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Global tourism in crisis: conceptual frameworks for research and practice [PDF]

Journal of Tourism Futures, 2021
Purpose – The aims of this Editorial are twofold: (i) synthesise emergent themes from the special issue (ii) tender four theoretical frameworks toward examination of crises in tourism.
Joseph M. Cheer, Dominic Lapointe, Mary Mostafanezhad, Tazim Jamal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Work schedule and seasonal influences on sleep and fatigue in helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft operations in extreme environments

Scientific Reports, 2022
Sleep and fatigue were investigated in aviation search and rescue, firefighting, emergency medical services and offshore transfer operations in 210 participants, for 21 days each, across 17 datasets in seven countries.
Adam Fletcher, Simon Stewart, Karen Heathcote, Peter Page, Jillian Dorrian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beck and beyond: Selling security in the world risk society [PDF]

, 2010
©2010 British International Studies AssociationExpanding on the works of Beck and others on the growing business of risk, this article examines the role of the private security industry in the creation, management and perpetuation of the world risk ...
Krahmann, E
core   +1 more source

Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
A Bobbio, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, Amy Kerr, Andrea Marshall, AS Detsky, Babu Naidu, CA Polanczyk, CD Parmar, D Amar, DJ Bertges, DW Hosmer, E Lim, Ehab Bishay, HC Fernando, JP Mathew, L Goldman, LA Fleisher, Maninder Kalkat, MK Ferguson, MK Ford, Pala Rajesh, Richard Steyn, Robin Wotton, TH Lee, V Fuster, WD Neary   +27 more
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Advanced nuclear technologies in modern energy systems: A comparative risk assessment in Japan

Energy Strategy Reviews
In response to global challenges posed by climate change and the urgent need to transition toward sustainable energy sources, this study aims to understand societal risk perceptions associated with both established and emerging energy systems.
Bonjun Koo, Kazuhiko Noguchi, Fumitaka Watanabe, Kotaro Kubo, Tadahiro Shibutani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cornucopia and the Grapes of Wrath: A SocialPhilosophical Perspective on the Regulation of Risks and Side-Effects of Food and Drink

Utrecht Law Review, 2019
Based on a taxonomy of inherent risks and side effects of foodstuffs and beverage, this article analyses, from a social and philosophical perspective the limits of regulation of and responsibility for these risks and side-effects.
Ubaldus de Vries
doaj   +1 more source

Risk, rescue and emergency services: The changing spatialities of Mountain Rescue Teams in England and Wales [PDF]

, 2010
This paper considers the role of the emergency services in society and, in particular, their role in controlling, mitigating and resolving risk. Using a network approach, Mountain Rescue Teams are studied in order to examine how people, agencies, animals,
Yarwood, R
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What is the role of consensus statements in a risk society?

Journal of Risk Research, 2019
This paper explores the role of consensus statements in a risk society. It uses Beck’s theory of risk to show that scientists have employed consensus statements in order to re-establish faith in science.
Camille La Brooy, Bridget Pratt, M. Kelaher   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk management in the digital constellation - a constitutional perspective (part I)

IDP, 2018
The digital revolution is creating new risks, together with multiple opportunities for communication, commerce and political participation. What Ulrich Beck described as the world risk society and – from another perspective – Jürgen Habermas calls the ...
Ingolf Pernice
doaj   +1 more source

Efficient pointwise estimation based on discrete data in ergodic nonparametric diffusions [PDF]

, 2015
A truncated sequential procedure is constructed for estimating the drift coefficient at a given state point based on discrete data of ergodic diffusion process. A nonasymptotic upper bound is obtained for a pointwise absolute error risk.
Galtchouk, L. I., Pergamenshchikov, S. M.   +1 more
core   +4 more sources