We expose a case study of a bad smell detection through metrics. In practice, bad smell detection emerges from human observations. Metrics allow to obtain an objective view of the software, so they must be used as instruments to detect bad smells. Concretely, we focus in the bad smell: Parallel Inheritance Hierarchy, using a metric subset. Although it is not a serious bad smell, however its det...

Complaints of taste and smell dysfunction unaccompanied by symptoms of neurological or nasal problems are not uncommon. However, "I can't taste" is not necessarily an accurate symptom description. Complaints tend to reflect the common confusion between taste sensations (that is, salt, sour, sweet, bitter) and flavor sensations (including taste, smell, temperature, and texture). A number of ques...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the potential utility of the Sniff Magnitude Test (SMT) as a clinical measure of olfactory function. DESIGN Between-subject designs were used to compare the SMT and University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) in study participants from a broad range of ages. SUBJECTS A total of 361 individuals from retirement communities and an urban university and pat...

Three separate sensory systems — taste, smell, and chemesthesis contribute to the overall flavor perception of foods beverages. Modern psychophysical methods have led quantitation individual differences in perception, which potentially important implications for food liking intake, along with human health. Carefully designed studies using contemporary allowed identification novel relationships ...

This electronic document gives the study of a bidirectional model, of smell as a media and it‟s applications in the real world. This paper presents a prototype system, which uses smell as a medium to communicate information bi-directionally in the computer environment. The paper also emphasizes the possibility that apart from video and audio, smell can also become a strong medium for exchanging...