Nothing to fear from mistakes

Nothing to fear but fear itself.

As radiation levels around the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in Japan increase, the Japanese people as well as individuals around the world have expressed fear of radiation that some experts say could be more unhealthy than the levels of leaked radioactive contamination. This article addresses why individuals fear radiation and provides resources occupational health nurses can consu...

A model to learn from mistakes (using TOPSIS)

Learning is a new paradigm that is introduced in today's organizations. The purpose of this study is to determine learning contingency model from the mistakes using TOPSIS. Variables were identified using the Delphi technique. The samples of this study were consisted 30 public administrators in Iran. The results show which factors have the greatest impact and which causes the least impact on le...

Nothing to fear, but...part I: the clinician and fear of physical harm.

Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself? Nuclear Proliferation and Preventive War∗

When does nuclear counterproliferation succeed? When does it lead to preventive war? We argue that as the ratio between (i) the effect of nuclear acquisition on the balance of power and (ii) the costs of preventive war increases, counterproliferation becomes more successful but mistaken preventive wars also become more likely. We apply this logic to comparing the dynamics of proliferation durin...

HIV in the blood supply: nothing to fear but fear itself.

DANS CE NUMÉRO (page 375), le Dr Robert S. Remis et ses collègues estiment à environ 1 par million d’unités de sang transfusé le risque d’infection par le VIH à la suite d’une transfusion de sang au Canada au cours des années 1990. La perception du risque et son acceptation par le public ne reposent toutefois pas seulement sur les connaissances scientifiques. Elles sont liées aussi à une toile ...