PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate psychometric properties of the instrument, Resuscitation Self-Efficacy Scale for nurses. METHODS This was a methodological study for instrument development and psychometric testing. The initial item pool derived from literature review and experts resulted in 30 items linked to resuscitation self-efficacy. A convenience sample of 50...

We analyze consumption and asset pricing with recursive preferences given by Kreps–Porteus stochastic differential utility (K–P SDU). We show that utility depends on two state variables: current consumption and a second variable (related to the wealth–consumption ratio) that captures all information about future opportunities. This representation of utility reduces the internal consistency cond...

[This is the penultimate version of an essay whose final version appears in Philosophia Mathematica Vol 15 #3 (2007) pp 321-346]

While kernel canonical correlation analysis (CCA) has been applied in many contexts, the convergence of finite sample estimates of the associated functions to their population counterparts has not yet been established. This paper gives a mathematical proof of the statistical convergence of kernel CCA, providing a theoretical justification for the method. The proof uses covariance operators defi...

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Parameterized dataflow is a meta-modeling approach for incorporating dynamic reconfiguration capabilities into broad classes of dataflow-based design frameworks for digital signal processing (DSP). Through a novel formalization of dataflow parameterization, and a disciplined approach to specifying parameter reconfiguration, the parameterized dataflow framework provides for automated synthesis o...

Singleton arc consistency (SAC) is a local consistency that enhances the pruning capability of arc consistency by ensuring that the network can be made arc consistent after any assignment of a value to a variable. While some algorithms have been proposed in the literature to enforce SAC, a more in-depth theoretical analysis of this local consistency has never been published. In this paper, we g...

Personality, or consistent individual differences in behavior, is well established in studies of dogs. Such consistency implies predictability of behavior, but some recent research suggests that predictability cannot be assumed. In addition, anecdotally, many dog experts believe that 'puppy tests' measuring behavior during the first year of a dog's life are not accurate indicators of subsequent...

Parameterized dataflow is a meta-modeling approach for incorporating dynamic reconfiguration capabilities into broad classes of dataflow-based design frameworks for digital signal processing (DSP). Through a novel formalization of dataflow parameterization, and a disciplined approach to specifying parameter reconfiguration, the parameterized dataflow framework provides for automated synthesis o...