This paper reviews and discusses the principal findings of the preceding papers in the
special issue and draws out the lessons to be learned by designers, safety specialists and …

This paper examines the ways in which populations at risk of HIV in the developed world
have enculturated the knowledges and technologies of both the medical and the social …

An expert meeting was organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held in
Stockholm on 15-18 June 1997. The objective of this meeting was to derive consensus toxic …

We present a new theory of hypothesis testing. The main concept is the s-value, a notion of
evidence which, unlike p-values, allows for effortlessly combining evidence from several tests…

We study the complexity of several standard problems for 1-safe Petri nets and some of its
subclasses. We prove that reachability, liveness, and deadlock are all PSPACE-complete for 1…

“Safe and effective” is a short but powerful phrase, and it probably appears in most issues of
ophthalmology journals. Authors may truly believe that they have proven something to be …

Schools are basically safe places for children. School violence and disruption, although in
decline through the mid- to late 1990s, remains a concern. National surveys that inform …

… falling sick, is to identify safe sources of water for drinking and cooking in arsenic-affected
areas. This chapter will present a brief overview of safe drinking water supply technologies that …

… in the United States are safe begins with a definition of a safe school. However, with the
many factors involved, defining a safe or unsafe school can be difficult. Is a safe school one in …

Computer science and artificial intelligence are increasingly used in the hazardous and
uncertain realms of medical decision making, where small faults or errors can spell human …