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Nutritional assessment for cancer patient Evaluación nutricional del paciente con cancer
(2012)
Weight loss and malnutrition is common in cancer patients, both origin of complications during the course of the disease. Although weight loss is predominantly due to loss of fat mass, the morbidity risk is given by the ...
Automatic intonation assessment for computer aided language learning
(ELSEVIER, 2010)
In this paper the nature and relevance of the information provided by intonation is discussed in the framework of second language learning.
As a consequence, an automatic intonation assessment system for second language ...
Language assessment and the new literacy studies.
(2011-10-18)
This paper is a reflection on a master’s degree study regarding English language assessment from the perspective of the new literacy studies (Duboc, 2007). The starting point of our research was an investigation into both ...
Self-assessment: A critical competence for Industrial Engineering
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Sede Medellín). Facultad de Minas., 2015-11-01)
Assess one's own abilities realistically and critically is the key for a continuous adaptation to the changing labor market conditions. The university system must train the future engineers to rate their own performance ...
Universidad de Chile: self-assessment and its effects on university’s management
(Springer, 2018)
This paper presents a brief approach to the results of a case study of a university within the Chilean higher education system, focusing on the effects of self-assessment on the university's management of undergraduate and ...
A Novel Methodology for Assessing the Fall Risk Using Low-Cost and Off-the-Shelf Devices
(IEEE, 2014)
Early detection of fall risk can reduce health costs
associated with surgery, rehabilitation, imaging studies, hospitalizations,
and medical evaluations. This paper proposes a
measurement-focused study oriented to ...
Using game authoring platforms to develop screen-based simulated functional assessments in persons with executive dysfunction following traumatic brain injury
(Academic Press Iinc Elsevier Science, 2017)
The assessment of functional status is a critical component of clinical neuropsychological evaluations used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with cognitive brain disorders. There are, however, no ...
Sustainability indicators for the assessment of eco-industrial parks: classification and criteria for selection
(2016)
A variety of indicators is available for assessing the economic, environmental, and social aspects of an Eco-industrial park (EIP). The managers of a sustainability assessment over these parks should overcome an important ...
Assessment of height as an indicator of population nutritional status Evaluación de la estatura como indicador nutricional poblacional
(1997)
Background: Chilean girls of middle and low socioeconomic levels are shorter than their European or North American counterparts. Aim: To challenge the hypothesis that undernutrition is the cause of the shorter stature of ...
Frequency and use of pain assessment tools implemented in randomized controlled trials in the adult burns population: A systematic review
(Elsevier, 2012)
Introduction: Pain continues to be an ongoing issue of concern in adult burn patients.
Inadequate pain assessment hinders meaningful research, and prevents the optimal management
of burn pain. The objective of this study ...