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  2. Mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    Almost all modern large aircraft are fitted with a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS), which is designed to try to prevent mid-air collisions. The system, based on the signals from aircraft transponders , alerts pilots if a potential collision with another aircraft is imminent.

  3. Ahimsa in Jainism - Wikipedia

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    In Jainism, ahiṃsā (Ahimsā, alternatively spelled 'ahinsā', Sanskrit: अहिंसा IAST: ahinsā, Pāli: [1] avihinsā) is a fundamental principle forming the cornerstone of its ethics and doctrine.

  4. Safety engineering - Wikipedia

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    Effective safety training – An unofficial phrase used to describe the training materials designed to teach occupational safety and health standards developed by the United States government labor organization, Forensic engineering – Investigation of failures associated with legal intervention

  5. Uncertainty avoidance - Wikipedia

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    In cross-cultural psychology, uncertainty avoidance is how cultures differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability. [1] Uncertainty avoidance is one of five key qualities or dimensions measured by the researchers who developed the Hofstede model of cultural dimensions to quantify cultural differences across international lines and better understand why some ideas and business ...

  6. System safety - Wikipedia

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    A root cause analysis identifies the set of multiple causes that together might create a potential accident. Root cause techniques have been successfully borrowed from other disciplines and adapted to meet the needs of the system safety concept, most notably the tree structure from fault tree analysis, which was originally an engineering technique. [7]

  7. Sapper Leader Course - Wikipedia

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    The Sapper Leader Course is a 28-day United States Army small unit tactics and leadership course that develops soldiers in critical skills and teaches advanced combat engineer techniques needed across the Army. [1] Sapper training began development in 1982, and continued until 1985.

  8. Army Nuclear Power Program - Wikipedia

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    The Army Nuclear Power Program (ANPP) was a program of the United States Army to develop small pressurized water and boiling water nuclear power reactors to generate electrical and space-heating energy primarily at remote, relatively inaccessible sites. The ANPP had several accomplishments, but ultimately it was considered to be "a solution in ...

  9. List of military training deaths in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Died from asphyxia and near drowning during a POW survival training course. Four commando officers conducting the training were jailed for carrying out an inappropriate "dunking" procedure that led to his death. [24] Pulau Tekong, Singapore First Sergeant (1SG) Shiva s/o Mohan 13 July 2005 - Accident while performing heli-borne rappelling.