Risk Management in the Arctic Offshore: Wicked Problems Require New Paradigms [PDF]
, 2011 Recent project-management literature and high-profile disasters—the financial crisis, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the Fukushima nuclear accident—illustrate the flaws of traditional risk models for complex projects.
Haley, Sharman, Kaempf, Mandy
core +1 more source
Arctic Standards: Recommendations on Oil Spill Prevention, Response, and Safety in the U.S. Arctic Ocean [PDF]
, 2013 Oil spilled in Arctic waters would be particularly difficult to remove. Current technology has not been proved to effectively clean up oil when mixed with ice or when trapped under ice.
Eleanor Huffines +7 more
core
Development and Evaluation of the "High-Up" Program for Enhancing the Nursing-Management Competency of Mid-Career Hospital Nurses: A Quasi-Experimental Study. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Kim S, Lim JY.
europepmc +1 more source
Feasibility of ice sheet conservation using seabed anchored curtains. [PDF]
PNAS Nexus, 2023 Keefer B, Wolovick M, Moore JC.
europepmc +1 more source
Unsteady flow and dynamic response analyses for helicopter rotor blades [PDF]
Research is presented on helicopter rotor blade vibration and on two and three dimensional analyses of unsteady incompressible viscous flow past oscillating helicopter rotor blades.
Bratanow, T.
core +1 more source
Incorporating intelligence-led policing in integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations in British Columbia [PDF]
, 2017 British Columbia shares a southern maritime border with Washington State that bisects the Gulf Islands from the San Juan Islands. The RCMP is responsible for the maritime border security between ports of entry.
core
Small nation, big ships winter navigation and technological nationalism in a peripheral country, 1878-1978 [PDF]
, 2017 Finland is the only country in the world where all ports freeze over during a typical winter. Over the century 1878-1978, Finland developed a winter-seafaring system that broke the winter isolation and eliminated seasonal variation in shipping.
Matala, Saara, Sahari, Aaro
core +1 more source
Foundation and Development of the Economic Interest of the United States in the Arctic Ocean in the Age of Global Warming [PDF]
, 2020 The United States’ sustained economic and geopolitical interest in the Arctic is dependent on Congressional funding and Executive support for icebreaking vessels and improved infrastructure in United States Arctic territory.
Fisher, Karl
core +1 more source
Heavy weather: climate and the Australian Defence Force [PDF]
This report argues that the downstream implications of climate change are forcing Defence to become involved in mitigation and response tasks. Defence’s workload here will increase, so we need a new approach.
Anthony Bergin +2 more
core
The blacksmith approach: a strategy for teaching and learning in the medical anatomy course (a qualitative study). [PDF]
BMC Med Educ, 2022 Shojaei A +4 more
europepmc +1 more source