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Crowdsourcing for public safety

2014 IEEE International Systems Conference Proceedings, 2014
With advances in mobile technology, the ability to get real-time geographically accurate data, including photos and videos, becomes integrated into daily activities. Businesses use this technology edge to stay ahead of their competitors. Social media has made photo and video sharing a widely accepted and adopted behavior.
Allan Goncalves, Carlos Silva 0002, Patricia Morreale, Jason Bonafide   +3 more
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Computational Public Safety: The Evolution to Public Safety Research

2017
The proliferation of internet connected devices, sensors and big data is changing the way public safety is being studied. Traditionally, statistical methods are used to extrapolate information from data in which public safety decisions based upon.
Nhan Tran, Muthana Zouri, Alexander Ferworn   +2 more
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Drugs and the Public Safety

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1966
The basic Food Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 together with its accompanying amendments through 1965 now gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sweeping authority to monitor and control the development production and use of drugs. The law provides the U.S.
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Public policies and motorcycle safety

Journal of Health Economics, 2009
Numerous studies have examined the effectiveness of alcohol and traffic policies in reducing automobile crashes and fatalities, but only a few have analyzed the impact of state-specific policies on motorcycle safety. Given the growing popularity and inherent safety risks of motorcycle riding, this study provides a comprehensive investigation of both ...
Michael T, French, Gulcin, Gumus, Jenny F, Homer   +2 more
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Alcohol Limits and Public Safety * , †

2020
On May 14, 2013, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit to 0.05 g/dL for motor vehicle operators in the United States, in an effort to reduce the risk of injuries and deaths caused by a driver's alcohol impairment (NTSB/SR-13/01).
D V, Canfield, K M, Dubowski, M, Cowan, P M, Harding   +3 more
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Public safety and dietary supplementation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010
Approximately 6 in 10 Americans report regularly using some type of dietary supplement, and approximately 1 in 6 Americans reports using herbal remedies on a regular basis. The diversity of manufacturers, manufacturing processes, and quality control issues are enormous.
M Eric, Gershwin, Andrea T, Borchers, Carl L, Keen, Sheldon, Hendler, Frank, Hagie, M R C, Greenwood   +5 more
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LTE for public safety networks

IEEE Communications Magazine, 2013
It is increasingly being recognized that effective communications are key to a successful response to emergency and disaster situations. The ability of the first responder emergency services to communicate among themselves and to share multimedia information directly affects the ability to save lives.
Tewfik L. Doumi, Mike F. Dolan, Said Tatesh, Alessio Casati, George Tsirtsis, Kiran Anchan, Dino Flore   +6 more
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Public Safety as a Public Good

2002
Although it is rarely treated as such, public safety is an example for a non-tangible public commodity. As a consumption good, public safety can be measured by the expected damage (from any hazardous source) to any person residing or passing through the community. That is, the lower the expected damage the higher is the level of public safety consumed.
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Patient safety: This is public health

Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, 2014
Avoidable patient harm is a major public health concern, and may already have surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death in the United States. While the public health community has contributed much to one aspect of patient harm prevention, infection control, the tools and techniques of public health have far more to offer to the emerging ...
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