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Algorithms And Automation: Fostering Trustworthiness In Artificial Intelligence, Andrew B. Ware
Algorithms And Automation: Fostering Trustworthiness In Artificial Intelligence, Andrew B. Ware
Honors Theses and Capstones
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Public Awareness Of The Scientific Consensus On Climate, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Public Awareness Of The Scientific Consensus On Climate, Lawrence C. Hamilton
Sociology
Questions about climate change elicit some of the widest political divisions of any items on recent U.S. surveys. Severe polarization affects even basic questions about the reality of anthropogenic climate change (ACC), or whether most scientists agree that humans are changing the Earth’s climate. Statements about scientific consensus have been contentious among social scientists, with some arguing for consensus awareness as a “gateway cognition” that leads to greater public acceptance of ACC, but others characterizing consensus messaging (deliberate communication about the level of scientific agreement) as a counterproductive tactic that exacerbates polarization. A series of statewide surveys, with nationwide benchmarks, …
The Aftermath Of Aftermath: The Impact Of Digital Music Distribution On The Recording Industry, Michael Mccubbin
The Aftermath Of Aftermath: The Impact Of Digital Music Distribution On The Recording Industry, Michael Mccubbin
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “This article will address the impact the shift from hard-copy recordings to digital music distribution has had on the recording industry. Specifically, it will apply F.B.T. Productions v. Aftermath Records, which correctly held that a label’s relationship with third-party-digital-music-providers is that of licensor-licensee, to the modern music industry. Based on this holding, record labels need to reconsider their relationships with artists, and create new business models that rely on licensing music, rather than the traditional sale-based distribution model. The decision in Aftermath will lead to increased royalties for artists in the Digital Age. This article will analyze the impact …
Biotechnology And The Law: A Consideration Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Social Issues, Michael D. Mehta
Biotechnology And The Law: A Consideration Of Intellectual Property Rights And Related Social Issues, Michael D. Mehta
The University of New Hampshire Law Review
[Excerpt] “Recent advances in biotechnology are expected by many to improve crop yield, reduce reliance on agricultural inputs like pesticides and herbicides, alleviate world hunger, improve the safety and effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, assist in the discovery of genes that trigger diseases like cancer, and make more efficient our legal institutions through DNA testing. Clearly, innovations in biotechnology are a powerful force for social change, and they pose unique challenges and opportunities for legal scholars and institutions. This section of the Pierce Law Review focuses on the interface between law and technology by examining how innovations in biotechnology accelerate debates about …
Review Of: Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, And Technological Problem Solving, Christopher Verni
Review Of: Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, And Technological Problem Solving, Christopher Verni
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
A review of the book Should We Risk It: Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving by Daniel M. Kammen & David M. Hassenzahl, (Princeton University Press 1999). Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, index. ISBN: 0-691-00426-9 [404 pp. $39.50. Cloth, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540].
Online Fundraising In The Human Services, Jerry D. Marx
Online Fundraising In The Human Services, Jerry D. Marx
Social Work
This paper examines emerging possibilities for use of the Internet in human service fundraising. Human service managers must compete for limited funds with their counterparts in educational, religious, health, and other nonprofit organizations. There is enormous potential for raising funds over the Internet; yet, this approach to resource development may not be appropriate or effective in some instances for certain human service agencies. The selection of fundraising approach must be consistent with the organizational context in which it is used. This paper provides examples of cases where use of the Internet may prove to be an effective method for human …
Program - Which Scientist Do You Believe - Process Alternatives In Technological Controversies, Risk Editorial Board
Program - Which Scientist Do You Believe - Process Alternatives In Technological Controversies, Risk Editorial Board
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Program of events and list of registered attendees for the October 6, 1994 conference Which Scientist Do You Believe? Process Alternatives in Technological Controversies held in Concord, NH.
Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur
Technical Risk In The Mass Media: Introduction, Allan Mazur
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Special editor, Professor Mazur introduces and explains the origins of the symposium.
Acceptable Risk: A Conceptual Proposal, Baruch Fischhoff
Acceptable Risk: A Conceptual Proposal, Baruch Fischhoff
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Challenging the "de minimis risk" concept, Dr. Fischhoff argues that risks ought not to be considered apart from a particular technology's benefits. He argues, too, that the acceptability of particular kinds of risks should not be determined without considering the views of all persons who may be exposed. Finally, building upon the "reasonable person" construct, he suggests ways those goals might be achieved.
Consensus Development At Nih: What Went Wrong, Itzhak Jacoby
Consensus Development At Nih: What Went Wrong, Itzhak Jacoby
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
A close observer identifies the Science Court concept as inspiring consensus development conferences at the National Institutes of Health and describes the extent to which they have followed the model. Professor Jacoby also argues that, if the model were more closely followed, conference objectives would be better realized.
The Science Court: A Bibliography, Jon R. Cavicchi
The Science Court: A Bibliography, Jon R. Cavicchi
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
This bibliography lists articles that focus specifically on the Science Court as proposed by Professor Kantrowitz in the mid-sixties. In a separate part articles casually mentioning that proposal in assorted contexts are presented.
Book Review, Eugene Shkurko
Book Review, Eugene Shkurko
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Review of the following book: STEPHEN KLAIDMAN, HEALTH IN THE HEADLINES: THE STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES. (Oxford University Press 1991) [249 ,pp.] Bibliographical references, index. LC: 90-19297; ISBN 0-19-505298-6. [Cloth $24.95. 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016.]
Nothing Recedes Like Success - Risk Analysis And The Organizational Amplification Of Risks, William R. Freudenburg
Nothing Recedes Like Success - Risk Analysis And The Organizational Amplification Of Risks, William R. Freudenburg
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
Professor Freudenburg believes that there is room for improvement in Risk analysis, particularly in drawing on systematic studies of human behavior in the calculation of real, empirical probabilities of failure. The need is argued to be especially acute where technological Risks are associated with low expected probabilities of failure and are managed by human organizations for extended periods of time. This permits complacency to set in.
Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Scientific Method, Anti-Foundationalism, And Public Decision-Making, Kristin Shrader-Frechette
RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)
An examination of the legitimacy of attacks on lay assessments of environmental or other technological Risk. The case is made that rational policy requires an epistemology in which what we believe about Risk is bootstrapped onto how we should act concerning Risk.