Advancing chemical risk assessment decision-making with population variability data: challenges and opportunities

Uses of NHANES Biomarker Data for Chemical Risk Assessment: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

BACKGROUND Each year, the U.S. NHANES measures hundreds of chemical biomarkers in samples from thousands of study participants. These biomarker measurements are used to establish population reference ranges, track exposure trends, identify population subsets with elevated exposures, and prioritize research needs. There is now interest in further utilizing the NHANES data to inform chemical risk...

Decision Making under Stress in Emergency Response: Challenges and Opportunities

Advancing stem cell research with microtechnologies: opportunities and challenges.

Stem cells provide unique opportunities for understanding basic biology, for developing tissue models for drug testing, and for clinical applications in regenerative medicine. Despite the promise, the field faces significant challenges in identifying stem cell populations, controlling their fate, and characterizing their phenotype. These challenges arise because stem cells are ultimately functi...

Risk Decision-making for Chemical Process Security

INTRODUCTION In the preceding years to the terrorist attacks in the United States of September 11th, 2001, the chemical industry focused its process safety activities on accidental release risks. Rarely, if ever, was consideration given to the risk of intentional release, or beyond that, the differences in the nature of such a release. This was most likely due to a perception that these risks w...

Assessment of Prospective Memory, Risky Decision-Making, Collaborative Decision-Making among Individuals with Morning and Evening Circadian Typology

Introduction: Biological aspects of personality have an influence on people psychological dimensions. The present study was aimed to compare prospective memory, risky decision-making, collaborative decision-making between individuals with morning and evening circadian typology. Methods: For this purpose, a study with quantitative methodology approach and a descriptive design was conceived. T...