Background Since 1997, the Victorian Colorectal Cancer Family Study (VCCFS) has been studying a large number of individuals who have had colorectal cancer and their relatives. When a genetic mutation is identified by the VCCFS, family members are offered the chance to have genetic testing through a family cancer clinic to learn of their result. Between 17% (before August 2003) and 49% (after Au...

This paper describes the field tests of a simulation based game aiming at raising awareness and creating a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the comprehensive approach (CA). The setting of this game is that of a failed state where an UN intervention takes place after massive conflict that requires a CA to stabilize the situation. That is, the civil and military actors need to collaborate ...

Software reliability is the probability that a program will operate correctly for a specified time in a specified environment. What we may really be interested in is the total cost of faults that remain in the released software and will eventually manifest themselves as failures in the field. We present an approach to estimate failure costs in terms of the input/output behavior of the program a...

The objective of the presented research is to develop an efficient control system for highway load effects that involves the control of various parameters including: truck weight (axle weights and axle spacing), truck load distribution on bridge girders, dynamic load, strain, stress and deflection of bridge components, and verification procedure for the minimum load carrying capacity. This stud...

Cesarean deliveries on maternal request (CDMR) have become increasingly common in China within the past 20 years, coinciding with the dramatic rise in cesarean section rates. In recent years, the state has tried to control the escalation of cesarean section rates by restricting those that are considered medically “unnecessary” and particularly those requested by mothers. Drawing upon eight week...

Since computer’s software applications rapidly increased in modern life, it is important to have enough reliability and minimizing the probability of faults in software products. Software testing is a process to find faults in software’s products, due to increase software reliability. Because testing process is very costly, automation techniques are needed to reduce these costs and also, increa...