Questionnaire Scoring Packs- Residents & Staff

Comprehensive guide to all of the questionnaires from the Evaluation pack, and how to score each, plus clinical cut-offs.

Las becas y ayudas al estudio como elemento determinante de la continuidad escolar en el nivel secundario post-obligatorio : un análisis de sensibilidad a partir de la aplicación del Propensity Score Matching.

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The Developmental Sentence Scoring Procedure

This paper investigates the usefulness of the Developmental Sentence Scoring Procedure (DSS) as a clinical tool in rating the syntactic performance of young children.

Developmental sentence scoring

This paper reviews a study to investigate the effectiveness of the Developmental Sentence Scoring for language disorders.

Modelo de evaluación de crédito –scoring- para la cartera de consumo de la Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito “Riobamba”

La Cooperativa de Ahorro y Crédito Riobamba es una institución financiera con más de 30 años trabajando para el beneficio del país. Empezó a brindar sus servicios en la ciudad de Riobamba, es por esto que la matriz se encuentran en esta ciudad, en conjunto con tres agencias. Adicionalmente, presta sus servicios a través de seis agencias dentro de la ciudad y fuera de la provincia de Chimborazo, de las cuales cuatro se encuentran en Chimborazo y las otras en Quito y Cuenca. En Riobamba, la Cooperativa ha pretendido apoyar al desarrollo de su comunidad, por ello recibieron el lema de “Lo Nuestro”. El objetivo del presente trabajo es realizar un análisis del riesgo de crédito presente en la cartera de consumo de la COAC Riobamba, y crear un modelo –scoring- que permita una mejor administración del mismo. Para ello se utilizará modelos estadísticos que ayuden a explicar el comportamiento de los clientes y con ello determinar la probabilidad de pago o incumplimiento. En este proceso se utilizarán variables económicas, variables demográficas, y variables sociales de los clientes. Con ello, se determinará los elementos que influyen mayoritariamente en el comportamiento de pago o no de crédito a una persona. La cartera de crédito de consumo de la COAC Riobamba presenta una composición bastante alta en cuanto a personas con buen historial de pago crediticio. Ante aquello, el scoring debe ser entendido como una herramienta para un análisis más profundo del solicitante de crédito. Y, a la vez, puede ser tomado como una oportunidad de evaluación de riesgo para ampliar los créditos hacia otros segmentos de población. Finalmente, el estudio se justifica ya que existe la necesidad de conocer el comportamiento propio de la cartera de consumo con el fin de reducir potenciales pérdidas esperadas al otorgar el crédito.

Application of hydrogen-bond propensity calculations to an indomethacin–nicotinamide (1:1) co-crystal

The crystal structure of an indomethacin–nicotinamide (1 : 1) cocrystal produced by milling has been determined from laboratory powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) data. The hydrogen bonding motifs observed in the structure represent one of the most probable of all the possible combinations of donors and acceptors in the constituent molecules.

Development of novel methods to determine crystalline glucose content of honey based on DSC, HPLC, and viscosity measurements and their use to examine the setting propensity of honey

Crystallization must occur in honey in order to produce set or creamed honey; however, the process must occur in a controlled manner in order to obtain an acceptable product. As a consequence, reliable methods are needed to measure the crystal content of honey (φ expressed as kg crystal per kg honey), which can also be implemented with relative ease in industrial production facilities. Unfortunately, suitable methods do not currently exist. This article reports on the development of 2 independent offline methods to measure the crystal content in honey based on differential scanning calorimetry and high-performance liquid chromatography. The 2 methods gave highly consistent results on the basis of paired t-test involving 143 experimental points (P > 0.05, r**2 = 0.99). The crystal content also correlated with the relative viscosity, defined as the ratio of the viscosity of crystal containing honey to that of the same honey when all crystals are dissolved, giving the following correlation: μr = 1 + 1398.8∅**2.318. This correlation can be used to estimate the crystal content of honey in industrial production facilities. The crystal growth rate at a temperature of 14 ◦C—the normal crystallization temperature used in practice—was linear, and the growth rate also increased with the total glucose content in the honey.

Contrasting probabilistic scoring rules

There are several scoring rules that one can choose from in order to score probabilistic forecasting models or estimate model parameters. Whilst it is generally agreed that proper scoring rules are preferable, there is no clear criterion for preferring one proper scoring rule above another. This manuscript compares and contrasts some commonly used proper scoring rules and provides guidance on scoring rule selection. In particular, it is shown that the logarithmic scoring rule prefers erring with more uncertainty, the spherical scoring rule prefers erring with lower uncertainty, whereas the other scoring rules are indifferent to either option.

Like mother, like daughter? Analyzing maternal influences upon women’s entrepreneurial propensity

Within the phenomenon of entrepreneurship, the extant literature suggests that the normative actor is embodied by and through stereotypical masculinized characteristics. In this paper,we contextualize entrepreneurship as self-employment in order to explore how such stereotypical characterizations might influence women’s attitudes toward this activity. However, rather than analyzing the confirmatory effects of stereotypes, we critically evaluate the effect of counterstereotypical characterizations upon women’s propensity for self-employment. Drawing upon life-span data, we explore whether self-employed mothers disconfirm masculinized stereotypes and so act as positive role models for their daughters.As hypothesized, we found that maternal self-employment has a counterstereotypical effect and so positively influences daughters to become self-employed. These data indicate, however, that this effect is tempered by personal stereotypes held by daughters; moreover, it is shaped by significant life events (marriage, parenthood, education, and prior managerial experience). By using a robust data set, this paper contributes to our understanding of how stereotypes and role expectations influence women’s propensity toward entrepreneurial activity.

Mathematical relationships between scoring parameters in capped tendering

Mathematical relationships between Scoring Parameters can be used in Economic Scoring Formulas (ESF) in tendering to distribute the score among bidders in the economic part of a proposal. Each contracting authority must set an ESF when publishing tender specifications and the strategy of each bidder will differ depending on the ESF selected and the weight of the overall proposal scoring. This paper introduces the various mathematical relationships and density distributions that describe and inter-relate not only the main Scoring Parameters but the main Forecasting Parameters in any capped tender (those whose price is upper-limited). Forecasting Parameters, as variables that can be known in advance before the deadline of a tender is reached, together with Scoring Parameters constitute the basis of a future Bid Tender Forecasting Model.