Is psychosurgery safer than section 57?

Sooner is Safer Than Later

It has been observed repeatedly that the standard safety-liveness classi cation for properties of reactive systems does not t for real-time properties. This is because the implicit \liveness" of time shifts the spectrum towards the safety side. While, for example, response | that \something good" will happen eventually | is a classical liveness property, bounded response | that \something good"...

Nonstop Flying Is Safer than Driving

Knowledge creation is safer than sharing in co-opetitive communities

Introduction Recently, organisations as well as academics have increasingly become aware of the need for organisations to co-operate in knowledge networks with partnering organisations that can also be seen as competitors. It is not longer just co-operation that can improve a firm’s global competitiveness, but firms will actually meet their competitors in such cooperations. Organisations need t...

Is a hands-free phone safer than a handheld phone?

INTRODUCTION Although it is becoming more and more accepted that driving while talking on a cell phone can be hazardous, most jurisdictions are making handheld phone use illegal while allowing hands-free phone use. METHODS The scientific literature exploring the effects of these two types of cell phone use on driving and driving-related performance is reviewed here. RESULTS Our review shows...

Pharmacologic diuresis is safer than ultrafiltration for cardiorenal syndrome

A critical appraisal and clinical application of Bart BA, Goldsmith SR, Lee KL, et al. Ultrafiltration in decompensated heart failure with cardiorenal syndrome. N. Engl. J. Med. 2012;367:2296-2304. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1210357