Attitude

At point A, despite full management commitment to safety performance, with low employee commitment to safety, the number of accidents remains high employees only follow procedures laid out because they feel they have to. At the other extreme, point B, when employee commitment is high, the number of accidents reduces dramatically employees feel responsible for their own safety as well as that of their colleagues. Employee commitment to safety is an attitude of mind rather than a taught discipline, and can be enhanced by training and (less effectively) incentive schemes. 

There is a role in regulatoiy law and a role for government action. But these roles should be predominantly concerned not with detailed prescription for innumerable day to day circumstances but with influencing attitudes and creating a framework for better health and safety organisation and action by industry itself ... 

The results of the review exercise described above confirmed that all shipyards do not have the same attitude towards quality. Whilst the results presented by most of the yards visited were reasonably consistent at 0.5 - 4.5 % repair rate regardless of NDE method, the results from other yards were less satisfactory. The exercise showed that in some yards repair rates were regularly in excess of 10% and that repair rates for radiography tended to be higher than those for ultrasonics. 

The attitude we adopt in this discussion is that only those chain segments in the middle of the chain possess sufficient regularity to crystallize. Hence we picture crystallization occurring from a mixture in which the concentration of crystallizable units is Xj and the concentration of solute or diluent is Xg. The effect of solute on the freezing (melting) point of a solvent is a well-known result T j, is lowered. Standard thermodynamic analysis yields the relationship... 

In describing the various mechanical properties of polymers in the last chapter, we took the attitude that we could make measurements on any time scale we chose, however long or short, and that such measurements were made in isothermal experiments. Most of the experimental results presented in Chap. 3 are representations of this sort. In that chapter we remarked several times that these figures were actually the result of reductions of data collected at different temperatures. Now let us discuss this technique our perspective, however, will be from the opposite direction taking an isothermal plot apart. 

Our objective in the preceding argument has been to justify the attitude that each ab linkage forms according to the same rate law, regardless of the extent of the reaction. While our attention is focused on the rate laws, we might as well consider the question, raised above, about the actual rates of these reactions. This is the topic of the next section. 

We assume that the mixture contains Ni solvent molecules, each of which occupies a single site in the lattice we propose to fill. The system also contains N2 polymer molecules, each of which occupies n lattice sites. The polymer molecule is thus defined to occupy a volume n times larger than the solvent molecules. Strictly speaking, this is the definition of n in the derivation which follows. We shall adopt the attitude that the repeat units in the polymer are equal to solvent molecules in volume, however, so a polymer of degree of... 

Many presentations of the second virial coefficient of polymer solutions contain different expressions for the quantities we have discussed. The difference lies in the fact that the factor p( - 0/T) appears in place of 1/2 - x-There are several attitudes we can take toward this difference. For one thing, we can regard the discrepancy as nothing more than different notation ... 

Taking the attitude described in item (5) toward the previously developed equations for [r ] is an important step. Wliat this enables us to do is write a general expression for [r ] in solutions of flexible polymers ... 

Although spectroscopy and quantum mechanics are closely interrelated it is nevertheless the case that there is still a tendency to teach the subjects separately while drawing attention to the obvious overlap areas. This is the attitude 1 shall adopt in this book, which is concerned primarily with the techniques of spectroscopy and the interpretation of the data that accme. References to texts on quantum mechanics are given in the bibliography at the end of this chapter. 

Hydraulic fluid resistance makes fluorosihcones the preferred military aircraft choice for the manufacture of the flexible bellows (12) between the hydraulic fluid reservoir and the suction pump on Northrop Corp. s T-38 trainers and T-5 fighters. Its use allows for fluid continuity during normal and inverted flight attitudes. 

Aqueous hydrogen peroxide is sold in grades ranging from 3 to 86 wt %, most often containing 35, 50, and 70 wt % H2O2. In the United States, the only use for 86% H2O2 (ca 1994) is for attitude (flight path behavior) control of space craft, etc. This minor amount is imported. 

Sheet mica occurs in pockets within pegmatite. When exploring for sheet mica, test pits are sunk to determine the presence of pockets and quaUty of the mica. The size, shape, and attitude of the pegmatite is deterrnined by stripping and trenching. These procedures are cosdy and problematic, but the quahty can be deterrnined to a sufficient degree (5). 

Ancient Silver Smelters Polluted the Hemisphere", The Record, Sept. 23, 1994, p. A-23 and P. Brimblecombe, "Attitudes and Responses Towards Air Pollution in Medieval England," H/rPo// Contr. Assoc. (Oct. 1976). 

A company may be considering a project with a very high potential rate of return and a low risk, but it may prove impossible to raise the money to start the project. Conversely, the company may be prepared to undertake an extremely risky project if the investment is trivial. Thus, the attitude of a company to risk depends on the circumstances. 

Money does not hold the same value for each company or each individual. A dollar may keep a pauper from starvation while being a trivial amount to the person who gave it. Attempts have been made to quantify a company s attitude to money, risk, and uncertainty by asking business executives a number of questions such as the following ... 

The relationship between (MSF), p, and 17 in Eq. (9-106) is shown graphically in Fig. 9-27. It is the responsibility of management to decide on an acceptable value of the (MSF) for its company. The value chosen will depend on the company s attitude to risk that can be quantified in the form of a utihty curve such as the one shown in Fig. 9-25, from which a value of equivalent (MSF) can be obtained. 

The attitude of management is also an important factor in deter-TABLE 9-22 Return on Equity after Tax for Companies X and Y... 

Attitude toward private and foreign investment Tax rates (corporate and personal income, capital, withholding, turnover,... 

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