In the case when resources allocated for software quality improvement are limited or unknown, an estimation of the relative rank-order of modules based on a quality factor such as number of faults is of practical importance to the software quality assurance team. This is because improvements can be targeted toward a set of most faulty modules according to resource availability. A module-order m...

In engineering and other ‘real-world’ applications, multiobjective optimization problems must frequently be tackled on a tight evaluation budget — tens or hundreds of function evaluations, rather than thousands. In this paper, we investigate two algorithms that use advanced initialization and search strategies to operate better under these conditions. The first algorithm, Bin MSOPS, uses a bina...

Preservation of local similarity structure is a key challenge in deep clustering. Many recent clustering methods therefore use autoencoders to help guide the model's neural network towards an embedding which more reflective input space geometry. However, work has shown that autoencoder-based models can suffer from objective function mismatch (OFM). In order improve preservation structure, while...

Sports injuries are a significant public health problem in Australia. However, little information is available about community level sports injuries, or about the sports safety policies and practices of community level sports organisations in Australia. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a survey of local clubs and sporting centres in the City of Hume, a local council in Victori...

We consider a set of real-time periodic tasks where some tasks are preferably executed as soon as possible (ASAP) and others as late as possible (ALAP) while still meeting their deadlines. After introducing the idea of preference-oriented (PO) execution, we formally define the concept of PO-optimality. For fully-loaded systems (with 100% utilization), we first propose a PO-optimal scheduler, na...

Many people involved with resuscitation have specific interests and enthusiasm. They will review the new guidelines to see how their favorite interventions fared. This essay lists a number of the new guidelines that merit special attention: support for family presence at resuscitations, pronouncing death at the scene rather than after futile transport efforts, honoring advance directives, compa...

Previously, we reported that Sebox is a new maternal effect gene (MEG) that is required for early embryo development beyond the two-cell (2C) stage because this gene orchestrates the expression of important genes for zygotic genome activation (ZGA). However, regulators of Sebox expression remain unknown. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were to use bioinformatics tools to identify...

In engineering and other ‘real-world’ applications, multiobjective optimization problems must frequently be tackled on a tight evaluation budget — tens or hundreds of function evaluations, rather than thousands. In this paper, we investigate two algorithms that use advanced initialization and search strategies to operate better under these conditions. The first algorithm, Bin MSOPS, uses a bina...

osting by E Abstract Background and objectives: Interferon-a (IFN-a), a cytokine with both antiviral and immune-regulatory functions, was suggested as a useful toolwhich can evaluate current systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disease activity and identify patientswhoare at risk of future disease flares. In the current study, serum IFN-a levels and associated demographic, and serological feature...