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Energy levels, radiative rates, and lifetimes are calculated for all levels of 3s23p, 3s23d, 3s3p2, 3s3d2, 3s3p3d, 3p23d, 3s3d2, 3p3d2, 3p3, and 3d3 configurations of Al-like tungsten ion (W XLVII). Multiconfigurational Dirac–Fock (MCDF) method is adopted for calculating energy levels and radiative rates. Oscillator strengths, radiative rates, and line strengths are reported for some E1 transitions from the ground level. Comparisons are made with the available data in the literature and good agreement has been found which confirms the reliability of our results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present configuration interaction calculations for the lifetime of 294 fine-structure levels of the Ti X spectrum in the LSJ coupling scheme. The calculations include all the major correlation effects. The relativistic effects are included by adding the mass correction term, Darwin term and spin-orbit interaction term to the non-relativistic Hamiltonian in the Breit-Pauli approximation. The calculated lifetime values are in very close agreement with other available experimental and theoretical results. We have predicted new lifetime results for levels belonging to 3p23d, 3s24p, 3s3p4s, 3s3p4p and various other configurations of Ti X, where no other theoretical and experimental results are available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract  The objective of the study was to test the data quality, scaling assumptions and scoring algorithms underlying the electronic personal assessment questionnaire—pelvic floor (ePAQ-PF). A cross-sectional survey of 599 women with pelvic floor disorders was carried out. Tests of data quality included secondary factor analysis, internal reliability, descriptive statistics, levels of missing data, floor and ceiling effects, item-to-total correlation scores, item discriminant and convergent validity. Secondary factor analysis verified the domain structure of ePAQ-PF. All 19 domains were internally reliable with Cronbach’s α scores ranging from 0.71 to 0.93. Missing response rates ranged from 0.2% to 1.3%, and all items were found to be most highly correlated with their own corrected scale. Results confirmed the factor structure, data quality and scoring and scaling assumptions of ePAQ-PF, thereby verifying its suitability for measuring symptoms, bother and quality of life in women with pelvic floor disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]