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Measuring safety in aviation

open access: yes, 2020
As part of their SMS, aviation service providers are required to develop and maintain the means to verify the safety performance of their organisation and to validate the effectiveness of safety risk controls. Furthermore, service providers must verify the safety performance of their organisation with reference to the safety performance indicators and ...
Papanikou, M., Roelen, A.
openaire   +1 more source

Climate Data Agency: Intra‐Active Knowledge Production Between the Human and Non‐Human World

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract In this intervention, we engage with Karen Barad's agential‐realist concept of intra‐action to explore how knowledge about climate emerges from the intra‐active entanglements between climate scientists and nature through processes of data collection, representation and interpretation.
Stefan Brönnimann, Jeannine Wintzer
wiley   +1 more source

An interorganizational task force for disasters affecting US blood supply

open access: yesVox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives The US Interorganizational Task Force for Domestic Disasters and Acts of Terrorism (Interorganizational Disaster Task Force [IDTF]) is coordinated by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB).
Glenn Ramsey, Frank Berry
wiley   +1 more source

Using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to improve access to blood in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Current challenges and opportunities

open access: yesVox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Blood transfusion is life‐saving for patients in emergencies, but low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) often face a severe shortage of banked blood. Establishing blood banks in rural areas presents substantial logistical and economic challenges for many LMICs.
Suvro Sankha Datta   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aviation Safety

open access: yesLaw and Contemporary Problems, 1968
openaire   +1 more source

World Englishes, applied linguistics, and air traffic control communication

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Air traffic control (ATC) communication in international aviation is conducted in a variety often referred to as Aviation English. Based on an analysis of the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), two specialized sub‐registers of Aviation English are identified in previous ...
Markus Bieswanger
wiley   +1 more source

World Englishes and applied linguistics: Theoretical and applied perspectives

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the evolving relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics (AL), tracing AL's historical development from its Anglo‐American origins in the mid‐20th century, grounded in “linguistics applied” to its contemporary status as a multidisciplinary field concerned with social justice and equity. It highlights
Kingsley Bolton
wiley   +1 more source

50% body weight loading reduces stature increases and lumbar disc expansion from 4 h hyper‐buoyancy floatation versus 15 min sitting upright

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Microgravity is associated with stature increases, back pain and post‐flight intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation. This study aims to determine whether 30 s seated 50% body weight (BW) axial loading is comparable to 15 min sitting upright in 1 g upon changes in stature, anterior lumbar IVD height (via ultrasound), passive vertebral stiffness ...
David Marcos‐Lorenzo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alkyl Titanate-Modified Graphene Oxide as Friction and Wear Reduction Additives in PAO Oil

open access: yesACS Omega, 2021
Lei Zhang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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