SURFACE MICRODEFECTS AS A CAUSAL FACTOR OF FORMATION OF CRACKS ON THE CAR WINDSCREEN

The article sets out the impact of automotive glass to the safe operation of the vehicle, basic notions of the strength of glass that explain demonstratively strengthening characteristics of glass and demonstrate an important role of surface microdefects and protection methods from them. In addition, this article offers an alternative method of protection

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To the assessment of the role of national traits in the processes of the safe operation of nuclear power facilities maintenance

LAPLAGE EM REVISTA ◽

10.24115/s2446-6220202171732p.353-361 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 353-361

Author(s):

Alexandr Karyakin ◽

Vladimi Velikorossov ◽

Maksim Maksimov ◽

Natalia Alekseevna Prodanova ◽

Ona Grazyna Rakauskiene ◽

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Keyword(s):

Safety Culture ◽

Nuclear Power ◽

Human Factor ◽

National Context ◽

Safe Operation ◽

Starting Point ◽

Power Safety ◽

The Impact ◽

Production Objectives

One of the features of the post-Fukushima development of nuclear technologies in terms of the impact of the human factor on safety is the analysis of the national context in the safety culture. The starting point for this thesis is the transboundary nature of the nuclear power safety problem, which, in turn, depends on the ability of people to act together at the national and international levels. Thus, exploring how the national context influences decision-making and the performance of production objectives, and a better understanding of national cultural characteristics, is an important topic to be developed in this article.

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Research Advances of Soil Corrosion of Grounding Grids

Micromachines ◽

10.3390/mi12050513 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (5) ◽

pp. 513

Author(s):

Cheng Zhang ◽

Yuxiang Liao ◽

Xue Gao ◽

Jing Zhao ◽

Yuan Yuan ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Power System ◽

Safe Operation ◽

Stray Current ◽

Protective Measures ◽

Soil Corrosion ◽

Grounding Grid ◽

Detection Technology ◽

Grounding Grids ◽

The Impact

A grounding grid plays the role of discharging current and balancing voltage to ensure the safety of the power system. However, soil corrosion can damage the grounding grid, which then can endanger the safe operation of power system. This paper reviewed recent research advances of soil corrosion of grounding grid. The cause, mechanism, types, and influencing factors of soil corrosion of grounding grids were summarized, and the corresponding detection technology and protective measures were also introduced. The paper pointed out that soil corrosion is a serious threat to the grounding grid system. Moreover, the impact mechanism of AC stray current, new corrosion detection technology, and better protective measures still need in-depth research.

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Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000127 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 44 (5) ◽

pp. 311-319 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Marco Brambilla ◽

David A. Butz

Keyword(s):

Gay Men ◽

Social Group ◽

Welfare Recipients ◽

Intergroup Attitudes ◽

Social Policies ◽

Intergroup Threat ◽

Economic Threat ◽

The Impact ◽

General Climate

Two studies examined the impact of macrolevel symbolic threat on intergroup attitudes. In Study 1 (N = 71), participants exposed to a macrosymbolic threat (vs. nonsymbolic threat and neutral topic) reported less support toward social policies concerning gay men, an outgroup whose stereotypes implies a threat to values, but not toward welfare recipients, a social group whose stereotypes do not imply a threat to values. Study 2 (N = 78) showed that, whereas macrolevel symbolic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward gay men, macroeconomic threat led to less favorable attitudes toward Asians, an outgroup whose stereotypes imply an economic threat. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding the role of a general climate of threat in shaping intergroup attitudes.

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