Visual masking of primes lowers prime visibility but spares processing of primes as reflected in prime-target congruence and prime-response compatibility effects. However, the question is how to appropriately measure prime visibility. Here, we tested the influence of three procedural variables on prime visibility measures: prime-target similarity, prime-response similarity, and the variability ...

This paper proposed the fractional order gray prediction algorithm to improve prediction accuracy in uncertainty signal. This paper is the first to propose the measurement method of the gray information of signals. The fractional order gray prediction algorithm is deduced through fractional order Taylor expansion formula. The measurement method of the gray information of signals is provided by ...

This investigation deals with the transient analysis of the machine repair system consisting of M-operating units operating under the care of single repairman. To improve the system reliability/availability, Y warm standby and S cold standby units are provided to replace the failed units. In case when all spares are being used, the failure of units occurs in degraded fashion. In such situation ...

Introduction Abnormalities of horizontal gaze are common in strokes involving the caudal part of the pons and generally associated with motor, sensory, cerebellar and cranial nerve dysfunction. Isolated abducens nerve palsy is rare [1, 2] and due to a small lesion which affects the radicular fascicles of the 6th cranial nerve and spares the abducens nucleus [3] . Conversely, abducens nucleus le...

Use-case methodology is widely used for writing requirements. Unfortunately, there are almost no tools supporting the usage of the use cases in any software projects. UC Workbench is a tool that tries to fill in this gap. It contains a use-case editor (it spares up to 25% of the effort at introducing new use-cases and up to 40% at updating them), a generator of mockups (a mockup generated by UC...

In this paper, we resort to Monte Carlo simulation for achieving a realistic modelling of the dynamics of a system supported by spare parts. The spare dynamics, namely the start-up of a spare unit upon failure of an on line unit, is caught by means of the multi-state correlation method previously introduced by some of the present authors to describe stand-by and load-share dependencies. The Mon...