Henderson Oration: Is open channel flow worth the effort?

Data Acquisition for Conservation Assessments: Is the Effort Worth It?

When identifying conservation priorities, the accuracy of conservation assessments is constrained by the quality of data available. Despite previous efforts exploring how to deal with imperfect datasets, little is known about how data uncertainty translates into errors in conservation planning outcomes. Here, we evaluate the magnitude of commission and omission error, effectiveness and efficien...

Perioperative glycemic control: what is worth the effort?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Diabetes mellitus and its related comorbidities present a growing challenge in perioperative medicine. And also largely independent from a history of diabetes, dysregulations of glucose homeostasis occur as part of the body's stress response. Dysregulations of glucose homeostasis, acute or chronic, are closely correlated with impaired prognosis in perioperative medicine. Treat...

Improving image compression - Is it worth the effort?

This paper presents some arguments in favour of further research in video compression because of scarce spectrum resources for mobile applications and the lack of powerful tools for scalable coding. Finally some ideas and results for metadata based compression, improved prediction and scalable schemes are presented.

Integrating dictation into electronic documentation: is it worth the effort?

Preparing the books to read every day is enjoyable for many people. However, there are still many people who also don't like reading. This is a problem. But, when you can support others to start reading, it will be better. One of the books that can be recommended for new readers is integrating dictation into electronic documentation is it worth the effort medical records. This book is not kind ...

Angioplasty of occluded coronary arteries: is it worth the effort?