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TNO Technische Menskunde (author), Boer, L.C. (author), Steyvers, F.J.J.M. (author)Purpose: The tunnel under the Westerschelde is 6.6 km long. Evacuation is possible for emergencies. Evacuees from the "disaster tube" go to the "other tube" through transverse tunnels equipped with doors to contain smoke. But how do drivers know to leave their car, and where to go? ---- Methods: Evacuation steps are: (a) alerting drivers, (b)...report 2001
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Robinson, L. (author), McIlwaine, I. (author), Copestake, P. (author), Anderson, C. (author), TNO BIBRA TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)An evaluation of toxicology information resources is reported, comparing commercial online databases specialized in-house database. A mixed qualitative/quantitative approach, using 10 test queries and detailed failure analysis was used. The main conclusions are: the in-house database is superior to any `general' database in recall and precision;...article 2000
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Kerstholt, J.H. (author), Passenier, P.O. (author)Automation has changed the role of human operators from direct manual control to supervision. Their main task is to monitor whether system performance remains within pre-specified ranges and intervention is only required in unusual situations. One of the consequences is a loss of situation awareness, which significantly affects performance in...article 2000
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Mercx, W.P.M. (author), van den Berg, A.C. (author), Hayhurst, C.J. (author), Robertson, N.J. (author), Moran, K.C. (author), Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author)TNT Equivalency methods are widely used for vapour cloud explosion blast modeling. Presently, however, other types of models are available which do not have the fundamental objections TNT Equivalency models have. TNO Multi-Energy method is increasingly accepted as a more reasonable alternative to be used as a simple and practical method....article 2000
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Mossink, J.C.M. (author)By means of economic appraisal, the costs and the benefits of health, environment and safety management can be made clear, both at the national level and at the company level. As such it is a tool in advocating good practices. This paper explores the possibilities of economic appraisal for policy makers, operating at national, regional or local...bookPart 2000
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van der Grinten, M.P. (author), Houtman, I.I.D. (author)In small-scale projects of mechanized maintenance of rail roads special equipped hydraulic excavators (HE) are used in several maintenance tasks. One task concerns the exchange of the old crossbars and ballast under the rails by new materials (MCE-task). This task requires high precision of the HE-operators. Inaccurate controlling the machine...conference paper 2000
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Schoten, H.H. (author), Molag, M. (author), Duffield, J.S. (author), Powell-Price, M. (author)The European Process Safety Centre is an industry-funded organization which exists to provide an independent technical focus for process safety in Europe. The centre has four main objectives: information; research and development; legislation and regulations; education and training. In pursuit of the R&D objective EPSC has contracted the...conference paper 2000
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Ashford, N.A. (author), Zwetsloot, G. (author)It is now generally recognized that in order to make significant advances in accident prevention the focus of industrial firms must shift from assessing the risks of existing production and manufacturing systems to discovering technological alternatives, i.e. from the identification of problems to the identification of solutions. Encouraging the...article 2000
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TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author), Janssen, H.A.M. (author), Borghouts, J.A.J. (author), Muris, J.W.M. (author), Metsemakers, J.F.M. (author), Koes, B.W. (author), Knottnerus, J.A. (author)Background. While chronic non-specific abdominal complaints are common in general practice, data on patients' perspective and management of these complaints are lacking. Knowledge of these data is important for the development of guidelines for management and assessment of the burden of chronic non-specific abdominal complaints on society. Aim....article 2000
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- van Staden, M. (author), Enzing, C. (author), TNO Strategie, technologie en beleid (author) report 2000
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Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (author), Maly, M. (author), Kodytek, Z. (author), de Raad, A. (author), Dougle, P.G. (author), van Wees, M.T. (author), Battjes, J.J. (author), Cizek, (author), Cohen, P. (author), Mercer, D. (author), Yellen, D. (author), Vazac, V. (author), Synek, P. (author), Henelova, V. (author), Vich, J. (author), Sitny, P. (author), Mikula, L. (author), Herich, S. (author), Bella, M. (author)Combined heat and power is well established in the Czech and SlovakRepublic, especially in the district-heating sector. The current share in total electricity production is about 19% in the Czech Republic, and 11% in the Slovak Republic. Both governments aim to support CHP for reasons of energy efficiency improvement and, to some extent,...report 2000
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Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (author), Beeldman, M. (author), van de. Wijngaart, R. (author)-report 2000
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Baranski, B. (author), Zwetsloot, G. (author)Purpose of this paper, presented on the fifth annual meeting of the Baltic Sea Network on Occupational Health and Safety (Berlin, 18-19 November 1999), is to outline conceptual models of good practice (GP) in Health, Environment and Safety Management in Enterprises (HESME), present major components of national system supporting GP in HESME,...bookPart 2000
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Rasker, P.C. (author), Post, W.M. (author), Schraagen, J.M.C. (author), TNO Human Factors (author)In two studies, the effect of two types of intra-team feedback on developing a shared mental model in Command & Control teams was investigated. A distinction is made between performance monitoring and team self-correction. Performance monitoring is the ability of team members to monitor each other's task execution and give feedback during task...article 2000
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Vink, P. (author), Koningsveld, E. (author)Twee TNO Arbeid-medewerkers doen in dit artikel verslag van het wereldcongres van de International Ergonomics Association dat in augustus 2000 in San Diego plaatsvond. Dit jaar was het congres gecombineerd met het jaarcongres van de Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in de USA. De volgende onderwerpen overheersten op het congres:...article 2000
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TNO Fysisch en Elektronisch Laboratorium (author), van Zijderveld, E.J.A. (author)Door de mensen van de afdeling Logistiek Beleid van de Landmachtstaf is in 1996 een project gestart om de informatievoorziening binnen de militaire logistieke wereld te stroomlijnen. Het doel is om alle informatie, nodig voor logistieke planningen, volgens één systeem en in hun onderlinge samenhang vast te leggen. Na een aantal conceptversies is...article 2000
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- TNO Bouw (author), Klein Woolthuis, R.J.A. (author) report 2000
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TNO Milieu, Energie en Procesinnovatie (author), di Mauro, C. (author), van Teunenbroek, T. (author), Sinke, A. (author)In the regulated community there is often concern as to whether mass removal at a contaminated site actually reduces risk, or whether the small risk reductions achieved warrant the large costs incurred. Decision-makers have to select feasible solutions based on the required risk reduction, costs of the remediation and environmental impact. Thus,...conference paper 2000
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Pasman, H.J. (author)During economic doldrums, decision making on investments for safety is even more difficult than it already is when funds are abundant. This paper attempts to offer some guidance. After stating the present challenge to prevention of losses in the process industries, the systematic approach of quantified risk assessment is briefly reviewed and...article 2000
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TNO Arbeid (author), van Vuuren, T.C. (author)Bijdragen van promovendi en (ex-) medewerkers ter gelegenheid van het afscheid van Prof. dr. P.J.D. Drenth van de Vrije Universiteit. Hij is deskundige op het gebied van arbeids- en organisatiepsychologie en de psychodiagnostiek.bookPart 2000