Disability: Prevention or Containment

Computer virus prevention and containment on mainframes

A computer virus can be a vicious and insidious form of code. It has the ability to replicate itserf, to attach itself to other code, to spread through a computersystem or network, and often to initiate a harmful series of instructions when a "trigger" point b reached viruses can have a major impact on productivity because of the steadily increasing dependence of inahtrial, business, and govemm...

OR Leadership: Product Evaluation and Cost Containment.

Predictors of Healthcare Expenditure: Aging, Disability or Development?

Objective: Studies show that almost every country across the world will experience a remarkable increase in their healthcare costs and ageing population by 2030. Also, people with disabilities are more likely to impose considerable healthcare costs on families and governments than their counterparts. On the other hand, socioeconomic status of countries can be an important factor to predict heal...

Reliable Software Systems Design: Defect Prevention, Detection, and Containment

The grand challenge that is the focus of this conference targets the development of a practical methodology for software verification: a methodology that can help us to reduce the number of residual defects in software products. Reducing residual defects is of course not in itself the objective of this exercise; the true objective is to reduce the number of failures in the use of software produ...

The Michigan Disability Prevention Study: Research Highlights

Executive Summary This 3-year collaborative research project was designed to provide empirical evidence to substantiate the impact of various employer policies and practices on the prevention and management of workplace disability. It studied a random sample of 220 Michigan establishments with more than 100 employees from seven different industries who responded to a mail survey in the first ha...