When I use a word . . . . Too much healthcare—overdetection

When Too Much Integration and Regulation Hurts

Durkheim’s model of suicide famously includes four types: anomic, egoistic, altruistic, and fatalistic suicides; however, sociology has primarily focused on anomic and egoistic suicides and neglected suicides predicated on too much integration or regulation. This article addresses this gap. We begin by elaborating Durkheim’s concepts of integration and regulation using insights from contemporar...

When there is too much light.

A great deal of importance has happened in research investigating photosynthetic response to environmental stress in the 25 years since the last anniversary issue of Plant Physiology. However, from my perspective, the importance of one set of discoveries stands out from the others for its far reaching influence on how we think about the photosynthetic response to a wide range on environmentally...

Kernel Plugins: When a VM Is Too Much

This paper presents kernel plugins, a framework for dynamic kernel specialization inspired by ideas borrowed from virtualization research. Plugins can be created and updated inexpensively on-the-fly and they can execute arbitrary user-supplied functions such that neither safety nor performance are compromised. Three key techniques are used to implement kernel plugins: (1) hardware fault isolati...

When actions speak too much louder than words: Hand gestures disrupt word learning when phonetic demands are high

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How much vitamin A is too much?