The Sophistication of Simplicity

Simplicity: the ultimate sophistication.

Efficient movement underpins all great sporting performances. When performed by an expert, complex movements can appear effortless, almost simple; as Leonardo Da Vinci stated, “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. Dynamic control of movement is also central to safe sporting function and is dependent on the sophisticated integration of a range of factors including environment, nature of t...

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The Sophistication of Simplicity: Ventricular Function and Oximetry Predict Survival in Eisenmenger Syndrome.

In 1897, Victor Eisenmenger described a patient with cyanotic congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension who died at the age of 32. Although >100 years have passed since that initial report, the prognosis of patients with Eisenmenger syndrome has changed relatively little: Eisenmenger syndrome remains incurable, and patients have a high symptom burden and markedly diminished life expec...

Sophistication versus Simplicity – System Design Considerations for Lithium-ion Batteries in Standby Power Applications

System architecture for traditional lead-acid and nickel-cadmium batteries has evolved in particular ways to meet specific application requirements. For example, valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries for telecom outside plant (OSP) are deployed in multiple parallel strings, while vented batteries in utility substations are installed as single series strings. As users in these applications ...

Water oxidation by manganese oxides, a new step towards a complete picture: simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

We, for the first time, report that many Mn oxides (Mn3O4, α-Mn2O3, β-MnO2, CaMnO3, Ca2Mn3O8, CaMn3O6 and CaMn4O8) in the presence of cerium(IV) ammonium nitrate, in the water oxidation, convert to layered Mn oxide. This layered Mn oxide is an efficient water oxidizing catalyst.