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  2. Scientific diving - Wikipedia

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    As diving is an activity that is considered to put the diver at a higher than normal risk to health, in the UK all diving at work, including scientific diving, is regulated through the Diving at Work Regulations, 1997 and the associated approved codes of practice, which are implemented by the Health and Safety Executive. The code of practice ...

  3. Dive planning - Wikipedia

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    The final product of the planning process may be formally documented or, in the case of recreational divers, an agreement on how the dive will be conducted. A diving project may consist of a number of related diving operations. A documented dive plan may contain elements from the following list: [1] Overview of diving activities

  4. By-product - Wikipedia

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    The plastic used in plastic shopping bags also started as a by-product of oil refining. [1] By-products are sometimes called co-products to indicate that although they are secondary, they are desired products. For example, hides and leather may be called co-products of beef production. There is no strict distinction between by-products and co ...

  5. Operations manual - Wikipedia

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    The operations manual can be a digital or paper document. Digital format has advantages for revision control and can be distributed easily and at low cost. [4] The detail should be sufficient to allow a competent person without specific experience to understand what is needed and how it is to be done.

  6. Diving activities - Wikipedia

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    The standard procedures and activities essential to safe diving in the chosen diving mode, using the chosen diving equipment, and in the chosen diving environment are inherently part of the activities of a dive. Monitoring the dive profile, gas supplies, decompression status, relative positions of the divers and communication associated with ...

  7. Technical writing - Wikipedia

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    Technical writing is most commonly performed by a trained technical writer and the content they produce is the result of a well-defined process. Technical writers follow strict guidelines so the technical information they share appears in a single, popularly used and standardized format and style (e.g., DITA, markdown format, AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style).

  8. Science of underwater diving - Wikipedia

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    The science of underwater diving includes those concepts which are useful for understanding the underwater environment in which diving takes place, and its influence on the diver. It includes aspects of physics, physiology and oceanography. The practice of scientific work while diving is known as Scientific diving.

  9. Underwater exploration - Wikipedia

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    The scope of underwater exploration includes the distribution and variety of marine and aquatic life, measurement of the geographical distribution of the chemical and physical properties, including movement of the water, and the geophysical, geological and topographical features of the Earth's crust where it is covered by water.