Secondary safety refers to mitigation of injury given that a crash occurs, as distinct from prevention of crashes. Evidence is presented that secondary safety of new cars has been improving substantially in recent years. (a) Single-car crashes, South Australia. The later the year of the car, the smaller is the probability of the driver being killed. (b) Car-car collisions, South Australia. Comp...

cancer patients, showing a high degree of selectivity and sensitivity, and it was the subject of a recent international workshop (Cancer Re-seai-ch, 39, 551-662, 1-979). The consensus of that meeting was that LAI testing offered a promising adjunct to currently available diagnostic and monitoring procedures in cancer patients, having the essential attributes of specificity and correlation with ...

Three cases of candida endophthalmitis complicating critical illness in young adult surgical patients with implications for safer practice are presented. We highlight how early ophthalmological examination can aid in the management of such critically ill patients. Clinicians need to be vigilant for the early diagnosis and aggressive treatment of hospital acquired opportunistic candida infection...

Carotid surgery has been shown to be beneficial in level one randomised trials. However, evidence suggests that current outcomes do not match those published in 1991. In order to make carotid endarterectomy safer in the future, it is essential to optimise patient selection and risk factor management and to maintain an obsessional approach to surgical technique. A planned strategy of monitoring ...

Recent technological advances have made airway management safer. Because difficult intubation remains challenging to predict, having tools readily available that can be used to manage a difficult airway in any setting is critical. Fortunately, video technology has resulted in improvements for intubation performance while using laryngoscopy by various means. These technologies have been applied ...

The majority of women with hirsutism have the idiopathic variety characterized by normal circulating androgens. An index of suspicion should, however, be maintained for that subset of women whose hirsutism is indicative of a systemic hormonal aberration. The psychological consequences of this highly visible condition that can seriously impact quality of life substantiate the need for safer and ...

We outline the design of a framework for specifying and reasoning about cloud computing systems. The methodology is based on a declarative programming model which takes the form of a λ-calculus enriched with suitable mechanisms to express and enforce application-level security policies governing usages of resources available in the clouds. We will focus on the server side of cloud systems, by a...

The use and detection of radiotracers in organic and biological chemistry has benefitted from advances in the efficiency and sophistication of both the chromatographic and the radioactive detection techniques. As a result, the chromatographic separation of radiolabeled compounds, sometimes referred to as “radiochromatography,” is now carried out in many laboratories throughout the world. The ba...

The demand for dermatosurgery, especially cosmetic procedures, has increased because of various factors that include greater awareness about aesthetic procedures, the importance given by society to beauty, the availability of safe and simple procedures, increasing affluence of the population seeking surgery and affordability of the surgery.[1-6] Simultaneously, patients’ expectations from such ...

The focus of the chapter is violence and crime in the licensed drinking environment. The central argument is that creating safer licensed environments is primarily a regulatory problem, not just an “alcohol problem”, and that formal enforcement is a necessary but not sufficient tool for creating a culture of compliance. A system of regulation that is responsive to industry conditions will rely ...