nanotechnology as global catastrophic risk

... a challenge to the classification of pandemic disease as a global catastrophic risk One could argue that infectious disease is not so much a risk as an ongoing global catastrophe Even on a more ... drastically reducing quality of life) In this taxonomy, global catastrophic risks occupy the four risks classes in the high-severity upper-right corner of the figure: a global catastrophic risk ... one might well ask, what use is a book on global catastrophic risk? The risks under consideration seem to have little in common, so does 'global catastrophic risk' even make sense as a topic? Or...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 10:43

... Strategy/Outcome: The total cost to AS was about $400,000, which was passed on to the customer in the total purchase price The strike levels represent the worst-case scenarios for the customer, the ... options act as an insurance policy Bae 16 Case Study: Using Currency Options as a Competitive Tool (1/7) Allied Signal, Inc (AS) Company: Type: N.J.-based U.S multinational corporation Major Products: ... Operations: U.S (78%); Europe (16%); Canada (2%) Bae 17 Case Study: Using Currency Options as a Competitive Tool (2/7) Situation: Was submitting an overseas bid to sell scientific equipment to a Scandinavian...

Ngày tải lên: 24/01/2014, 06:20

... Catastrophic Risk Management  Financial Innovations Lab The  Catastrophe Bond Market: Overview The  Broader Catastrophic Risk Market: Overview and Outlook The  Barriers to Growth in the Catastrophic ... Class A: $60 million Aa3/AL+140 8% Class E: $45 million 15% Source: Nephila Capital Figure 17 illustrates how some catastrophic risk instruments—catastrophe bonds, catastrophe swaps, catastrophe ... set up catastrophe reserves Managing Catastrophic Risk 37 The World Bank has extended the scale of its own risk management projects, most notably through the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 08:20

... Americas, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean The risk of coronary heart disease, ischaemic stroke and type diabetes grows steadily with increasing body mass, as the risks of cancers of the breast, ... disease, stroke and other vascular diseases Globally, one third of ischaemic heart disease is attributable to high blood cholesterol High blood cholesterol increases the risk of heart disease, ... selected risks to health, world, 2004 World Eight cardiovascular risks Seven child risks All 24 risks Top 10 risks to health by WHO region Top 10 risks by region Current life expectancy Africa Eastern...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 09:20

... (hardback : alk paper) Nanotechnology Risk assessment Nanotechnology ‑Health aspects Nanotechnology ‑Environmental aspects I Title II Series [DNLM: Nanotechnology Risk Assessment Environmental ... three components: risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication” (WHO 2004) Risk assessment is thus a key part of risk analysis This book explores risk analysis and risk assessment in ... 2.2  Why Risk Assessment for Nanotechnology? 26 2.2.1  Adaptive Risk Assessment for Nanomaterials 28 2.3  Origins and Development of Risk Assessment, and the Societal Dimensions of Risk...

Ngày tải lên: 04/06/2014, 15:16

... University Corporate Risk Management Corporate Risk Financial Derivatives Commodity Risk · Risk associated with movement in commodity prices · Operational risk Interest Rate Risk · Risk associated with ... Strategy/Outcome: The total cost to AS was about $400,000, which was passed on to the customer in the total purchase price The strike levels represent the worst-case scenarios for the customer, the ... rates · Financing and Investment risk Foreign Exchange Risk · Risk associated with movement in foreign exchange (currency) rates · Operational, financing, & investment risk Commodity Price Derivatives...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... such as asbestos; synthetic vitreous fibers, such as fiberglass; and other fibrous materials are interested in studying the potential effects of carbon nanotubes (CNT) based on the similar aspect ... such as asbestos, and synthetic vitreous fibers, such as fiberglass The damage can include inflammatory responses, as previously described, and possibly cancer They also note that several classes ... as CNT, depending on who manufactured it, as well as if and how the nanomaterial was chemically treated after synthesis As an example, a sample of CNT can contain variable amounts of metals as...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... evaluating risks, either with available data or by assuming the “reasonable worst case;” (4) assessing risk management options, including engineering controls, protective equipment, risk communications, ... Life Cycle Assessment and Risk Analysis Risk Analysis 22(5):819–820 FDA 2007 Nanotechnology A Report of the U.S Food and Drug Administration Nanotechnology Task Force http://www.fda.gov /nanotechnology/ taskforce/ ... 127 3/28/08 2:32:42 PM 128 Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks Sweet, L., and Strohm, B June 2006 Nanotechnology — life-cycle risk management Human Ecol Risk Assess 12(3):528-551 U.S.EPA...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... document was to support efforts toward development of sound risk assessment and risk management strategies for nanomaterials and the products that will contain them It was produced as a collaborative ... Characterization The risk characterization phase of NIOSH’s Occupational Health and Safety process combines the results of the hazard identification and exposure assessment phases to understand the risks from ... qualitative risk assessment and as a management tool Control banding has been used successfully in the pharmaceutical industry for managing new chemical entities that are synthesized as potential...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... “grand challenges” for risk research (Maynard et al 2006) WWCS maintains several databases, including a database of consumer products containing nanotechnology As noted earlier, as of May 2007, there ... distribution of nanotechnology activities (WWCS 2007) The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC), based in Switzerland, addresses risk governance for emerging risk issues, including nanotechnology ... nanotechnology IRGC has published a risk governance framework that has been applied for nanotechnology, described in Chapter IRGC has held events and drafted papers addressing how the risk governance...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 05:21

... overall risk associated with underfeeding was low (even classified as 'negligible risk' ), because whereas the effect (HC) was reasonably high, the occurrence probability, i.e Exposure Assessment ... improvement of Risk Assessment applied to animal welfare, as presented in the EFSA report [8,9] Semantic modelling is a kind of risk- benefit assessment, i.e welfare assessment based on a structured ... the reasons for their scores (for feasibility reasons) In this survey, underfeeding was the most important hazard This may not appear to be surprising, because food has been identified as the...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:22

... Global IT Risk Study revealed areas of focus that can help IT managers assess their risk maturity, pinpoint gaps, set priorities and develop strategies in several areas: •• Within a business, risk ... most expect their risk- related responsibilities to increase Clearly, IT risk management is far-reaching, and can directly influence a company’s competitive position, as well as its reputation ... mitigate risk throughout their business – particularly as it applies to IT – IBM initiated the 2010 IBM Global IT Risk Study, part of the ongoing research IBM conducts in the area of IT risk, and...

Ngày tải lên: 06/12/2015, 23:16

... Focus Areas for Improving Emerging Risk Management Increased Risk Reporting to Senior Manager 64% Redesigned Risk Identification Process 64% Increased Use of Risk Analytics 58% Increased Risk Reporting ... match the characteristics of the risk being assessed Align risk metrics with performance measures Developing risk measures based on existing performance measures has two benefits First, it allows ... to manage emerging risks We define emerging risks as both new risks, such as this year’s eruption of volcanic ash in Iceland, and familiar risks in unfamiliar conditions, as when volatile commodity...

Ngày tải lên: 18/11/2016, 13:53

... land asset was tangible (fixed) and could appreciate, in response to increasing demand Simplistically, one key measure of productivity value in this nature-based economic structure is return on assets ... user, including when that user was in the bathroom, as long as the phone was turned on Our company was by no means the only one working in this direction Should we, as an investor, have continued ... capital’ has long been associated with the concept of risk capital, money that is used in situations where conservative bankers would fear to tread Venture capitalists not think of themselves as risk...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... test was performed in order to test if a gradual increase in sickness absence was associated with increase in risk of disability pension The SAS procedure PROC GENMOD (SAS version 9.1) was used ... There was no significant effect of gender, whereas there was a significant increase in risk with increasing age People in socioeconomic positions III, IV and V all had significantly higher risk ... absence per annum decreased from 2.77 to 2.68, and remained significant There was an increased risk of disability pension for people who were smokers at baseline, whereas there was no effect of BMI...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:03

... Burden of Disease Attributable to Risk Factors Risk Factor Selection Burden of Disease Attributable to Individual Risk Factors Joint Effects of Multiple Risk Factors Burden of Disease Attributable ... Organization has also invested in improving the conceptual, methodological, and empirical basis of burden of disease assessments and the assessment of the disease and injury burden from major risk factors ... comparative risk assessment cardiovascular disease disability-adjusted life year Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries, second edition Disease Control Priorities Project global burden...

Ngày tải lên: 12/02/2014, 12:20

... development, and to challenge global leaders to improve how they approach global risks Annual Survey – Assessing Global Risks The Global Risks Perception Survey was conducted in September 2012 ... information infrastructure Top Global Risks in Terms of Impact 2007 2008 2009 2010 Asset price collapse Asset price collapse Asset price collapse Asset price collapse 2nd Retrenchment from globalization ... resilience to global risks Further information can be found at www.weforum.org /risk Section Section 12 Global Risks 2013 Section Box 1: The Evolving Risk Landscape Section How the top risks as identified...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 05:22

... as has been emphasized The Madrid train bombings of 2004 were first estimated to have cost as little as $10,000, though the later police investigations raised that number by a factor of at least ... the global economy, in both the domestic and international arenas.1 In today’s sophisticated global economy—with its easy and widespread access to computers, copiers, scanners, and lightning-fast ... an attempt was made on the life of the head of the Russian Anti-Piracy Organization As these cases indicate, DVD piracy, which has a higher profit margin than narcotics and minimal risks of enforcement,...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 14:21

... the bigger force was the surge in financial asset values augmented recently by increasing real estate values Households saw their equity in real estate assets rise to 44.8% as of the third quarter ... rate External risks keep the Bank of Canada on the sidelines Interest rates: Canada % Forecast 10 Year Bond Yield BoC Overnight Rate Our expectation is that the downside risks to the global economy ... putting money to work given the uncertain global economic outlook It may also reflect a build up of cash reserves to meet an anticipated increase in expenses such as unfunded pension liabilities The...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 19:20

... are increasingly encountering language difficulties as they try to expand in those areas of the world thought to have greatest prospects of growth, such as East Asia, South America, and Eastern ... edition Why a global language? What is a global language? What makes a global language? Why we need a global language? What are the dangers of a global language? Could anything stop a global language? ... anything stop a global language? Any discussion of an emerging global language has to be seen in the political context of global governance as a whole In January 1995, the Commission on Global Governance...

Ngày tải lên: 19/03/2014, 07:20