Error in Signature Block in: Good Evidence Evaluation for Good Risk Assessment

AbstractThe past decade brought about a dramatic change in the global Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) risk with a reduction of the threat of war and an increase in risk of terrorism. These changes have a considerable influence on the development of CBRN defense technologies: from highly predictable scenarios with relatively good risk assessment and intelligence capabilities, to a wide variety of scenarios with limited predictive capabilities in the case of terrorism. First responders are challenged to deal with multilateral issues, which are more complex than ever before. As long as the threat was state-posed and in a war context, CBRN technologies were developed in light of defense authorities’ demands. Nowadays, with the diminishing wartime threat, the market is left “unsupervised.” Manufacturers and developers are adopting their technologies with limited to no feedback and support of the end-users. In turn, this leads to suboptimal technological results from the operational point-of-view. This paper calls for a multi-sectorial, joint venture between academia, industry, government and first responders. Such collaboration should seek a non-competitive, financially stable environment to bridge gaps in the development of defense technologies that are adapted to the rapidly changing threats. Examples and discussion will be provided.

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Assessing the Threat of Violent Employees

Medical and Clinical Research: Open Access ◽

10.52106/2766-3213.1024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Walter Brennan

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Sexual Harassment ◽

Workplace Bullying ◽

Work Related ◽

The World ◽

Good Risk Assessment ◽

Low Levels ◽

Good Risk

Conflict in the workplace is not a new phenomenon. Almost every worker, anywhere in the world will have encountered a colleague who is unfriendly, unpleasant and even hostile. However, there are occasions when an employee goes beyond those levels and they are aggressive, menacing and dangerous. This paper will explore the very rare incidents of work-related murder as well as the much more common low levels of violence, sexual harassment and workplace bullying. It will discuss the importance of good risk assessment and actions to be taken when such behaviour occurs.

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Weight of evidence evaluation and systematic review in EU chemical risk assessment: Foundation is laid but guidance is needed

Environment International ◽

10.1016/j.envint.2015.10.008 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 92-93 ◽

pp. 590-596 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Marlene Ågerstrand ◽

Anna Beronius

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Risk Assessment ◽

Weight Of Evidence ◽

Chemical Risk ◽

Chemical Risk Assessment ◽

Evidence Evaluation

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Hypothesis-based weight-of-evidence evaluation and risk assessment for naphthalene carcinogenesis

Critical Reviews in Toxicology ◽

10.3109/10408444.2015.1061477 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 1-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Lisa A. Bailey ◽

Marc A. Nascarella ◽

Laura E. Kerper ◽

Lorenz R. Rhomberg

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Weight Of Evidence ◽

Evidence Evaluation

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SHOULD A FIRST-TRIMESTER RISK ASSESSMENT FOR PRE-ECLAMPSIA BE ROUTINELY OFFERED?

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review ◽

10.1017/s0965539513000041 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 129-133

Author(s):

MAURO PARRA-CORDERO

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Risk Assessment ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Expert Opinion ◽

First Trimester ◽

Good Evidence ◽

Point Of View ◽

Health Policies ◽

Public Health Policies ◽

First Trimester Of Pregnancy

From a scientific point of view, the answer to the question might be quite straightforward in favour of routinely screening all pregnant women for pre-eclampsia (PE) during the first trimester of pregnancy. However, irrespective of the large amount of good evidence and expert opinion favourable for universally screening for obstetric syndromes, such as PE, public health policies do not always align with pure clinical science.

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Call to Action to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation ◽

10.1161/cir.0000000000000769 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 141 (24) ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peter K. Henke ◽

Susan R. Kahn ◽

Christopher J. Pannucci ◽

Eric A. Secemksy ◽

Natalie S. Evans ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

Venous Thromboembolism ◽

American Heart Association ◽

American Heart ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Heart Association ◽

Good Evidence ◽

Hospitalized Patients ◽

Policy Statement ◽

Prophylactic Measures

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major preventable disease that affects hospitalized inpatients. Risk stratification and prophylactic measures have good evidence supporting their use, but multiple reasons exist that prevent full adoption, compliance, and efficacy that may underlie the persistence of VTE over the past several decades. This policy statement provides a focused review of VTE, risk scoring systems, prophylaxis, and tracking methods. From this summary, 5 major areas of policy guidance are presented that the American Heart Association believes will lead to better implementation, tracking, and prevention of VTE events. They include performing VTE risk assessment and reporting the level of VTE risk in all hospitalized patients, integrating preventable VTE as a benchmark for hospital comparison and pay-for-performance programs, supporting appropriations to improve public awareness of VTE, tracking VTE nationwide with the use of standardized definitions, and developing a centralized data steward for data tracking on VTE risk assessment, prophylaxis, and rates.

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