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Showing 1 to 20 of 243 for “"Safety concerns"”.
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MRI Safety Concerns: Anatomy Impacts on Radiofrequency Induced Heating and Implant Impacts on Gradient Induced Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
… is a very useful technology but there are some safety concerns for patients. Radiofrequency (RF) induced heating and gradient induced peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) are two typical safety concerns. Although many literatures have found the importance of them, they are not fully investigated. …
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Improving E-Scooter Safety: Deployment Policy Recommendations, Design Optimization, and Training Development
… However, there have been numerous reports of safety concerns, crashes, and injuries for e-scooter riders and other road users as a result of e-scooter misuse. Until recently, very little formal research has been conducted on the safety of this micromobility solution. This dissertation …
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Establishing a patient safety pilot program in UCSF Medical Center – Benioff Children’s Hospital: Principles, System Analysis, and Initial Steps
<p>Patient safety is a serious public health issue impacting individuals in all healthcare settings. UCSF Medical Center is a leading healthcare organization in San Francisco, dedicated to providing the safest and highest quality care to its patients. In an effort to further promote patient safety, …
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Online Review Analytics: New Methods for discovering Key Product Quality and Service Concerns
… intends to discover as well as categorize safety concern reports in online reviews by using key terms prevalent in sub-categories of safety concerns. This dissertation extends the literature of semi-automatic text classification methodology in monitoring and classifying product quality and …
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Strategies for designing, testing and demonstrating safety : what synthetic biology can learn from retrospective cases
… the creation of de novo organisms. Significant concerns over safety have been expressed. This research explores traditional engineering and biotechnology practices for overarching principles of design, testing and demonstration that address safety concerns. The information is used to assess the …
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Development of safety performance functions and a GIS based spatial analysis of collision data for the City of Saskatoon
… produced the first edition of the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) in 2010. The HSM introduces a six-step safety management process which provides engineers with a systematic and scientific approach to identifying and managing safety concerns on a road network. Each step plays a vital role in …
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Modeling Driver Behavior at Signalized Intersections: Decision Dynamics, Human Learning, and Safety Measures of Real-time Control Systems
… Driver behavior plays an important role in the safety concerns related to signalized intersections. In this research effort, dynamics of driver behavior in relation to the traffic conflicts occurring at the onset of yellow is investigated. The area ahead of intersections in which drivers …
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Approval of new drugs by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration: Problems with the process and access to unapproved drugs
… phases than is now allowed, raising serious safety concerns for patients. Use of drugs outside of the clinical trials system undermines the integrity of the FDA’s drug development process by slowing enrollment, which in turn slows approval and timely access of safe and efficacious drugs to …
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Planning and design guidelines for accommodating non-motorized transportation in suburban office parks
… and the associated health risks, pedestrian safety concerns, economic impacts, and transportation consequences. Sprawl can be defined as dispersed, automobile-dependent development typically found along roadways outside of urban downtown areas.;Because of the problems associated with sprawl, …
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Supporting Durham Catholic School District teachers in implementing movement integration: understanding and addressing the barriers through teacher coaching
… MI barriers include lack of time and confidence, safety concerns, and classroom disarray. Teacher coaching may help mitigate these issues. Teacher participants (n=12) at seven elementary schools were interviewed on their perceived barriers to MI. An MI specialist visited each teacher three times …
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Pedagogy of place : an exploration of teachers' lived experience with place-based education in School District 57 (Prince George, BC Canada)
… that PBE is not a legitimate practice, and safety concerns. This work resulted in a set of recommendations for School District 57.
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The Effect of Pilot and Air Traffic Control Experiences & Automation Management Strategies on UAS Mission Task Performance
… will not be carried out in the NAS until safety concerns are alleviated. Among these concerns is determining the appropriate level of automation in conjunction with a suitable pilot who exhibits the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely operate these systems.</p> <p>This …
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Deconstructing Elevated Expressways: An Evaluation of the Proposal to Remove the Interstate 10 Claiborne Avenue Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana
… process lacks defined structural integrity and safety concerns, a reduction in the value of freeways by power brokers, documented support of the business community and “selling†of idea by a public agency. These conditions were necessary to the decision to remove expressways in all case …
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Biomaterials for protection and repair of the central nervous system
… were characterized to address potential safety concerns for potential clinical use. Two studies are presented towards the development of a model Brown-Sequard syndrome and accompanying behavioral and pathological outcome measures for evaluation of biomaterials in vivo. A modified …
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Building reliable AI assistive technologies: a comprehensive process for inclusive and transparent co-design
… risks. This oversight can lead to serious safety concerns. To address these issues, we proposed TACTIC: a process for Transparent, Accessible, Co-design, Through Inclusive, Iterative Cycles, emphasizing iterative end-user engagement. TACTIC includes four co-design loops: problem …
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"Don't Kill my Buzz, Man!" - Explaining the Criminalization of Psychedelic Drugs
… found to be non-addictive, to have remarkable safety profiles, and to potentially be able to treat a range of psychological conditions. However, in 1968, the possession of psychedelics was criminalized by the US federal government. Consequently, medical research has been stifled, and today the …
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BATTERY USAGE IN THE FUTURE FLEET
… energy density, charge/discharge rate, safety concerns, and the like, of the battery. In this research the following questions are answered: What is the current advanced battery requirement (baseline)? What is the projection for batteries required by the operating force by 2035? What is …
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On the Compensation of Medium Voltage Metrology via Alternative Methods
… rated voltage. However, this raises important safety concerns when the rated voltage of the probe is on the order of hundreds or even thousands of volts. Improvements to the effectiveness, accessibility, and safety of medium-voltage probe compensation are necessary to further advance the …
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Wastewater Disinfection with HYDROFLOW Technology
… disinfection method, there are serious safety concerns and ecological problems associated with its use. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of using a HydroFLOW 60i unit for wastewater disinfection, as an alternative to chlorination. The study was performed using two …
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Physical model of a hybrid electric drive train
… total energy in the system low enough to satisfy safety concerns, the system will be limited to simulating the motion of a light car moving up to ten miles per hour, representative of stop-and-go city traffic.
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