The basic performance of a mobile application, especially under certain performance requirements like access by many users, etc., is tested in Performance Testing. Some of the general test cases are as follows: To verify whether the application can handle the proposed load. To verify whether the...
I am lucky to have been surrounded by many generous people throughout my life. As I wrote in my memoir Source Code, my parents were my first and biggest influences. My mom introduced me to the idea of giving back. She was a big believer in the idea of “to whom much is given much...
As many of you know, I’ve been devoted to teaching about writing and publishing for over a decade now (this blog started in 2009!). I have been blogging here, I’ve written a book of writing advice, and I work on over one thousand one-on-one freelance editing projects per year. B...
Like other species, we are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Now we're taking matters into our own hands.
When playing a near miss, many gamblers will genuinely think they nearly missed a win, and especially new players may enter gambling sessions with a naivety that goes along with a rather general trustfulness. But trust makes people feel comfortable with taking risks, as they assume that others...
So far, around a quarter of people infected during the outbreak of a newcoronavirushave developed severe respiratory infections, and about 3 per cent have died. Withthe numbers still climbing alarmingly fast, many groups are already rushing to try to find treatments for the virus. ...
Once AIDS manifests, a person is susceptible to many different infections because HIV has weakened the immune system to the point where it can no longer fight back effectively. In fact, HIV not only invades and weakens the immune system — the very system that would normally protect the body...
11, 80331 Munich, Germany Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Background When talking about regenerative medicine in general and stem cells in particular, it is necessary to clarify at least some of the aspects of the physiology of these cells. Many lay ...
half of couples undergoing infertility treatments will conceive, and technologies such as in vitro fertilization have brought about many pregnancies. More than 1 million babies were born in the U.S. from 1987 through 2015 through this technique, and each year more are born than in previous years...
That’s when serious productivity-improvement initiatives should get underway if they are to free up resources in time for the reallocation decisions later in the year. Resources can be made available in other ways, of course, ...