Safety, security and dual-use chemicals

Security and Safety Modelling

Project Partners: Intecs, Institute of Informatics and Telematics CNR, AKHELA, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Technical University of Denmark, FTW Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, Adelard, UniControls, Czech Technical University in Prague, PSA Peugeot Citroën, SYSGO, ikv++ Technologies, eesy-id, Infineon Technologies AG Deutschland, EADS DEUTSCHLAND, Électricité de France,...

Safety, Security and Multicore

Agent Safety and Security

It's hard to imagine a software agent that could cause physical harm to anyone -it's only software, after all. But what if that software is controlling an electrical appliance, say a coffee maker? Could a control failure cause the coffee maker to overheat and start a fire? We hope not; the coffee maker should in any case have passed an Underwriters' Laboratory test to assure that it won't start...

Safety and security

Subjective assessments of safety, exposure to chemicals and use of personal protection equipment in seafaring.

BACKGROUND Most of the scientific publications from the maritime area are studies about the mortality and morbidity, while studies about the present hazards of potentially dangerous exposures are relatively rare. AIMS To describe the seafarers' assessments of the occupational safety on board, their exposure to chemicals and the use of personal protection equipment and to identify the areas fo...