This paper explores some of the common difficulties in interpreting the ALARP principle, and traces the potential effects of these difficulties on system risk. We introduce two categories of risk reduction approach which permit us to characterise the risk profile of a system in more detail and discuss their application to Systems of Systems (SoS).

The complete blood count (CBC), serum chemistry profile, and urinalysis are the cornerstones of clinical laboratory assessment. It is important to perform all the tests concurrently on presentation, particularly in sick patients. Interpreting one test or one group of tests without the others is prone to diagnostic errors. It is not our intention to provide veterinarians with every interpretatio...

An ethnographic study of practice nurses, accountability and multidisciplinary team decision-making in the context of clinical governance Jan Savage research reports All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permissio...

Some reflections on Robert Rosen, Chu and Ho, and Louie.

This paper aims to examine the theoretical context of the synchronic and diachronic versions of the Dutch Book argument. The paper begins with a brief characterization of the significance of making an interpretation of the theory of probability after Kolmogorov’s contribution. Following this, the core of an intended model – i.e., subjective probability or degrees of belief – will be described a...