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When a breach has no remedy: No-claim, no-damage clauses

One of the most recurring issues in construction contracts, typically in public-works contracts, is the validity of ‘no-claim ...
JD Supra

The DOJ’s Disparate Impact Memo: Key Takeaways for Employers

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a significant legal opinion concluding that the Equal Employment ...
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

What Is Assessment Validity? Messick’s Framework in the Age of AI

Assessment validity has always been one of the most important ideas in education, but it has become even more urgent today. With the rise of generative AI, the relationship between student work, ...

Study finds vocational interests predict life outcomes, even for adults

Career interest tests can be very helpful for teenagers and young adults deciding which career to pursue. New research from ...
SciELO

Validity and reliability of a questionnaire assessing Brazilian adolescents’ experiences in orthodontic treatment

Construct validity was assessed through cross-cultural validation and hypothesis testing. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.7 for the NTA group and 0.9 for the AOT group. The instrument demonstrated excellent ...
Nature

Validation of the modified transplant symptom occurrence and symptom distress scale and exploring symptom burden in Brazilian kidney transplant recipients

We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors ...
BMJ Open

Validation of the Coercive-Composite Abuse Scale (C-CAS) in an Australian sample of women experiencing intimate partner abuse

Conclusions The C-CAS, a self-report measure of coercive control experiences among women, has demonstrated initial reliability and validity and is suitable for use in population or clinical studies.
IEEE

Modeling and Prediction for Cement Clinker Compressive Strength by Using an Optimized SVR Based on Integrated Feature Selection

Abstract: The cement clinker compressive strength (CCCS) at the specified age is a significant indicator of the clinker quality. However, as for the existing CCCS measurement process, the test block ...
BMJ

Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff ...

Objectives To assess the feasibility of capturing older care home residents’ quality of life (QoL) in digital social care records and the construct validity (hypothesis testing) and internal ...
ahajournals.org

Life’s Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association’s Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inclusive of positive health ...
BMJ

Copenhagen five-second squeeze: a valid indicator of sports-related hip and groin function

Correspondence to Dr Kristian Thorborg, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sports Orthopedic Research Centre—Copenhagen (SORC-C), Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Kettegaard Allé 30, DK ...
SciELO

Internal validity, dimensionality and performance of the Body Shape Questionnaire in a group of Brazilian college students

OBJECTIVE: To adapt the Body Shape Questionnaire for use in the Brazilian population; to study the internal validity and the dimensionality of the scale when used in a non- clinical Brazilian ...