OBJECTIVES To validate the use of the Phadiatop test as a predictor of allergy-associated respiratory tract symptoms (RTS) in trail runners. METHODS The incidence of self-reported RTS was documented in 16 runners for 31 days and related to the Phadiatop status and circulating markers of allergic responses (changes in concentrations of serum IgE (sIgE), differential leucocyte counts) at 8 time...

Although MMOGs have been gaining most popularity over the years, RTS games have not been considerate a strong candidate for using this model because of the limited number of players supported for the usually employed network topologies, large number of game entities and strong consistency requirements. To deal with this situation, the notion of location-awareness can be extremely useful to conf...

Mutation testing is one of the most powerful methodologies to evaluate the quality of test suites, and has also been demonstrated to be effective for various other testing and debugging problems, e.g., test generation, fault localization, and program repair. However, despite various mutation testing optimization techniques, mutation testing is still notoriously timeconsuming. Regression Testing...

IEEE 802.11 MAC mainly relies on two techniques to combat interference: physical carrier sensing and RTS/CTS handshake (also known as ‘‘virtual carrier sensing’’). Ideally, the RTS/CTS handshake can eliminate most interference. However, the effectiveness of RTS/CTS handshake is based on the assumption that hidden nodes are within transmission range of receivers. In this paper, we prove using an...

Malaria, which is the result of Plasmodium falciparum infection, is a global health threat that resulted in 655,000 deaths and 216 million clinical cases in 2010 alone. Recent phase 3 trials with malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) in children has demonstrated modest efficacy against clinical and severe malaria. RTS,S targets the pre-erythrocytic phase of the disease and induces high a...

Since its birth wireless communication became an indispensible part of the modern society. One major area that has a gigantic impact on the performance of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. Many random access protocols exist in wireless sensor networks. Some of these protocols include Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA), Multiple Access with Collision Avo...

Rehabilitation for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is based on cognitive strategies that exploit attention. Parkinsonians exhibit impairments in divided attention and interference control. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of specific rehabilitation treatments based on attention suggests that other attentional functions are preserved. Data about attention are conflicting in PD, and it is n...

An important issue in software testing is the ability to observe the execution of the software; this is especially true for real-time systems (RTS). RTS are difficult to observe, and the ability to test RTS is inherently low. Embedded RTS have few interfaces for observation and the execution of multi-tasking RTS is usually non-deterministic. As a consequence, testing of RTS cannot be exercised ...