This paper investigates the effect of domestic politics on international environmental policy by incorporating into a classic model of coalition formation the phenomenon of lobbying by national special-interest groups. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of international environmental agreements, which has overwhelmingly assumed that governments make choices based on benefits and costs th...

The European Directive on Data Protection recognizes the right of data subjects to control the usage of their information. However, to date there are no data protection solutions that involve data subjects in the definition and enforcement of data protection policies. In this paper we present the foundation of a novel approach to personalized data protection in which users play a central role i...

PHRs (Personal Health Records) store individuals’ personal health information. Access to this data is controlled by the patient, rather than by the health care provider. Companies such as Google and Microsoft are establishing a leadership position in this emerging market. In this context, the need for psychological acceptability in privacy and security protection mechanisms is essential. Any pr...

There is considerable interest in revisiting LNT theory as the basis for the system of radiation protection in the US and worldwide. Arguing the scientific merits of policy options is not likely to be fruitful because the science is not robust enough to support one theory to the exclusion of others. Current science cannot determine the existence of a dose threshold, a key piece to resolving the...

Below is an alphabetized list of all the Health and Safety Policies and Programs. Policy Title Policy Category Policy ID Animals on Campus Policy [1] Administration 851.01.16 [1] Asbestos Control Programs Policy [2] Safe Work Procedures 851.06.11 [2] Barriers, Covers, and Guardrails Policy [3] Equipment Policy 851.07.14 [3] Biosafety Policy [4] Biosafety Program 851.11.01 [4] Boats and Watercra...

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Some eighty years ago, economists first proposed the use of corrective taxes to internalize environmental and other externalities. Fifty years later, the portfolio of potential economic-incentive instruments was expanded to include quantity-based mechanisms — tradeable permits. Thus, economicincentive approaches to environmental protection are clearly not a new policy idea, and over the past tw...

The fact that the information can be collected not only by the government and power companies but also individual users adds seriousness to the problem. In this paper examined this issue by focusing on the load management system based on BEMS that uses the privacy policy-based protection system in the smart grid environment. The structure of the privacy policy-based protection system using load...