By using electronic records (EMRs of GPs and MHS) we excluded the possibility of respondents' recall bias and patients were not burdened in the data collections, which is an important issue after a catastrophic event.
No, Blizzard isn't the only company whose DRM works like that, but it does highlight the idea that, "Oh, well, all the top publishers see piracy as a huge, catastrophic issue, so clearly we need to implement ridiculous DRM policies".
Some Morton Thiokol engineers presented O-ring metal deformation data that warned of a potential catastrophic issue if the solid rocket boosters were launched below 53º F. The data showed warping in the solid rocket booster's O-ring at low temperatures.
That's a catastrophic number.
The main focus for the past few years has been on stability, ensuring that the product survived its infancy without any catastrophic issues.
"The catastrophic issue here is just a breakdown in trust," he said.
"Any time that you get a large volume of animals in any one place… you may have a catastrophic health issue," she said.
The Terri Schiavo case arose out of a young woman having a catastrophic medical issues resulting in a persistent vegetative state.
In a globalized economy, these challenges arise from pervasive, at times catastrophic, issues in international business: cronyism, antitrust, and labor issues, as well as trade, the environment, taxes, and supply chains.
Instead of dealing with these conditions when catastrophic issues arise, patients who regularly go in for check-ups would have small bits of data add up over time that show how likely it is that conditions could develop.
We further excluded those who had a hospital admission with a discharge diagnosis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (ICD-9-CM 250.x1, 250.x3) or received a catastrophic illness certificate issued by the Department of Health for Type 1 Diabetes.
