SYNOPSIS This paper describes some of the latest developments in the use of Emergency Shut Down Systems in process installations both onshore and offshore. The safety implications of these developments are discussed. The effects of common cause failures and human factors with examples of accidents are described. The assessment of systems against HSE Guidelines, industry standards and future int...

Is there a nurse alive whose attention would not be grabbed by a report on team working and the stress it can cause? Probably not. Well, take a look at the Health and Safety Executive website at http://www.hse.gov.uk and there it is in a list of new publications, sandwiched between a statistical report on offshore injuries and one on reducing at-work road traffic accidents. The HSE has produced...

Pneumoconiosis is a notifiable industrial disease where a patient develops the disease, their doctor must notify their employer in writing with the patient's consent. The employer then is duty-bound to inform the local Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Pneumoconiosis is also a prescribed industrial disease. Financial compensation may be available where an individual is able to show they worked...

We have isolated a high-light and heat-shock inducible gene, Arabidopsis heat shock transcription factor (HsfA2), which induces expression of various types of target gene such as heat shock protein 18.2-CI (Hsp18.1-CI), galactinol synthase 1 (GolS1), and Bcl-2-associated athanogene 6 (Bag6). Here we investigated the regulatory system of target genes operating via HsfA2. A transient reporter ass...

over the two last decades, distribution companies have been aware of the importance of paying attention to the all aspects of a distribution system simultaneously to be successful in the global market. these aspects are the economic, the environmental, the social and the safety aspects. in the vehicle routing problem (vrp) literature, the economic issue has often been used, while the environmen...

The results of a major research programme into the cost effective use of fibre reinforced composites offshore, undertaken as a Joint Industry Project by a consortium of universities and contractors are presented in this report. The report includes a detailed (54 page) summary of current offshore composite applications, followed by a review of the 43 projects conducted during the programme which...

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the socio-economic sectors since end of 2019. Indonesian’s Government issued large-scale social restrictions policy to limit industrial activities. This study aimed investigate difference health, safety, and environment (HSE) implementations among Indonesian companies, before during disruption risk according use personal protective equipment (PPE). It used a rando...

The HSE originally introduced the concept of a “level of safety integrity” in its programmable electronic systems (PES) guidelines to deal with the fact that programmable systems are likely to contain systematic design faults (primarily software defects). It was thought that systematic failures (especially those in software) could not be treated probabilistically, and safety integrity level was...

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BACKGROUND Obesity is a chronic metabolic disorder associated with an increase in adipogenesis and often accompanied with fatty liver disease. OBJECTIVE In this study, we investigated the anti-obesity effects of Hibiscus sabdariffa water extract (HSE) in vivo. METHOD Eight-weeks-old male mice were divided into six groups (n=8 per group) and were fed either normal feed, a high fat diet (HFD)...