Human Beings Selecting the Right Data Acquisition System

Selecting the Right Algorithm

Computer scientists always strive to find better and faster algorithms for any computational problem. It is usually true that programmers and/or users come across a plethora of different algorithms when looking to solve a particular problem efficiently. Each one of these algorithms might offer different guarantees and properties, but it is unlikely that a single one of them is the best (fastest...

Selecting the Right High-Speed Memory Technology for Your System

System architects must resolve a number of complex issues in high-performance system applications that range from architecture, algorithms, and features of the available components. Typically, one of the fundamental problems in these applications is memories, as the bottlenecks and challenges of system performance often reside in its memory architecture. As higher speeds become necessary for ex...

Brucella Infection Causing Abortion in Human Beings

Selecting the right medical student

Medical student selection is an important but difficult task. Three recent papers by McManus et al. in BMC Medicine have re-examined the role of tests of attainment of learning (A' levels, GCSEs, SQA) and of aptitude (AH5, UKCAT), but on a much larger scale than previously attempted. They conclude that A' levels are still the best predictor of future success at medical school and beyond. Howeve...

The deaths of human beings.

In ‘When Does a Human Being Die?’ Schofield et al. present a definition of death focused on the ‘final denouement’ of human beings as biological organisms. Their view is such that the moment of death occurs ‘when the last process in the collection of bodily processes that maintain homoeostasis finally cease[s]’. Whilst this definition avoids certain conceptual problems there are difficulties wi...