Optimising cleaning behaviour: minimising the costs and maximising ectoparasite removal

Drug eluting stents: maximising benefit and minimising cost.

A policy of selective implantation of drug eluting stents, in a minority of lesions most likely to benefit, seems to be a rational way to employ this new and currently costly technology.

Benzodiazepines for anxiety disorders: maximising the benefits and minimising the risks†

The use of benzodiazepines for the treatment of anxiety disorders has long been controversial. It has divided doctors into those who emphasise problems with their use and avoid them, and those who continue to prescribe them, albeit reluctantly and even secretively. Complicating matters further, some doctors express one opinion about benzo­ diazepines publicly and quite the opposite view private...

Technical Note: Maximising accuracy and minimising cost of a potentiometrically regulated ocean acidification simulation system

This article describes a potentiometric ocean acidification simulation system which automatically regulates pH through the injection of 100 % CO2 gas into temperaturecontrolled seawater. The system is ideally suited to longterm experimental studies of the effect of acidification on biological processes involving small-bodied (10–20 mm) calcifying or non-calcifying organisms. Using hobbyist-grad...

A decentralised coordination algorithm for minimising conflict and maximising coverage in sensor networks

In large wireless sensor networks, the problem of assigning radio frequencies to sensing agents such that no two connected sensors are assigned the same value (and will thus interfere with one another) is a major challenge. To tackle this problem, we develop a novel decentralised coordination algorithm that activates only a subset of the deployed agents, subject to the connectivity graph of thi...

Maximising opportunities and minimising risks for children online: from evidence to policy