This paper proposes the use of hypothesis testing for topology error identification based on normalized Lagrange multipliers. The main objective is to avoid state re-estimations that would be otherwise required for each possible set of suspect breaker statuses. The hypotheses are defined in terms of the set of circuit breakers whose statuses are under suspicion. The proposed hypothesis testing ...

Regression testing is an important testing activity that can account for a large proportion of the cost of software maintenance. One approach to reducing the cost of regression testing is to employ a selective regression testing technique that (1) selects a subset of a test suite that was used to test the software before the modiications, and then (2) uses this subset to test the modiied softwa...

INTRODUCTION There is growing evidence concerning the acceptability and feasibility of home-based HIV testing. However, less is known about the cost-effectiveness of the approach yet it is a critical component to guide decisions about scaling up access to HIV testing. This study examined the cost-effectiveness of a home-based HIV testing intervention in rural South Africa. METHODS Two alterna...


 The opportunity to engage in self-testing can be experienced as simultaneously liberating and constraining.
 While may appreciated a form of point-of-care testing for international normalized ratio (INR) levels, some people engaged were concerned with the limited amount personalized care they received.
 People using oral anticoagulants described community pharmacist-led anticoa...

AIMS To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of rapid hepatitis C virus (HCV) and simultaneous HCV/HIV antibody testing in substance abuse treatment programs. DESIGN We used a decision analytic model to compare the cost-effectiveness of no HCV testing referral or offer, off-site HCV testing referral, on-site rapid HCV testing offer and on-site rapid HCV and HIV testing offer. Base case inputs incl...

OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of testing for and empirically treating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in neonates with fever aged from birth to 28 days. DESIGN Cost-effectiveness analysis. SETTING Decision model. PATIENTS Neonates with fever with no other symptoms and neonates with fever with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. INTERVEN...

THE EFFECTS OF RUNNING SPEED ON THE METABOLIC AND MECHANICAL ENERGY COSTS OF RUNNING. Chad Harris, Mark Debeliso, Kent J. Adams. JEPonline. 2003;6(3):28-37. This study assessed the influence of speed on the metabolic and the mechanical cost to run a given distance. Trained male runners (n=12) performed 2 treadmill run trials of 8 min duration at each of 6 speeds (range 2.33 to 4.0 m/s). Oxygen ...

BACKGROUND Indian guidelines recommend routine referral for HIV testing of all tuberculosis (TB) patients in the nine states with the highest HIV prevalence, and selective referral for testing elsewhere. We assessed the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of alternative HIV testing referral strategies among TB patients in India. METHODS AND FINDINGS We utilized a computer model of HIV and ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare the cost and benefit of four different cervical cancer screening strategies involving primary HPV 16/18 genotyping, hrHPV testing alone and cytology for detecting CIN2 +. METHODS Economical analysis using Markov modeling approach to combine the epidemiological data from current population-based study of The National Cancer Institute of Thailand. ...