Effort in Multitasking: Local and Global Assessment of Effort

Effort in Multitasking: Local and Global Assessment of Effort

When performing multiple tasks in succession, self-organization of task order might be superior compared to external-controlled task schedules, because self-organization allows optimizing processing modes and thus reduces switch costs, and it increases commitment to task goals. However, self-organization is an additional executive control process that is not required if task order is externally...

Local vs. Global Lessons for Defect Prediction and Effort Estimation

Existing research is unclear on how to generate lessons learned for defect prediction and effort estimation. Should we seek lessons that are global to multiple projects, or just local to particular projects? This paper aims to comparatively evaluate local vs. global lessons learned for effort estimation and defect prediction. We applied automated clustering tools to effort and defect data sets ...

Putting Together a Global Effort

Global effort against rare and orphan diseases.

T he fifth International Congress on Rare Pulmonary Diseases and Orphan Drugs will take place in Milan, Italy, on February 8–9, 2013 (www.pulmonaryrarediseases. com). 10 yrs have passed since the first Congress was held. Since then, the Congress has taken place regularly every 2 yrs, with growing success and ever increasing numbers of participants and speakers from around the world. The Interna...

Evaluation of Rating Scale Mental Effort (RSME) effectiveness for mental workload assessment in nurses

Background: Mental workload is one of the factors that influence individuals’ performance in the work environment as well as their efficiency and productivity. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Rating Scale Mental Effort (RSME) for mental workload in nurses. Materials and Methods: This study was descriptive and cross-sectional conducted on 75 nurses. For assessment ...