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S-N curve for riveted details in corrosive environment and its application to a bridge
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)A formula for stress‐life curve is proposed to predict the fatigue life of riveted bridges located in corrosive environments. The corrosive environment‐dependent parameters of the S‐N curve are determined based on the ... -
Safer Births - Using Deep Neural Networks on Fetal Heart Rate Signals
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IDE/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Infant death is a big issue, especially in Africa and parts of Asia where between 24 and 30 [21] in every thousand do not survive the first month. In Europe this number is only 5.9 in every thousand. Reading fetal heart ... -
Safety and Emergency Response Associated with Cold Climate Marine Operations
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This dissertation is developed by GMC Maritime and the University of Stavanger and is part of the industrial PhD program at the Norwegian Research Council. The aim of the work is to identify the governing mechanisms ... -
Safety and reliability improvement of valves and actuators in the offshore oil and gas industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Valve failure is a major risk and a costly phenomenon in the offshore sector of the oil and gas industry. It results in severe negative consequences, such as a loss of assets, a loss of production due to plant shutdowns, ... -
Safety and reliability improvements of valves and actuators for the offshore oil and gas industry through optimized design
(PhD thesis UiS;573, Doctoral thesis, 2021-02)Valves are essential components of piping systems in the oil and gas industry, especially offshore, where they are used for stopping or starting the fluid, flow regulation, and back flow prevention, as well as safety ... -
Safety climate and safety culture in health care and the petroleum industry : psychometric quality, longitudinal change, and structural models
(PhD thesis UiS, Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-28)This thesis presents four empirical studies of safety climate and one study of a safety culture programme. Four aims were defined to guide the conducted work: 1) assess safety climate in health care and petroleum and ... -
Safety Culture Development in Dredging and Marine Contractor Companies – Three-Case Study on Safety Programs
(Master thesis, 2022)After Chernobyl accident in 1986 it was concluded that a bad safety culture contributed to it. Development of a good safety culture became a regulation requirement in many countries, and a necessity in many industries ... -
Safety instrument function in workover control systems
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2014;, Master thesis, 2015-06-16)Those master thesis work tries to examine the maximum independency for safety system in workover and convince that the independent safety system is enough safe and comply with international and local standard. I have started ... -
Safety integrity under demanding conditions: A study on Permit-to-Work (PTW) systems in the Marine-Subsea sector
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-14)Last few years has seen evaluation of the oil and gas industry into innovative subsea solution and technological leap leading to the subsea factory. Taking this into perspective the marine subsea industry is one of the ... -
Safety related study of Expanding Pin systems application in lifting and drilling equipment within Construction, Offshore, and Marine sectors
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)A questionnaire-based survey has been performed among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), sub-suppliers, engineering companies, end-users, service & maintenance, and “others”, as part of an investigation to clarify ... -
Salmon Aquaculture in a Global Perspective, a Lesson from Norwegian Regulations
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-12-15)The salmon aquaculture is experiencing rapid growth as the worlds need for sustainable sources of protein and fat increases. The Norwegian aquaculture industry is world leading. Over the years several regulatory schemes ... -
Salmon trout, the forgotten cousin?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)This study investigates potential economic reasons why the production of trout is maintained in Norway by analyzing prices and production for Norwegian Atlantic salmon and trout. The species Atlantic salmon dominates the ... -
Salt Controlled Fluvial Systems in the Norwegian Danish Basin, Central North Sea; The Impact on Triassic Petroleum Prospectivity
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)The Norwegian Danish Basin is situated in the intracratonic Central North Sea. During Triassic the basin filled with thick units of syn halokinetic arid to dryland fluvial successions of the Smith Bank Formation and the ... -
Salt tectonics on the Cod Terrace and Sørvestlandet High, Central North Sea
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IER/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Four high- to moderate-quality 3D seismic surveys and public well data were used to define the structural framework and understand the Mesozoic and Cenozoic structural evolution of the salt diapirs on the Cod Terrace and ... -
Salting-Out Assisted Liquid-Liquid Extraction for UPLC-MS/MS Determination of Thyroxine and Steroid Hormones in Human Serum and Fish Plasma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Measuring the level of steroid and thyroxine hormones is key to understanding organism health conditions. Liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry has become the method of choice for such hormone analyses ... -
Samarbeid i den norske bistandskjeden
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)Hvert år er det naturlige katastrofer som rammer sårbare folk rundt om i verden. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) har som formål å redusere sårbarheten samfunn og personer har til katastrofer, og en viktig aktør i arbeidet ... -
Samfunnsøkonomisk analyse og beslutninger i petroleumsvirksomheten
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-03)Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i det forfatteren opplever som et «faglig-spill» knyttet til bruk av samfunnsøkonomiske analyser i petroleumsvirksomheten. Gjennom å analysere ulike prosesser der samfunnsøkonomisk analyse er og ... -
Samhandling på sokkelen - kontrakter og insentiver
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)I Oljemeldingen i 2003 (St.meld. nr. 38 2003–2004) ga Regjeringen uttrykk for et ønske om å realisere verdiøkningen som kan ligge i bedre samhandling mellom oljeselskaper og leverandører, blant annet gjennom endret og ... -
'Samhandling': On the nuances of resilience through case study research in emergency response operations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Standard emergency-management procedures offer guidance on how organizations can improve their handling of all types of emergencies. However, such a generalization undermines uncertainties and oversimplifies the complexity ... -
Sammen blir vi gode - Om samvirke mellom 110, 112 og 113-sentraler ved trippelvarsling av alvorlige hendelser.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Samvirkeprinsippet tilsier at nødetatene skal samvirke for å forebygge kriser, ivareta beredskapen i samfunnet og håndtere kriser (Justis og beredskapsdepartementet, 2017). Dette utgjør i praksis et komplekst samspill av ...