Realistic Targets

Medical Management of Diabesity: Do We Have Realistic Targets?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The global prevalence of "diabesity"-diabetes related to obesity-is increasing steadily over the past few decades because of the obesity epidemic. Although bariatric surgery is an effective treatment option for patients with diabesity, its limited availability, invasiveness, relatively high costs and the potential for surgical and postsurgical complications restrict its widesp...

Realistic targets at 1000AU for interstellar precursor missions

The nearest stellar system, the Alpha Centauri three star system, is located at about 4.40 light-years away. This amounts to 278,261AU. But at only 550AU, or, more generally, at only about 1000AU, the focus of the gravitational lens of the Sun is found, that is then 278 times closer than our nearest interstellar target. In other words, assuming equal engineering problems, the trip to the Sun fo...

Automatically Creating Realistic Targets for Digital Forensics Investigation

The need for computer forensics education continues to grow, as digital evidence is present in more crimes, whether the crimes directly involve computers or not. An essential component of training in computer forensics is hands-on, realistic laboratory assignments. Creating detailed, realistic lab assignments, however, is a difficult task. The “crime” must be played out on the machine, often in...

The effects of differential value on the recall of realistic targets.

Setting realistic recovery targets for two interacting endangered species, sea otter and northern abalone.

Failure to account for interactions between endangered species may lead to unexpected population dynamics, inefficient management strategies, waste of scarce resources, and, at worst, increased extinction risk. The importance of species interactions is undisputed, yet recovery targets generally do not account for such interactions. This shortcoming is a consequence of species-centered legislati...