Fatalities due to railway accidents occur rarely and some railways identify risks from potential accident precursors. By lowering precursor frequency, the probability of more serious incidents and accidents may be reduced, following the idea of a reverse pyramid between precursors, top events,...

Road Traffic Crash is a major public health issue experienced in the world today. This has therefore led to a significant damage to property, loss of lives thereby constituting an alarming problem. Road safety are measures put in place to prevent or reduce the risk of an accident occurring. The...

In a recent article, Guerra et al. (2022c) considered the problem of liability for accidents caused by the activity of robots, proposing a novel liability regime, which they referred to as ‘manufacturer’s residual liability.’ Under this regime, injurers (robot operators) and victims are...

Financial institutions are increasingly leveraging on advanced technologies, facilitated by the availability of Machine Learning methods that are being integrated into several applications, such as credit scoring, anomaly detection, internal controls and regulatory compliance. Despite their high...

Injections are one of the most common health care procedures, with some 16 billion injections administered world-wide each year. Most injections (90 to 95 percent) are given for therapeutic purposes, and only 5 to 10 percent are given for immunization. Injections are often unnecessary and are...

As in many countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA), vehicle ownership in Russia has grown faster in the last decade than the decline in the rate of fatalities per vehicle. At the same time, road safety policies and interventions have not kept pace with the boom in motorization. In...