Cohesion was first introduced as a software attribute that, when measured, could be used to predict properties of implementations that would be created from a given design. Unfortunately, cohesion, as originally defined, could not be objectively assessed, while more recently developed objective cohesion measures depend on code-level information. We show that association-based and slice-based ap...

The need for interaction between customer and supplier during the production of a service makes it difficult to measure and evaluate the soft factors of a service process. They cannot be measured by using objective measuring equipment. Soft factors rather have to be measured and evaluated by people who function as subjective measuring equipments. The use of Likert scales is the common way to me...

A technique for measuring the voltage dependent capacitance of pixels by using a low cost integrated circuit and some common laboratory equipments is proposed. The error in measurement ranges from 1 to 2% and this technique can be used for indirect measurement of various parameters of the liquid crystals.

Current methods used to assess gingivitis are qualitative and subjective. We hypothesized that gingival perfusion measurements could provide a quantitative metric of disease severity. We constructed a compact laser speckle imaging (LSI) system that could be mounted in custom-made oral molds. Rigid fixation of the LSI system in the oral cavity enabled measurement of blood flow in the gingiva. In...

everal studies suggest the importance of cardiac power output calculation, which is derived from cardiac output (CO) and mean blood pressure, to predict the prognosis in heart failure patients not only in hospital but also in the outpatient setting.1–3 CO measured by the thermodilution method with a Swan-Ganz catheter placed in the pulmonary artery has become one of the most widely accepted and...