Human factors aspects of the transfer of control from the automated highway system to the driver /

"July 1995."

Supplement to CAMAC (computer automated measurement and control) standards and reports /

Issued Mar. 1978.

Automated Lien System (ALS) : users guide.

"Cat. no. 10069T."

ACH credit : the automated clearinghouse credit program.

Mode of access: Internet.

Documentation of computer programs and automated data systems : proceedings of a symposium held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, October 12, 1976 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Assessment of the capacity of the automated radar terminal systems (ARTS IIIA) for the years 1980-1990 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Changing workforce characteristics of an automated insurance company : a supplementary report to A large life insurance company automates, workforce implications of computer conversion /

June 1964.

Automated management information systems for mental health agencies : a planning and acquisition guide /

Mode of access: Internet.

Fundamental studies in the longitudinal control of automated ground vehicles /

Mode of access: Internet.

Automated digital mosaicking of airborne videography /

"FHTET 96-12."

Training for SESA [State Employment Security Agencies] automation : a developing national program for the State, job service, unemployment insurance service /

Loose-leaf for updating.

Identifying talent through technology : automated hiring systems in federal agencies : a report to the President and the Congress /

Includes bibliographical references.

An n-of-1 trial service in clinical practice: Testing the effectiveness of stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

OBJECTIVE. We sought to describe the clinical use of n-of-1 trials for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in publicly and privately funded family and specialized pediatric practice in Australia. METHODS. We used a within-patient randomized, double-blind, crossover comparison of stimulant (dexamphetamine or methylphenidate) versus placebo or alternative stimulant using 3 pairs of treatment periods. Trials were conducted from a central location using mail and telephone communication, with local supervision by the patients' clinicians. PATIENTS. Our study population included children with clinically diagnosed attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder who were aged 5 to 16 years and previously stabilized on an optimal dose of stimulant. They were selected because treatment effectiveness was uncertain. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. Our measures included number of patients recruited, number of doctors who used the service, geographic spread, completion rates, response rate, and post-n-of-1 trial decisions. RESULTS. Forty-five doctors across Australia requested 108 n-of-1 trials, of which 86 were completed. In 69 drug-versus-placebo comparisons, 29 children responded better to stimulant than placebo. Immediately posttrial, 19 of 25 drug-versus-placebo responders stayed on the same stimulant, and 13 of 24 nonresponders ceased or switched stimulants. In 40 of 63 for which data were available, posttrial management was consistent with the trial results. For all types of n-of-1 trials, management changed for 28 of 64 children for whom information was available. DISCUSSION. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder n-of-1 trials can be implemented successfully by mail and telephone communication. This type of trial can be valuable in clarifying treatment effect when it is uncertain, and in this series, they had a noticeable impact on short-term management.

Reconfigurable service-oriented architecture for autonomic computing

Almost a decade has passed since the objectives and benefits of autonomic computing were stated, yet even the latest system designs and deployments exhibit only limited and isolated elements of autonomic functionality. In previous work, we identified several of the key challenges behind this delay in the adoption of autonomic solutions, and proposed a generic framework for the development of autonomic computing systems that overcomes these challenges. In this article, we describe how existing technologies and standards can be used to realise our autonomic computing framework, and present its implementation as a service-oriented architecture. We show how this implementation employs a combination of automated code generation, model-based and object-oriented development techniques to ensure that the framework can be used to add autonomic capabilities to systems whose characteristics are unknown until runtime. We then use our framework to develop two autonomic solutions for the allocation of server capacity to services of different priorities and variable workloads, thus illustrating its application in the context of a typical data-centre resource management problem.