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Heliyon, 2023 Background: The present study aimed to consequence modeling and root cause analysis of the real explosion of a methane pressure vessel in separation unit of a gas refinery in Iran. Method: ology: This study was performed in a gas refinery in the south of
Ahmad Khodadadi-Mousiri +3 more
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Cause–consequence analysis of non-repairable phased missions
Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2006 Abstract Many systems can be modelled as a mission made up of a sequence of discrete phases. Each phase has a different requirement for successful completion and mission failure will result if any phase is unsuccessful. Fault tree analysis and Markov techniques have been used previously to model this type of system for non-repairable and repairable ...
Sarah Dunnett, John Andrews
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Cost–consequence analysis of cause of death investigation in Finland and in Denmark [PDF]
Forensic Science International, 2014 The 1990s 12-16% total autopsy rate in Denmark has until now declined to 4%, while in Finland, it has remained between 25 and 30%. The decision to proceed with a forensic autopsy is based on national legislation, but it can be assumed that the financing of autopsies influences the decision process.
Henrik Bøggild +2 more
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Conducting the Needs Assessment #11: Causal Analysis Techniques
EDIS, 2020 This new 3-page publication in the Conducting the Needs Assessment series provides Extension educators and other service providers with an introduction to two techniques that can easily be used when seeking information about relationships between causes
Amy Harder
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Evaluating Etchemendy's Critiques of Tarski’s Analysis of Logical Consequence [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022 According to Tarski's model-theoretic analysis of logical consequence, the sentence X is a logical consequence of a set of sentences Γ if and only if any model for Γ is also a model for X.
Hamid Alaeinejad, Morteza Hajhosseini
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Fire, 2021 Failures during the drilling and exploitation of hydrocarbons that result in catastrophic offshore oil and gas accidents are relatively rare but if they occur the consequences can be catastrophic in terms of loss of life and environmental damage ...
Dejan Brkić, Pavel Praks
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Thermodynamic Definition of Time: Considerations on the EPR Paradox
Mathematics, 2022 Causality is the relationship between causes and effects. Following Relativity, any cause of an event must always be in the past light cone of the event itself, but causes and effects must always be related to some interactions.
Umberto Lucia, Giulia Grisolia
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Analysis of the causes and consequences of corruption in society [PDF]
Oditor - casopis za Menadzment, finansije i pravo, 2017 Corruption is one of the burning problems of today's society, a disease that has affected the whole system in every country. This problem needs to be approached systematically, decisively and without grace. As long as corruption dominates society, there will be no progress.
Ignjatijević Svetlana, Čavlin Miroslav
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Prevalence, Causes, and Consequences of Masked Hypertension: A Meta-analysis [PDF]
American Journal of Hypertension, 2008 Masked hypertension (MH) is a relatively newly detected condition of which little is known. More information about MH may help to improve overall antihypertensive health care. We aimed to investigate the prevalence, potential causes, and associated consequences of MH.We searched published literature using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane database ...
Willem J, Verberk +2 more
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Is Loneliness a Cause or Consequence of Dementia? A Public Health Analysis of the Literature [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Loneliness has been reframed from a ‘social problem of old age’ into a major public health problem. This transformation has been generated by findings from observational studies of a relationship between loneliness and a range of negative health outcomes including dementia.
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