State of New York Public Employment Relations Board Decisions from May 27, 2011

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Estimating Residual Faults from Code Coverage

Many reliability prediction techniques require an estimate for the number of residual faults. In this paper, a new theory is developed for using test coverage to estimate the number of residual faults. This theory is applied to a specific example with known faults and the results agree well with the theory. The theory is used to justify the use of linear extrapolation to estimate residual faults. It is also shown that it is important to establish the amount of unreachable code in order to make a realistic residual fault estimate

Ефект емоційної насиченості аромату відносно впевненості щодо його правильної ідентифікації (Odor emotionally effects the confidence in odor naming)

Попередні дослідження показали, що учасники експериментального дослідження є надміру впевненими у правильності визначення (ідентифікації) запропонованого їм запаху. Це означає, що їх впевненість виражається як суб'єктивна ймовірність, яка в середньому вища, ніж фактична частка правильних визначень запаху. Даний експеримент, що перевіряв гіпотезу про те, чим інтенсивніший запах, тим більше впевненими є досліджувані щодо його ідентифікації. Результати показали, що впевненість у ідентифікації запахів може, дійсно, бути залежною від властивостей ароматів. Це дозволяє припустити, що емоційні змінні повинні бути прийняті до уваги при вивченні метапам’яті. (Previous research has demonstrated that participants are overconfident in the veracity of their odor identifications. This means that their confidence expressed as subjective probabilities is, on average, higher than the actual proportion of correct odor identifications. The current experiment tested the hypothesis that the more arousing an odor is, the more participants are overconfident in their identification of it. The results indicated that part of the overconfidence in odor identification can, indeed, be due to the arousing properties of the odors. This suggests that emotional variables should be taken into account when researching metamemory.

A Framework on Moment Model Reduction for Kinetic Equation

By a further investigation on the structure of the coefficient matrix of the globally hyperbolic regularized moment equations for Boltzmann equation in [Z. Cai, Y. Fan and R. Li, Comm. Math. Sci., 11 (2013), pp. 547-571], we propose a uniform framework to carry out model reduction to general kinetic equations, to achieve certain moment system. With this framework, the underlying reason why the globally hyperbolic regularization in [Z. Cai, Y. Fan and R. Li, Comm. Math. Sci., 11 (2013), pp. 547-571] works is revealed. The even fascinating point is, with only routine calculation, existing models are represented and brand new models are discovered. Even if the study is restricted in the scope of the classical Grad's 13-moment system, new model with global hyperbolicity can be deduced.Comment: 22 page

A study of the centrally produced pi0pi0pi0 channel in pp interactions at 450 GeV/c

The reaction pp -> pf (pi0pi0pi0) ps has been studied at 450 GeV/c. The pi0pi0pi0 effective mass spectrum shows clear eta(547) and pi2(1670) signals. Branching ratios for the eta(547) and pi_2(1670) are given as well as upper limits for the decays of the omega(782), a1(1260) and a2(1320) into 3pi0.Comment: 10 pages, Latex, 4 Figure

DETERMINATION OF SERUM VITAMIN D AND CALCIUM DURING RIFAMPICIN AND ISONIAZID THERAPY FOR TUBERCULOSIS

Introduction and purpose : Tuberculosis is one of the widespread infectious diseases and it is one of known oldest disease in human and also this disease is important factor of death all over the world that about 1/3 of population in world are contaminated to this disease. Cure of tuberculosis via anti-tuberculosis drug like Riphampin and Isoniazid is long-term, therefore it has influence over metabolism of calcium and Vitamin D. In some studies it has been seen that Riphampin in the start of Riketz and osteomalacia in Asian ills were important that received anti-tuberculosis drugs. This pilot study was done for review of Vitamin D metabolism in this disease. Material and Methods: 8 ills with or without of positive sputum smear was studied continuously that received anti-tuberculosis medicine. These 8 people hadn't any signs of alteration like: inexpressive chronic of kidney, diabetes mellitus, menopoze and or HIV. In this study before the start of cure and at the end of 5 month, they took one sample of serum in 2 ml from disease and send at once for measuring the level of Vitamin D, Calcium, Phosphorus, Albumin and level of paratormon hormone. After finishing of study they compared the average of calcium levels and Vitamin D and Paratormon and Albumin in before and after of cure in disease. Results: In this survey was selected 5 men (62/5%) and 3 women (37/5%) with average of ages (36/38) and standard deviation 16/62 and weight average 59/88 wit standard deviation. From these diseases were 4 ills with positive sputum smear and 4 people with negative sputum smear, and 4 (50%) had positive PPD test and 4 had negative PPD test. Difference between averages of Vitamin D levels in before and after of cure in forth month was significant. In other cases with putting the averages of ranges of before cure as a fixed number, averages of Phosphorus, Albumin and parathormon levels, it had significant different with averages that access of ranges in starting of cure. Discussion and Conclusion: In this study, Albumin levels increased significantly that eventually, it is reflect to improve illness appetite, nurture condition and eating of food. At the other side levels of calcium stayed fixed therefore levels of paratormon is high and it means that the decreasing of Vitamin D is compensated with increasing of paratormon levels for fixing of Calcium. So, body use of bones sources in the time of cure,. Fixed of calcium levels is in against of decreasing of Vitamin D level. Therefore in dangerous persons like suffering to stopeni and or riketz, it is probability that cure of anti-tuberculosis lead to bone taxes that is visible

Modeling pre-invasive bronchial epithelial lesions

The growth of cancer cells involves many different processes which can only be captured by a complex model. However, simplified models provide a great deal of insight into the fundamental processes involved. In this workshop we proposed two simple models - one discrete stochastic model and one PDE modelto solve a 2-D simplification of the original problem

Politics and Canon of Audience: Tourists and Local Cultural Performances

Tourists become important audience of traditional performing arts in Ubud. Crossing through several boundaries created by agents of tourism, from tour leader to local guide, hotel crew to hawker, not only the tourists, the audience but even the performers themselves finally arrive at the venue for the performance. In this process of becoming an audience, a tourist becomes a 'meta-tourist', Urry calls him or her a ‘post-tourist’ (Urry 2002: 91), someone who is conscious of being a tourist in a certain point of time and place in his or her life, and the one who is always on the process of becoming a tourist. Since local performers also know that they are performing it for the tourists, by the same taken it is believed that they also become ‘meta-performers’ for the tourists, someone who are conscious of doing it for some kinds of audience. And, thus performance in such context itself gets ‘meta-local’ and ‘meta-touristic’ quality since it tries its best to remain local

Temporal and developmental risk factors for sexual harassment and abuse in sport

Recent revelations of sexual misconduct by sports coaches have challenged long-held beliefs in the educational value of sport, yet there is very little knowledge about the dynamics of sexual exploitation in sport upon which to base improvements in the practice of sports coaching or teaching. Earlier inductive research by Brackenridge (1996, 1997a, 1997b) in Britain established a set of hypothesised risk factors for sexual abuse in sport which have subsequently been reinforced by the results of survey research on elite athletes in Canada (Kirby and Greaves 1996). However, risk analysis for sexual abuse in sport has not yet been framed within a temporal or developmental sequence, nor sufficiently differentiated between elite and recreational levels of sport, or between coach-initiated and peer-initiated abuse. This paper reports selected findings from a Dutch qualitative study (Cense 1997) of 14 athletes who have survived sexual abuse in sport. The aim of the study was to identify risk factors that influence sexual abuse and harassment and to analyse which risks might be diminished through a prevention policy implemented by sport organisations. The Dutch study reinforces the earlier risk factor analyses but extends them by putting forward a preliminary temporal model of risk in sport that integrates offender behaviour with athlete and situational factors. On the basis of this model, suggestions are made to assist early diagnosis and prevention of sexual harassment and abuse by authority figures in sport

New insights into the mechanisms of phytochrome-cryptochrome coaction.

Contents Summary 547 I. Introduction 547 II. Phytochromes mediate light-induced transcription of BICs to inactivate cryptochromes 548 III. PPKs phosphorylate light-signaling proteins and histones to affect plant development 548 IV. Prospect 550 Acknowledgements 550 References 550 SUMMARY: Plants perceive and respond to light signals by multiple sensory photoreceptors, including phytochromes and cryptochromes, which absorb different wavelengths of light to regulate genome expression and plant development. Photophysiological analyses have long revealed the coordinated actions of different photoreceptors, a phenomenon referred to as the photoreceptor coaction. The mechanistic explanations of photoreceptor coactions are not fully understood. The function of direct protein-protein interaction of phytochromes and cryptochromes and common signaling molecules of these photoreceptors, such as SPA1/COP1 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex and bHLH transcription factors PIFs, would partially explain phytochrome-cryptochrome coactions. In addition, newly discovered proteins that block cryptochrome photodimerization or catalyze cryptochrome phosphorylation may also participate in the phytochrome and cryptochrome coaction. This Tansley insight, which is not intended to make a comprehensive review of the studies of photoreceptor coactions, attempts to highlight those recent findings and their possible roles in the photoreceptor coaction