Decreased information processing speed is often cited as the primary cognitive deficit occurring in conjunction with multiple sclerosis (MS). Two common tools for assessing this deficit are the Stroop Test and the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT). However, there are procedural variations in these rapid serial processing (RSP) tests pertaining to the response format (e.g., verbal or manual) a...

Designing a testable circuit is often a two step process. First, the circuit is designed to conform to the functional specifications. Then, the testability aspects are added. By taking the test strategy into account during the synthesis of the circuit, the overhead due to the test features can be reduced. We present a synthesis-for-scan procedure, called beneficial scan, that orders the scan ch...

Recent progress has been made using fMRI as a clinical assessment tool, often employing analogues of traditional "paper and pencil" tests. The Trail Making Test (TMT), popular for years as a neuropsychological exam, has been largely ignored in the realm of neuroimaging, most likely because its physical format and administration does not lend itself to straightforward adaptation as an fMRI parad...

Objective: The objective of this study is to test for the increased mobility, agility, balancing, and general fitness of community-dwelling elderly individuals as a result of short-term training involving playing with modular interactive tiles (Entertainment Robotics, Odense, Denmark) at two community activity centers for the elderly. Three different tests from the Senior Fitness Test were used...

Although computer systems penetrate all facets of society, the software running those systems may contain many errors. Producing high quality software appears to be difficult and very expensive. Even determining the quality of software is not easy. Testing is by far the most used way to estimate the quality of software. Testing itself is not easy and time consuming. In order to reduce the costs...

The paper presents first results of a project that aims at building a model-based tool for functional testing of control software for passenger vehicles. The objective is that this tool can be used in today’s engineering practice and, hence, the approach must not require costly changes in the current test generation process and not assume data and skills that do not exist in reality. We focus o...

Conformance testing is a kind of functional testing where a formally verified specification is considered and test cases are generated so that conclusions can be established regarding the possibility of acceptance/rejection of conforming/nonconforming implementations. If the focus is on a complete specification, test suites may be impractical and even infinite with unclear relations between tes...

The six minute walk test (6MWT) is a quick and inexpensive way of measuring physical function is the ability to ambulate for a distance, as it reflects the capacity of a person to undertake physical activity[1]. The 6-min walk test (6MWT) evaluates functional exercise capacity, which is reflective of individual’s capacity to perform the activities of daily living[1,2]. It is a form of clinical ...

The purpose of this study was to estimate, using the Position-Specific Global Index (PSGI) of Lower-Limb Muscle Strength, the extent to which muscle strength is independently associated with functional walking capacity. We performed an observational, cross-sectional study with 63 patients poststroke (onset between 3 and 12 months) at a major teaching hospital in an urban Canadian city. We asses...