Development, initial validation and reliability testing of a web-based, generic feline health-related quality of life instrument

Objectives: The objective of this study was to develop a valid, reliable web-based, generic feline health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) questionnaire instrument to measure the affective impact of chronic disease. Methods: A large initial item pool, obtained through interviews with cat owners, was reduced using predetermined criteria, survey scores for relevance and clarity, and the ability of individual items to discriminate between healthy and sick cats when owners completed a prototype questionnaire. Using these data, factor analysis was used to derive a scoring algorithm and provide evidence for factorial validity. Validity was demonstrated further in a field trial using a ‘known groups’ approach (sick vs healthy cats will have a different HRQoL profile, and the HRQoL profile of cats will deteriorate as comorbidities increase). Test–retest reliability was assessed using intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). Results: In total, 165 items were reduced to 20 and, on the basis of a factor analysis that explained 72.3% of the variation in scores input by 71 owners of 30 healthy and 41 sick cats using the prototype, these were allocated to three domains (vitality, comfort and emotional wellbeing [EWB]) with a scoring algorithm derived using item loadings. Subsequently, the owners of 36 healthy and 58 sick cats completed one or two (n = 48) assessments. Median scores (healthy vs sick) for all domains were significantly different (P <0.001), 78% of cats were correctly classified as healthy or sick and for comorbidities the correlation coefficients were moderate (vitality 0.64; comfort 0.63; EWB 0.50). Test–retest reliability was good (ICC vitality 0.635; comfort 0.716; EWB 0.853). Conclusions and relevance: This study provides initial evidence for the validity and reliability of a novel HRQoL instrument to aid the assessment and management of chronic diseases of cats

RELASI KUASA DAN CCTV DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH ATAS NEGERI DI BOJONEGORO

Perkembangan teknologi mempermudah pekerjaan manusia salah satunya dalam hal pengawasan. Tidak hanya dilakukan oleh manusia melainkan sebuah alat yang dinamakan CCTV. Pengawasan menggunakan CCTV memiliki keunggulan diantaranya terdapat hasil rekaman. Hasil rekaman dapat diputar kembali ketika di butuhkan. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan menggunakan analisis perspektif teori postmodern milik Michel Foucault. Subyek dalam penelitian ini adalah civitas sekolah yang terdiri dari guru karyawan sekolah serta siswa. Analisis wacana digunakan sebagai pisau analisis data. Berdasarkan temuan data dilapangan terdapat diskursus yang berkembang dikalangan civitas sekolah dan siswa. Diskursus siswa yang ditemukan dari hasil penelitian yang dilakukan diantaranya. CCTV jarang diperiksa, rekaman CCTV bertahan tiga hari, serta guru masih dianggap sebagai pengawas utama. Diskursus tersebut diketahui berdasarkan statement yang berkembang dikalangan siswa diperoleh dari hasil wawancara. Diskursus yang berkembang dikalangan guru diantaranya fokus pengawasan CCTV dan belum adanya tata tertib sekolah yang mengatur mengenai CCTV. CCTV menjadi bentuk kuasa dari civitas sekolah kepada siswa

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky has moved to a new circuit (Pendleton Circuit). He is pained by the fact that his wife Susan and their children are 300 miles away, and it will be awhile before they can move to be with him. He tells of the success of the slave missions to which some plantation owners have donated as much as $150.00. A list of brothers elected as delegates to General Conference is given. The writer mentions the good health and liveliness of his son, James Finley Bradley. He again urges Finley to write and visit him if possible. Abstract Number - 845https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1332/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky tells Finley that he and his wife are having health problems. He is serving on the Rutherford Circuit with Rev. Laney. William Capers is stationed at Columbia with an eye to becoming president of Columbia College. He hopes that Finley will write soon. Abstract Number - 154https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1152/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky reports that progress in the Bladen Circuit is slow but good. The camp meeting was nice but not as successful as he had hoped. He is considering a transfer to the Ohio Conference in order to accompany Finley on a tour of the Indian nations. Two obstacles stand in his way -- having dyspepsia, which would make horseback travel impossible, and the possibility of changing his condition in life -- namely marriage. He requests Finley to write soon so he can make up his mind. Abstract Number - 844https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1331/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Conditions of religion are not great ( moderate ) in the Santee Circuit where Jacky now finds himself, due in part to the great emigration to the west. Eighteen new men have been taken into the South Carolina Conference as probationers. James C. Coggeshall is serving with Jacky on the Santee Circuit. He is a wealthy older man, an eminent statesman and lawyer, who has given up everything to spread the gospel. Political excitement has become a problem in the church, with folks fomenting trouble unnecessarily. Abstract Number - 150https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1148/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky expresses the importance of his correspondence with Finley. He would rather write to Finley than any other minister because they share both blood and gospel. Jacky appreciates the advice he gets from Finley because of his years of experience in the itinerancy. Jacky reports that he visited his Uncle James Bradley in Macklinburg and found him in fairly good health, though palsied. Evidently, Jacky has been involved in settling his father\u27s estate. [Father was John McKnitt Bradley, 1772-1827]. Jacky has been transferred to the South Carolina Conference. Abstract Number - 112https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1110/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky tells of a visit to Finley\u27s uncle, John Finley, who is well considering his age. He lives with his son-in-law and granddaughter, Hannah McCorkle. Conditions are not much better in Jacky\u27s circuit (Lancasterville Circuit). The colored population seem much more engaged than the whites. He writes about the fire in Charleston and the great damage done to the churches. It is hoped, through subscription and collection, that these churches can be rebuilt better than before. He expresses pleasure over the near completion of Finley\u27s book on the history of the Indians. Jacky\u27s two children (James and Richard) are both in good health. Abstract Number - 774https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/2280/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky states that conditions in the Alachua Circuit are not great. He tells Finley that a camp meeting will be held in November. Jacky then provides biographical information about his six brothers and four sisters -- their marriages, religious experience, etc. Mentioned are siblings Francis and John (twins), James, Abigail, Joseph, Rebeccah, Alexander and Elizabeth. He also talks about his grandmother Abigail (1748-1817) and grandfather Francis (1743-1780). Abstract Number - 93https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1091/thumbnail.jp

Letter from Jacky M. Bradley to James B. Finley

Jacky sounds discouraged but believes that religion on the Rutherford Circuit is on the rise. His son James Finley is very ill and his wife is also sick. He still longs for a personal meeting with Finley. He encloses a copy of a report on the Cism of the Church in Charleston. Abstract Number - 159https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1157/thumbnail.jp