We present a model of fixing or patching a software problem after the product has been released in the market. Specifically, we model a software firm’s trade-off in releasing a buggy product early and investments in fixing it later. We first show that patching investments and time to enter the market are strategic complements such that higher investments in patching capability allow the firm to...

Properties of presumed mechanisms controlling photoreceptor alignments are partially defined. A phototropic mechanism normally dominates alignment, but do modest changes in orientations occur with dark patching? Here, new photopic Stiles-Crawford (SCE-I) determinations were made before patching (pre-patch), just after 8-days of dark-patching (post-patch), and 3 days after patch removal (recover...

IMPORTANCE Patching has been a mainstay in treating unilateral congenital cataract. However, its efficacy has not been rigorously assessed. OBJECTIVE To examine the association between patching and visual acuity in a cohort of children treated for unilateral congenital cataract. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This study was a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial (Infant Apha...

PURPOSE To assess the course of the response to patching treatment of moderate amblyopia and to assess factors predictive of the response in children 3 years old to younger than 7 years old. DESIGN Multicenter, randomized clinical trial comparing patching and atropine (one of the amblyopia treatment studies). METHODS A total of 209 children 3 years old to younger than 7 years of age with am...

We investigate the patching of double and exceptional field theories. In double field theory the patching conditions imposed on the spacetime after solving the strong section condition imply that the 3-form field strength H is exact. A similar conclusion can be reached for the form field strengths of exceptional field theories after some plausive assumptions are made on the relation between the...

Onlay is an extra-coronal restoration usually involving same area as inlay restoration and portion of outer cuspal slope, it is indicated in cases of steep cuspal inclines as wedging force tends to direct forces not parallel to the long axis of tooth [3]. The versatile inlay and onlay restorations require meticulous care in preparation, but when properly designed are extremely useful as durable...

BACKGROUND Although China has a long history of using acupoints herbal patching (acupoints herbal patching means applying herbal patch on special acupoints to stimulate skin to form blisters, hyperemia, and even suppuration) in Sanfu Days (Sanfu Days are supposed to be the three hottest days in a year which is calculated by the ancient calendar) for the treatment of asthma, there is insufficien...

Scalability is a key issue of on-line video service. Different methods have been proposed for the closed-loop video service, such as batching and patching. However, scalability itself has not been formally defined and the condition for a scalable system is not well studied yet. This paper studies scalability and the condition for scalable systems. It is found that when the arrival rate is acros...

This paper presents a method for effectively modeling the outer surfaces of inlay/onlay prostheses restoring teeth that are partially destroyed. We exploit 3D mesh deformation techniques: direct manipulation free-form deformation (DMFFD) [9] and multiple wires deformation (MWD) [10] with three kinds of information: standard teeth models, scanned mesh data from the plaster cast of a patient's to...