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Safety factor in engineering --- Product safety --- Commercial products --- Consumer protection --- Products liability --- Warning labels --- Factor of safety --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Strains and stresses --- Structural failures --- Structural stability --- Safety measures

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"The current trend of building more streamlined structures has made stability analysis a subject of extreme importance. It is mostly a safety issue because Stability loss could result in an unimaginable catastrophe. Written by two authors with a combined 80 years of professional and academic experience, the objective of Stability of Structures: Principles and Applications is to provide engineers and architects with a firm grasp of the fundamentals and principles that are essential to performing effective stability analysts"--

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Industry underestimates the extent to which behaviour at work is influenced by the design of the working environment. Designing for Human Reliability argues that greater awareness of the contribution of design to human error can significantly enhance HSE performance and improve return on investment. Illustrated with many examples, Designing for Human Reliability explores why work systems are designed and implemented such that "design-induced human error" becomes more-or-less inevitable. McLeod demonstrates how well understood psychological processes can lead people to make decisions and to take actions that otherwise seem impossible to understand. Designing for Human Reliability sets out thirteen key elements to deliver the levels of human reliability expected to achieve the return on investment sought when decisions are made to invest in projects. And it demonstrates how investigation of the human contribution to incidents can be improved by focusing on what companies expected and intended when they chose to rely on human performance as a barrier, or control, against incidents. Recognise some ‘hard truths’ of human performance and learn about the importance of applying the principles of Human Factors Engineering on capital projects; Learn from analysis of real-world incidents how differences between ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ styles of thinking can lead to human error in industrial processes; Learn how controls and barrier against major incidents that rely on human performance can be strengthened throughout the design and development of assets and equipment.

Human engineering. --- Safety factor in engineering. --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Safety measures. --- Mine safety --- Reliability of equipment --- Systems reliability --- Engineering --- Maintainability (Engineering) --- Probabilities --- Systems engineering --- Plant performance --- Safety factor in engineering --- Structural failures --- Factor of safety --- Strains and stresses --- Structural stability --- Ergonomics --- Human factors in engineering design --- Bioengineering --- Environmental engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Human comfort --- Human-robot interaction

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Landslides are among the most widespread and frequent natural hazards. Landsliding is linked to the combination of geological, geomorphological, and climatic factors in response to trigger mechanisms, mostly represented by heavy rainfall events, seismicity, or human action. Landslides directly and indirectly impact a territory, causing fatalities and huge socio-economic losses. Consequently, to avoid serious consequences and support sustainable territorial planning, there is a clear need of correct land use policies and best practices for long-term risk mitigation and reduction. In this context, geomorphological field activities, satellite remote sensing, landslide susceptibility mapping, and innovative GIS analysis offer effective support for mapping and monitoring landslides’ activity at both the local and regional scales. All landslide types are considered, from rockfalls to debris flows, from slow-moving slides to very rapid rock avalanches. Contributions to this Special Issue report key advances in landslide susceptibility mapping, environmental risk management in mass movement-prone areas, and landslide analysis in different geomorphological/morphostructural environments. Each article describes a distinct methodological approach to accurately investigate landslide phenomena and assess slope stability. Each article provides a scientific basis useful for the implementation of land planning, civil protection activities, and mitigation measures in different geological–geomorphological frameworks.

Research & information: general --- Kenya --- landslide susceptibility --- fuzzy analytic hierarchy process --- triangular fuzzy numbers --- GIS --- interaction matrix --- heuristic --- susceptibility --- inventory --- Greece --- historical landslides --- multitemporal analysis --- geomorphological mapping --- GIS analysis --- piedmont area --- Abruzzo Region --- landslide --- hydromechanical modeling --- early-warning --- slope stability --- rainfall-induced landslides --- local factor of safety --- SoilNet --- geophysical characterization --- water content distribution --- bedrock topography --- large-scale landslides --- DSGSDs --- normal faults and overthrusts --- Sibillini Mts. --- Central Apennines --- Italy --- risk --- soil sealing --- landslides --- factor of safety --- numerical models --- Hoek–Brown method --- monoclinal setting --- hybrid modeling --- Geographical Detector --- information value --- machine learning --- Kerala --- hazard --- hydroseeding --- slope --- vegetation --- AHP --- snow avalanche --- mass movements-prone areas --- hazard assessment --- climate extremization --- environmental risk --- Gran Sasso Massif --- morphotectonic --- morphostratigraphy --- DGSDs --- river capture --- fluvial terraces --- Sardinia --- n/a --- Hoek-Brown method