BACKGROUND The use of network meta-analysis has increased dramatically in recent years. WinBUGS, a freely available Bayesian software package, has been the most widely used software package to conduct network meta-analyses. However, the learning curve for WinBUGS can be daunting, especially for new users. Furthermore, critical appraisal of network meta-analyses conducted in WinBUGS can be chall...

This paper describes an effort to make Microsoft Excel Chartsline, pie, bar/column, radar, scatteraccessible using NVDA screen reader. This solution fetches chart informationaxis, axis title, series, trend line, chart title, chart area, plot area, legend, legend entry, legend keyusing Excel Native APIs and presents the information for each element type as separate navigable object. User study r...

Many students have difficulty understanding the concept of dynamic programming, a problem solving approach appropriate to use when a problem can be broken down into overlapping sub-problems. In addition, computer science majors seldom take a course in which a spreadsheet application is taught or used, although spreadsheet applications can be a great tool in visualizing and solving problems. Thi...

Current forecasting software can be problematic in its level of integration with Microsoft Excel forecasting models. Standalone forecasting software operates in a batch mode with Excel and is impossible to run interactively without custom programming. Excel forecasting add-ins are designed to work within Excel and can be automated to use with forecasting models, but lack support for damped tren...

Data clustering refers to the method of grouping data into different groups depending on their characteristics. This grouping brings an order in the data and hence further processing on this data is made easier. This paper explains the clustering process using the simplest of clustering algorithms the K-Means. The novelty of the paper comes from the fact that it shows a way to perform clusterin...

Females are generally better than males at recognizing facial emotions. However, it is not entirely clear whether and in what way females may also excel at non-affective face recognition. Here, we tested males and females on two perceptual face recognition tasks that involved only neutral expressions: detection and identity discrimination. On face detection (Experiment 1), females were signific...

A critical component essential to good research is the accurate and efficient collection and preparation of data for analysis. Most medical researchers have little or no training in data management, often causing not only excessive time spent cleaning data but also a risk that the data set contains collection or recording errors. The implementation of simple guidelines based on techniques used ...

The difficulties encountered by students of all ages in understanding probability and randomness have been widely documented. This paper describes an attempt to teach probability concepts at secondary school level using widely available spreadsheet software. The 10PLUS (Ten Probability Lessons Using Spreadsheets) project seeks to improve students’ grasp of randomness and elementary probability ...

Come with us to read a new book that is coming recently. Yeah, this is a new coming book that many people really want to read will you be one of them? Of course, you should be. It will not make you feel so hard to enjoy your life. Even some people think that reading is a hard to do, you must be sure that you can do it. Hard will be felt when you have no ideas about what kind of book to read. Or...