In the maritime industry, it is of vital importance that personnel onboard ships are familiarized with the ship’s layout, along with safety equipment and processes for safeguarding of the individual seafarer and the ship’s crew. In fact, international maritime regulations require that all personnel employed or engaged on a seagoing ship receive proper familiarization training. However, several studies ...

In this article, we consider the role that onset patterns play in shaping how acute global events are taken to be, drawing on illustrative cases from the field of global health emergencies. We identify four temporal manifestation patterns that we argue display distinct political dynamics. First, an emergent onset pattern (e.g. the H1N1 health emergency), with political dynamics dominated by ...

In Norway, the fatal accident frequency per year is discernibly higher in the construction industry than in the petroleum industry. To probe the difference between the occupational safety levels in the two industries in Norway, semi-structured interviews with regulators, employer and employee organisations, company management, and safety personnel were conducted. This qualitative approach, together ...

Wind chill factor is explained as the cooling sensation due to the exposure of wind temperature environment. The wind chill factor depends on air temperature, wind velocity and humidity. Wind chill poses serious health risks. Various wind chill index models are given in literature. In order to understand the wind chill effect, it is important to understand the phenomenon of heat transfer. There are ...

Masteroppgaven stiller spørsmål om tjenestepersoner i politiet gis adekvate treningsmessige forutsetninger for å leve opp til krav og forventninger om at samfunnsoppdraget skal løses med minst mulig bruk av makt i tråd med prinsippene om nødvendighet, forsvarlighet og forholdsmessighet nedfelt i politiloven § 6. Studien er gjennomført som en kvantitativ spørreundersøkelse med mål å kartlegge ...