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Normal Accidents
Normal Accidents: Living with High-Risk Technologies is a 1984 book by Yale sociologist Charles Perrow, which provides a detailed analysis of complex…
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2015
2015
Accidentes biológicos de enfermería en quirófano con material inciso-punzante
O. S. Cantín
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C. Romeo
2015
Corpus ID: 193567512
espanolLos accidentes de trabajo por exposicion a agentes biologicos son los mas frecuentes en el ambito sanitario. El objetivo…
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2015
2015
Analysis of Car Accidents Caused by Unintentional Run Off Road
M. Kuehn
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T. Hummel
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J. Bende
2015
Corpus ID: 107160125
Car accidents caused by unintentional run off road (in this paper the term “inadvertent lane departure” is used) have become an…
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2012
2012
Consequences evaluation of fireball accidents made by leakage of natural gas pipelines
Wang Wen-he
2012
Corpus ID: 123596544
About 90% natrual gas will be burned and formed the fireball when the natrual gas pipeline leaked,and it will bring an extremely…
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2007
2007
Availability of healthcare services in a network-based scenario
R. Setola
Int. J. Netw. Virtual Organisations
2007
Corpus ID: 207422187
In this paper, we illustrate how the third millennium healthcare system is strongly related to many networked infrastructures…
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2005
Review
2005
Using Organizations: The Case of FEMA
C. Perrow
2005
Corpus ID: 157110918
* This is a section of a manuscript in preparation, 'Disasters Evermore? Reducing U.S. Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial…
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2004
2004
ICAR and its Importance in Avalanche Rescue
H. Etter
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R. Meister
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D. Atkins
2004
Corpus ID: 131201469
The International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR, http://www.icar-cisa.org/) was founded 1948 by influential representatives…
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1999
Review
1999
Causes and Remedies of Controlled Flight into Terrain in Military and Civil Aviation
M. Moroze
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M. Snow
1999
Corpus ID: 41593463
Abstract : Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents continue to be a primary cause of fatalities and airframe losses in…
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1995
1995
Technology policy in the process of change: changing paradigms in research and technology policy?
G. Schienstock
1995
Corpus ID: 11939762
[es] La politica tecnologica es el principal aspecto practico de los estudios CTS. Usualmente, los estados son una importante…
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1986
1986
Motorway accidents: an examination of accident totals, rates and severity and their relationship with traffic flow
D. Turner
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R. Thomas
1986
Corpus ID: 111693973
This paper presents the initial findings from a study which has examined motorway accident statistics during the period 1974-82…
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1960
1960
DARK ADAPTATION AS A FUNCTION OF AGE AND TINTED WINDSHIELD GLASS
R. Mcfarland
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R. Domey
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A. B. Warren
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David C. Ward
1960
Corpus ID: 56107373
The relative effects are measured of light-absorbing, clear, and tinted windshield glass on the terminal levels of dark…
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