The implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines can be influenced by nurses' perceptions of the organizational safety culture. Shift-by-shift management of each nursing unit is designated to a subset of staff nurses (charge nurses), whom are often recruited as champions for change. The findings indicate that compared to charge nurses, noncharge nurses were more positive about overall p...

Research on consumer quality perception is reviewed using the Total Food Quality Model as a structuring device. The relationship between food safety and quality is addressed, and is discussed in the context of research on consumer risk perception. Quality and safety perception is linked to food choice and consumer demand, addressing questions of price perception and the validity of willingness-...

Industrial health and safety is an important yet largely unexplored application area of ubiquitous computing. In this paper we investigate the relationship between technology and organization in the context of a concrete industrial health and safety system. The system is designed to reduce the number of incidents of “vibration white finger” (VWF) at construction sites and uses wireless sensor n...

As we depend more and more on software intensive systems, safety is of paramount importance. This paper attempts to address the often-neglected topic of safety assessment for software intensive systems. A thorough analysis of system hazards, and related catastrophic events, allows the developers to assess the system safety by identifying all potential catastrophic events and their impact on req...

Objectives: At the completion of this course, the reader should be able to: 1. Describe the basic physiology involved in pain impulse transmission and pain perception. 2. Identify the role of specific neurotransmitter receptors and their use in transmission and interpretation of acute pain. 3. Identify traditional and contemporary pain management pharmacology. 4. Describe the mechanism of actio...

every year, many accidents leading to physical injuries in kindergartens, indicates that a very large percentage of them are related to the safety concerns and lack of hygiene in these places. families, due to their busy life style and working hours and also children needs of preschool education, are searching to find most suitable kindergartens for their children. selecting a kindergarten with...

Several changes in the macro environment of the companies over the last two decades have meant that the competition is no longer constrained to the product itself, but the overall concept of supply chain. Under these circumstances, the supply chain management stands as a major concern for companies nowadays. One of the prime goals to be achieved is the reduction of the Bullwhip Effect, related ...

Tianjun Zhang 1,2,3, Lei Zhang 2,3,* ID , Shugang Li 2,3, Jialei Liu 4, Hongyu Pan 2,3 and Shuang Song 2,3 1 College of Science, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China; [email protected] 2 School of Safety Engineering, Xi’an University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710054, China; [email protected] (S.L.); [email protected] (H.P.); [email protected] (S...

This study provides an overview of aircraft cabin safety communications in Australia, in terms of effectiveness, passenger attitudes to such communications and opportunities that exist for improvement. Most passengers agreed that paying attention to cabin safety communications is important. However, results revealed that behaviours do not always match this perception. Perceived relevance of saf...

With the development of vehicle network technology, transportation companies have generated GPS-based driver behavior data for operating vehicles, providing potential research on and road safety risk perception. Research perception at present stage generally involves fuzziness subjectivity, degree is difficult to quantify, big data-based has not yet been used practically. To address this proble...