INTRODUCTION
Asynchronous circuits promise a wide range of benefits, including elimination of clock distribution networks and clock skew problems, improved performance, reduced power consumption, and modularity. Nevertheless, adoption of a fully asynchronous design style for general purpose circuits has been rather limited, mainly because of the lack of supporting CADtools and methodologies. Indeed, asynchronous circuits present their own set of challenges, making the ....etc

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DETERMINING THE CRITERIA FOR
EVALUATION OF TOXIC HAZARDS
SREERAJ R NAIR
PRINCIPAL ENGINEER
CONSULTANCY SERVICES
AKER SOLUTIONS, UK
Email “ [email protected]
Introduction
Industries handling dangerous materials continuously
identify hazards and manage risk. One of the major
hazards in process or manufacturing industry is the
release of toxic chemicals. The hazard arising from a
toxic release depends on the toxicity of the chemical
and the conditions of exposure. The effects from the
exposure to toxic release c ....etc

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DESIGNING FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKER SAFETY
PANCHDEV KUMAR
ASSISTANT MANAGER
JINDAL STEEL & POWER LTD, RAIPUR
Email- [email protected]
ABSTRACT
The construction industry stands out from other
employments as having one of the highest worker
injury and fatality rates. Construction comprises a
very small percentage of the overall workforce.
Yet, the incidence rate for non-fatal injuries and
illnesses exceeds that of many other industries.
The construction industry has the most fatalities of
any other industry sector. Some studies ....etc

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Description of activity: Material (Steel sheets with sharp edges) are stored in the raw material storage area. An overhead crane is used to move the material to a rack near the shearing machine which is about 30 meters away from raw material storage. Individual sheets are lifted manually from the rack and moved to the shearing machine. Shearing (or cutting) takes place, cut pieces are removed manually (stretching is required) and kept on nearby racks. Scrap is removed manually (considerable be ....etc

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SAFETY CRITICAL ELEMENT IDENTIFICATION
PERFORMANCE STANDARD AND ENGINEERING
VERIFICATION FOR OIL AND GAS INSTALLATION
FESTIN TOMY
ENGINEER - SAFETY DESIGN
PETROFAC INTERNATIONAL LTD.
SHARJAH, UAE
[email protected]
Introduction
The overall objective of the Engineering
Verification for oil and gas installations is to
ensure independent and competent scrutiny of
those parts of the installation that is critical to
safety, and to obtain assurance of the
satisfactory condition of such items.
Identification of the Safety Criti ....etc

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Professor. George Flanigan

Chance of Loss
The Probability that an event that causes a loss will occur

Objective probability
A PRIORI Probability: Determined by deductive reasoning / Logical deductions such as in games of chance.
Empirically determined by inductive reasoning through analysis of data

Subjective probability: A personal estimate of the chance of loss. It need not coincide with objective probability and is influenced by age, sex, intelligence, educa ....etc

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Description of activity: Material (Steel sheets with sharp edges) are stored in the raw material storage area. An overhead crane is used to move the material to a rack near the shearing machine which is about 30 meters away from raw material storage. Individual sheets are lifted manually from the rack and moved to the shearing machine. Shearing (or cutting) takes place, cut pieces are removed manually (stretching is required) and kept on nearby racks. Scrap is removed manually (considerable be ....etc

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INTRODUCTION
Ideally an intelligent autonomous car would have an automatic pilot, which can park itself and guide the vehicle through dense traffic in towns and at high speeds between towns. At any time the driver would have the ability to switch between automatic and driver control. During periods of manual control the system would act in an advisory capacity warning the driver of hazards and giving information about route guidance or traffic congestion.
Such a vehicle would retain the convenience a ....etc

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Job Safety Analysis (JSA),


Job Safety Analysis (JSA), also known as Job Hazard Analysis (JHA), Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) or Risk Assessment (RA), is a safety management tool in which the risks or hazards of a specific job in the workplace are identified, and then measures to eliminate or control those hazards are determined and implemented. More specifically, a job safety analysis is a process of systematically evaluating certain jobs, tasks, processes o ....etc

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Free Space Optics (FSO) communications, also called Optical Wireless (OW)
Bo Rong, Yi Qian, Member, IEEE, and Kejie Lu, Member, IEEE
Overview

Imagine a technology that offers unsurpassed reliability and

high-speed connectivity. A technology that can be installed globally is

easy to deploy, license-free and offers a fast, high ROI. That

technology is free-space optics (FSO).

Free Space Optics (FSO) communications, also called Optical

Wireless (OW) or Infrared Laser, refers to the transmission of

modulated visible or infrar ....etc

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This article is presented by:
M. Dhakshinamoorthy
Professor, IMTI, Trichy


MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR POOR QUALITY WATER



Quality of available water is so important in determining the crop and type of irrigation system selected. Irrigation water quality is based on the salinity hazard, sodium content and quality of other materials which may present in amounts which can accumulate to toxic levels in soil. The following parameters ar ....etc

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