1 From the Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 2 Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 3 National Trauma Research Institute and The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 5 Melbourne Law School, University of Me...

Assessing the driver’s cognitive load has become an increasing research interest. Methods described in literature fall into three categories: self-assessment, physiological measures, and performance-based measures. We claim that cognitive load can also be deducted by environmental factors, such as visual complexity of the context or driving speed. This paper describes an experiment aimed at bac...

The high risk, uncertainty and complicated interface for division of work in the construction industry have resulted in endless engineering dispute issues. Submitting claims during the performance of construction contracts can be money wasting and time-consuming process. This paper summarizes dispute issues occur often on construction site, clarifies what responsibility each party should bear, ...

This Essay explores the largely overlooked relationship between claim construction and patent assertion entities (patent “trolls”) finding that claim construction problems and trends benefit patent assertion entities. First, the Federal Circuit is deeply divided as to the proper approach to claim construction. This split is a significant contributor to uncertain patent scope, which is widely-re...

INTRODUCTION Logger safety training programs are rarely, if ever, evaluated as to their effectiveness in reducing injuries. METHOD Workers' compensation claim rates were used to evaluate the effectiveness of a logger safety training program, the West Virginia Loggers' Safety Initiative (LSI). RESULTS There was no claim rate decline detected in the majority (67%) of companies that participat...