The Way It Unfortunately Is

The CORAS Language – why it is designed the way it is

CORAS1 [6] is an approach to risk analysis based on the ISO 31000 international standard on risk management [4]. The approach is model-driven in the sense that graphical models are actively used throughout the whole risk analysis process to support the various analysis tasks and activities, and to document the results. It is defensive, which means that the risk analysis is concerned with protec...

Pulsed dose rate brachytherapy – is it the right way?

Pulsed dose rate (PDR-BT) treatment is a brachytherapy modality that combines physical advantages of high-dose-rate (HDR-BT) technology (isodose optimization, radiation safety) with the radiobiological advantages of low-dose-rate (LDR-BT) brachytherapy. Pulsed brachytherapy consists of using stronger radiation source than for LDR-BT and producing series of short exposures of 10 to 30 minutes in...

Development : Is it the right way towards humanoid robotics ?

The studies presented in this paper stem from an interdisciplinary approach covering aspects of “brain sciences” and robotics, with the goal of answering several questions, namely: is it possible to test hypotheses of the brain functions involved in a particular task, by implementing biologically plausible models on a real physical system such as a robot? How can we design more adaptable and po...

Unfortunately, linguistic injustice matters.

In a previous letter [1] I argued that the absolute dominance of the English language in scientific communication has led to linguistic injustice, arising for two main reasons: (i) non-native English-speaking scientists (NoNES) support all the costs of having a English as a common scientific language; and (ii) while native English-speaking scientists (NES) benefit for free from having a common ...

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Is It A Wolf Consuming Fertility?