Concept

Cronbach's alpha

Related publications (15)

Performance evaluation of radon active sensors and passive dosimeters at low and high radon concentrations

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that has the potential to accumulate in buildings and over time, causes lung cancer in humans. Present methods for radon measurements are disparate, which pose challenges to benchmark radon concentrations and ...

Oxford2024

Comparison of questionnaire items for discomfort glare studies in daylit spaces

Marilyne Andersen, Jan Wienold, Caroline Karmann, Sneha Jain, Geraldine Cai Ting Quek, Clotilde Marie A Pierson

When studying discomfort glare, researchers tend to rely on a single questionnaire item to obtain user evaluations. It is unclear whether the choice of questionnaire item affects the distribution of user responses and leads to inconsistencies between studi ...

2023

Reliable Microsecond-Scale Distributed Computing

Athanasios Xygkis

The landscape of computing is changing, thanks to the advent of modern networking equipment that allows machines to exchange information in as little as one microsecond. Such advancement has enabled microsecond-scale distributed computing, where entire dis ...

EPFL2023

Evaluation of a shortened version of the Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) for upper extremity function after stroke: The Mini-ARAT

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Lisa Aïcha Mireille Julie Fleury

Objectives (i) to create a shortened version of the Action Research Arm Test scale, (ii) to investigate its psychometric properties compared to the original scale and (iii) to externally validate it within an independent cohort. Design Prospective longitud ...

SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD2022

Using re-calibrated design S-N curves for fatigue assessment of road bridges

Alain Nussbaumer, Luca D'Angelo

Fatigue design of road bridges according to Eurocode standards can be based on damage accumulation, provided that information about loading spectrum is available. Characteristic values of fatigue resistance and load effects as well as partial safety factor ...

Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn2017

Multi-physics modelling of a compliant humanoid robot

Renaud Ronsse, Nicolas Benoît Dominique Van der Noot

We present a multibody simulator being used for compliant humanoid robot modelling and report our reasoning for choosing the settings of the simulator's key features. First, we provide a study on how the numerical integration speed and accuracy depend on t ...

Springer2017

Tell me about your Ponzo and I will tell you who you are

Michael Herzog, Lukasz Grzeczkowski, Aaron Michael Clarke, Fred Mast

Unlike in cognition, audition and somatosensation, performance between various visual tasks does not correlate. Surprisingly, even tasks that appear similar, like visual acuity and line bisection task do not share much common variance. Similar results were ...

2016

International Journal of Pavement Engineering

André-Gilles Dumont, Nicolas Bueche, Sara Bressi

This paper evaluates the variability of binder rheology for different ageing levels and the influence of ageing at different testing temperatures. Three different ageing levels were applied on a single type of bitumen with a penetration grade of 70/100.The ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2015

Investigating Reliability on Fuel Cell Model Identification. Part III: Behavior of Assessment Criteria and Limits in Identification

Daniel Favrat, Jan Van Herle, Leonidas Tsikonis

The present paper is the third and last part of an investigation on what determines reliability in fuel cell model identification. In continuation to the effect of experimental design (Part I) and a process method for stochastic calculation of a model's pa ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2013

Analyzing 180 degrees turns using an inertial system reveals early signs of progression of Parkinson's disease.

Kamiar Aminian, Arash Salarian

Changes in turning are one of the early motor deficiencies in Parkinson's Disease (PD). We have proposed a system based on wearable, inertial sensors and a novel automatic analysis algorithm that can assess 180 degrees turns. Twelve patients in early stage ...

2009

Graph Chatbot

Chat with Graph Search

Ask any question about EPFL courses, lectures, exercises, research, news, etc. or try the example questions below.

DISCLAIMER: The Graph Chatbot is not programmed to provide explicit or categorical answers to your questions. Rather, it transforms your questions into API requests that are distributed across the various IT services officially administered by EPFL. Its purpose is solely to collect and recommend relevant references to content that you can explore to help you answer your questions.