Vessel Redundancy: Modeling Safety In Numbers

There's Safety in Numbers

do we or could we legitimately make of them? At one extreme there are those, both clinicians and laboratory workers, who hardly ever ask this question, and accept laboratory figures as the simple truth. They are undoubtedly mistaken. At the other extreme there are those who habitually disbelieve or disregard laboratory measurements in favour of clinical judgement, but ask for or permit the meas...

Safety in Numbers

Ribosomal Genes: Safety in Numbers

The presence of inactive units in tandem arrays of ribosomal genes (rDNA) has been linked to increased transcriptional capacity, but a recent study indicates that inactive units are necessary for sister chromatid cohesion and genetic stability of rDNA.

Improved vessel safety in offshore supply services

The supply services in the North Sea are a working place with a high level of personnel risk mainly in occupational accidents. Supply vessels, anchor handling vessels and stand-by vessels are operating in a harsh environment in an integrated logistic chain including offshore installations, mobile installations and shore bases. An ongoing research project for a Norwegian oil company addresses th...

Increasing process safety using analytical redundancy

The paper integrates demands for safe processing and fault detection techniques. An early detection of the fault occurrence is vitally important since it contributes to avoidance of product deterioration, performance degradation, major damages to the machinery itself and damages to human health or even loss of lives. Some fault detection methods using analytical redundancy are described and pri...