DOES SIZE MATTER?: Technical Efficiency and Industry Size in Indonesia

Does size matter?

For isolated objects in complete darkness, retinal image size contributes to distance judgments even if the true object size is unknown. Here we show that the same is true under more natural conditions. On a wide beach we positioned a red cube at 10-20 m distance and then asked subjects to walk to it while blindfolded. Subjects never had a close view of the cube and were unaware that on separat...

Does size matter?

For 40 years, the debate has raged. Do mammalian cells monitor cell size when deciding whether to divide? More recent models suggest an indirect solution, but the field is far from reaching a final verdict.

Does polyp size matter?

Does size matter?

Failures of the complex infrastructures society depends on having enormous human and economic cost that poses the question: Are there ways to optimize these systems to reduce the risks of failure? A dynamic model of one such system, the power transmission grid, is used to investigate the risk from failure as a function of the system size. It is found that there appears to be optimal sizes for s...

Does Size Really Matter?

Investigators have pondered whether or not ESP size has an impact on mercury capture by sorbent injection or deposition on fly ash. If important, ESP size would then have an impact on how effectively a power plant captures mercury and can comply with mercury control requirements. There are two possible elements to the impact of ESP size. First, does a larger ESP enable more mercury capture to o...