While the noninvasive methods used different technologies to calculate flow, both were noninferior to the gold standard.

Objective: To analyze the impact of choosing the left or the right side of the body on the anthropometric measurements and derived nutritional indices, in prepubertal children. Design: Cross-sectional ...

Purpose: To assess nuchal translucency measurements that were performed as part of routine prenatal screening for Down syndrome. Methods: Collect ultrasound measurements of nuchal translucency and ...

The mission of the Materials Measurement Science Division is to strengthen the personal safety of American consumers and the economic security of the nation. The division develops purposeful solutions ...

Mayo Clinic research has identified a powerful new way to improve the prediction of a patient's long-term cardiovascular ...

The body mass index (BMI) isn’t a perfect measure for obesity. Convenience and routine are on its side — so health experts aren’t likely to stop using it any time soon — but its limitations have got ...

Phase I Trial of Concurrent Twice-Weekly Recombinant Human Interleukin-12 Plus Low-Dose IL-2 in Patients With Melanoma or Renal Cell Carcinoma Purpose: Response of solid malignancies to therapy is ...

Although blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) play a central role in diabetes, the value of these measurements to assess cardiovascular risk has been unclear. Now, in a paper published in ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story incorrectly described part of EdReports’ assessment review process. Independent psychometric experts score the tests on technical quality. MAP, iReady, Star ...

“Measurement” has been defined and redefined enough times that there are those who use it to refer to any form of assessment. In my opinion, this has had two effects, neither of them good. The first ...

For a financial performance measure to be good, it should generally rise when good things happen and decline when bad things happen. And it should motivate high-quality decision-making. This may seem ...