Mass tolerances of ±5 ppm were used and the Jaccard score and dot product score were applied for spectral comparisons.
A semiquantitative grading score was applied for histomorphological and radiological analysis after 28 days.
Mass tolerances of 10 ppm were used, and the DotProduct score was applied for spectral comparisons.
Mass tolerances of 10 ppm were used, the Jaccard score was applied for spectral comparisons and the input spectrum was repeated for low, medium and high energies to form the CFM_orig entry.
MUST score was applied for malnutrition assessment, while hospital LOS constituted the outcome of interest.
A semiquantitative score was applied for assessment of FOI findings (0=no signal enhancement, 1=low (≤25%), 2=moderate (>25%, ≤50%), 3=strong (>50% of affected joint area)).
This calculated score was applied for validation, ie, receiver-operating characteristic curves were used to determine a threshold for the index with best sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values.
Different scoring mechanisms in combination with different bonus scores were applied for general teaching and general non-teaching hospitals over the study period.
Reversed scores are applied for five negatively worded items.
