Several organizations are interested in using convertibility ratios between COSMICFFP (ISO 19761), the second generation of functional size of the software, and Function Points Analysis – FPA (ISO 20926). This paper presents a survey of previous convertibility studies and reports on findings from an additional data set. In summary, these studies indicate that convertibility can be simple and st...

OBJECTIVES In our study, the aim is to evaluate the use of Fresh-Frozen Plasma (FFP) in our emergency department and to assess its audit for transfusion. METHODS All the patients aged 18 and over who received FFP transfusion in the emergency department between March 1, 2013 and March 1, 2016 were included into the study. The audit of FFP use was evaluated by according to 'British Committee fo...

Depending on logistics, whole blood has to be stored for several hours after collection. If storage time exceeds 8 h, storage has to be at 1-6 degrees C to comply with FDA regulations. In the Netherlands, however, whole blood is also stored for 12-15 h at 20-24 degrees C using butane-1,4-diol cooling devices. We compared these two storage methods for factor VIII recovery in plasma and cryopreci...

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...

Data has been collected in a number of organizations since then and the analysis of the first results started in July 2000. This paper summarizes the context of the COSMIC-FFP field trials and presents some of the key observations obtained to date. Parts of the analysis focused on the relationship between software size and project variables like effort and schedule while other parts of the anal...

Pollution in Southeast Asia is a major public energy problem and the cause of energy losses. A significant problem with respect to this type of pollution is that it decreases energy yield. In this study, two types of photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays were used to evaluate the effect of air pollution. The performance of two types of solar arrays were analysed in this research, namely, two units of ...

Ten complete mammalian genome sequences were compared by using the "feature frequency profile" (FFP) method of alignment-free comparison. This comparison technique reveals that the whole nongenic portion of mammalian genomes contains evolutionary information that is similar to their genic counterparts--the intron and exon regions. We partitioned the complete genomes of mammals (such as human, c...

We present a case of successful and uncomplicated total hip arthroplasty with an acetabular reinforcement device in an elderly patient with hip osteoarthritis already diagnosed with factor XI deficiency, which is a very rare bleeding disorder and at high risk of post-operative haemorrhage, and it poses a substantial challenge to surgeons as a consequence of the specific risks of infection and f...

We set out to determine if the heparinase-modified thrombelastogram using anticoagulated blood from patients during cardiac surgery could guide treatment with haemostatic components. In 60 patients a simple algorithm predicted a possible 60-80% decrease in the use of haemostatic components. In a second series, 30 patients were allocated to receive components using this intra-operative algorithm...

A sample of venous blood was taken from each subject. Some of this (5 ml) was mixed with fresh 3 * 8% sodium citrate, 9 : 1 volumes blood to citrate, spun immediately at 3,000 r.p.m. for 10 minutes in a MSE centrifuge and the plasma was separated and deep frozen immediately. Two millilitres of blood were mixed with 20J1 of Trasylol and allowed to clot overnight, and then the serum was separated...