Loss Briefing

A major loss briefing is an accident recall session that takes place after a major accidental loss. This major loss could be a fatal or permanent injury, serious property damage, or a combination of both. 

A description of the accident is presented at the meeting or gathering and copies distributed to everybody in the plant to keep them informed. This description also is pinned up on the various notice boards so that complete exposure is achieved and awareness is created among the employees. 

This major loss briefing is an ideal way to make the workforce aware of the causes of the accidents, and also the remedial steps that have been taken to prevent a recurrence. 

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Taking depression as an example, an extensive evidence base exists for the efficacy of several forms of psychotherapy. These include cognitive therapy (in which individuals identify faulty views and negative automatic thoughts and attempt to replace them with ways of thinking less likely to lead to depression), interpersonal therapy (which focuses on relationships, roles and losses), brief dynamic psychotherapy (a time-limited version of traditional psychoanalysis) and cognitive analytical therapy (another well structured time-limited therapy which combines the best points of cognihve therapy and traditional analysis). 

The heated polymer solution emerges as filaments from the spinneret into a column of warm air. Instantaneous loss of solvent from the surface of the filament causes a soHd skin to form over the stiU-Hquid interior. As the filament is heated by the warm air, more solvent evaporates. More than 80% of the solvent can be removed during a brief residence time of less than 1 s in the hot air column. The air column or cabinet height is 2—8 m, depending on the extent of drying required and the extmsion speed. The air flow may be concurrent or countercurrent to the direction of fiber movement. The fiber properties are contingent on the solvent-removal rate, and precise air flow and temperature control are necessary. 

W. K. Chu, J. W. Mayer, and M. -A. Nicolet. Backscattering Spectrometry. Academic Press, New York, 1978, brief section on nuclear reaction analysis, discussions on energy loss of ions in materials, energy resolution, surface barrier detectors, and accelerators also applicable to NRA ... 

Tlie following are the typical reactions of the dithietane 73. Treatment of 73 with PI13P led to the loss of one sulfur and the formation of the rearrangement products 121 and 122. Treatment with PhS resulted in the formation of 123, whereas brief exposure to NaBFL, followed by trapping with Mel led to the novel episulhdes 124 and 125 and the alkene 126. 

Primary generalized seizures are also heterogeneous with respect to their clinical features. Such seizures can impose as absence epilepsy, which is characterized by a brief interruption of consciousness due to highly synchronized neuronal activity involving thalamocortical networks without increases in neuronal firing rate. On the other hand, tonic-clonic convulsions with loss of consciousness are often also primarily generalized. 

Generalized seizures include absence, myoclonic, and tonic-clonic. Manifestations of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure include alternate contraction (tonic phase) and relaxation (clonic phase) of muscles, a loss of consciousness, and abnormal behavior. Myoclonic seizures involve sudden, forceful contractions involving the musculature of the trunk, neck, and extremities. Absence seizures, previously referred to as petit mal seizures, are seizures characterized by a brief loss of consciousness during which physical activity ceases. The seizures typically last a few seconds, occur many times a day, and may go unnoticed by others. 

Petit mal (PM) or absence seizures (AS). These are less dramatic and generally occur in children. They entail a brief and abrupt loss of awareness (consciousness) in which the patient suddenly ceases ongoing activity or speech and stares vacantly for a few seconds before recovering equally quickly. Motor disturbances are rare apart from blinking of the eyes and the patient has no recollection of the event. 

Absence Sudden and brief (i.e., several seconds in duration) losses of consciousness without muscle movements. These seizures are often described as daydreaming or blanking out episodes. A common term for these seizures is petit mal. ... 

Only a brief outline of the method used to calculate the Dow F El will be given in this section. The full guide should be studied before applying the technique to a particular process. Judgement, based on experience with similar processes, is needed to decide the magnitude of the various factors used in the calculation of the index, and the loss control credit factors. 

Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII). Insurance solutions in the context of climate change-related loss and damage. Policy Brief. 2012 6. p. 15. 

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