Programmer ability is important to assess in both research and professional settings, but it is very difficult to measure directly. The objective of this study was to measure the ability of programmers to accurately rate the programming ability of their peers. The participants were computer science students in a senior-level undergraduate programming languages course. The peer rating of ability...

Relevant management decisions are directly subjected to our ability to characterize landscape pattern: the amount and arrangement of spatial variability. The primary objectives of our project were (1) to develop new exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) methods to evaluate and quantify landscape spatial heterogeneity across spatial scales, and (2) to assess the sensitivity of widely used lan...

Orion is a NASA spacecraft being developed for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Crew Dragon commercial used to transport astronauts from International Space Station (ISS). Both are similar design both perform water landing following re-entry. This study evaluated ability Institute Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) Citizen Astronaut Candidates (CAC) egress mock-up wearing commercially availab...