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A remarkable paper by Claude Shannon published in 1948, that introduced the modern and meaningful way of thinking about communication of information, had a formidable impact on technology and on the emergence of the information era. At the same time it spawned the Information Theory Society of the IEEE that has carried the torch of Shannon's ideas and continues to push the frontiers of the fundamental...
An effective admission policy is an essential part of successful management of a patient care system. This admission policy should consider the future availability of resources, e.g. number of beds or budgets available. All possible pathways through the whole patient care system need to be identified to better understand the process dynamics of a care system. In the current paper we show how such...
This paper deals with the impact of radioactive fallout of atmospheric testing in Nevada test site. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), sent representatives to areas potentially affected by fallout to instruct and reassure the affected public. These are the radiation monitors. However, the discourse used by these radiation monitors miscommunicated the concept of safety. Radiation exposure and...
An exponential proliferation of technology imposes serious burdens upon society. Consequently, the engineering community will be forced to deliberate more than it has in the past about the social consequences of its acts. In this way, the best interests of both the engineer and society will be served.
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