Accurate Evaluation System Research Articles

ASO Author Reflections: Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Therapy: A More Accurate Evaluation System is Needed.

ASO Author Reflections: Prognosis of Esophageal Cancer After Neoadjuvant Therapy: A More Accurate Evaluation System is Needed.

Exploring Evaluation Strategies for the "College English Listening, Speaking, and Viewing" Course in the Era of Big Data

University education is an important stage in everyone’s educational journey, and the curriculum offered in universities is crucial for cultivating talent. Therefore, how to evaluate university courses effectively has become a topic that must be studied in order to improve the quality of teaching. Curriculum quality evaluation is an important aspect of the teaching system for college English courses. Establishing a comprehensive, objective, scientific, and accurate evaluation system is crucial for achieving the teaching goals of college English. With the progress of the times and the development of technology, especially the rapid advancement of digital technology and artificial intelligence, new course content and teaching methods are constantly changing. Correspondingly, the evaluation standards and methods for assessing the suitability of these new content and methods should also be improved. This paper will explore the effectiveness and adaptability of curriculum evaluation for the “College English Listening, Speaking, and Viewing” course in the context of university education and propose feasible teaching strategies based on the evaluation results.

Penerapan Algoritma Backpropagation dalam Memprediksi Hasil Panen Tanaman Sayuran

This study aims to see the development of the number of vegetable crop yields in the following year. With this prediction, it is hoped that it can help the government and the community to be more careful in increasing the supply of crop stocks in order to meet the food needs of the people of Simalungun Regency. The data source is obtained from the Central Bureau of Statistics. In this study, researchers used the Backpropagation Algorithm. The Backpropagation Algorithm is an algorithm that functions to reduce the error rate by adjusting the weight based on the desired output and target. The results of this study show that the best architectural model is the 2-1-1 model with an accuracy rate of 75.0% and an epoch of 1392 iterations in 00:07 seconds. This research is expected to be a reference material in other studies that have the same research object and as a consideration for the government in making an even more accurate evaluation system

PENERAPAN PRINSIP-PRINSIP EVALUASI DALAM MATA PELAJARANPENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM (PAI)

Islamic religious education becomes a cluster of subject group that is an integral part of the scope of the principles and objectives of evaluation activities. PAI subject are a component of the Islamic education system which is recognized for existence in our national educational system. Therefore, PAI as a subject must be evaluated systematically and planed. Applying proper and coreect evaluation principles and prosedure can improve the performance, productivity, and quality of the teachers and educational institutions in a effort to respond to various challenges facing islamic education to day are so complex and increasingly complicated. For that, reliable and accurate evaluation system based on data and facts is needed. From these data and facts, its becomes infromation material in taking improvements and improving the quality of education and teaching and in taking decesions.
 
 Thywords: Application, Principles, and PAI Subject.

Evaluation Method of Mechanical Properties of Living NSCLC Cells Based on Nano-indentation

Background:In AFM study of cell mechanical properties, the apparent elastic modulus of a cell is affected by many factors, especially the AFM tip geometry, indentation site of the cell, the application of the mathematical model and testing conditions.Background:In AFM study of cell mechanical properties, the apparent elastic modulus of a cell is affected by many factors, especially the AFM tip geometry, indentation site of the cell, the application of the mathematical model and testing conditions.Methods:In this study, indentation experiments of living cells under different conditions were performed aiming to build an accurate evaluation system of mechanical properties of lung cancer cells based on AFM. Comparisons of the effects of spherical and pyramid AFM tips, Hertz model of semiinfinite and finite thickness, cell nuclear and cytoplasmic indentation regions on the cell apparent elastic modulus were accomplished.Methods:In this study, indentation experiments of living cells under different conditions were performed aiming to build an accurate evaluation system of mechanical properties of lung cancer cells based on AFM. Comparisons of the effects of spherical and pyramid AFM tips, Hertz model of semiinfinite and finite thickness, cell nuclear and cytoplasmic indentation regions on the cell apparent elastic modulus were accomplished.Results:Compared with the calculated results by spherical tip, the elastic modulus distribution of non-small lung cancer cells (NSCLC) by pyramid tip was observed to be similar while the absolute values increased obviously, which were more than twice the numerical values by the spherical tip (p<0.05). The apparent elastic modulus values were the overvalued cause of the underestimation of the contact region in pyramidal tip measurement. Two different indentations over nucleus or lamellipodium of NCI-H520 cell and NCI-H1299 cell were analyzed. Consequently, the exact elastic modulus over the nucleus area can be calculated accurately using the semi-infinite Hertz model while the finite thickness Hertz model should be used for elasticity assessment of cell lamellipodium with a small thickness.Results:Compared with the calculated results by spherical tip, the elastic modulus distribution of non-small lung cancer cells (NSCLC) by pyramid tip was observed to be similar while the absolute values increased obviously, which were more than twice the numerical values by the spherical tip (p<0.05). The apparent elastic modulus values were the overvalued cause of the underestimation of the contact region in pyramidal tip measurement. Two different indentations over nucleus or lamellipodium of NCI-H520 cell and NCI-H1299 cell were analyzed. Consequently, the exact elastic modulus over the nucleus area can be calculated accurately using the semi-infinite Hertz model while the finite thickness Hertz model should be used for elasticity assessment of cell lamellipodium with a small thickness.Conclusion:This evaluation system provides technological support for accurate evaluation of viscoelastic properties of living cancer cells.Conclusion:This evaluation system provides technological support for accurate evaluation of viscoelastic properties of living cancer cells.

Parathyroid autotransplantation at a novel site for better evaluation of the grafted gland function: study protocol for a prospective, randomized controlled trial

BackgroundHypoparathyroidism is one of the most common complications encountered in thyroidectomy. In addition to parathyroid in-situ preservation, parathyroid autotransplantation (PA) is another important remedial method for patients whose parathyroid glands have been removed. However, an accurate evaluation method for the function of a transplanted parathyroid is lacking. Our preliminary study indicated that patients with PA at novel sites near antecubital veins had higher serum concentrations of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Therefore, the main hypothesis is that a grafted site closer to the cephalic vein is more useful for better evaluation of transplanted parathyroid function. This study aims to confirm the more efficient and accurate evaluation system through a prospective, randomized controlled trial.MethodsIn total, 280 patients will be enrolled in this study and randomly divided into two groups: 140 patients with transplanted parathyroid glands in the traditional sites (group A) and the other 140 transplanted in the novel sites (group B), close to the antecubital veins. The serum concentration of PTH and calcium ion from both forearms will be measured and monitored regularly for 12 months. The primary outcome of this trial will be the survival of grafted glands, defined as the ratio of PTH between the grafted vs. the non-grafted forearms being no less than 1.5. The secondary outcome is hypoparathyroidism, defined as the PTH level from the non-grafted forearms being less than 15 pg/ml (normal range 15–65 pg/ml).DiscussionOur results from this study should provide a more accurate method to evaluate the function of transplanted parathyroid glands by comparing PTH concentrations in both the grafted and non-grafted forearms following PA at novel sites. A better PTH measurement is helpful not only for the management of postoperative patients, but also for further identification of factors affecting PA success.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT02906748. Registered on 16 March 2016.

Practice of Library Resource Construction to Support Higher Education in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) and its library set the goal of cultivating students “New Four Abilities”, guiding them to form independent personality, and educating them to adjust to society. The UESTC library build resource system with curriculums and other teaching materials. We reviewed these resources and found excellent usage records under current measure criteria. We plan to develop more efficacious implementations and introduce accurate evaluation system in near future.

Hierarchical Trust Level Evaluation for Pervasive Social Networking

Pervasive social networking (PSN) is a fundamental infrastructure in social networking that has played an important role in not only the Internet but also mobile domains. A practical and accurate evaluation system is required to ensure the further development of PSN. Secure and efficient communication is also an essential issue in PSN to increase its adoption in daily life. In this paper, we discuss the establishment of a hierarchical evaluation system to support secure and trustworthy PSN with multiple and variable nodes. The proposed hierarchical evaluation system is essentially based on a special symmetric balanced incomplete block design: the (7, 3, 1)-design and the tree structure. Together, they constitute a multilevel system that supports both our hierarchical trust level (HTL) evaluation system and key agreement scheme. The former solves the problem of trust evaluation in PSN, and the latter guarantees the secure communication of trusted nodes. Note that both security and performance analyses show that the proposed HTL evaluation system can support extensive adoption of efficient and secure PSN.

Application of Formative Assessment in College English Teaching

A comprehensive, objective, scientific and accurate evaluation system is a key component in College English teaching. On the one hand, it helps the students to obtain feedback to adjust their learning strategies in order to improve their learning efficiency. On the other hand, it provides the teacher with information to better achieve the teaching goal and ensure the teaching quality. The formative assessment is in nature a procedural evaluation that aims to cover the whole growth and progress of a student in learning a specific course, to provide an accurate judgment on whether and to what extent the students have achieved their learning objectives from various aspects. It facilitates the effective monitoring of students’ autonomous learning, and is particularly important in the college English teaching. This article makes an analysis on the characteristics of formative assessment, points out the principles in implementing formative evaluation and discusses the specific approaches to applying formative assessment in the college English teaching.

Exploring the operating efficiency of Technology Development Programs by an intellectual capital perspective—A case study of Taiwan

Government supported technological research and development can help the private sector to compete globally. A more accurate evaluation system considering multi-factor performance is highly desired. This study offers an alternative perspective and characterization of the performance of Technology Development Programs (TDPs) via a two-stage process that emphasizes research and development (R&D) and technology diffusion. This study shall employ a sequential data envelopment analysis (DEA) with a non-parametric statistical analysis to analyze differences in intellectual capital variables among various TDPs. The results reveal that R&D performance is better than technology diffusion performance for the TDPs. In addition, the “Mechanical, Mechatronic, and Transportation field” is more efficient than the other fields in both R&D and technology diffusion performance models. The findings of this study point to the importance of intellectual capital in achieving high levels of TDP efficiency. The potential applications and strengths of DEA and intellectual capital in assessing the performance of TDP are also highlighted.

Evaluation of patient self‐management outcomes in health care: a systematic review

The importance of self-management and its intervention for improving the ability and skill of self-management has been discussed in literatures. It is, however, unclear how to choose the fitted, objective and accurate evaluation system when assessing the outcome. The aim of this article was to establish a general evaluation system for skill and ability of self-management in chronic diseases through systematic review on different evaluation indicators and scales. A systematic search of six electronic databases was conducted. Two authors independently reviewed each qualified study for relevance and significance. Subsequently, main evaluation indicators and scales were identified and categorized into themes and sub-themes. Nineteen articles were identified in this review. Among them, six main evaluation indicators of self-management, including frequently used scales, were extracted and tabulated. Self-efficacy, health behaviour/attitude, health status, health service utilization, quality of life and psychological indicators were the main indicators in evaluating self-management outcome, and they could be used alone or in combination flexibly according to the different goals of programmes. Accurate evaluation of skill and ability of self-management is crucial not only in baseline data collection but also in proving the effectiveness of intervention. The outcomes of this study provide future researchers or caregivers with a better understanding and a series of good choices in self-management outcome evaluation.

The Critical Conductivity of Electro-Condutive Fibers to Obtain a Good Antistatic Pereformance

It is well known that there may be a critical conductivity which gives a good antistatic performance to electro-conductive fibers (ECF). However. in the past, this critical point was not clear because there was no accurate evaluation system to measure the antistatic properties. The authors recently developed a new measuring apparatus, (KB-system), which has excellent accuracy and reliability for evaluating the anti-static performance of fabrics. By using the KB system, the critical point has been determined to be 1×109Ω•cm for both carbon black-applied ECF and metallic oxide (semiconductor)-applied ECF. This value is one hundred times greater than that of antistatic fibers prepared by using antistatic agents. The results show the existence of essential difference in discharging mechanisms for ECF and antistatic fibers.

Evaluation of programs promoting technological innovation—The Australian experience

Government supported technological research and development can help the private sector to compete globally. A more accurate evaluation system considering multi-factor performance is highly desired. This study offers an alternative perspective and characterization of the performance of Technology Development Programs (TDPs) via a two-stage process that emphasizes research and development (R&D) and technology diffusion. This study shall employ a sequential data envelopment analysis (DEA) with a non-parametric statistical analysis to analyze differences in intellectual capital variables among various TDPs. The results reveal that R&D performance is better than technology diffusion performance for the TDPs. In addition, the “Mechanical, Mechatronic, and Transportation field” is more efficient than the other fields in both R&D and technology diffusion performance models. The findings of this study point to the importance of intellectual capital in achieving high levels of TDP efficiency. The potential applications and strengths of DEA and intellectual capital in assessing the performance of TDP are also highlighted.

A computerized semi-automatic evaluation system for quantitation of electroimmunoassays.

A fast and accurate evaluation system for quantitation of plasma proteins from electroimmunoassay plates is described. The protein concentration is determined from the height of its stained antigen-antibody precipitate by means of a coordinate digitizer connected to a COMPUCORP 445 minicomputer. The plasma protein concentration is calculated from the equation of the best second-order least square regression of data from a standard dilution curve. The values from one type of protein analysis can either be stored on a discette for future examination or printed out each day in a tabular form on a typewriter. A double evaluation of plasma concentrations from plates of two different proteins showed a coefficient of variation (CV) better than 4.5%. A correlation between values obtained by this technique and those obtained by the manual reading procedure has also been done. The correlation coefficient varied between 0.95 and 0.99 depending on the type of protein.