Nowadays, developing software would be unthinkable without the use of third-party packages. Although such code reuse helps to achieve rapid continuous delivery end-users, blindly reusing has its pitfalls. For example, prior work investigated rationale for using packages that implement simple functionalities, known as trivial (i.e., in terms size and complexity). This showed although these were ...

BACKGROUND Many adolescent girls in Kenya and elsewhere face considerable risks and vulnerabilities that affect their well-being and hinder a safe, healthy, and productive transition into early adulthood. Early adolescence provides a critical window of opportunity to intervene at a time when girls are experiencing many challenges, but before those challenges have resulted in deleterious outcome...

Background: The first three years of life have a pivotal role in growth and development of infants. Extra-uterine environment largely affects brain development of infants during the first year of life.However,no specific programs are available for brain development stimulation in foster homes. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of motor development stimulation package on anthropometr...

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption increases obesity risk and is linked to adverse health consequences. Large packages increase food consumption, but most evidence comes from studies comparing larger with standard packages, resulting in uncertainty regarding the impact of smaller packages. There is also little research on beverages. This qualitative study explores the experiences of con...

We discuss software packages for solving optimization problems, focusing on fundamental software that assumes that the problemhas already been formulated in mathematical terms. Such packages can be used directly in many applications, linked to modeling languages or to graphical user interfaces, or embedded in complex software systems such as logistics and supply chain management systems.

This paper describes a method to implement the functionality of shared passive packages on top of a logical distributed memory — Linda. From a shared passive package a compiler can construct a new normal package that replaces the shared passive package. The new package contains the same subprograms and is extended with abstract data structures mapping Ada objects onto the storage units of Linda...

Background: We recently demonstrated the efficacy and feasibility of a novel CD-ROM based cognitive-behavioral multi-media self-help intervention for the treatment of bulimia nervosa. What is not known in CD-ROM treatments is how to best to deliver and support such packages in clinical practice. In particular, it is of great importance to identify to what extent such packages can be offered sta...