News tagged with optimization
Combination therapy shows positive response for children with ADHD
While pharmacologic agents have a demonstrated efficacy in children with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), some children have suboptimal response to a single pharmacologic agent. A recent study by Dr. Timothy ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in pediatric CT
An article in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in pediatric computed tomography (CT) scans. Approximately seven to eight million CT exa ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Helping computers make faster decisions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Industrial and systems engineering professor Jeff Linderoth is working on a way to help computers make yes/no decisions faster by enhancing the standard algorithm computers use to solve a class of problems ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Imec implements multi-mode digital TV receiver on reconfigurable processor with record area efficiency
Imec developed a reconfigurable receiver for highly diversified digital video broadcasting standards (DVB-T, ISDB-T and ATSC). The receiver is realized using algorithm-architecture co-optimization of imec’s reconfigurable ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Physicists propose solution to constraint satisfaction problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- Maria Ercsey-Ravasz, a postdoctoral associate and Zoltan Toroczkai, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, have proposed an alternative approach to solving difficult constraint ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Brain imaging reveals why we remain optimistic in the face of reality
For some people, the glass is always half full. Even when a football fan's team has lost ten matches in a row, he might still be convinced his team can reverse its run of bad luck. So why, in the face of clear evidence to ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 09, 2011 |
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Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in chest CT
An article in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in chest computed tomography (CT) scans. Chest CT is the third most commonly perfor ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Intelligent building technology enhances energy efficiency
Prof. Wang Shengwei, Chair Professor of Building Services Engineering, and his research team recently developed an intelligent Building Life-cycle Diagnosis and Optimization technology that enhances the energy ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Experts offer pointers for optimizing radiation dose in head CT
An article in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in head computed tomography (CT) scans. Head CT is the second most commonly performed CT exa ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Neural stem progenitor cell transplantation’s potential to aid spinal cord injury tested
A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:5) investigating optimal routes for transplanting neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI) has demonstrated that i ...
Jul 11, 2011 |
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Wake Forest Baptist conducts clinical study for insomnia using new technology
Insomnia is the most prevalent sleep disorder, affecting up to 50 percent of the adult population in the United States on a weekly basis.
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Tracking groundwater pollution to its source
Computer algorithms might be useful in identifying sources of groundwater pollution, according to researchers in Australia and India. Writing in the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management they explain how no ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Groupon broaches new segment: Real estate
Chicago real estate brokerage firm Dream Town Realty launches Friday a week-long deal on Groupon, hoping to tap the popular social buying model to attract clients.
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Can bees color maps better than ants?
In mathematics, you need at most only four different colors to produce a map in which no two adjacent regions have the same color. Utah and Arizona are considered adjacent, but Utah and New Mexico, which only share a point, ...
Mar 10, 2011 |
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Sleep-deprived people make risky decisions based on too much optimism
The powers that be in Las Vegas figured out something long before neuroscientists at two Duke University medical schools confirmed their ideas this week: Trying to make decisions while sleep-deprived can lead to a case of ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 08, 2011 |
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