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The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of obstetrics simulator training for medical students by comparing measures of confidence in normal obstetrics skills of students with and without training.

We investigated individual differences in the stimulus control of navigational behavior in the water maze by comparing measures of place learning in one environment to measures of latent learning (via passive placement on the goal platform) in a novel environment.

Our objective was to assess differences in soil physical and hydrological properties by comparing measures of soil particle size; aggregate stability; hydrophobicity; bulk density; penetration resistance; surface roughness; and infiltration (double-ring and mini-disk tension infiltrometer) between habitats.

By comparing measures of FC during an experimental condition and during rest or a control condition, found connectivity can be shown to be task-specific and therefore interpretatively meaningful (for a recent review of FC analysis in fMRI, see [8].

The fidelity of intervention delivery within the two clinical sites will be assessed by comparing measures of adherence and weight control.

Investigations of nonresponse to the first follow-up questionnaire found no appreciable bias as reflected by comparing measures of association for selected outcomes using complete case and inverse probability weighting [ 7].

Discriminative validity has been demonstrated by comparing Measure of Processes of Care scores between different programs of service delivery and acceptable reliability with Cronbach's alpha of 0.83 to 0.90 has been documented [ 47].

Radiative transfer simulations of the coupled atmosphere-surface system are used to construct lookup tables that are used in the retrieval process which proceeds by comparing measured top-of-the-atmosphere (TOA) radiances with synthetic values obtained from the lookup tables.

The accuracy of the technique was determined quantitatively by comparing measured values of yarn thickness, width and spacing between the yarns from X-ray micro CT images with measurements obtained from optical micrographs of the same textile.

The study aim was to more objectively understand causes of geographical cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality disparities in Australia by; (1) comparing measures of CVD risk (objective and self-reported data) between a rural population (Greater Green Triangle, GGT) and an urban population (North West Adelaide, (NWA)).

We also investigate the utility of DTI as a potential biomarker for clinical trials by comparing DTI measures of change with established MRI and neuropsychological measures and estimate sample size requirements for potential future clinical trials.