Search results for security audits

Mathematics Feb 2, 2021

How game theory could have reduced costs of PPE for frontline healthcare workers

Kingston University London researchers have used a mathematical model known as game theory to explore how the challenge of securing sufficient levels of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers during ...

Environment Jan 21, 2021

Advances in modeling and sensors can help farmers and insurers manage risk

When drought caused devastating crop losses in Malawi in 2015-2016, farmers in the southeastern African nation did not initially fear for the worst: the government had purchased insurance for such a calamity. But millions ...

Economics & Business Nov 12, 2020

Why is the Australian government trying to make the cashless debit card permanent? Research shows it does not work

Dystopic policy in Australia is often hidden in plain sight.

Environment Sep 3, 2020

20% less water in Murray-Darling rivers than expected under Basin Plan

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists have published a report that shows 20 percent of river water, expected under the Basin Plan, did not flow in the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin between 2012 and 2019.

Political science Sep 2, 2020

Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can help defend elections and democracy, study finds

With just over two months before the 2020 election, three professors at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business offer a comprehensive review of how other nations are seeking to protect their democratic institutions ...

Environment Aug 20, 2020

Australia's farmers want more climate action, and they're starting in their own (huge) backyards

The National Farmer's Federation says Australia needs a tougher policy on climate, today calling on the Morrison government to commit to an economy wide target of net-zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050.

Social Sciences Jul 30, 2020

How to protect yourself from media manipulation on energy issues and other contentious matters

When my kids were little, we would play a game during the TV commercials.

Social Sciences Jul 9, 2020

Study: Hospital security guards employ excessive physical violence, require training

Security guards employed at hospitals may be ill-prepared to deal with Code Black situations where patients or visitors appear threatening or violent, says Flinders University Professor of Nursing (Mental Health) Eimear Muir-Cochrane.

Social Sciences Jun 12, 2020

High-tech surveillance amplifies police bias and overreach

Video of police in riot gear clashing with unarmed protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filled social media feeds. Meanwhile, police surveillance of protesters ...

Economics & Business Apr 6, 2020

Can COVID-19 be the 'mother of reinvention'? Making workforce transition is possible

It's a devastating figure, more than one million Australians have found themselves unemployed in the space of just a fortnight, as the impacts of COVID-19 force more business and industry closures and lay-offs.

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