We would argue that, in clinical practice, it is more helpful to view the psychometric properties of an instrument, like other aspects of clinical judgement, as a local accomplishment amongst social actors [ 47], rather than as an 'inherent' or 'fixed' property of the measure for a particular population and/or setting.
He uses digital effects, and his notes last longer, hovering in the air; he likes to make his instrument sound like other things -- horns, whales, warped honky-tonk records.
Mortgage securities, like other instruments that have generated large losses for investors during the crisis, have extremely complex structures.
Consequently, like other instruments of "engagement," the Games will lead to more Western tolerance of Chinese practices instead of Chinese changes conforming to international standards.
Bronchoscopes are not steam-sterilized like other instruments, but are cleaned with chemicals and washed in a special machine similar to a dishwasher.
Just like other instruments, each boat horn has a unique sound, and the composer (who changes from year to year) arranges a different score every January.
While single items have the advantage of simplicity and ease of administration, they cannot capture complexities assessed using multi-item scales, and like other instruments may result in false positives and negatives.
We note that DISCERN, like other instruments and methods, such as the HONcode and the JAMA benchmarks, have long been available for use by HPs (Silberg et al, 1997; Boyer et al, 1998; Charnock et al, 1999).
Like other instruments such as the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile [ 58], the Quality of Life Interview Scale [ 59] or the Wisconsin Quality of Life Index [ 60], the SLDS is an expert-reported scale designed specifically for individuals with chronic mental disorders [ 3].
The CODSI-SMD instrument used in this study has very high specificity (> 90%) (Sacks et al., 2007a), but like other SMI screening instruments, the instrument's sensitivity is not as high (> 50%) (Sacks et al., 2007a).
