For example, Liu et al. [25] showed a fast mode decision algorithm that filters out unnecessary prediction units based on texture complexity and direction for HEVC intra-prediction, with texture complexity defined as the difference between the current pixel and its surrounding pixels, and the standard deviation of the current CU block, saving average time of 38% compared with HM 10.0.
Thanks to the legacy of the Bush-Cheney regime, acoustic switches–$500,000 critical defense measure capable of shutting down operations remote-control style were deemed unnecessary by the unit responsible for overseeing offshore drilling: the U.S. Interior Department's Minerals Management Service MMSS).
It said the mission is slimming down its ranks, sending home incompetent units, cutting unnecessary jobs, redeploying troops stationed at dozens of outposts around Darfur and working to improve its capacity to protect civilians.
Our source suggested that there could be further sales as other business units deemed unnecessary are discarded from GFG.
Jolowicz [ 15] also pleaded for early intervention near the battlefield to avoid pension claims, loss of manpower in combat units and unnecessary deterioration of health in the individual.
Combining the 11 groups for which discharge haemoglobin was supplied (ie 220 patients), 52% of all patients received blood, of whom 25% received unnecessary (as defined above) units of blood.
Up to half of the antibiotic use in hospital wards and critical care units is unnecessary or inappropriate, and excessive durations of treatment are the greatest contributor to inappropriate use [ 9- 11].
The agency's leaders, including its president, Howard H. Roberts Jr., had deemed the response team unnecessary, even comparing the unit's officers to Maytag repairmen, suggesting they were seldom used.
The micro-turbine is found almost exclusively in full load, thus rendering the application of the new approaches for this technology unnecessary for the considered unit sizes and building types.
When the CEO retired, her successor decided that these detailed operational reports were unnecessary since each business unit already reported its key numbers -- and the big review meetings never resulted in substantial decisions anyway.
