The international maritime industry is governed by strict international regulations managed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Maritime operations are inherently dangerous, with potentially very damaging consequences in terms of loss of lives, environmental consequences and economic loss. Operating at the highest levels of safety in a very competitive industry requires that ships...

The Political Constitution of Chile establishes the right of the people to live in an environment which is free from contamination. The State has a duty to uphold this right and to preserve nature. With the aim of reconciling this constitutional guarantee with the pursuit of profitable economic activities, the concept of 'sustainable development' has been promoted. This mechanism makes it possi...

objectives: because of the high rates of accidents, the construction industry has become a hazardous industry in iran and therefore paying more attention is required. this paper investigates safety management in construction companies for improving workers’ safety as one of the ergonomics aims. methods: in order to survey the safety management in construction companies a questionnaire was prepa...

abstract the structural and functional changes of social and political systems have led to the establishment of different grounds in administrating urban affairs. the formation and role attribution to different actors of urban ground, including government, people, civil and legislation institutions, etc, have caused the development of counter and bilateral duties and tasks between the citizens ...

electronic cheque (check) is one of the electronic commercial instruments, which could be transferred in two ways, full electronic (original) check and substituted electronic check. principally, electronic original checks cannot be issued without sufficient funds at the bank and in case of insufficient fund or its the system automatically block it. this type of checks has special legal regulati...

contemplation in devine books to obtain earthly rules and regulations has given rise to contradictory controversies. in islam there is a disagreement between the traditionists and the rationalists. the traditionists claim that the quran is addressed only to the prophet and the imams, who are innocent. therefore, common people do not have the ability to infer precepts from the quran, being liabl...

The United States sets fishing regulations to sustain healthy fish populations. The overall goal of the research reported on here is to increase the efficiency of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) when boarding commercial fishing vessels to ensure compliance with those regulations. We discuss scoring rules that indicate whether a given vessel might be in violation of the regulations, depend ...