iOS Applications Testing - Multivocal Sources

Appendix of conference paper: Ivans Kulesovs, iOS Applications Testing,

Automated Testing of iOS Apps: tTap Extension for Apple UIAutomation

Mobile apps tend to extend or even substitute the existing IT solutions. In the corporate world, according to the statistics, the preference is given to iOS devices. The complexity of the apps increases together with the apps quantity. This also increases the need for automated testing. In a course of the study we compare the existing test automation solutions for iOS apps and describe some extensions for Apple UIAutomation tool. We have also created our own extension called tTap that improves the existing ones and solves several issues that does not work in the clean UIAutomation. We describe the implementation details of our extension and share the practical experience of testing iOS apps using it. We also describe the part of our test lab solution, while the description of the full test lab is planned in the consecutive studies

iOS Applications Testing - Multivocal Sources

Appendix of conference paper: Ivans Kulesovs, iOS Applications Testing,

Near-UV Observations of CS29497-030: New Constraints on Neutron-Capture Nucleosynthesis Processes

Employing spectra obtained with the new Keck I HIRES near-UV sensitive detector, we have performed a comprehensive chemical composition analysis of the binary blue metal-poor star CS29497-030. Abundances for 29 elements and upper limits for an additional seven have been derived, concentrating on elements largely produced via neutron-capture nucleosynthesis. Included in our analysis are the two elements that define the termination point of the slow neutron-capture process, lead and bismuth. We determine an extremely high value of [Pb/Fe] = +3.65 +/- 0.07 (sigma = 0.13) from three features, supporting the single-feature result obtained in previous studies. We also detect Bi for the first time in a metal-poor star. Our derived Bi/Pb ratio is in accord with those predicted from the most recent FRANEC calculations of the slow neutron-capture process in low-mass AGB stars. We find that the neutron-capture elemental abundances of CS29497-030 are best explained by an AGB model that also includes very significant amounts of pre-enrichment of rapid neutron-capture process material in the protostellar cloud out of which the CS29497-030 binary system formed. Thus, CS29497-030 is both an ``r+s'' and ``extrinsic AGB'' star. Furthermore, we find that the mass of the AGB model can be further constrained by the abundance of the light odd-element [Na/Fe] which is sensitive to the neutron excess.Comment: 7 pages = 4 + 2 colour encapsulated postscript figures + 1 table; to appear in ApJ Letters; additional jpeg figure available at ftp://www.astro.caltech.edu/users/iii/cs2949703