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Risk science applied to major risk events in history
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Major risk events in history are often labeled as black swans or as unforeseeable given the risk policies and procedures existing at the time. Hindsight suggests that many of these events could have been foreseeable. This ... -
Risk Science Contributions: Three Illustrating Examples
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)This article aims to demonstrate that risk science is important for society, industry and all of us. Rather few people today, including scientists and managers, are familiar with what this science is about—its foundation ... -
A risk science perspective on liability/guilt and uncertainty judgements in courts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article aims to provide new insights about risk and uncertainty in law contexts, by incorporating ideas and principles of contemporary risk science. The main focus is on one particular aspect of the law: its operation ... -
A risk science perspective on the discussion concerning Safety I, Safety II and Safety III
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)Recently, there has been a discussion in the safety science community concerning the validity of basic approaches to safety, referred to as Safety I, Safety II and Safety III, with Erik Hollnagel and Nancy Leveson in leading ... -
A risk science perspective on vaccines
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Vaccines can be seen as one of the greatest successes in modern medicine. Good examples are the vaccines against smallpox, polio, and measles. Unfortunately, vaccines can have side effects, but the risks are considered by ... -
Risk Seeking Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination and the role of HCPs in Norway and Pakistan.
(Master thesis, 2022)COVID-19 is a pandemic situation in which the people suffer from the SARS-COV virus. Most of the people in this fall sick as a result of the COVID-19 due to which the people suffer from mild to severe symptoms and recover ... -
Risk understanding and risk acknowledgement : a new approach to environmental risk assessment in marine aquaculture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A better understanding of the potential cumulative impacts of large-scale fish farming, could help marine aquaculture to become more environmentally sustainable. Risk assessment plays an important role in this process by ... -
Risk-based Maintenance And Smart Maintenance Concept For Offshore Wind Turbine: A study of a reference wind turbine model
(Master thesis, 2021)The wind energy sector is the highest trending renewable energy globally, both onshore and offshore. However, the potential for onshore wind power is limited due to some factors, such as land constraints and capacity factor. ... -
Risk-based work optimization for deep water drilling operations: Integration of risk analysis, maintenance and human factors on BOP operation
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-10-10)The offshore deep water drilling has attracted global attention since the Macando blowout. It raised worldwide concern on the safety level of oil & gas industry and resulted in directly influence on offshore drilling ... -
A risk-increasing safety strategy? Evaluating the Traditional Risk-mitigating Strategy in Dealing with Dumped Ammunition and Explosive Remnants of War
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Risk-informed design for structural robustress in ordinary building projects
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-12)Robustness has become a requirement in the modern building codes. Despite significant theoretical and methodical progress in the recent years, structural robustness still has remained vague in its interpretation, evaluation ... -
Risks associated with Geohazards
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)Geohazards refer to the hazards caused by various geological processes and conditions that lead to the damage of existing environment. Geohazards like landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis and snow avalanches are major issues ... -
Risks in the Drinking Water Supply A comparative study of Norway and Denmark
(Master thesis, 2021)The Norwegian and Danish consumers trust that the drinking water they receive is safe and free of contaminations. Although the drinking water is locally sourced and is treated with simple purifications steps, the two ... -
The Risks of the Mask
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)In this article we go beyond epidemiological models to make a case for a more holistic approach to the use of face masks as a risk mitigation factor in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. We argue that while masking ... -
RiskTUN: An ICT-based Concept for a Risk-aware Decision Support System for Tunnel Safety
(Chapter, 2023)Safety in road tunnels are of utmost importance for the public notion of safety within the road system. In recent years, there has been significant progress in multiple areas of artificial intelligence, sensor fusion and ... -
Road runoff particle removal: A case study of the underground sedimentation facility at fv. 505 Skjæveland – Foss-Eikeland
(Master thesis, 2021)With increasing urbanization, the effect of urban runoff on vulnerable recipients increases. Commonly, open wet ponds have been used for treatment of road surface runoff. With increasing urbanization and a focus on reducing ... -
Road Transportation Challenges in the Arctic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Despite all efforts to mitigate global warming, its rate and magnitude are still rising where transportation is considered to be an important contributor. In the Arctic regions however, unstable weather conditions, strong ... -
Roadmap for upscaling operational capacity
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IMBM/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-14)It has been evident to the market that there is a desperate need for environmental-friendly industrial heat pumps that could deliver heat above 150ºC, as this is the highest temperature today's heat pumps can deliver. This ... -
Robotløsning for håndtering av pølser på røykespyd
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Industrielle roboter har i lang tid blitt plassert i et fysisk avgrenset og inngjerdet område for arbeidernes sikkerhet. Med nyvinninger innen sikkerhetssystemer og oppdaterte regelverk er dette i ferd med å endres. ... -
Robotløsning for håndtering av pølser på røykespyd
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Industrielle roboter har i lang tid blitt plassert i et fysisk avgrenset og inngjerdet område for arbeidernes sikkerhet. Med nyvinninger innen sikkerhetssystemer og oppdaterte regelverk er dette i ferd med å endres. ...