SOFTWARE testing and analysis continue to be areas in which IEEE Transaction on Software Engineering (TSE) receives many submissions. In this issue, Barbara Ryder and Andreas Zeller guest edit a special section of selected papers from ISSTA 2008, the original papers having undergone signifi cant revision, extension, and substantive peer review. I would like to thank Barbara and Andreas for all ...

During brief, dangerous events, such as car accidents and robberies, many people report that events seem to pass in slow motion, as if time had slowed down. We have measured a similar, although less dramatic, effect in response to unexpected, nonthreatening events. We attribute the subjective expansion of time to the engagement of attention and its influence on the amount of perceptual informat...

The application of twin screw extrusion (TSE) as a scalable and green process for the manufacture of cocrystals was investigated. Four model cocrystal forming systems, Caffeine-Oxalic acid, Nicotinamide-trans cinnamic acid, Carbamazepine-Saccharin, and Theophylline-Citric acid, were selected for the study. The parameters of the extrusion process that influenced cocrystal formation were examined...

BACKGROUND Tobacco smoke exposure (TSE) is a worldwide health problem and it is considered a risk factor for pregnant women's and children's health, particularly for respiratory morbidity during the first year of life. Few significant birth cohort studies on the effect of prenatal TSE via passive and active maternal smoking on the development of severe bronchiolitis in early childhood have been...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a class of neurodegenerative transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) occurring in cervids, is found in a number of states and provinces across North America. Misfolded prions, the infectious agents of CWD, are deposited in the environment via carcass remains and excreta, and pose a threat of cross-species transmission. In this study tissues were tested fro...

* Toulouse School of Economics, Manufacture des Tabacs, 21 Allée de Brienne, 31015 Toulouse Cedex 6, France ([email protected]). The research leading to these results has received funding from the Chairs “Risk Markets and Value Creation” and “Sustainable Finance and Responsible Investments” at TSE, and from the European Research Council under the European Community's Seventh Framework...

Introduction In vivo MR carotid plaque imaging has been used to identify vessel morphology and plaque characteristics, and their associations with clinical symptoms. [1] Two-dimensional T1 weighted (T1W) double inversion recovery spin echo [2] and subsequently quadruple inversion recovery spin echo sequences [3] have been used to obtain the contrast between vessel wall and lumen, and identify c...

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