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View article: Towards Resilient Re-Routing Procedures in Ports: Combining Sociotechnical Systems and STAMP
Towards Resilient Re-Routing Procedures in Ports: Combining Sociotechnical Systems and STAMP Open
Truck congestion around international ports poses persistent challenges for safety, efficiency, environmental performance, and accessibility, particularly during container terminal disruptions when long queues of trucks accumulate. Traditi…
View article: Towards Resilient Re-Routing Procedures in Ports: Combining Sociotechnical Systems and STAMP
Towards Resilient Re-Routing Procedures in Ports: Combining Sociotechnical Systems and STAMP Open
Truck congestion around international ports creates persistent challenges for safety, efficiency, environmental performance, and accessibility, especially during container terminal disruptions when long queues of trucks accumulate. Traditi…
View article: Developing an intuitive decision support system for equitable vaccine distribution during pandemics
Developing an intuitive decision support system for equitable vaccine distribution during pandemics Open
Effective organization of the vaccine supply chain is vital to achieve high vaccination rates in pandemics. This paper presents a novel approach for developing a decision support system (DSS) to support health officials and policymakers wh…
View article: Cognitive technology development and end-user involvement in the Norwegian petroleum industry – Human factors missing or not?
Cognitive technology development and end-user involvement in the Norwegian petroleum industry – Human factors missing or not? Open
The petroleum industry is a high-hazard industry depending on reliable technical solutions. The industry tends to use increasingly advanced technologies including machine learning technology with increased difficulties for end users to kee…
View article: Sociotechnical Factors Supporting Mobile Phone Use by Bus Drivers
Sociotechnical Factors Supporting Mobile Phone Use by Bus Drivers Open
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONSResults of a survey of drivers working for two bus companies in Norway suggest that 20% of drivers sometimes use a mobile phone while driving, even though it is not permitted. Sociotechnical analysis of the system …
View article: The limits of soft safety regulation: Does successful work with safety culture require SMS implementation?
The limits of soft safety regulation: Does successful work with safety culture require SMS implementation? Open
The Swedish Transport Agency defined contributing to a high safety culture in transport companies as a key element in its regulatory strategy. This study examines how the safety culture strategy was received and enacted by regulators and c…
View article: How Can Authorities Support Distributed Improvisation During Major Crises? A Study of Decision Bottlenecks Arising During Local COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out
How Can Authorities Support Distributed Improvisation During Major Crises? A Study of Decision Bottlenecks Arising During Local COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out Open
Despite the increased importance attributed to distributed improvisation in major crises, few studies investigate how central authorities can promote a harmonic, coordinated national response while allowing for distributed autonomy and imp…
View article: Traffic safety in bus transport: An analysis of Norway’s largest transit authority’s contract requirements to bus companies
Traffic safety in bus transport: An analysis of Norway’s largest transit authority’s contract requirements to bus companies Open
The main objective of the study is to evaluate direct and indirect traffic safety consequences of the requirements that Norway's largest transit authority (Ruter) sets in the contracts with bus companies. To assess the representativity of …
View article: Estimating Safety Outcomes of Increased Organisational Safety Management in Trucking Companies
Estimating Safety Outcomes of Increased Organisational Safety Management in Trucking Companies Open
The present study investigated possible consequences for the number of killed and seriously injured (KSI) in traffic if trucking companies in Norway introduced the organisational safety management (OSM) measures in the stepwise approach ca…
View article: Cognitive Technology Development and End-User Involvement in the Norwegian Petroleum Industry – Human Factors Missing or Not?
Cognitive Technology Development and End-User Involvement in the Norwegian Petroleum Industry – Human Factors Missing or Not? Open
View article: Toward a decision support system for COVID-19 vaccine allocation inside countries
Toward a decision support system for COVID-19 vaccine allocation inside countries Open
The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has proved to be a challenging task for public health authorities in many countries. Among several decisions involved in the task, allocating limited available vaccines to administration points is inde…
View article: Bus stop design and traffic safety: An explorative analysis
Bus stop design and traffic safety: An explorative analysis Open
One way to prioritize public transport over private vehicle mobility, is to implement curbside rather than layby bus stop designs. There is, however, uncertainty about the consequences of implementing curbside rather than layby stops for t…
View article: Safety culture, safety management and accident risk in trucking companies
Safety culture, safety management and accident risk in trucking companies Open
The Safety ladder for goods transport describes an approach with an increasing prevalence of safety structural measures at four Safety ladder levels in trucking companies. This paper validates the Safety ladder approach in empirical resear…
View article: Covid-19 vaksine: tiden er knapp for planlegging av effektiv distribusjon
Covid-19 vaksine: tiden er knapp for planlegging av effektiv distribusjon Open
View article: CRNA Clinical Instructors Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices on Pimping in SRNA Clinical Education
CRNA Clinical Instructors Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes and Practices on Pimping in SRNA Clinical Education Open
View article: Safety Culture among Private and Professional Drivers in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of National Road Safety Culture
Safety Culture among Private and Professional Drivers in Norway and Greece: Examining the Influence of National Road Safety Culture Open
While Norway had the lowest road mortality rate in Europe in 2017, Greece had one of the worst road safety records of all EU-27 countries. The present study investigates road safety culture (RSC) as an explanation for this discrepancy by: …
View article: Safety culture in maritime transport in Norway and Greece: Exploring national, sectorial and organizational influences on unsafe behaviours and work accidents
Safety culture in maritime transport in Norway and Greece: Exploring national, sectorial and organizational influences on unsafe behaviours and work accidents Open
The study compares crew members on Norwegian cargo vessels (N = 93) and passenger vessels (N = 76) with crew members on Greek cargo vessels (N = 99) and Greek passenger vessels (N = 99). The aims are to: 1) Examine the influence of nationa…
View article: Procedure Negligence in Coastal Cargo: What Can Be Done to Reduce the Gap between Formal and Informal Aspects of Safety?
Procedure Negligence in Coastal Cargo: What Can Be Done to Reduce the Gap between Formal and Informal Aspects of Safety? Open
Previous studies from the coastal cargo sector report of a considerable gap between formal and informal aspects of safety. Several maritime accident investigations point to this gap as an important contributory cause, indicating that risk …
View article: Internationalisation in Road Transport of Goods in Norway: Safety Outcomes, Risk Factors and Policy Implications
Internationalisation in Road Transport of Goods in Norway: Safety Outcomes, Risk Factors and Policy Implications Open
The European Union (EU) promotes a gradual lifting of restrictions on foreign hauliers involved in domestic road transport of goods (cabotage), and liberalization of the current road cabotage rules may further increase the proportion of fo…
View article: The safety ladder: developing an evidence-based safety management strategy for small road transport companies
The safety ladder: developing an evidence-based safety management strategy for small road transport companies Open
Traffic accidents account for between 20% and 40% of work-related accidents in industrial countries, and research indicates that road transport companies often have little focus on organisational safety management (OSM). There is thus a hu…
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