A priori hypotheses to determine the discriminative and evaluative validity of the items in the QLMI were tested against several well established clinical measures [e.g. State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Profile of Mood Scale, Time Trade-off, Quality of Well-Being, Katz social functioning instrument, and a symptom limited exercise test].
Del Ponte's determination to make the Rwanda and Yugoslavia tribunals functioning instruments of international criminal justice caused consternation.
This would mean that in the hands of an experienced surgeon PSCB is a well-functioning instrument right from the beginning but, at the same time, that experience is an important factor even with PSCB and that PSCB cannot replace experience and understanding of total knee arthroplasty.
The plasma was separated, and radioactivity was counted in a multi-function well counter ZD-60000 multi-function instrument; Zhida Technology Company, Xian, People's Republic of China).
Overall subjective well-being was measured with the SPF-IL s) (15-item SPF-IL sroduction Function Instrument for the Level of well-being) [ 17].
Well-being was measured with the 15-item version of the Social Production Function Instrument for the Level of Well-Being (SPF-IL; Appendix) [ 7].
Third, we also used a multi-dimensional measure of wellbeing, the Social Production Function: Instrument for Level of Well-being (SPF-IL), to assess wellbeing.
SPF-IL, Social Production Function Instrument for the Level of Well-Being.
As classic economic books explain, money has three functions: instrument of exchange, unit of account and reserve instrument.
While the space agency tries to overcome a crippling flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope, European scientists have developed a new type of ground-based telescope that promises to work as well as a perfectly functioning space-based instrument at a small fraction of the Hubble's cost.
Moreover, although the psychometric properties of most Dutch translations of frequently used physical function instruments are well known (e.g., the HAQ [ 16] and AIMS2 [ 20]) this is one of the first studies to offer a detailed description of the methodology of the cross-cultural translation of physical function items to the Dutch language.
