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Assumptions Underlying Agile Software-Development Processes

Agile processes focus on the early facilitation and fast production of working code, and are based on software-development process models that support iterative, incremental development of software. Although agile methods have existed for a number of years now, answers to questions concerning the suitability of agile processes to particular software-development environments are still often based on anecdotal accounts of experiences. An appreciation of the (often unstated) assumptions underlying agile processes can lead to a better understanding of the applicability of agile processes to particular situations. Agile processes are less likely to be applicable in situations in which core assumptions do not hold. This article examines the principles and advocated practices of agile processes to identify underlying assumptions. It also identifies limitations that may arise from these assumptions and outlines how the limitations can be addressed by incorporating other software-development techniques and practices into agile development environments.
‘The stolen space’: A history of channelization, reduction of riverine areas and related management issues. The lower Scrivia River case study (NW Italy)

In this research, we present the lower Scrivia river planform changes occurred from 1878 to 2016. furthermore, we illustrate the channelization-works development and the land-use changes registered close to the riverbed after the 1950s. The Scrivia river is among the most relevant right-bank tributaries of the Po river; it is about 90 km long and origins from the ligurian-Piedmontese appennines. The study reach is about 16 km long, close to the Po river, and generally shows a single-thread, sinuous and deep-incised channel. Nowadays the lower Scrivia river presents many bank retreat processes that involve surrounding areas, creating serious management issues. The aim of this research is to outline in detail the active-channel morphological evolution over the last 100–150 years, and characterize channelization and riverscape changes, with a specific focus on the occupation of the areas of fluvial pertinence. a quantitative multi-temporal analysis supported by field surveys and based on historical maps, aerial photographs and satellite images was performed in a gIS environment through automated and semi-automated procedures. The active channel experienced a well-defined sequence of morphological evolutionary phases. They were substantially characterized by a gradual increase of the active-channel stability and a reduction of the active-channel width, up to the end of the 20th century. Since the 2000s, morphological evolutionary trends have changed. anthropic pressures on the river system, and in particular bank protections, are documented to have played a key role in driving the active-channel changes, and consequently, the near-riverbed land-property and land-use changes. In this respect, on the basis of cadastral data, the past legal framework is also identified as a relevant conditioning factor of the river-corridor morphological evolution. The ongoing dynamics most probably represent the morphological response to the documented, severe anthropic alterations, and are currently raising serious management issues.
Continuum autisme-schizophrénie : apport de l’étude de la cognition sociale et de marqueurs phénotypiques développementaux

Autisme et schizophrenie sont deux troubles psychiatriques neuro-developpementaux. L’etude des formes precoces de schizophrenie, frequemment associees aux troubles du spectre de l’autisme (TSA), a suggere un possible continuum developpemental entre ces troubles. Des arguments cliniques et epidemiologiques, et issus des etudes en genetique moleculaire ou en imagerie cerebrale, sont progressivement venus etayer cette hypothese. Dans ce contexte, l’etude de la cognition sociale a fait l’objet d’un interet particulier, des alterations etant rapportees dans les deux troubles avec toutefois des resultats contrastes, revelant autant de points communs que de differences. Les relations entre alteration de la cognition sociale et charge neuro-developpementale ont par ailleurs ete peu explorees. A travers nos trois etudes, nous avons confirme l’existence d’alterations de la cognition sociale dans les TSA et la schizophrenie. Le MASC (Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition), epreuve mixte et originale dont nous avons valide la version francaise, a permis de montrer une alteration globale des capacites de mentalisation plus importante dans les TSA que dans la schizophrenie. Les Triangles Animes (epreuve d’attribution d’intention reposant sur un materiel non verbal) ont permis de reveler des differences qualitatives : tandis que l’hypomentalisation est commune aux deux troubles, l’hypermentalisation apparait plus marquee dans la schizophrenie. Par ailleurs, a travers un continuum autisme-schizophrenie, l’alteration de la cognition sociale etait liee a la desorganisation de la pensee et du langage, et a l’importance des signes neurologiques mineurs (marqueur de vulnerabilite neurodeveloppementale). En outre, chez les sujets avec schizophrenie, l’hypermentalisation etait correlee a la precocite d’installation du trouble. Nos resultats soulignent l’interet de pouvoir reperer chez des patients adultes un trouble du developpement. En ce sens, nous avons presente les premiers elements de validation d’un autoquestionnaire de depistage des troubles du developpement, permettant en population adulte un reperage retrospectif des signes et symptomes d’autisme presents dans l’enfance. En conclusion, nos resultats apportent des arguments en faveur du continuum autisme-schizophrenie, en montrant l’existence d’une alteration de la cognition sociale, dans ces deux troubles, correlee a la charge neuro-developpementale de facon trans-nosographique. Il existe toutefois des differences qualitatives. Un sous-groupe de sujets avec schizophrenie dont le trouble a debute precocement semble par ailleurs se dessiner, caracterise par une tendance a hyper-mentaliser et presentant une desorganisation plus marquee.
THE PROFILE OF NEONATAL SEPSIS IN DUHOK CITY AND PREDICTORS OF MORTALITY: A PROSPECTIVE CASE SERIES STUDY

Background: Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of death all over the world. Risk factors represent an interaction between maternal immunity and the defense mechanisms of the neonate. epidemiological, clinical and laboratory profiles of neonates with sepsis in relation to outcome and to determine the predictors of outcome. Subject and Methods: A prospective study included neonates with sepsis admitted to neonatal care unit. 126 neonates with features of sepsis were included with age ranged from (1-30) days. From each patient, neonatal and maternal data were collected and clinical features as well as laboratory test results of hemoglobin, platelets count. total white blood cell and absolute neutrophil count , C statistically analyzed. Results: of 126 neonates, 32 (25.39%) died while others survived. Age < 7 days was in 61.9% of all cases, 69.84% had respiratory distress syndr encephalopathy, 60.31% were preterm, 61.9% were born vaginally and male to female ratio was 1.73:1. There is a significant relation of mortality to respiratory distress syndrome and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, preterm d Vomiting, apnea, sclerema, cyanosis and tachypnea were significantly related to the mortality. Eschericia coli were mortality is with Acenatobacterbaumani relation. The C reactive protein was>10 mg/dl was in higher number of neonates with sepsis who died by comparison to those who survived, with a significant relation. Conclusions: Neonatal sepsis is still a c the pattern of causative organisms and this requires more monitoring and periodic surveillance. There is a real need to find out the local antibiotic sensitivities of pat establish an optimal empirical treatment before the results of culture and sensitivity are available.
What Do Package Dependencies Tell Us About Semantic Versioning?

The semantic versioning (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sf{semver}$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="sans-serif">semver</mml:mi></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="decan-ieq1-2918315.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula>) policy is commonly accepted by open source package management systems to inform whether new releases of software packages introduce possibly backward incompatible changes. Maintainers depending on such packages can use this information to avoid or reduce the risk of breaking changes in their own packages by specifying version constraints on their dependencies. Depending on the amount of control a package maintainer desires to have over her package dependencies, these constraints can range from very permissive to very restrictive. This article empirically compares <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sf{ semver}$</tex-math><alternatives><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="sans-serif">semver</mml:mi></mml:math><inline-graphic xlink:href="decan-ieq2-2918315.gif"/></alternatives></inline-formula> compliance of four software packaging ecosystems (Cargo, npm, Packagist and Rubygems), and studies how this compliance evolves over time. We explore to what extent ecosystem-specific characteristics or policies influence the degree of compliance. We also propose an evaluation based on the “wisdom of the crowds” principle to help package maintainers decide which type of version constraints they should impose on their dependencies.
Comparison of Productivity, Cost and Chip Quality of Four Balanced Harvest Systems Operating in a Eucalyptus globulus Plantation in Western Australia

There have been few comparative harvest system studies to provide a basis to understand the performance and chip quality of harvest systems used in eucalypt plantations. The study compared the CTL – cut-to-length method at the stump, WTM – whole tree method where trees were processed to logs at roadside, IFC-DDC – infield chipping using a debark/ delimb/chipper, IFC-F/C – infield chipping using a separate flail and chipper harvest systems on a single site in south-west Western Australia. The WTM and IFC-F/C harvest systems were the most productive. The productivity of the CTL and IFC-DDC harvest systems was about 25% less than that of the other harvest systems. The CTL harvest system produced wood at the highest cost resulting from it having a large number of machines without a correspondingly high productivity level. However, the CTL harvest system has advantages over the other systems through retaining evenly distributed logging residues, low machinery impact on the site and flexibility to add or subtract machines as conditions change. Two limitations of this study were that the harvest systems were only compared at a single mean tree size and operator performance differences may have influenced harvest system productivity. Previous studies have found that the balance of machines in a harvest system can change with changes in mean tree size. This is an area where further research is required. Wood chip samples from three of the four harvest systems did not meet the company chip specifications. However, the deviations from the specifications were minor. ;
Microclimatic effects on alpine plant and flower visitor communities and their interactions

High-alpine ecosystems are commonly assumed to be particularly endangered by climate warming. Recent research, however, suggests that the heterogeneous topography of alpine landscapes provide microclimatic niches for alpine plants, which may buffer negative effects. Whether the microclimatic heterogeneity also affects higher trophic levels remains unknown. This study shows that the variation in mean seasonal soil temperature within a single alpine pasture is within the same range as in plots differing in nearly 500 m in elevation. This pronounced heterogeneity affected the spatial distribution of plant cover, richness of flowering plant species and plant species composition. These microclimatic effects on plant communities also affected richness of flower visiting insects and the frequency and structure of plant-insect interactions suggesting an effect of microclimate also on higher trophic levels. Our results may stimulate a re-evaluation of the consequences of climate warming on ecosystems that may compensate warming by microclimatic refuges.
Defining, assessing, and developing creativity in sport: a systematic narrative review

ABSTRACT Research on creativity in sport is gaining momentum, due to a growing interest from coaches and academics in developing strategies to increase unpredictability in individual and collective behaviour which may allow teams to gain an important advantage over their opponents. The purpose of this paper was to conduct the first systematic narrative review of the literature on sporting creativity, critically synthesising 51 years of published research (1967–2018) and proposing avenues for future research. Six databases were used, and 48 documents met search criteria. The findings are organised in four categories: (a) defining creativity, (b) correlates of creativity, (c) assessing creativity and (d) developing creativity. Creativity definitions and assessments have privileged thought processes over the ability to act. A distinction is warranted between creativity about sport and creativity in sport (in action) and aligned assessment methods. The literature does not support a single strategy for the development of sporting creativity but does support its trainability. Evidence of the effectiveness of programmes for the enhancement of sporting creativity is growing but is still limited. Furthermore, while it is recognised that coaches have a pivotal role in the development of sporting creativity, research involving them is still scarce.
Evidence of weak conscious experiences in the exclusion task

Exclusion tasks have been proposed as objective measures of unconscious perception as they do not depend upon subjective ratings. In exclusion tasks, participants have to complete a task without using a previously presented prime. Use of the prime is taken as evidence for unconscious processing in the absence of awareness, yet it may also simply indicate that participants have weak experiences but fail to realize that these affect the response or fail to counter the effect on the response. Here, we tested this claim by allowing participants to rate their experience of a masked prime on the perceptual awareness scale (PAS) after the exclusion task. Results showed that the prime was used almost as often when participants reported having seen a “weak glimpse” of the prime as when they claimed to have “no experience” of the prime, thus suggesting participants frequently have weak (possibly contentless) experiences of the stimulus when failing to exclude. This indicates that the criteria for report of awareness is lower (i.e., more liberal) than that for exclusion and that failure to exclude should not be taken as evidence of complete absence of awareness.
Indexing with WordNet synsets can improve text retrieval

The classical, vector space model for text retrieval is shown to give better results (up to 29% better in our experiments) if WordNet synsets are chosen as the indexing space, instead of word forms. This result is obtained for a manually disambiguated test collection (of queries and documents) derived from the Semcor semantic concordance. The sensitivity of retrieval performance to (automatic) disambiguation errors when indexing documents is also measured. Finally, it is observed that if queries are not disambiguated, indexing by synsets performs (at best) only as good as standard word indexing.
The Effect of Employment Protection on Firms' Worker Selection

To estimate the causal effect of employment protection on firms' worker selection, we study a policy change that reduced dismissal costs for the employers of over a tenth of Sweden's workforce. Our difference-in-differences analysis of firms' hiring uses individual ability measures including estimated worker fixed effects and cognitive test scores. We find that the reform reduced minimum hire quality by 5% of a standard deviation, half of which we can attribute to firms' hiring becoming more selective. Our results help discriminate between existing theories, supporting the prediction that firms shift their hiring standards in response to changes in dismissal costs.
The Value Relevance of Aged Goodwill: A South African Study

The purpose of this study was to determine whether goodwill, which is measured in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard 3 (IFRS 3), is value relevant at acquisition and as time progresses, for a period of two years after acquisition. Using the Ohlson model, 126 JSE firm-year observations were tested. It was subsequently found that goodwill was not value relevant at acquisition date but did become value relevant as time progressed. The possible reasons for goodwill not being value relevant at acquisition are attributed to the manner in which IFRS 3 requires goodwill to be measured, the allowance of provisional values under IFRS 3, and the complexities associated with complying with IFRS 3. Goodwill being value relevant as time progresses is attributed to the subsequent measurement requirements of IFRS 3, in particular the annual impairment testing requirement as opposed to the previous amortisation requirements. This study was conducted in a South African context where limited studies on goodwill have taken place. The results are deemed to be useful to investors and standard setters as they hold implications for goodwill accounting practice and changes to goodwill accounting standards.
Predicting infant mortality in India using time series models

Predicting infant mortality rate is an important aspect of study to prepare society and government for better or worst in future Many Programs might approach to fulfill the desired target in given time. In study an approach of time series models had used for prediction of infant mortality in India and some of its states. States had been selected by using the target sated in revised population policy 2017. In the study we found 13 states of India which does not have twenty eight per thousand infant mortality Rate in 2016 SRS data. We made our prediction using time series model named as Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Method. This Chapter also compares these results to previous attempt to predict IMR Using ARIMA models.
Phosphate Availability Alters Lateral Root Development in Arabidopsis by Modulating Auxin Sensitivity via a Mechanism Involving the TIR1 Auxin Receptor[C][W][OA]

The survival of plants, as sessile organisms, depends on a series of postembryonic developmental events that determine the final architecture of plants and allow them to contend with a continuously changing environment. Modulation of cell differentiation and organ formation by environmental signals has not been studied in detail. Here, we report that alterations in the pattern of lateral root (LR) formation and emergence in response to phosphate (Pi) availability is mediated by changes in auxin sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana roots. These changes alter the expression of auxin-responsive genes and stimulate pericycle cells to proliferate. Modulation of auxin sensitivity by Pi was found to depend on the auxin receptor TRANSPORT INHIBITOR RESPONSE1 (TIR1) and the transcription factor AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR19 (ARF19). We determined that Pi deprivation increases the expression of TIR1 in Arabidopsis seedlings and causes AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID (AUX/IAA) auxin response repressors to be degraded. Based on our results, we propose a model in which auxin sensitivity is enhanced in Pi-deprived plants by an increased expression of TIR1, which accelerates the degradation of AUX/IAA proteins, thereby unshackling ARF transcription factors that activate/repress genes involved in LR formation and emergence.
Recognition Assessment and Structural Equation Model of Participants after Learning Floral Design Courses as Vocational Education

Despite the number of vocational programs for florists, florists are still considered to be hobbyists rather than specialized professionals in horticulture. The lack of a practical, unified vocational education system prevents the field from being specialized. The purpose of this study is to assess the participants recognition and analyze the structural equation model (SEM) of floral design courses to improve the direction of floral design education. Participants, the majority of whom were women in their 40s and 50s, filled out questionnaires regarding their experience with vocational education programs. Collected data showed high satisfaction with education, intent to persist in education, and attitude towards education. In the SEM analysis, the education satisfaction of participants improved as they increased their understanding of horticulture and aesthetics, learned specialized job skills, and obtained helpful certificates. The intent to persist in education is improved as the education satisfaction is improved. In addition, as the education satisfaction and intent to persist in education continue to improve, the attitude towards education becomes stronger, directly or indirectly. Thus, it is necessary to enhance technical education and aesthetics to improve the satisfaction, intent to persist, and attitude. Also horticultural therapy, producing wedding, funeral arrangements, etc., and flower/garden culture education need to be added to the education contents for expanding the scope of business.
Latency Reduction in Probabilistic Broadcast Protocols for Ad Hoc Networks

This letter introduces a strategy to reduce broadcast latency in multi-hop ad-hoc networks; this overall reduction is the result of the accumulation of a series of per-node delay reductions. Current broadcasting protocols employ uniformly distributed random delays on a per-node basis, while the proposed strategy consists of using a truncated-exponential distribution to determine these delays. Such an approach can reduce latency significantly while maintaining broadcasting reachability, yet it entails minimal additional overhead in relation to existing protocols.
Highly Aligned, Anisotropic Carbon Nanofiber Films for Multidirectional Strain Sensors with Exceptional Selectivity

Realization of sensing multidirectional strains is essential to understanding the nature of complex motions. Traditional uniaxial strain sensors lack the capability to detect motions working in different directions, limiting their applications in unconventional sensing technology areas, like sophisticated human–machine interface and real‐time monitoring of dynamic body movements. Herein, a stretchable multidirectional strain sensor is developed using highly aligned, anisotropic carbon nanofiber (ACNF) films via a facile, low‐cost, and scalable electrospinning approach. The fabricated strain sensor exhibits semitransparency, good stretchability of over 30%, outstanding durability for over 2500 cycles, and remarkable anisotropic strain sensing performance with maximum gauge factors of 180 and 0.3 for loads applied parallel and perpendicular to fiber alignment, respectively. Cross‐plied ACNF strain sensors are fabricated by orthogonally stacking two single‐layer ACNFs, which present a unique capability to distinguish the directions and magnitudes of strains with a remarkable selectivity of 3.84, highest among all stretchable multidirectional strain sensors reported so far. Their unconventional applications are demonstrated by detecting multi‐degrees‐of‐freedom synovial joint movements of the human body and monitoring wrist movements for systematic improvement of golf performance. The potential applications of novel multidirectional sensors reported here may shed new light into future development of next‐generation soft, flexible electronics.