Dem Schmerzsyndrom geht oft posttraumatischer Stress voraus

OFT—Objectives and Concepts

The research work carried out within the OFT-project shall provide insights, methods, and prototypic software to support the design of hydraulic closed loop control systems. The paper in hand presents an overview of the research work, motivates the current objectives of the project, and provides useful background information. In particular we develop different views of the hydraulic design proc...

Oft, Vbp: Qed?

The report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) on the UK pharmaceutical price regulation scheme (PPRS) recommends the reform of the current scheme, which is a combination of profit and price controls, to one where price is based on the health benefits offered by a pharmaceutical. On closer examination some of the more commonly expressed concerns about these proposals do not seem to be well foun...

Forschung ohne Informatik - geht das?

Man könnte im klassischen Radio-Eriwan-Stil antworten: „Im Prinzip ja, aber ...“ , und dann käme eine ziemlich lange Liste von Ausnahmen. Es ist ja unstreitig, dass von der Informatik entwickelte Werkzeuge in fast allen Wissenschaftsgebieten eingesetzt werden, sei es in den Naturund Ingenieurwissenschaften, in der Medizin, oder in zunehmendem Maße auch in den Geistesund Sozialwissenschaften. Na...

Optimal Foraging Theory - OFT

A Critique oft e Myths