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Flood risk from geophysical and hydroclimatic hazards: an essential integration for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in the coastal zone
(2022)
Coastal zones worldwide have been subjected to increasingly high anthropic pressures over the last 50 years. The rapid urban growth rate together with the acceleration of Climate Change are boosting negative impacts on a ...
Risk analysis for cooperation between the driver and the control system of an autonomous vehicle
Autonomous vehicles will be a reality in our society shortly, first coming vehicle will come with level 3 of automation where the driver is expected to be available for occasional control either for pleasure or during ...
Risk averse retail pricing with robust demand forecasting
(ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2012)
Good demand estimates are the key to effective pricing decision-making. However, they are subject to a high degree of uncertainty due to various factors that are unpredictable or difficult to model, thus making pricing ...
Plan de Gestión de Riesgos Proyecto Hidroeléctrico Capulín-San Pablo
(Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, 2015)
This document corresponds to the development of a risk management plan for the Hydroelectric Project Capulín - San Pablo. Through which the current situation of the company in risk management was analyzed in order to ...
Fear, excitement, and financial risk-taking
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2015-01-02)
Can fear trigger risk-taking? In this paper, we assess whether fear can be reinterpreted as a state of excitement as a result of contextual cues and promote, rather than discourage, risk-taking. In a laboratory experiment, ...
State-controlled companies and political risk: evidence from the 2014 Brazilian election
(2016)
This paper examines the vulnerability of state-controlled companies to political risk using the 2014 Brazilian election and data on stock options. In her first term as Brazilian president, Ms. Dilma Rousseff took measures ...
The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010-19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
(Elsevier, 2022)
Background: Understanding the magnitude of cancer burden attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors is crucial for development of effective prevention and mitigation strategies. We analysed results from the Global ...
Association of Psychosocial Stress with Risk of Acute Stroke
(American Medical Association, 2022)
Importance: Psychosocial stress is considered a modifiable risk factor for stroke. Given the prevalence of chronic and acute exposure to stress, it represents a potentially attractive target for population-health interventions. ...
Aspects determining the risk of pesticides to wild bees: risk profiles for focal crops on three continents
(Julius Kuhn-inst, 2012-01-01)
In order to conduct a proper risk assessment of pesticides to bees, information is needed in three areas: (i) the toxicity of the pesticide; (ii) the probability of bee exposure to that pesticide; and (iii) the population ...