What Is Fuzzy Logic? Fuzzy logic is an approach to variable processing, where the same variable can process multiple possible values for truth. In essence, Fuzzy Logic is an attempt to solve problems where the available data and rules of engagement are open-ended, imprecise and ill-defined in nature, yet return a plausible range of accurate…
Investments in overseas stocks and bonds can earn a better return and add valuable diversification to a portfolio, but they bring along the extra risk of exchange rates. Given the potential for foreign exchange rates to distort portfolio returns they should be hedged where appropriate. Once upon a time, to make a profit or simply…
What Is Moral Suasion? Moral suasion is ‘persuading people or groups to act (as toward charitable giving, personal hygiene, social reform) by rhetorical appeals and persuasion rather than by coercion or physical force’, to quote the OED. In economics, it tends to refer to central banks. Key Takeaways Moral suasion attempts to bring about a…
Insecticide treatments effective against malaria also suppressed household pests, but resistance among these pests has led to their return, causing community distrust and a decline in the use of these malaria control methods. Credit: Photo courtesy of Matt Bertone, NC State University. A North Carolina State University study reveals that resistance among household pests to…
Crowds clashed with police outside a Southport mosque on Tuesday night, following Monday’s attack, in which three girls were killed at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club. The unnamed 17-year-old suspect in the case is from Wales, Merseyside Police has said, but false claims had spread online that he was an asylum seeker who had arrived…
Scientists have long queried how the complex molecules needed for life could have formed around the tumultuous and violent environment of the sun in its youth. A family of meteorites called “chondrites” is theorized to have delivered the right stuff for life to Earth. But the question is, how did complex organic molecules containing elements like…
An international police investigation involving the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command (CTC) working with law enforcement from North America has led to the jailing of the radical preacher Anjem Choudary for directing a banned terrorist group. The joint-Met Police and MI5 investigation into Choudary was assisted by the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Royal…
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Tuesday sent PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan and nine others on 14 days’ judicial remand in a case on the party’s alleged “anti-state digital campaigns”. Hasan was arrested last week during a raid conducted by the Islamabad police and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on the party’s Central Office…
Cyberattacks are among the most severe financial, reputational, and operational risks companies face, which is why they’re investing in cybersecurity like never before. While this is an encouraging development, company leaders must ensure that these investments are being put to the best possible use. There are many ways companies can build up their cyber defenses,…