Further safeguards

Surgical Errors and Safeguards

Designing Data Protection Safeguards Ethically

Since the mid 1990s, lawmakers and scholars have worked on the idea of embedding data protection safeguards in information and communication technology (ICT) with the aim to access and control personal data in compliance with current regulatory frameworks. This effort has been strengthened by the capacities of computers to draw upon the tools of artificial intelligence (AI) and operations resea...

Childhood finger injuries and safeguards.

OBJECTIVE To understand the epidemiology, sites, and mechanism of finger injuries in children and to consider safety measures. SETTING Accident and emergency department of a children's hospital in Glasgow. METHODS A prospective study was carried out with a specifically designed questionnaire. Altogether 283 children presenting with isolated finger injuries were identified over six months. A...

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Initial)

Authorized to Appraise Date: October 6, 2003 IBRD Amount ($m): Bank Approval: February 27, 2004 IDA Amount ($m): Global Supplemental Amount ($m): 5.50 Managing Unit: AFTES Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan (SIL) Status: Lending Sector: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector Theme: Biodiversity (P); Other environment and natural resources management (P); Environmental polici...

Legal Safeguards for Ambient Intelligence

To take a full benefit of Ambient Intelligence, it is necessary to anticipate and react upon possible drawbacks and threats of the new emerging environment. The risks of new technologies should be examined in order to devise appropriate safeguards. This precautionary approach has been taken by SWAMI project which reflected on possible negative implications of AmI by constructing ‘dark scenarios...