Reply to ‘PEM or MBI?’

PEM or MBI?

We have read with utmost interest the preliminary report by Yamamoto et al. of breast cancer screening by fluorine18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) positron emission mammography (PEM) [1]. However, despite its many reported advantages, we have some concerns about its actual superiority in the diagnosis of tumours in the dense breast tissue. At present, there also reports on the application of anoth...

Reply to “Clonorchiasis or Paragonimiasis?”

Responding to: Parallel analysis and MBI-HSS.

MBI Master Thesis To Fail or Not to Fail : A Z - score for Open Source Projects

This research is focused towards the prediction of Free Libre Open Source (FLOSS) project failure and non failure. By using the characteristics of open source projects, referred to as determinants, we strive to create a classification model that predicts project failure and additionally, project non-failure. Examples of project characteristics are the number of developers, the number of downloa...

To reply or not to reply: Predicting action on an email message

What characteristics of an email message predict a users action on that message? Participants in a survey of university faculty, staff, and students provided data on the characteristics of new email messages and their actions based on the messages. Statistical analyses of responses revealed several factors that were important in predicting the fate of a message. These were: importance of a mess...