Demonstration by Reducing to Absurd

Bioethics: On the road to absurd land.

Reducing Errors by RFID Technology to Achieve Lean Healthcare

Reducing wastes in the healthcare processes is crucial for developing a high performance health system. Adopted from the Toyota Production System (TPS), the Lean concept has emerged in recent years as a way of introducing innovative ideas to improve industrial processes. In the context of health care, Lean is considered as a continuous improvement model, which provides healthcare organization t...

Google Emissions Study Borders on the Absurd

Absurd Trivial Errors in Scatchard Plot Analysis

Several types of widespread errors in performing Scatchard plot analysis resulting in fatal distortions of calculated affinities are surveyed more or less systematically. It appears that graphical analysis of non-linear Scathard plot “by eye” is almost impossible; and, moreover, results calculated by computer programs for affinity analysis often require additional "interpretation". Some of repo...

SA combines ' the absurd , the important '

Monday night's SA meeting served up a n in te res t ing combination of the absurd and the important. Among the topics of discussion were budgets , resolut ions, and circuses. The first item of business was the approva l of the C a m p a n i l e budget . Af ter listening to Campanile editor Wiley Sanders give a brief descr ipt ion of where the money was going, the Senate voted to approve the bud...