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Safety effects of horizontal curve design, traffic lane and shoulder width on single motorcycle accidents in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)Faktorer knyttet til vegens utforming og miljø har vært medvirkende i hver fjerde dødelige motorsykkelulykke. Alvorlige trafikkulykker fører til store direkte og indirekte kostnader for samfunnet og de involverte. Derfor ... -
Safety effects of traffic lane and shoulder widths on two-lane undivided rural roads: A matched case-control study from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study estimates the effects of lane and shoulder widths on occurrence of head-on and single-vehicle accidents on rural two-lane undivided roads in Norway while considering the differences between winter and non-winter ... -
Safety first? The effect of studded tyres on traffic accidents and local air pollution
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper offers empirical insights into the trade-off between local air pollution and traffic accidents by exploiting an annual studded tyre ban in Norway. Studded tyres offer superior traction on icy roads, but also ... -
Safety Functions in Different Operational Modes and IEC 61508 in the Hydropower Industry
(Master thesis, 2013)Technical systems that comprise at least one electrical, electronic, or programmable electronic device and perform safety functions are called safety instrumented systems. Safety instrumented systems are used to reduce the ... -
‘Safety Hunting’: a Serious Gaming Approach for Industrial Safety Training
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Current operational safety training methods for the chemical process industry typically focus on acquiring and evaluating knowledge and technical know-how about safety measures and procedures. Although these are valuable ... -
Safety in Action: Designing a Crew Resource Management prototype for N-USOC
(Master thesis, 2014)High-risk industries are operating in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment; this leads to new perspectives on the role of the human operator in the safety management system, encouraging organizations to exploit ... -
Safety in Design: Human factors influencing safe design of a new technology
(Master thesis, 2013)The aim of this study was to explore the role of safety in the design of new technologies in a high-risk industry. For this study 7 interviews were conducted with designers and developers who worked together as a team to ... -
Safety in Exposed Aquaculture Operations Strategies and methods for reducing risk
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:73, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Norway is the largest producer and exporter of farmed Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout worldwide. The national ripple effects of the fishing industry are significant. New concepts are being developed and tested for fish ... -
Safety in Norwegian Fish Farming - Concepts and methods for improvement
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:75, Doctoral thesis, 2019) -
Safety in numbers: multiple occurrences of highly similar homologs among Azotobacter vinelandii carbohydrate metabolism proteins probably confer adaptive benefits
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background Gene duplication and horizontal gene transfer are common processes in bacterial and archaeal genomes, and are generally assumed to result in either diversification or loss of the redundant gene copies. However, ... -
Safety in Offshore Platforms - Use of QRA in the Norwegian Offshore Industry
(Chapter, 2018)The chapter is concerned with the development and status of Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) in the Norwegian offshore industry. The chapter outlines the background to the use of QRA and how the regulations have developed ... -
SAFETY IN THE NORWEGIAN FISHING FLEET - ANALYSIS AND MEASURES FOR IMPROVEMENT
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2016:278, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The work of this thesis attempted to undertake the task of establishing knowledge of the level of safety within the Norwegian fishing fleet, with the objective to both understand previous occurrences and exploit succinct ... -
Safety Indicators for the Marine Operations in the Installation and Operating Phase of an Offshore Wind Farm
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)As a measure of performance, safety indicators are already used for many types of operations, such as in the offshore oil and gas industry. The indicators are used by operators to enhance the safety and performance of the ... -
Safety instrumented systems inthe oil and gas industry:: Concepts and methods for safety and reliability assessments indesign and operation
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Safety Instrumented Systems on Older Facilities - An Approach for Addressing SIL-Requirements in Relation to Minor and Major Modifications
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis presents a new approach for SIL management during modifications on existing SIS. This approach is in formof a working procedure that can be followed during SIS modifications. The procedure provides a comprehensive ... -
Safety Management in Norwegian Fish Farming: Current Status, Challenges and Further Improvements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background Safety management is required to ensure health and safety of personnel in Norwegian fish farming. However, few studies have addressed the status and practical relevance of this risk-reducing measure. Methods ... -
Safety of autonomous shipping: COLREGS and interaction between manned and unmanned ships
(Chapter, 2019)Autonomous, unmanned ships is on the research agenda in many countries. In 2018 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) added Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) to its agenda and started a scoping exercise to ... -
Safety of machinery - Integrity assessment of safety-related control systems
(Master thesis, 2015)This project had two phases. The first phase was of an exploring nature and had as main objectives to (1) give an introduction to the machinery directive, its structure, and main safety requirements with special focus on ... -
Safety of thalidomide in newly diagnosed elderly myeloma patients: a meta-analysis of data from individual patients in six randomized trials
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Treatment with melphalan-prednisone-thalidomide improves the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma and is now considered a standard of care for patients not eligible for transplantation. However, this treatment is a ... -
Safety Performance in The Maintenance, Repair, Alteration and Addition (RMAA) Sector of The Construction Industry
(Master thesis, 2020)Mellom 2014 og 2018 rapportert den Norske bygge- og anleggsnæringen den fjerde høyeste ulykkesraten for alvorlige arbeidsulykker, og nest flest alvorlige arbeidsulykker totalt, av 14 industrier klassifisert av Statistisk ...