini, Ladan Zarshenas, Kobra Parvan, Maryam Shaygan, Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Brian Thomson

“…Methods This methodological and cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Persian version of the NPVS-R among nursing students. Following a back-translation process, the Persian version was subjected to face, content, and construct validity assessments. …”
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Convergent construct validity and test-retest reliability of both German versions of the original and the revised Niigata PPPD Questionnaire: NPQ and NPQ-R by Sarah Chételat, Sarah Chételat, Eve-Yaël Gerber, Eve-Yaël Gerber, Sarah El Khadlaoui, Frank Behrendt, Frank Behrendt, Michaela Stark, Michaela Stark, Stefan Schädler, Stefan Schädler, Maximilian Maywald, Lena Fabritius, Johannes Gerb, Johannes Gerb, Denis Grabova, Wiebke Trost, Andreas Zwergal, Andreas Zwergal, Ralf Strobl, Ralf Strobl, Katrin Parmar, Katrin Parmar, Hans Ulrich Gerth, Hans Ulrich Gerth, Leo H. Bonati, Leo H. Bonati, Leo H. Bonati, Sandra Becker-Bense, Corina Schuster-Amft, Corina Schuster-Amft, Corina Schuster-Amft

“…The study's aim was to evaluate the concurrent construct validity and reliability [including test-retest reliability, internal consistency, standard error of measurement (SEM), and minimal detectable change (MDC)] of the German version of the NPQ (12 items) and its revised version, NPQ-R, which contains 19 items addressing additional symptoms and symptom behavior.MethodsThe Swiss Reha Rheinfelden and the German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders included 265 PPPD patients (mean age 50.2 ± 16.8 years, disease duration 46.3 ± 76.6 months). …”
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EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND THE CRISIS OF EDUCATION by D. A. Sevostyanov

“…Nevertheless, the current version of FSES has a number of serious conceptual weaknesses that become apparent in the practical application of standards. …”
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Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of Farsi Version of the Motivational Persistence Scale in University Students by Elham Kooshki, Omid Shokri, Fatemeh Almasi

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European Food Safety Certification - The GlobalG.A.P® Standard and Its Accredited Certification Scheme by Richard C. Yudin, Keith R. Schneider

“…This revised 4-page fact sheet was written by Richard C. …”
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European Food Safety Certification - The GlobalG.A.P® Standard and Its Accredited Certification Scheme by Richard C. Yudin, Keith R. Schneider

“…This revised 4-page fact sheet was written by Richard C. …”
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“I must speak to you plainly”: A history of English Bible translations, independent of the King James Version (1611) tradition by J.A. Naudé

“… The dominance of the King James Version (1611) began to fade in the late 19th century, when its language became too remote from standard English, leading to various revisions in both Britain and the United States. …”
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Stagger: an Open-Source Part of Speech Tagger for Swedish by Robert Östling

“…Accuracy increases to 96.6% on the latest version of the corpus, where the annotation has been revised to increase consistency. …”
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Retraction notice to “MPPT efficiency enhancement of a grid connected solar PV system using Finite Control set model predictive controller” [Heliyon 10 (2024) e27663] by Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, Girma Kassa Alitasb

“…This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier policy on article withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal).This article has been retracted at the request of the Editor-In-Chief.An investigation conducted on behalf of the journal by Elsevier's Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics team found a significant increase of citations to papers published by the author, Ayodeji Olalekan Salau, between the original submission and the revised version of this article. …”
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General practitioners’ attitude and performance about the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorder by Asadolah Mosavi, Mandana Shirazi, Roghayeh Gandomkar, Hafez Mohamadhoseinpour, Rita Mojtahed Zadeh, Ardashir Afrasiabifar

“…One hundred and two general practitioners participated in this study using convenience sampling. The Revised Depression Attitude Assessment Questionnaire (R-DAQ) was used to collect participants’ attitudinal information regarding depression, and the checklists completed by standard patients were used to evaluate their performance status. …”
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Characteristics and outcomes of the screening program of autism spectrum disorder in Primary Healthcare Centers in Bahrain by Muna A. Almohri, Mahmood A. Alawainati, Zahra A. Ayoob, Nayla A. Nasser, Noof A. Abdulaal, Ahmed A. Aldailami, Donya A. Aldailami

“…Children with moderate and high MCHAT-R risk were referred for psychiatric assessment. SPSS version 25.0 was used for data analysis; mean and standard deviation were calculated for continuous variables, and categorical variables presented as frequency and percentage. …”
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The Feasibility of TOAFL Instrument as a Measuring Tool for Reading Skills of Students Faculty of Education by Marsekal Rahman Hakiem, Muhammad Uwais Abdurrohman, Muhammad Irfan Faturrahman

“…The results of the Discriminatory Power Test showed that 60% of the questions were accepted well and 40% needed revision so the ITMAM instrument is suitable for use as a standard evaluation tool for Arabic reading ability with several improvements to certain questions. …”
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Enhancing patient safety and risk management through clinical pathways in oncology by Marco Milanesi, Rita Fiorito, Lara Caloccia, Chiara Guglielmetti, Giulia Giganti, Sara Elisa Andreasi, Antonio Triarico

“…This model represents a revised version of Tracer Methodology, for audit surveys, aimed at aligning audit activities with UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 and Joint Commission Standards for quality, patient safety and clinical risk management.Using the INTegrated Audit Model, a total of 7 tracers were conducted, and 31 units underwent auditing during the period spanning from 2022 to 2023. …”
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Development, validation, and usage of metrics to evaluate the quality of clinical research hypotheses by Xia Jing, Yuchun Zhou, James J. Cimino, Jay H. Shubrook, Vimla L. Patel, Sonsoles De Lacalle, Aneesa Weaver, Chang Liu

“…Conclusion The validated brief and comprehensive versions of metrics can provide standardized, consistent, systematic, and generic measurements for clinical research hypotheses, allow clinical researchers to prioritize their research ideas systematically, objectively, and consistently, and can be used as a tool for quality assessment during the peer review process.…”
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Protected Culture for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops: Types of Structures by Shinsuke Agehara, Gary Edward Vallad, Emmanuel A. Torres-Quezada

“…Protective structures, such as greenhouses, screen houses, and tunnels, are known worldwide as production systems for high-quality vegetable and fruit crops.  This minor revision by Shinsuke Agehara adds updated information regarding 2015 revisions to the Worker Protection Standards in the last paragraph, and removes one former author no longer affiliated with UF. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1224 Previous version: Santos, Bielinski, Gary Vallad, and Emmanuel Torres-Quezada. 2013. …”
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Protected Culture for Vegetable and Small Fruit Crops: Types of Structures by Shinsuke Agehara, Gary Edward Vallad, Emmanuel A. Torres-Quezada

“…Protective structures, such as greenhouses, screen houses, and tunnels, are known worldwide as production systems for high-quality vegetable and fruit crops.  This minor revision by Shinsuke Agehara adds updated information regarding 2015 revisions to the Worker Protection Standards in the last paragraph, and removes one former author no longer affiliated with UF. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1224 Previous version: Santos, Bielinski, Gary Vallad, and Emmanuel Torres-Quezada. 2013. …”
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Development and validation of the Chinese Rural Middle-aged and Elderly Health Literacy Scale by Rui Li, Fei Wang, Jie Huang, Zhengyu Wu, Wenjuan Gong, Yoshida Koki, Yi-Chen Chiang, Maoming Jiang, Jiannan Ma, Zhengkui Liu, Dewen Wang

“…Second, the Delphi method was used to revise and finalise the initial version of the Chinese Rural Middle-aged and Elderly Health Literacy Scale (CREHLS). …”
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Validación y adaptación cultural al español de la Rúbrica de retroalimentación del desempeño quirúrgico (SPR) by Jaime Andrés Leal, Daniela Gutiérrez Zúñiga, Stephanie Renza, Felipe Valbuena

“…In this context, the evaluation of surgical competencies is crucial to ensure standards of quality and competence. However, there is still a lack of standardized and validated tools for effective evaluation in our setting. …”
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Prostate cancer incidence and mortality linked to metalworking fluid exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zahra Moradpour, Amin Barik, Goljamal Jorjani, Mohammad Reza Taherian, Sepideh Tousizadeh, Sepideh Tousizadeh, Aram Halimi, Aram Halimi, Yaser Soleimani, Mobina Karimian, Tina Khavari, Fateme Azizi Kalankari, Fatemeh Asadipour, Mojtaba Azari, Niloofar Yousefzadeh Shakouri, Saeideh Karamian, Nasser Bahari, Alireza Mosavi Jarrahi

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using STATA version 17.ResultsThe search identified 1376 unique references, with 5 studies meeting the inclusion criteria for the meta-analysis. …”
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