Reusability affecting factors and software metrics for reusability: A systematic literature review

Software maintainability is a crucial property of software projects. It can be defined as the ease with which a software system or component can be modified to be corrected, improved, or adapted to its environment. The software engineering literature proposes many models and metrics to predict the maintainability of a software project statically. However, there is no common accordance with the most dependable metrics or metric suites to evaluate such nonfunctional property. The goals of the present manuscript are as follows: (i) providing an overview of the most popular maintainability metrics according to the related literature; (ii) finding what tools are available to evaluate software maintainability; and (iii) linking the most popular metrics with the available tools and the most common programming languages. To this end, we performed a systematic literature review, following Kitchenham’s SLR guidelines, on the most relevant scientific digital libraries. The SLR outcome provided us with 174 software metrics, among which we identified a set of 15 most commonly mentioned ones, and 19 metric computation tools available to practitioners. We found optimal sets of at most five tools to cover all the most commonly mentioned metrics. The results also highlight missing tool coverage for some metrics on commonly used programming languages and minimal coverage of metrics for newer or less popular programming languages. We consider these results valuable for researchers and practitioners who want to find the best selection of tools to evaluate the maintainability of their projects or to bridge the discussed coverage gaps for newer programming languages.

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Affecting and Inhibiting Factors for Exclusive Breastfeeding: Systematic Literature Review

Muhammadiyah Journal of Midwifery ◽

10.24853/myjm.1.1.1-11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Shinta Alifiana Rahmawati ◽

Fitria Siswi Utami ◽

Esitra Herfanda

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽

Health Workers ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Cultural Beliefs ◽

International Perspective ◽

Affecting Factors ◽

Breastfeeding Support ◽

Inhibiting Factors

Background: Breastfeeding is one important step for the health and development of infants early in life. An international perspective, breastfeeding is important to increase the chances of a baby's survival. Newborns who are exclusively breastfed have a lower risk of dying from diarrhea and respiratory disease, benefits for cognitive and motor activities, improve the general health of the baby. The aim of the study was to identify affecting and inhibiting factors for exclusive breastfeeding. This study used a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Searching article from 2013 to 2018, from PubMed, Science Direct, and Proquest databases. Total of 1,115 articles reviewed, 6 articles met the inclusion criteria. Results: Exclusive breastfeeding is very closely related to the support of cultural beliefs, practices, and values as well as social and professional encouragement. Husbands who provide support or motivation for exclusive breastfeeding will certainly give happiness to mothers during breastfeeding. Family support is a supporting factor which in principle is an activity both emotional and psychological given to mothers in providing exclusive breastfeeding. Knowledge is very important in shaping one's actions, one of which is the adequate knowledge of the mother about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Support of health workers and the workplace has a positive impact on mothers in providing exclusive breastfeeding. Conclusion: Affecting factors for exclusive breastfeeding was associated with husband, family, health worker, workplace support, cultural traditions, and knowledge. Inhibiting factors for exclusive breastfeeding are internal and external factors.

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