Search results for "Risk" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Indo-European *per- (to attempt, try, research, risk). Cognate with Dutch gevaar (danger, risk, peril), German Gefahr (danger, risk, hazard), Swedish ...
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  • | label18 = Risk factors | data18 = {{{risk|}}}} | label19 = Diagnostic method | data19 = } | label20 = Differential diagnosis ...
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  • # A risk-averse attitude or approach. ===Derived terms=== * compassionate conservatism * fiscal conservatism * liberal conservatism ...
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  • person's age, with those involved at increased risk of dangerous if not criminal behavior as well as serious physiological damage, even death. ...
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  • by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United ...
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  • amounts of distress can increase the risk of illness. }} ...
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  • or action that exposes others to greater risk. # The likelihood of something happening. # The condition of being susceptible to something. ...
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  • patient's well being ahead of their own, they risk their own health and safety for the sake of others. }} ...
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  • and shows maladaptive behaviors and the risk of illness is increased. Human beings have free will and are able to learn to react in appropriate ...
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  • healing. As a low-impact sport with very little risk of injury, swimming is an ideal form of exercise for all ages and levels of health. Also, it can ...
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  • person's age, with those involved at increased risk of dangerous if not criminal behavior as well as serious physiological damage, even death. As ...
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  • are rich in purines, correlates with an increased risk of gout. ... consumption correlates with an increased risk of gout, whereas a higher ...
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  • cost and easy accessibility increase the risk. Attitudes and social stereotypes create barriers to the detection and treatment of alcohol abuse ...
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  • A person with PTSD is at a higher risk of suicide and intentional self-harm. Their ability to function successfully in their work environment ...
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  • uncertainty," the distinction between risk and uncertainty, and for his ... Cost, Value and Profit (later renamed into Risk, Uncertainty and Profit and ...
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  • of criteria to evaluate their extinction risk and placing them into one ... include seven by which the extinction risk for a species has been evaluated ...
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  • In his seminal work, Risk, Uncertainty, and ProfitFrank H. Knight ... distinct from the familiar notion of risk, from which it has never been ...
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  • === Risk and safety statements === The raw codes for R-phrases and List of S-phrases do not mean much to most people. A set of templates has been ...
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  • People traditionally considered at an increased risk of cholelithiasis ... * Fertile (with increased risk in pregnancy) ===Choledocholithiasis=== ...
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  • =====Humanitarian importance exceeds degree of risk (risk/benefit)===== * "6. The degree of risk to be taken should never exceed that ...
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  • a second throughout their lives. Beyond risk factors related to heredity ... People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia and/or sudden ...
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  • has been associated with an increased risk of dangerous blood clotting ... (without progestin) therapy increases the risk of endometrial cancer. ...
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  • The ideal version is riskless arbitrage. Risk arbitrage, also known as ... the idea of profit that is essentially risk-free and requires no apparent ...
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  • of personal, professional, or financial risk to pursue that opportunity ... usually with considerable initiative and risk. They may be an employer of ...
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  • is important. Two of the major risk factors associated with the ... ===Risk factors=== *Aging: According to researches at the Mayo Foundation ...
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  • review is being recognized as an important risk management tool. Failure to ... and procedures to strategically mitigate risk to acceptable levels before ...
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  • clarity (as "VaR" for "Value at Risk"); in other cases, the standard acronym capitalizes such minor words as well (as "TOEFL ...
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  • assure that there is a favorable benefit-to-risk ratio. in other words, the ... go against the principle of justice for the risk primarily to fall to the poor ...
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  • Those at higher risk for developing rickets include: *Dark-skinned children ... burns rather than tans) have a decreased risk for rickets due to their greater ...
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  • types of digital content that is at risk of loss if it is not preserved now. ... *Identify and collect at-risk born-digital content. Maps, movies, sound ...
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  • early in pregnancy, the fetus faces a risk of infection as high as ninety ... pregnancy and contract the disease have a risk of miscarriage and there is ...
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  • " "IRB," "minimal risk," and "research") ... would not reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability ...
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  • insects, and so forth. For example, special risk groups likely to suffer from ... #There should be a major risk of contracting the infection for which ...
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  • ===Risk assessment=== The natural outdoor exposure in Great Britain ... an average radiation dose of 19mSv, the risk of dying from cancer (excluding ...
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  • pose unacceptable health or ecological risk when exposure is to a combination ... For example, a consequence of pesticide use is the risk of health ...
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  • and does not pose a significant health risk to pets or humans. ... but does not carry the same degree of risk as crystalline silica. Food ...
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  • of individuals to address controllable risk factors, such as tobacco smoking ... with angioplasty and stenting for high-risk patients in many hospitals ...
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  • Similar circumstances also place their largest lake, Balkhash, at ... (underground water level) is put at grave risk by over-use to fertilize their ...
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  • that as long as a woman does not show risk factors for a problematic ... Jogging has been proven to reduces risk of cardiovascular disease ...
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  • taken depend in part on perceptions of risk of those exposed. Effective ... term measures for reducing or eliminating risk.George Haddow and Jane Bullock ...
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  • supplies, water is treated to minimize the risk of diseases and to create ... in their surface waters and reduce the risk of waterborne diseases. ...
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  • #039;s well being ahead of their own, they risk their own health and safety ... Healthcare workers are also at risk for diseases that are contracted ...
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  • * Seek to excel and thus tend to avoid both low-risk and high-risk ... Predominantly achievement-motivated individuals avoid low-risk situations ...
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  • fats. A diet rich in nuts can lower the risk of gallstones in women (Tsai ... fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease" (Warner ...
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  • serious is prostate cancer. Among the many risk factors for prostate cancer ... hesitancy, frequent urination, increased risk of urinary tract infections ...
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  • between consumption of tomatoes and cancer risk, lycopene has been considered ... between a lycopene rich diet and reduced risk of cancers of the prostate ...
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  • residual fuels is aimed at decreasing the risk of in-orbit explosions that ... are the only means of assessing the impact risk caused by space debris as ...
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  • failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.([http://nccanch ... == Risk Factors in Child Abuse == Since children may suffer more than ...
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  • health claim specific to nuts lowering the risk of heart disease: "Scientific ... 01/npistach01.xml Pistachios lower risk of heart disease]. Daily Telegraph ...
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  • 1998), including in one study an increased risk with the use of the herbicide ... to developing lymphoma, with a lifetime risk of 1:8. (Modiano et al. 2005). ...
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