At eSmart 2003, Kekicheff and Brewer [1] reported on the development of the GlobalPlatform Card Security Requirements Specification (CSRS) [2]. They pointed out not only that the CSRS presents a semi-formal security specification for the entire card platform, but also that it proposes a method for selecting the most appropriate card configuration based on risk analysis. Particular attention was...

This paper addresses the concept of model uncertainty within the context of risk analysis. Though model uncertainty is a topic widely discussed in the risk analysis literature, no consensus seems to exist on its meaning, how it should be measured, or its impact on the application of analysis results in decision processes. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to clarification. The first pa...

While security professionals have long talked about risk, moving an organization from a “security” mindset to one that thoughtfully considers information risk is a challenge. Managing information risk means building risk analysis into every business decision. In this panel, we will discuss how CISOs are working to move the conversation from security towards information risk. In particular, we w...

With increasing Internet coverage, the use of a web-based survey for epidemiological study is a possibility. We performed an investigation in Japan in winter 2008 using the web-based daily questionnaire for health (WDQH). The WDQH is a web-based questionnaire survey formulated to obtain information about the daily physical condition of the general public on a real-time basis, in order to study ...

The purpose of this study was to examine how exercise level, exercise motives, and barriers changed from the baseline phase to the follow-up phase after a behavioural and cognitive intervention aimed at increasing exercise. Seventy-five members of our university community (43 subjects in the control group and 32 in the experimental group), all of whom received cognitive feedback, agreed to comp...

Models of collective action infrequently account for differences across individuals beyond a limited set of strategies, ignoring variation in endowment (e.g. physical condition, wealth, knowledge, personality, support), individual costs of effort, or expected gains from cooperation. However, behavioural research indicates these inter-individual differences can have significant effects on the dy...

In order to explain how DIYbio knowledge and expertise is developed and shared the use of Practice Theory will help us gain a useful understanding of how working practices are sustained, reproduced and potentially changed. In addition, the development and sharing of thick, evocative, rich descriptions of these practices might contribute to the motivational knowledge of DIYbio practitioners.

OBJECTIVE Previous research has found that conscientiousness has positive associations with preventative health-related behaviors and self-perceived health, but little is known about the links between changes in these variables over time. In the present study, we examined how levels and changes in conscientiousness were linked to levels and changes in both preventative health-related behaviors ...

Perry MBChB, University of Cambridge, UK; KK Ray MD, University of Cambridge, UK; N Sarwar PhD, University of Cambridge, UK; M Alexander MPhil, University of Cambridge, UK; A Thompson PhD, University of Cambridge, UK; SG Thompson DSc, MRC Biostatistics Unit, UK; M Walker PhD, University of Cambridge, UK; S Watson MMath, University of Cambridge, UK; F Wensley MSc, University of Cambridge, UK; IR...