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Rise of the Robots : Rethinking Ethics, Trust and Responsibility in the Age of Autonomous Machines
(2016-06-02)This article explores and repositions ethics, trust, and responsibility in the age of autonomous machines. It begins by posing new technology-induced ethical dilemmas and suggesting that there are different moral resolution ... -
Risk assessment for people with mental health problems: a pilot study of reliability in working practice
(2002)INTRODUCTION : This paper describes a pilot study of reliability in the risk assessment of people with mental health problems. Specifically, we explore the evidence for professional and gender bias in ratings, in addition ... -
Risk assessment in mental health : staff attitudes and an estimate of time cost
(2010)Background : Risk assessment is a routine part of mental health services, with professionals being required to complete a risk assessment proforma (RAP) for every patient under their care. Aims : This study was designed ... -
Risk assessments for mental health service users : ethical, valid and reliable?
(2010)Summary: This article considers the nature and basis of risk assessments in mental health services, based on empirical research on the tools used within NHS Mental Health Trusts in England which found a wide variety of ... -
A risk based application of the regional model CMAQ to policy decisions
(2016-01)A risk based approach to assessing compliance with EU limit values is described, using the advanced chemical transport model CMAQ to determine the regional component of NO2 and particulate matter under various conditions ... -
A risk factor model for anterior cruciate ligament injury
(2006)The incidence of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is reported to be 6-8 times greater in females than males competing in the same activities. Injury to the ACL occurs as a result of insufficient stability ... -
Risk factors for complicated grief among family members bereaved in intensive care unit settings: A systematic review
(2022-03-10)Background: Families of intensive care unit (ICU) decedents are at increased risk of experiencing complicated grief. However, factors associated with complicated grief in ICU and bereavement needs assessment are not available ... -
Risk factors for long covid in previously hospitalised children using the ISARIC Global follow-up protocol: A prospective cohort study : A prospective cohort study
(2021-07-01)BACKGROUND: The long-term sequelae of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in children remain poorly characterised. This study aimed to assess long-term outcomes in children previously hospitalised with Covid-19 and associated ... -
Risk factors, correlates, and markers in early-onset bulimia nervosa and EDNOS
(2011)This study aimed to investigate the specific risk factors, correlates, and markers associated with the development of symptomatology of early-onset BN and subclinical BN. -
Risk Management for Computer Security
(Butterworth Heinemann, 2005-03-15)Risk Management for Computer Security provides IT professionals with an integrated plan to establish and implement a corporate risk assessment and management program. The book covers more than just the fundamental elements ... -
Risk mitigation in PFI/PPP project finance: A framework model for financiers’ bankability criteria
(2019-11-28)PurposeEarlier studies on risk evaluation in private finance initiative and public private partnerships (PFI/PPP) projects have focussed more on quantitative approaches despite increasing call for contextual understanding ... -
Risk of adult schizophrenia and its relationship to childhood IQ in the 1958 British birth cohort.
(2014)Background: An inverse relationship between risk of schizophrenia and premorbid IQ is a robust empirical finding. Cognitive impairment may be a core feature of schizophrenia in addition to the clinical symptoms that have ... -
Risk of COVID‐19 infection among mobile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation team
(2023-01-31)BACKGROUND AND AIM: The transport of coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a challenging situation, especially for healthcare workers (HCWs), due to the risk of cross-infection. ... -
Risk owners and risk managers : Dealing with the complexity of feeding children with neurodevelopmental disability: Negotiating and communicating health risk
(2012-10-01)This paper illustrates negotiations around risk between lay people and clinicians in relation to gastrostomy interventions for disabled children. These negotiations centre on differing interpretations of what constitutes ... -
Risk-adjusted survival for adults following in-hospital cardiac arrest by day of week and time of day: observational cohort study
(2016-10-19)Background Internationally, hospital survival is lower for patients admitted at weekends and at night. Data from the UK National Cardiac Arrest Audit (NCAA) indicate that crude hospital survival was worse after in-hospital ... -
Risks, roles and responsibilities : Evaluating falls in inpatient mental healthcare settings for older people
(2010-07-06)Introduction: There is an urgent need to improve the care of older people at risk of or who experience falls in mental health settings. A report by the National Patient Safety Agency found that in 16 mental health services, ... -
Rites of passage and the hospice culture
(1997)Boundaries exist implicitly and explicitly in the area of life and death. The hospice movement seeks to manage death in an open and participatory way rather than denying or hiding it. By offering this alternative approach ... -
Ritual, Recycling, and Recontextualisation: Putting the concealed shoe in context
(2013-02-01)The concealed shoe is, possibly by design, shrouded in mystery. All that is known for certain on this subject is that a large number of shoes, usually old and damaged, were concealed in various, unconventional locations ... -
The ritualisation of food, home and national identity among polish migrants in London
(2010-05)In this paper a process of negotiating identity among Polish migrants will be discussed in relation to their food habits: consumption, preparation and celebration. Through the ethnographic examination of food rituals the ...