What do we mean by diversity? The path towards quantification

What Do We Mean by Logical Consequence?

In the beginning of the 20th century, many prominent logicians and mathematicians, such as Frege, Russell, Hilbert, and many others, felt that mathematics needed a very rigorous foundation in logic. The standard approach in the early part of the 20th century was to use a syntactic or proof-theoretic definition of logical consequence. This says that “for one sentence to be a logical consequence ...

What do we mean by Regional Development ?

In the 21st century economic geography has joined the disciplines and the focus of regional development is more on the spatial dynamics of regions – as places to live, work and invest. The focus for the discipline is just as much on people as drivers of regional development as smoke stack industries, regional development agencies and firms. People with their knowledge and where and how they use...

What Do We Mean by Intelligent Buildings?

Various common definitions of intelligent buildings are discussed. A systems view of building design is a starting point for considering business, space and building management. An intelligent building helps an organisation to fulfil its objectives by facilitating the management of these resources and thereby increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation. At an even more funda...

What do we mean by cataract outcomes?

Table 1 shows the outcome of cataract surgery in clinical trials under optimal conditions. More than 90% of eyes with cataract achieve a best-corrected visual acuity of 6/18 or better. The variation in visual outcome between various surgical techniques is minimal. Less than 3% of the operated patients had a best-corrected vision of less than 6/60. These clinical trial results may reflect one en...

What Do We Mean by "Judicial Independence"?