COSMIC-FFP is a rigorous measurement method that makes possible to measure the functional size of the software, based on identifiable functional user requirements allocated onto different layers, corresponding to different levels of abstraction. The key concepts of COSMIC-FFP are software layers, functional processes and four types of data movement (sub-processes). A precise COSMIC-FFP measure ...

OBJECTIVES To describe the frequency of adverse reactions (ARs) after transfusion on both per transfused patient and per transfused unit bases. METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of data available from records of 6 hospitals on the total number of transfusions and documented ARs between January 2008 and December 2009 for RBCs, fresh-frozen plasma (FFP), and platelet concentrates (P...

In this paper, we present two feature extraction methods for two-dimensional face recognition. Our approaches are based on facial feature points detection then compute the Euclidean Distance between all pairs of this points for a first method (ED-FFP) and Geodesic Distance in the second approach (GD-FFP). These measures are employed as inputs to a commonly used classification techniques such as...

A prospective longitudinal study was conducted to determine whether single-donor fresh frozen plasma (FFP) substitution was able to influence L-asparaginase-associated hypoproteinemia. Within a 36-month period, 20 of 42 children with ALL received a total of 42 prophylactic FFP doses at a median of 10 (5-20) mliter/kg when fibrinogen levels decreased to < 60 mg/dL and thrombin time was lengthene...

Release 1.0 of the Full Function Points measurement method was proposed in 1997 to measure the functional size of real-time or embedded software. Since then, field tests have shown the applicability and usefulness of this measurement method not only for real-time or embedded software, but also for other types of software like system software and MIS software. This paper investigates the issue o...

One of the prerequisites for introducing the COSMIC-FFP functional size measurement in organisations is the quality that it is suitable for early estimation. This paper will explain that the early estimation techniques using COSMIC-FFP can be used in the early stages of software development or maintenance. Two early estimation techniques have been developed based on COSMIC-FFP: approximate COSM...

Hemorrhage is responsible for 30 to 40% of all trauma-related mortality. Among adult trauma patients, 94% of hemorrhage-related deaths occur within 24 h and approximately 60% of these deaths within 3 h of hospital admission. Therefore, appropriate initial fluid resuscitation for bleeding is crucial to avoid preventable traumarelated death. In particular, the resuscitation strategy must be desig...