{"title":"Unveiling a Rarity: A Case Report on Glomangiopericytoma in the nasal cavity.","authors":"Akshat Kushwaha, Ngohlaki Khaimeichho, Sreerekha Jinkala, Lokesh Kumar Penubarthi","doi":"10.1007/s12070-023-03975-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12070-023-03975-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sino-nasal glomangiopericytoma is a rare benign tumour comprising only about 0.5% of all sino-nasal tumours. Presenting as a bleeding nasal mass, it is among the myriad of differential diagnoses for the same. Clinical characterisation of mass becomes difficult; hence, histopathology and immunohistocytochemistry play an essential role in clenching the diagnosis. Optimal treatment includes complete tumour excision with endoscopic or open approaches with or without preoperative embolization and a long post-operative follow-up period. Here we report such a case treated with endoscopic approach.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-03975-z.</p>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"15 1","pages":"3917-3919"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10645710/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76011235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating evaluation: Where do we go from here?","authors":"Leonard Bickman","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90003-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90003-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90003-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56198377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation in the government marketplace","authors":"Ernest R. House","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90006-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90006-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A large government market has developed in evaluation over the past few decades. Governments let contracts to conduct evaluation studies, and these contracts shape the studies. Such contracting does not follow the idealized image of open markets. Rather, a few firms conduct most studies because of the dynamics of the contracting process. If we are to have honest, unbiased evaluations, evaluation ethics must take these market factors into consideration. The conditions under which evaluations are produced are as important as how evaluation results are used.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 37-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90006-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71734242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Functions of the evaluation proposal in preordinate and emergent studies","authors":"Nick L. Smith","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90004-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90004-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Proposals satisfy a number of functions in evaluation work. They may serve as a work plan, a basis for a contract, a request for commitment, evidence of ability, an evaluative criterion, and, most importantly, to justify the conduct of the study. This article examines how these functions differ depending on whether the proposal concerns a preordinate study in which methods are pre-specified, or an emergent study in which decisions about methods are made as the study proceeds.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 17-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90004-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71734244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conducting ethical evaluations with disadvantaged and minority target groups","authors":"Brian English","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90007-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90007-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In certain circumstances, the evaluation of programs designed to serve disadvantaged and minority target groups may actually be threatening to stakeholders in those groups. When such threats are real, participation by these target groups in the evaluation may cause undue personal stress or not serve their best interests. An important question therefore is what can be done to address the ethical dilemma that arises when participation by these target groups in the evaluation may put them in jeopardy? The present paper examines the issues involved in addressing this question, particularly the roles that key stakeholders play throughout the evaluation process. Specifically, it is argued that involvement by these target groups in all phases of an evaluation as ‘co-operative partners,’ and not just at the stage of collecting data as ‘bystanders,’ is one way of addressing the dilemma that emerges when evaluators cannot guarantee that participation will not be threatening.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 49-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90007-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71734241","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Using critical incidents to model effective evaluation practice in the teaching of evaluation","authors":"Hallie Preskill","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90009-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90009-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this essay, I discuss the importance of modeling effective evaluation practice as we teach others about program evaluation. Over the last few years I have experimented with using a tool and process called “critical incidents” in my graduate program evaluation courses. This activity asks students each week to reflect on their reactions to, and learning from the course, by responding to a set of evaluative questions. The students' cumulative responses to these questions demonstrated increased understanding of key evaluation concepts and an appreciation for their own and others' learning styles. The approach confirmed the importance of modeling formative evaluation throughout a course as a way to teach about evaluation practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 65-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90009-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56198572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Methods for identifying biased test items","authors":"Katherine E. Ryan","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90010-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90010-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"18 1","pages":"Pages 73-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(97)90010-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56198699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}