The Ionizing Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000, IR(ME)R, apply to the safety of the patient referred for a medical exposure to ionizing radiation. In Scotland, the Scottish Executive (Department of Health) is responsible for carrying out inspections of compliance with these regulations. IR(ME)R specifically addresses issues concerned with Employer's duties, responsibilities of the P...

Abductive Logic Programming (ALP) [11] [12] has found broad application as a powerful tool for hypothetical reasoning with incomplete knowledge, as it combines: abduction, that operates by labeling some pieces of information as abducibles, i.e. as possible hypotheses which can be assumed to hold, provided that they are consistent with the given knowledge base; and logic programming, enriched wi...

regarding the complexity of social systems and the presence of autonomousintervenes, designing and making the future requires a special strategy, which can harmonize these elements with itself. this can be possible by future depicting, which makes an insight into the desired future, and presents a real perspective of it; and/or it promotes a planned perception of the desired status to impose a...

BACKGROUND Aggression comprises a heterogeneous set of behavioral patterns that aim to harm and hurt others. Empathy represents a potential mechanism that inhibits aggressive conduct and enhances prosocial behavior. Nevertheless, research results on the relationship between empathy and aggression are mixed. Subtypes of aggressive behavior, such as reactive and proactive aggression might be diff...

This study extends research on proactive behavior at work by examining the extent to which job stressors (time pressure and situational constraints) and affective experiences during the workday are associated with proactive behaviors on the same and the following workday. Results from civil service employees who filled in surveys over 4 consecutive workdays indicated that situational constraint...

This research studies the occurrence of data breaches in healthcare provider settings regarding patient data. Using visual analytics and visualization tools, we study distribution by state. We review main causes types breaches, as well their impact on both providers patients. The shows a range breach victims. Network servers are most popular location for common such hacking information technolo...

OBJECTIVE Stimulant treatment improves impulse control among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Decreased aggression often accompanies stimulant pharmacotherapy, suggesting that impulsiveness is integral to aggressive behavior in these children. However, children with high callous-unemotional (CU) traits and proactive aggression may benefit less from ADHD pharmacothe...

BACKGROUND Evidenced-based tobacco cessation treatments are underused, especially by socioeconomically disadvantaged smokers. This contributes to widening socioeconomic disparities in tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. METHODS The Offering Proactive Treatment Intervention trial tested the effects of a proactive outreach tobacco treatment intervention on population-level smoking abstinen...