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Application Software (application + software)

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Medical Sciences	40%

Selected Abstracts

Software systems: The missing element in M&A planning

JOURNAL OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTING & FINANCE, Issue 2 2003
Mike Fitzgerald
In the rush to complete a merger, the problem of merging two different IT systems often gets short shrift. Applications software, operations, and methodologies are particularly important to consider. Merging two companies will produce endless problems if their software isn't compatible. The author shows how to avoid that nightmare. What factors should you consider? How can you steer clear of common mistakes? © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [source]

Evaluation of two types of online help for application software

JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING, Issue 4 2000
S. Dutke
Abstract, A recent trend in application software design is to extend online help systems in order to support exploratory and self-paced learning. Two different information formats, lists of action steps that have to be taken to achieve a goal (operative help) and explanations about how a function works (function-oriented help), were evaluated to assess their effects on learning performance. In two experiments, adult computer novices (N = 60 and N = 20) learned to use experimental graphics software by task-based exploration. After one half of the tasks, the type of tasks changed so that the acquired action schema could no longer be applied. Results indicated that participants who had access to function-oriented help were coping more successfully with the schema change than participants who received operative help. The relevance to the design of software training and online help systems is discussed. [source]

Behavioural modelling of long-lived evolution processes,some issues and an example

JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND EVOLUTION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Issue 5 2002
M. M. Lehman
Abstract For reasons now well understood, application software that is regularly used for real-world problem solving must be continually adapted and enhanced to maintain its fitness to an ever-changing real world, its applications and application domains. This type of activity is termed progressive. As evolution continues, the complexity (functional, structural) of the evolving system is likely to increase unless work, termed anti-regressive, is undertaken to control and even reduce it. However, with progressive and anti-regressive work naturally competing for the same pool of resources, management requires means to estimate the amount of work and resources to be applied to each of the two types. After providing a necessary background, the paper describes a systems dynamics model that can serve as the core of a tool to support decision making regarding the optimal personnel allocation over the system lifetime. The model is provided as an example of the use of formalisms in modelling the behaviour of the evolution process. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]

Analysis of facial growth in subjects with syndromic ectodermal dysplasia: a longitudinal analysis

ORTHODONTICS & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH, Issue 2 2002
N Bondarets
Structured Abstract Authors, Bondarets N, Jones RM, McDonald F. Objective, To examine the craniofacial growth pattern of patients diagnosed with syndromic ectodermal dysplasia. >Design, Mixed longitudinal analysis of lateral cephalograms. Setting, The data were analysed using a multilevel modelling technique with the MLwiN application software and the results presented numerically and graphically. Sample Population, All 61 subjects had severe hypodontia with the number of absent teeth (excluding third molars) ranging from 6 to 28 (mean=15.4). At presentation the subjects had a mean age of 133 months and were followed longitudinally for between one and five subsequent occasions (mean 2.66 occasions; mean age at completion of observation 207 months). Outcome Measures, Lateral cephalograms taken at each visit. Experimental Variables, Analysis of four angular measurements and four linear measurements, together with one calculated ratio. Results, Growth curves are presented showing the trends of craniofacial growth. Conclusions, The most significant findings were for a universal tendency for the individuals to undergo a change in sagittal relationship of the jaws, becoming markedly more Class III with time. We have also demonstrated a significant difference in growth between the anterior and posterior face heights indicating that the subjects have a tendency to an anterior growth rotation. [source]

Image analysis and quantification in lung tissue

CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY, Issue 3 2001
W.I. De Boer
On 9,10 September 1999, an international workshop on image analysis and quantification in lung tissue was held at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. Participants with expertise in pulmonary and/or pathology research discussed the validity and applicability of techniques used for quantitative examination of inflammatory cell patterns and gene expression in bronchial or parenchymal tissue in studies focusing on asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Differences in techniques for tissue sampling and processing, immunohistochemistry, cell counting and densitometry are hampering the comparison of data between various laboratories. The main goals of the workshop were to make an inventory of the techniques that are currently available for each of these aspects, and in particular to address the validity and unresolved problems of using digital image analysis (DIA) as opposed to manual scoring methods for cell counting and assessment of gene and protein expression. Obviously, tissue sampling and handling, fixation and (immunohistochemical) staining, and microscope settings, are having a large impact on any quantitative analysis. In addition, careful choices will have to be made of the commercially available optical and recording systems as well as the application software in order to optimize quantitative DIA. Finally, it appears to be of equal importance to reach consensus on which histological areas are to be analysed. The current proceedings highlight recent advances and state of the art knowledge on digital image analysis for lung tissue, and summarize the established issues and remaining questions raised during the course of the workshop. [source]