In this study we tried to replicate the unconscious thought advantage (UTA), which states that complex decisions are better handled by unconscious thinking. We designed an experiment in e-prime using similar material as the original study (choosing between four different apartments, each described by 12 attributes). A total of 73 participants (52 women (71.2%); 18 to 62 age: M=24.63; SD=8.7) to...

The Supreme Court of India has used its constitutionally mandated task of interpreting the enforceable fundamental rights enumerated in Part III of the constitution to extend its own powers. This extension in my view poses a dangerous threat to the Constitutional democracy of India. I argue below that the situation not only impacts the spillover effects beyond each case, but the learned justice...

A new bacteriological medium Modified Fish Meal Extract agar was tested for its efficacy in promoting the growth of P aeruginosa normally encountered in clinical specimens. 50 specimens each of sputum, pus and urine samples were cultured on Modified Fish Meal Extract Agar and the results were compared with normal Nutrient agar and Blood agar. There was 100% conformity in the results compared wi...

This position paper makes a case for a paradigm shift in modeling and analyzing systems with embedded software for tasks such as testing, fault and safety analysis. We propose a physics-centered rather than software-centered perspective, based on the argument that the behavior and misbehavior of the physical system determines the relevant aspects of the embedded software. The implications of su...

Navy has made a huge applying of preventive maintenance that has been recognized as the greatest source of costs. Scheduled overhaul is the most expensive. Revising preventive maintenance and selecting maintenance concepts according to a new algorithm should result into lowering those costs and at the same time maintaining function safety and system readiness. A reversible FMEA analysis coupled...

The WebSys project has developed a method for robustness assessment, using the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis on use cases, modified by introducing a set of robustness stereotypes developed by I. Jacobson. The paper gives a short presentation of the method and show how it can be applied by assessing the robustness of two systems. We then show that the results from testing these two systems gi...

FMEA is a useful tool that helps to find possible flaws in a system or element, mainly in the design phase. But it is a mere document that has no further ''direct'' use than the observation. Mapping all this knowledge into a Bayesian Network would make it possible to use the information in further ways, like software applications for maintenance. A good FMEA has the necessary features to build ...

An analysis and modeling method of the diagnostic characteristics of a mechanical or electromechanical system is presented. Diagnosability analysis is especially relevant given the complexities and functional interdependencies of modernday systems, since improvements in diagnosability can lead to a reduction of a system’s life-cycle costs. Failure and diagnostic analysis leads to system diagnos...

The key to security risks assessment in rural power network is hazards assessment, it is very important to select a proper assessment methods. Based on comparative study of characteristic, applicable condition and application scope of operating conditions hazard assessment method(LEC), risk assessment code method(RAC), Fault type and effect analysis (FMEA), Event Tree Analysis(ETA) and etc, the...

Time pressure and quality issues represent important challenges for those who develop web-based systems. The ability to analyze a system’s quality and implement improvements early in the development life cycle is of great practical important. For our study we have considered robustness as a critical quality issue. Our objective is to propose a general framework for conducting robustness analysi...