MONALISA 2.0 and the sea traffic management - a concept creating the need for new maritime information standards and software solutions

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Induced maritime accidents

Humanity system of life is highly supported by maritime transport when circa 8 thousand million people require about 8.800 million tons of merchandises by sea, going in some 105.000 merchant ships of over 100 GT, sailing every thinkable dangerous waters 365 days year 24 hours day. All that Enormous activity plus others different factors produce accidents, as is shown in an ascendant 1.7 rate related to ships lost with big number in life, cargoes losses, and pollution. That is why this study pretend to detect causes factors of maritime accidents, to try to reduce them, and with that targetin mind it was tested the new theory of Induced Maritime Accidents, crossing itsproposals with relevant sinister of different times and circumstances, as Andrea Doria, Torrey Canyon, Costa Concordia, among others. Those cases were re evaluated to establish the key points of such theory, as they are the Production Pressure, the Risk Homeostasis, technological advances and the rupture of safety margin. Cases studies gave as result the existence of referred key points, in a manner combined that the chain of events derived to the fatality, and more than that highlights the possibility that been suppressed to acceptable limits the production pressure or the risk homeostasis, a permissible safety margin were been maintained, avoiding catastrophe.

Programa Escher: biblioteques de la UPC

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Programa Leibniz: millora dels serveis bibliotecaris de la UPC

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Enquesta sobre l’ús i la satisfacció de les biblioteques de la UPC per part de l’estudiantat : curs 2014/2015

Per tal de valorar el grau de satisfacció que té l’estudiantat de les biblioteques de la UPC, el Servei de Biblioteques, Publicacions i Arxius de la UPC elabora amb periodicitat biennal l’Enquesta sobre l’ús i la satisfacció de les biblioteques de la UPC per part de l’estudiantat.Atès que els cursos 2008/2009 i 2012/2013 no es va lliurar l’enquesta i que la primera es va realitzar el curs 1994/1995, els resultats que es presenten en aquest document corresponen a la novena edició.L’enquesta té com a objectiu principal obtenir informació sobre la percepció global que tenen de les biblioteques els seus usuaris, així com conèixer l’ús habitual que en fan i el grau de satisfacció que tenen dels seus espais, equipaments, serveis i col·leccions.