This article presents the process of workers' problems with work related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), the introduction of risk assessments (RA) for their prevention, and the consequences of this process in Korea. In 1997, economic crisis caused a rapid increase of massive layoffs, worker dispatch system introduction, job insecurity, and use of irregular workers resulting in work intensifi...

The burgeoning performance management movement, with its emphasis on social program ‘results’ measured typically by a limited set of quantitative indicators, has developed a life of its own largely apart from the evaluation research movement. Reflecting the differences in the professional history, interests and training underlying the two movements, the relationship between these disparate appr...

Modern biotechnology has led to the development and use of Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) for agriculture and other purposes. Regulators at the national level are increasingly depending on risk assessment as a tool for assessing potential adverse effects of LMOs on the environment and human health. In addition, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, an international agreement expected to enter ...

With the growing concern with our environment, the practice degree of green supply chain management I attractgetting more and more attention from academic and industry. Therefore, studying green supply chain management practice is a very meaningful work. Green supply chain management performance appraisal will involve a lot of indicators, and there are usually have dependence and feedback relat...

We analyze hedge fund performance using the stochastic discount factor (SDF) approach and imposing the arbitrage-free requirement to correctly value the derivatives and dynamic trading strategies used by hedge funds. Using SDFs of many asset-pricing models, we evaluate hedge fund portfolios based on style and characteristics. Without the arbitrage-free requirement, pricing errors are relatively...

We are working on the development of an availability risk assessment method for telecommunication services, called Raster. Raster is described elsewhere. From previous research we know that Raster can produce assessments with reasonable effort, but we have not yet shown that its results are reliable (repeatable) and accurate (correct). In this Technical Report we report on an experiment that we...

Generalizing sensitivity analyses for use with probability boxes. 44 4.8.2 Probability bounds analysis is a sensitivity analysis..

An individual's perception of risk develops from his or her values, beliefs, and experiences. Social scientists have identified factors that affect perceptions of risk, such as whether the risk is knowable (uncertainty), voluntary (can the individual control exposure?), and equitable (how fairly is the risk distributed?). There are measurable differences in how technical experts and citizen sta...

در سال‌های أخیر با افزایش پیچیدگی، سطح عدم­اطمینان نیز یافته است؛ ازاین‌رو مدیریت ریسک زنجیره تأمین یکی از موضوع‌هایی است که موردتوجه سازمان‌ها قرار گرفته است. ریسک‌های موجود تأمین، وارده ناحیه تأمین‌کنندگان پژوهش حاضر به‌کارگیری مدلی به‌منظور ارزیابی صنایع غذایی شی­‌فو، به شناسایی محتمل و اتخاذ تصمیماتی راستای می­‌پردازد. مدل به‌کار‌گرفته‌شده، ترکیبی محاسبات کلامی فازی (FLC) محاسبه مقدار عوامل...