The Buncefield Disaster:A Case Study in Safety Failures and Systemic Oversight
The Paradox of PFD’s | David Slater Click here to download PDF
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The Struggle to Define Safety
An Historical Perspective | David Slater Click here to download PDF
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Functional System Integrity Assessment
The illusion of LOPA | David Slater Click here to download PDF
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Simplify – The siren call of safety
“Safety” Science or Pseudo Science | David Slater Click here to download PDF
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Influences on Mood and Decision-Making: Good and Bad Vibrations?
David Slater “If music be the food of love —-” The Bard Following up on
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The Harmonics of the Brain: A symphony of Electrical Activity
Cortico-Columnar Brain Waves David Slater Abstract The human brain is an incredibly complex organ capable
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The Evolution of Design Philosophy: Ethics in Engineering – From Mechanics to Morals, Efficiency to Equity
David Slater The History of Engineering design: Engineering is a field that has continuously evolved
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For Want of a Nail —- ITSS!
David Slater August 30, 2023 For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want
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Free Will – to have or not to have?
David Slater August 26, 2024 The question of whether humans possess free will, or are
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Belt and Braces – The need for “Safety”
David Slater August 18, 2024 In our quest to understand and predict the performance of
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Big Bang to Silence? -The Role of Thermodynamics in the Evolution of Complexity
David Slater June 29, 2024 Introduction The evolution of complexity in the universe, from atoms
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Evolutionary Neuroscience and Decision-Making: Unconscious Regulation and Cognitive Bias
David Slater June 28, 2024 Abstract The human brain’s decision-making processes are deeply rooted in
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The Current Ambulance crisis in the NHS
David Slater July 16, 2022 Mass (un)balancing of Demand and Supply. What goes in must
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A Genetic Paradigm for successful Adaptation
David Slater September 23, 2021 The Industrial Revolution – from peasant to problem For much
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Evolving Perspectives on ‘Human Error’
David Slater July 16, 2021 Steve Shorrock and his co-authors have produced a very timely
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We are Human Beings – not Statistics!
David Slater November 4, 2020 Oh no, not another abysmal failure to predict accurately, the
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The Artificial “SAFETY N” Debate
David Slater September 25, 2020 “You don’t need to know the whole alphabet of Safety.
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Safety in Uncertain Times
David Slater July 8, 2020 We are living in uncertain times. This leads inevitably to
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Resilience is Natural!
David Slater June 6, 2020 These days there seems to be a false dichotomy between
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How Safe is Safe Enough?
David Slater May 5, 2020 Now that many countries are starting to emerge, blinking, into
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Complex systems are inherently unstable – and can become unmanageable?
David Slater August 13, 2019 Up until after the Second World War, electricity was provided
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