FHA and PHA are two common methods applied in analysis of system safety. However, the two methods have some problems such as to omit hazard analysis or control solution. Meanwhile it is not practical and not effective to deal with enormous work manually ...

Many companies follow very systematic methodology for carrying out execution of Mega projects. Project risks are identified, analyzed and proposed mitigation actions are identified and agreed upon. This activity is carried out in Project Risk Workshop. ...

Behaviors carried out by the person with diabetes (e.g., healthy eating, physical activity, judicious use of medication, glucose monitoring, coping and problem-solving, regular clinic visits, etc.) are of central importance in diabetes management. To ...

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Project HealthDesign included funding of an ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) team, to serve in an advisory capacity to the nine design projects. In that capacity, the authors had the opportunity to analyze the ...

For systems where functions are distributed but share support for computation, communication, environment sensing and actuation, it is essential to understand how such functions can affect each other. Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA) is the task ...

Modern road vehicles are equipped with driver assistance systems which support the safety of the vehicle in case of driver inattention. Ford is currently designing Lane Assistance functions which warn the driver haptically when leaving the lane or even ...

Our physical experiences are best represented by body movements. Many limitations of existing systems/devices, however, prevent their use in archival of daily experiences. This paper proposes an integrated systemcomposed of PWS (Posture Web Server) and ...