11 . 2 Study objectives 147 11 . 3 Approach to analysis 147 11. 4 Presentation and discussion of results 151 11 . 5 Conclusions 165 12 Accident management and failure analysis G. C. Meggitt 170 12. 1 Introduction 170 12. 2 Nuclear safety 170 12. 3 The accident 171 12. 4 The accident response 171 12. 5 The automatic response 171 12. 6 The tailored response 173 12. 7 The emergency plan 181 13 Decision support systems and emergency management M. Grauer 182 13. 1 Introduction 182 13. 2 The problem 183 13. 3 The multiple-criteria approach 184 3 13. 4 OveNiew of the 1-decision support software 186 13. 5 A case study from chemical industry 189 13. 6 Conclusions 195 References 196 14 Safety integrity management using expert systems Dr P. Andow 198 14. 1 Introduction 198 14. 2 Safety and risk analysis 198 14. 3 The effects of applying safety and risk analysis 199 14. 4 Safety integrity management 201 14. 5 Knowledge-base contents 204 14. 6 Summary of system functions 204 14. 7 Discussion 205 References 205 15 Power system alarm analysis and fault diagnosis using expert systems P. H. Ashmole 207 15. 1 Introduction 207 15. 2 Expert systems for power system alarm analysis already developed 208 15. 3 Existing substation control arrangements 209 15. 4 Discussion of alarm data flow 210 15. 5 Expert system requirements 210 15. 6 User interface 211 15. 7 Requirements under different fault conditions 211 15.

When a government project to turn everday people into nano-tech enhanced supersoldiers went wrong, they sent John Ravane to clean up the mess. He thought he was on the right side of history. A decade later, Ravane learns the truth. WHAT IF TOMORROW YOU WOKE UP A WEAPON? When he executed the last nanotech-enhanced super soldier, John Ravane thought that was the end of the haywire Insurgence Program. Ten years later, in the wake of social unrest, its true legacy is revealed. As sleeper agents scattered throughout the country activate, Ravane must stand between a government he cannot trust and the soldiers he once hunted. Collects the complete six issue series.

When a cultural observation probe malfunctions and crash-lands on a pre-warp world, the S.C.E. is sent in to destroy it before the technology falls into the hands of a civilization not prepared for it. Unfortunately, when Commander Gomez and her team arrive, they find that the device has already been captured by terrorist forces who intend to reverse-engineer the technology into a weapon that will change the balance of power on their world to deadly effect! Now it's a race against time for the S.C.E. to find and destroy the probe before it's too late!

When preparing for clinical exams, almost all trainees focus exclusively on the content of the examination. This would be the right approach for almost any other type of examination. But knowing your content is not necessarily enough to pass a clinical examination - you also need to communicate clearly and present well under pressure. This book will take you through the ‘Fail-safe Method’ for approaching any clinical exam - whether you are a training in medicine, surgery, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy...or any other health profession! Using the Fail-safe approach to clinical examinations will make sure that you are able to communicate and deliver the content you know with confidence. And you will be prepared to do it regardless of the circumstances. Developed by an Australian physician, the Fail-safe method will take you through the 3 clear steps, including covering topics such as: - dealing with the 'grumpy examiner', the 'brain freeze' & other exam-day 'curve balls' - how to ensure you perform at a high level (even under pressure) - avoiding common mistakes the day before your exam So, let’s begin!

To improve the reliability of digital communications systems, an encoder/decoder was designed, constructed, and evaluated for failsafe and error correction capabilities under stationary gaussian noise conditions. It employs a random error-correcting (73,45) cyclic code in a binary erasure channel. The code is in the class of difference set cyclic codes. Discussed are trade-offs between failsafe communication and efficiency of transmission rate. Also discussed is a special threshold detection technique for error correction purposes. Included is a brief description of the experimental system and the procedures used for computer evaluation. (Author).

What would possibly posses professional men and women to cover-up and support the activity of "hampered and severely impaired" practitioners of Medicine and Surgery? How can the two Doctors whom you will meet in this story, that are "Quality Care Driven," stand up against devious and underhanded Top Managers in a Federal System and fight off the full effect of a governmental onslaught thats hellbent on subdueing their efforts to do the right thing? We will search for possible motivateing factors in their early lives that may allow us us to understand what behavioral trends may have guided these sinister characters makeing them behave and react the way they did. You will likewise have an opportunity to pause,evaluate and decide how you may have handled these matters had you been a victim or a manager. This story will touch on those many feelings we have had through our lives when we or our loved ones were "uncertain" of having received appropriate and quality care. Could this really happen? You can be assured of it and living through it was not a normal "walk in the park." Pressing stress and sleepless nights were the rules of the day. This, however, was and will be an adventure worth living.

Effective teaching can be found where science and literacy overlap. This book helps teachers streamline busy schedules by focusing on cognitive skills shared by science and language arts. Designed to help build teacher confidence, it offers the background and insights teachers need to support students as they make sense of science content through language arts study. This unique approach pairs thinking routines from literacy—Observe and Wonder; Predict and Infer; Sort and Categorize; Analyze and Interpret; and Conclude and Apply—with hands-on science activities. The engaging strategies offer a fail-safe way for students to build knowledge and skills across the curriculum.