abstract objective: to investigate the anesthesia-postoperative awakening time (at) of hepatitis- related cirrhosis patients and their relations to grading scores, portal venous pressure (pvp), prealbumin (pa), and age, to predict postoperative at and provide a basis for adjustment of anesthetic doses during operation. methods: atotal of 71 patients with hepatic cirrhosis and hypersplenism at a...

Radiographic progression is an important outcome measure in clinical trials and observational studies with patients with rheuamtoid arthritis. In this article we describe several aspects of measuring radiographic progression. We introduce the scoring method, discuss scoring methodology and issues regarding reliability of scoring, describe the relation between disease activity, radiographic prog...

Empirical scoring is the most common ranking method in automated reasoning systems competitions. Statistical testing can be used to validate the results of scoring, since the null hypothesis of equal performances is tested against the alternative hypothesis of signi cant di erence in performances using a precise mathematical formulation. This paper evaluates the merits of statistical testing as...

Modified source code validation is done by regression testing. In testing, the time and resources are limited, in which we have to select minimal test cases from suites reduce execution time. The case minimization process deals with optimization of testing removing redundant or prioritizing cases. This study proposed a prioritization approach based on multiobjective particle swarm (MOPSO) consi...

A heat-intolerance (HI) syndrome in cattle in Tanzania was suspected to be associated with previous, clinical foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). A participatory appraisal (PA) method called "matrix scoring" was used to explore livestock-keeper perceptions of association between HI and cattle diseases. A PA method called 'proportional piling' was used to estimate herd incidence of FMD and other disea...