Collaborating with Families   According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), in the position statement on developmentally appropriate practice (2009), “Practitioners work in collaborative partnerships with families, establishing and maintaining regular, frequent two-way communication with them” (p. 23).  Trust between home and school is built over time, starting with the […]

  ***Read Case Study Attached & Answer Question 1 Below*** Case: 10-1: Is There a Duty to Warn? Question 1:  Discuss the ethics- related principles, precedents, and concepts relevant to this case.Nothing is more challenging or more important than our work with the patient with mental health issues.  This case looks at the patients that are […]

Use of HFACS–FCM in fire prevention modelling on board ships Omer Soner a,⇑ , Umut Asan b , Metin Celik c aDepartment of Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Tuzla 34940, Istanbul, Turkey bDepartment of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka 34367, Istanbul, Turkey cDepartment of Marine Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Tuzla 34940, […]

Effect and Improvement Areas for Port State Control Inspections to Decrease the Probability of Casualty Econometric Institute Report 2006-32 Abstract This report is the fourth part of a PhD project called “The Econometrics of Maritime Safety – Recommendations to Enhance Safety at Sea” and is based on 183,000 port state control inspections2 and 11,700 casualties […]

SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (SPIs) FOR NIGERIAN MARITIME SAFETY MANAGEMENT. ABSTRACT In this research, the researcher focuses on Safety Performance Indicators (SPI) which would influence the usefulness in safety management in Nigerian Maritime as a tool for safety measurement and development. Since it is difficult to directly measure the success of actions taken to improve safety […]

1. Introduction The safety of maritime operations is controlled in multiple ways and the amount of maritime safety regulation is extensive. New regulations are proposed and developed continuously. However, it is important to take into account the effective output of maritime safety policy instruments in relation to the efforts applied. The worst-case scenario would be […]

TRANSFORMING MARITIME SAFETY CULTURE Assessment of the impacts of the ISM Code on maritime safety culture in Finland PREFACE Growing maritime transports in the ports in Finland and particularly the transportation of oil and other dangerous goods in the Gulf of Finland increase the risk of a serious maritime accident. The METKU Project (Developing Maritime […]

Analysis of the Maritime Inspection Regimes – Are ships over-inspected? Abstract The lack of trust in the maritime industry between all the industry organizations and regulators has created an inspection industry which is heavily controlled by oil majors in order to limit their liability. This report is an introductory part of a PhD project called […]

The Econometrics of Maritime Safety Recommendations to enhance safety at sea Table of Content List of Abbreviations……………………………………………………………………………………………….i Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………. iii Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1 Chapter 1: Research Question and Methodology………………………………………………….3 1.1. Research Questions…………………………………………………………………………………………..3 1.2. Methodology …………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 1.3. Overview of Datasets and Variables Used ………………………………………………………….6 PART I …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….9 Chapter 2: Analysis of the Present Safety Regimes…………………………………………….11 2.1. The Complexity […]

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