While this concurrent validity evidence is not of the same value as predictive validity evidence, it is none the less interesting as validated, objective, reliable and scalar information on professionalism in undergraduate medical students.
There are clear discrepancies between validating objective tools in a controlled-laboratory and free-living environments.
These measurements were not always mentioned, and in only 6 studies validated, objective measures scales were used.
In order to quantify the segmentation quality, an already validated, objective, and automatic criterion has been used.
Specifically, we have validated objective parameters associated with morphology, including area, perimeter, Feret's diameter (caliper), circularity, aspect ratio, solidity, and the number of grid crossings between cell-positive area and a grid.
We also investigated the potential correlation of the EASI scores, a validated, objective measure of the severity of atopic eczema [16], with the subjective perception of itch intensity in AD subjects.
Military mTBI is diverse and diffi-cult to assess, and no validated, objective biomarkers of the acute injury exist.
Validated objective biomarkers are needed for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to guide patient management and define high-risk populations for follow-up or for therapeutic purposes.
In addition, validated, objective measurements of blastocyst morphology and growth kinetics throughout the culture period are required to increase the reproducibility of results.
Strengths of this study were the direct measurement of a validated, objective frailty instrument, and granular ascertainment of comorbidities using medical records abstraction.
The absence of a reliable and validated objective measure of mTBI will continue to hamper our efforts to understand the natural history of this injury and disentangle its clinical course from that of co-morbid psychological problems.
