An intelligent tourist system: An application of integrated intelligent response mechanisms

query in a database system can fail for many reasons, including lack of available data, user error, or conflict between the query and the database semantics. Furthermore, conventional Database Systems (DBS), in most cases, do not incorporate facilities to detect the user intention behind a query. These database systems are therefore not able to provide additional information beyond an answer to a query. While additional or alternative information may not match a query semantically or grammatically, it is often required to support decision-making and to assist in carrying out actions. It is therefore very desirable to develop a mechanism that takes into account factors like user errors, user interests or intention, to prevent a query from failing and to facilitate the retrieval of alternative and relevant information which includes more than the basic answers to an original question.</p

Heterogeneous Reaction Activities and Statistical Characteristics of Particle Cracking in Battery Electrodes

Heterogeneous Reaction Activities and Statistical Characteristics of Particle Cracking in Battery Electrode

Dewetting Dynamics of a Solid Microsphere by Emulsion Drops

A novel micropipet technique was developed to quantify the dewetting dynamics of individual microsphere particles by emulsified viscous crude oil drops in aqueous media. This technique allowed dynamic microscale receding contact angles of water to be measured in situ for solid–oil–water systems. System parameters, including modification of glass microspheres and characteristics of oil drops, were varied to study their effect on dewetting dynamics of the systems. Increasing solvent dosage in viscous oil was found to decrease static receding contact angle of water for clean and bitumen-treated glass surfaces, but showed a negligible effect on static receding contact angle for ethyl cellulose (EC)-treated glass surface. Interestingly, dynamic dewetting behavior exhibited a strong dependence on surface modification and the addition of solvent to viscous oil. No dewetting dynamics was observed for clean hydrophilic glass surface. For bitumen- or EC-treated glass surfaces, more rapid dewetting dynamics of water were determined with increasing addition of solvent to viscous oil. Both de Gennes viscous dissipation hydrodynamic and the Blake/Haynes molecular-kinetic models were developed for the current system to understand the observed dynamic dewetting characteristics

Table_1_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Table_7_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Table_2_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Table_4_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Table_6_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Table_5_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.docx

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p

Data_Sheet_1_Simplified Post-stroke Functioning Assessment Based on ICF via Dichotomous Mokken Scale Analysis and Rasch Modeling.PDF

PurposeThis study aims to accomplish two tasks for International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) application among persons with stroke: (1) to make an ICF tool for measuring personal abilities with simplified assessment operations; (2) to quantitatively evaluate ICF categories for being functioning rather than being disabled.MethodsA total of 130 inpatients with stroke via convenience sampling were evaluated by the extended comprehensive ICF core set for stroke, modified Rankin scale, and modified Barthel index (MBI). This study investigated the responses to 118 stroke-related ICF items (59 items in b and d domains individually) using Mokken scale analysis followed with Rasch modeling.ResultsA Mokken scale with 47 items was extracted from the binary data (1 as no-impairment or mild-impairment and 0 as moderate to complete impairment). A Rasch model with 45 items was derived from the Mokken scale. The conversion chart was available involving the original ordinal scores to Rasch-transformed scores from 0 to 100 (interval scale). Total scores exhibited a high correlation with the personal abilities estimated by the Rasch model. The personal ability also demonstrated a significantly strong correlation with the score of the MBI. Thus, the 45 ICF items were suggested to rate potential functional ability as a single measurement.ConclusionBased on simple “functioning or disabled” judgment tasks, ICF assessment can be simplified to a questionnaire with answering “yes-or-no” questions for each category. Functioning level for each person and difficulty of being functioning for each category can be estimated by the Rasch model of this questionnaire.</p