Process safety might be considered as the most important area to improve several aspects in the process industry design. Ways of dealing with hazards include means to either control them or totally remove them. Both control and removal ways can be applied during the design stage to produce inherently safer designs. There exist several practical examples where issues related to inherently safer ...

In the recent functional linguistic literature, the notion of syntactic complexity and similar concepts have received considerable attention. Yet, when trying to operationalize syntactic complexity as an independent variable in statistical research designs, it soon emerges that the notion is somewhat underdefined. I will report the results from an experiment comparing three measures of syntacti...

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously-formed partnerships facing a social dilemma. Treatments vary in terms of the individual’s: (1) opportunity to commit to their partner; (2) the cost of dissolving committed partnerships; and (3) the distribution of these dissolution costs between partners. Our findings show that pledg...

This paper introduces a new approach to the control of robot manipulators in a way that is safe for humans in the robot's workspace. Conceptually the robot is viewed as a tool with limited autonomy. The limited perception capabilities of automatic systems prohibits the construction of failsafe robots with the capabilities of people. Instead, the goal of our control scheme is to make the interac...

Introduction: Tonsillectomy is one of the most common procedures performed by Ear, Nose, and Throat surgeon.  Usually, the procedure is carried out as an inpatient surgery. With the increasing need to reduce healthcare costs, spare precious hospital beds, and shorten elective surgery lists, there is currently a trend towards performing tonsillectomy on a daycare basis.  Materials and Methods: A...

In the US, community technology centers (CTC) are a policy response to facilitate the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) to citizens who might otherwise lack access to these resources. The implicit assumption guiding CTC initiatives is that access to ICT will improve the life chances of the individuals who become involved in these centers. It is, however, prudent to e...

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 523 I. BACKGROUND ........................................................................... 525 A. Common Law Research Exception ......................................... 525 B. The Statutory Safe Harbor Provision: 271(e)(1) .................... 528 II. CASE LAW: THE SAFE HARBOR STATUE PROTECTION ...

Wireless medical body sensor networks enable a new way of continuous patient monitoring, extending the reach of current healthcare solutions. They improve care giving by a flexible acquisition of relevant vital sign data, and by providing more convenience for patients. Applying the general concept of sensor networks to the medical domains requires development of reliable, distributed microsyste...

The development and management of alliances is a critical strategic skill in hospitality and tourism. Very little can happen in these sectors without multiple firms working collaboratively with one another to serve the consumer. All over the world companies are entering into alliances (see Table 1). However, research in this and other sectors suggest that most will fail leaving both partners sa...