We implemented a fully automated benchmarking system, the performance test platform (PTP). It is developed with special emphasis on flexibility and therefore uses library centric application design combining several orthogonal modules. The modules consist of a base of Bash shell scripts and an orthogonal web front-end written in PHP. We thereby ensure that no restrictions are imposed on the ben...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of short (six weeks) and long (52 weeks) term detraining on functional fitness in elderly people, and to determine whether these effects differ according to age in elderly people. METHODS Elderly subjects, aged 60-86 years, completed a nine week multicomponent exercise training programme. They performed the senior fitness test after six and 52 weeks, and the r...

The latency of mice and rats to fall from the accelerating rotarod can differ markedly between laboratories using the same brand of rod as well as between studies using different kinds of rods. These discrepancies can arise from different rod diameters, surface textures, test protocols, or laboratory environmental factors beyond the test itself, but it is also possible that the actual accelerat...

This paper describes a system being developed to recognize date information handwritten on Canadian bank cheques. A segmentation based strategy is adopted in this system. In order to achieve high performances in terms of efficiency and reliability, a knowledge-based module is proposed for the date segmentation and a cursive month word recognition module is implemented based on a combination of ...

We participated in the PR-SOCO task hosted in FIRE 2016 and tried some basic approaches which we look to improve in the future. We defined some simple features from the source code which, in our opinion, were indicative of the manner in which the code was written and which might give some clues about the personality of the programmer. We built a multiple linear regression model from the trainin...