Social networks are streaming, diverse and include a wide range of edges so that continuously evolves over time and formed by the activities among users (such as tweets, emails, etc.), where each activity among its users, adds an edge to the network graph. Despite their popularities, the dynamicity and large size of most social networks make it difficult or impossible to study the entire networ...

The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of two instruments (the Braden scale and a multi-pad pressure evaluator) for predicting pressure ulcer development. A prospective cohort design was used and 105 intensive care unit patients participated in this study. The result was a 33% incidence of pressure ulcers. Both the Braden score and the multi-pad pressure evaluator instruments gave ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the variability in the establishment of the midaxillary line as external reference point (ERP), by different healthcare workers, for the measurement of central venous pressure in children. METHODS Descriptive and correlational study carried out in a pediatric intensive care unit of a teaching hospital. During the establishment of the midaxillary line as ERP for centra...

Self-healing systems must be able to adapt to errors and changing resource environments without human intervention. We propose an architectural style, called Containment Units, particularly intended for self-healing systems. Containment Units feature the use of operational, evaluator, and change agent modules to encapsulate different activities required in self-healing systems. We present this ...

As part of a study of the implementation of the Massachusetts Educator Evaluation Framework (EEF), SRI International and its partners (Abt Associates, Nancy Brigham Associates, and J Koppich & Associates) visited Massachusetts school districts in spring 2015 to identify and share promising evaluation practices. The research team interviewed teachers, principals, and administrators in three dist...

Practical supervised learning scenarios involving subjectively evaluated data have multiple evaluators, each giving their noisy version of the hidden ground truth. Majority logic combination of labels assumes equally skilled evaluators, and is generally suboptimal. Previously proposed models have assumed data independent evaluator behavior. This paper presents a data dependent evaluator model, ...

The examination for testamentary capacity poses several unique challenges to the forensic evaluator, especially when performed, as is often the case, postmortem. Forensic experience reveals that a series of common pitfalls awaits the unwary witness. This brief review identifies the more common pitfalls and suggests how to avoid them.