Abstract Taking advantage of the Raman resonance effect, we employed 405 and 532 nm excitations to (1) identify sulfur species present in lazurite, haüyne, and synthetic ultramarine blue pigments and (2) investigate ...

Because of the close connection between computer systems and organizations, organizational aspects should be taught in system development courses. Dataflow diagramming is a frequently taught technique that can model formal ...

Flight control systems, railway interlocking systems, and nuclear reactor protection systems are examples of safety critical systems from different industrial domains. A safety critical system within any of these domains ...

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a global health problem with adverse consequences for mothers, infants and families. We hypothesise that information about IPV and safety ...

Use of medications, including psychotropics, is common during pregnancy. Indeed, many women might be in need of pharmacotherapy during pregnancy in order to ensure maternalfetal health. However, discordant findings or lack ...

The frequency of demands are crucial when analysing a safety instrumented system (SIS). IEC 61508 distinguishes between low and high demand mode when calculating risk for such a system. In reality there are systems that ...

The focus of the work of this Cand. scient. thesis has been placed upon understanding and developing a concept for using digital communication in safety-critical applications. It is increasingly common to use programmable ...

Saline lakes are subject to numerous environmental impacts closely related to human activities, including mining, desiccation and pollution. These lakes are mostly located in arid and semi-arid regions located in endorheic ...

The late Permian biotic crisis had a major impact on marine and terrestrial environments. Rising CO2 levels following Siberian Trap volcanic activity were likely responsible for expanding marine anoxia and elevated water ...

Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms with identical genotypes to develop different phenotypes in response to different environmental cues. Phenotypic plasticity is a trait in itself, and can be either adaptive or ...