Welcome to the track on “Software Process and Product Improvement” at this year’s Euromicro conference! In today's competitive world the quality of software systems is a key to economic success and stability. The goal of the SPPI track at the conference is to establish a forum for exchanging advances and experiences in improving software quality, with a special focus on development processes. T...

High speed trains are an indispensable part of rapid transportation systems in many countries. As the fastest means of transport on the ground, these trains are extremely sensitive to the terrain and track conditions. Geometrical irregularities and mechanical characteristics of the track, together with inconsistencies in the lane (including bridges that support the track) are considered importa...

2 Fast track abdominal hysterectomy On the mode of anesthesia, postoperative recovery and health economics ©Ninnie Borendal Wodlin 2011 The impact of mode of anaesthesia on postoperative recovery from fast-track abdominal hysterectomy: a randomised clinical trial.related quality of life and postoperative recovery in fast-track hysterectomy. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. anesthesia versus spinal an...

The colorectal services at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital needed to adapt to meet the extra demand on fast-track patient referrals to the outpatient department, as a consequence of the changes in the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on cancer referrals in June 2015. Learning from other units, a telephone assessment clinic (TAC) triaging patients straight to colo...

The primary goal for evaluation techniques is to conduct valid and reliable tests which provide data for research, development, and quality control during deployment of the developed algorithms. Quality assessment of watermarked audio tracks is a significant challenge. No single objective metric to quantify the quality of an audio track AbstRAct Methods for evaluating the quality of watermarked...

Objective consonant evaluation using palatograph tracing and digital acoustic assessment methods are valuable tools for speech that can be used to track improvement in patients wearing a removable prosthesis. In this case report, we employed the psychoacoustic parameter – sharpness - compare quality of consonants cleft palate patient while old prosthesis, new prosthesis following palatogram gui...