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    • Risk and Crisis Communication about Invisible Hazards 

      Skotnes, Ruth Østgaard; Hansen, Kåre; Krøvel, Anne Vatland (Journal article, 2021-07)
      This article discusses differences between invisible and visible hazards, and how these differences can affect risk and crisis communication. Invisible hazards are risks that we cannot see, and often cannot touch, taste, ...

    • A risk and safety science perspective on the precautionary principle 

      Aven, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The precautionary principle is strongly debated as a policy for handling risk and safety concerns. It is commonly claimed that the principle is paralyzing, unscientific and promotes a culture of irrational fear. The risk ...

    • Risk assessment of beta-carotene in food supplements. Scientific opinion of the Panel on Nutrition, Dietetic Products, Novel Food and Allergy 

      Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund; Holvik, Kristin; Løvik, Martinus; Frølich, Wenche; Frøyland, Livar; Haugen, Margaretha; Strand, Tor A; Tell, Grethe S.; Iversen, Per Ole (VKM Report;, Research report, 2015)
      Beta-carotene is a provitamin, i.e. a precursor of vitamin A (retinol), which is classified as an essential nutrient for humans. Beta-carotene is one of many carotenoids found in plants, fungi and bacteria. Carotenoids are ...

    • Risk assessment of diesel engine failure in a dynamic positioning system 

      Rasoulzadeh Khorasani, Vahid (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-29)
      The high demand for hydrocarbons as the major source of energy has forced humans to expand the oil and gas industry beyond the shore. Because of the challenges of oil and gas exploration and production in deep waters, the ...

    • Risk Assessment of Plugged and Abandoned Wells 

      Nielsen, Mariann (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)
      During the next decades, a large number of wells needs to be plugged and abandoned on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The cost of plugging these wells will be enormous (Straume, 2014). One of the elements that affects ...

    • Risk Assessment of Utilising an Extra-Large Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Liquid CO2 Transportation 

      Smirnov Egor (Master thesis, 2022)
      The development of autonomous maritime systems has been proliferating in recent years. One of these systems is a subsea shuttle tanker (SST) concept proposed as a potential alternative to pipelines and tanker ships for ...

    • Risk assessment of wind farm development in ice proven area 

      Mustafa, Albara; Barabadi, Abbas; Markeset, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      There many risks associated with wind farms operating in cold harsh areas, a number of these risks is caused by icing. Atmospheric and super-structure icing can cause ice accretion on wind turbines’ structure, and lead to ...

    • Risk assessment on use of Lactobacillus rhamnosus (LGG) as an ingredient in infant formula and baby foods (II) 

      Rimstad, Espen; Andersen, Lene Frost; Frølich, Wenche; Frøyland, Livar; Halvorsen, Ragnhild; Høiby, Ernst Arne; Kapperud, Georg; Lunestad, Bjørn Tore; Lassen, Jørgen Fredrik; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Narvhus, Judith Ann; Nygård, Karin; Nesbakken, Truls; Olsvik, Ørjan; Paulsen, Jan Erik; Robertson, Lucy Jane; Tranulis, Michael A.; Tryland, Morten; Vainio, Kirsti; Haugen, Margaretha (VKM Report;, Research report, 2007)
      On 10. March 2006 , The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) decided that, on the basis of VKM’s previous risk assessment (2005), Nutramigen 1 with Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) could not be marketed in Norway ...

    • Risk based cost and duration estimation of permanent plug and abandonment operation in subsea exploration wells 

      Raksagati, Sanggi (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      World wide there are thousands of subsea wells to be abandoned, including the subsea wells in the North Sea. The operation to abandon a well is commonly known as Plug and Abandonment or P&A. Traditionally for offshore ...

    • Risk based cost and duration estimation of well operations 

      Kullawan, Kanokwan (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IPT/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      Due to high uncertainties and the cost intensive nature of well operations, accurate forecast of well cost and duration is one of the main requirements for writing an AFE and supporting decision making processes. Traditionally, ...

    • Risk based follow up of technical documentation 

      Schanke, Øystein (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)
      For Statoil to achieve their goal of continuous production and delivery of oil and gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf, they are dependent on realising projects on smaller to medium sized fields that until now have ...

    • Risk based inspection : developing empirical formula to calculate inspection coverage 

      Jalali Motahari, Mina Sadat (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)
      The Risk Based Inspection (RBI) method prioritizes the process equipment, by calculating separate likelihood and consequence values for each piece of equipment. The combination of likelihood and consequence can be evaluated ...

    • Risk based maintenance of the three portal cranes at Bergen group Rosenberg yard 

      Bleika, Erik Sellevold (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IKM/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      The portal cranes at Bergen Group Rosenberg as been a major part of the success that the yard has achieved since the first two were built in 1960. The third one came 15 years later with a slight different structure and ...

    • Risk communication and gender based violence: a case of child marriage and obstetric fistula in North Central Nigeria 

      Oramah, Chinwe Philomina (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)
      Gender based violence, often targeted against girl children in the name of child marriage has profound health problems, compromising victim’s physical and mental health as well as eroding their self-esteem. In addition to ...

    • Risk Communication Between Companies and Local Stakeholders for Improving Accident Prevention and Emergency Response 

      Baram, Michael; Lindøe, Preben Hempel (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology: Safety Management;, Chapter, 2018)
      Hazardous industrial areas pose major accident risks. In recent years, two innovative approaches have been used for improving accident prevention and emergency response beyond conventional regulatory requirements: the ...

    • Risk Communication in Nature-based Tourism 

      Podrazhanskaya, Natalia (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)
      Nature-based tourism is experiencing a rapid growth in Norway accompanied by the change of tourists’ interests from being passive spectators to active experiences. All this gives some new challenges to the Norwegian tourism ...

    • Risk Conceptualization and Description in Inherent Risk Assessment As A New Concept Of Risk Assessment and Comparison to QRA Practice In Norway 

      Ramadhania, Nur (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)
      In 2009, Shariff and Leong [1] introduced a new concept named as Inherent Risk Assessment (IRA). The concept integrates quantitative risk analysis and to a process design simulator called HYSYS aiming to provides essential ...

    • Risk Culture and Processes 

      Skutle, Thomas (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)
      This paper set out to identify and evaluate the risk management tools and processes currently being used by M&MS department and if possible obtain an understanding of the overall risk culture in the organization. The ...

    • Risk Estimation in Energy Markets and Other Commodity Markets Using Value at Risk 

      Visnes, Svein; Brakstad, Ørjan Kristensen (Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-13)
      In this thesis, the historical model is compared to both the normal and student t distributions to find the best risk metric using Value at Risk (VaR). To investigate the diversification effect, six portfolios have been ...

    • Risk factors in stock returns of U.S. oil and gas companies: evidence from quantile regression analysis 

      Mohanty, Sunil K.; Frydenberg, Stein; Osmundsen, Petter; Westgaard, Sjur; Skjøld, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The boom and bust in oil prices during the last two decades have attracted many investors to oil and gas companies in search of returns and risk diversification benefits. This study analyzes the impact of several risk ...