Use of filters in anaesthesia: Is it warranted?

Is the Optimism in Optimistic Concurrency Warranted?

Optimistic synchronization allows concurrent execution of critical sections while performing dynamic conflict detection and recovery. Optimistic synchronization will increase performance only if critical regions are data independent—concurrent critical sections access disjoint data most of the time. Optimistic synchronization primitives, such as transactional memory, will improve the performanc...

Demographers’ interest in fertility trends and determinants in developed countries: Is it warranted?

Studies of fertility trends and determinants in developed countries are high on demographers’ research agenda. The interest in this subject is probably, to a large extent, motivated by a notion about low fertility being problematic, but demographers have not been much engaged in efforts to find out whether that is actually the case, at least as judged from the contents of the major demography j...

Knowledge of Laboratory Medicine in Medical Students: Is It Sufficient?

Background & Objective: Appropriate use of laboratory testing is essential for achieving safe and effective care to patient. Insufficient kno...

Putting health in all welfare policies: is it warranted? A Southern European perspective.

'Welfare' is a vague term, the meaning of which depends on ideology, values and judgements. Material resources are just means to enhance people's well-being, but growth of Gross Domestic Product is still the standard measure of a society's success. Fortunately, recent advances in measuring social performance include health, education and other social outcomes. Because 'what we measure affects w...

Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) in hypertension patients: earlier use of these bettertolerated medications is warranted