It is now generally recognized that in order to make significant advances in accident prevention, the focus of industrial firms must shift from assessing the risks of existing production and manufacturing systems to discovering technological alternatives, i.e. from the identification of problems to the identification of solutions. Encouraging the industrial firm to perform (1) an inherent safet...

In this article the hedonic regression technique is used to estimate the value of traffic safety, using information from the Swedish market for automobiles. The results from the study show that the market price of an automobile is negatively correlated with its inherent risk level, i.e Swedish car consumers pay a safety premium for safer cars. In comparison to previous Swedish stated-preference...

Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of alcohol and traffic policies in reducing automobile crashes and fatalities, but only a few have analyzed the impact of state-specific policies on motorcycle safety. Given the growing popularity and inherent safety risks of motorcycle riding, this study provides a comprehensive investigation of both fatal and non-fatal injuries. State-level lon...

safety performance of innovative technologies Alessandro Tugnoli, Nicola Paltrinieri, Gabriele Landucci, Valerio Cozzani (1) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Mineraria e delle Tecnologie Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Bologna Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy (2) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica Industriale e Scienza dei Materiali, Università degli Studi di Pisa Via Di...

This paper investigates safety and security requirements specification methods, and proposed techniques for the integration of contrasting methodologies. The nature of interaction between safety and security requirements, and problems relating to their independent development, are discussed. The requirements specifications of an Air Traffic Control system are used to highlight the problems inhe...

Foodstuffs analysis is very important due to population growth and increasing consumer demand for safety and nutritional excellence. The Analysis of different compounds in foodstuffs is so difficult without using sample preparation techniques. Traditional techniques require large amounts of toxic organic solvents. As a result, they are not only expensive but also environmentally unfriendly and ...

The integration of patient safety initiatives into the nursing curriculum is critical to preparing nursing students for delivering safe and high-quality patient care (QSEN Institute, n.d.). The focus of patient safety is to “minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers through both systems effectiveness and individualized performance” (QSEN Institute, n.d.). Although patient safety has a...