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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Behavioural Risk"”.
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The personality of company directors as a behavioural risk contributor in the corporate governance process : regulatory intervention as a risk management mechanism.
This thesis examines behavioural risks in corporate governance, and seeks to ascertain what constitutes behaviour. It finds upon an examination and analysis of literature that “personality” and “situations” are elements which contribute to behaviour. Consideration of risk management mechanisms in …
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Depression and HIV risk among female sex workers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa: Results from a respondent-driven sampling study
Sex workers have a higher risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV as a result of social, structural, biomedical and behavioural factors. Many recent studies have highlighted that sex workers and other key populations experience higher levels of depression compared to the general population. Evidence …
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Quantitative Models for Prudential Credit Risk Management
… for achieving unification in consumer credit risk analysis. We explore how the EMV model can be used in origination modelling, impairment analysis, capital analysis, stress-testing and in the assessment of economic value. The thesis is segmented into five themes. The first theme addresses some …
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Quantitative models for prudential credit risk management
… for achieving unification in consumer credit risk analysis. We explore how the EMV model can be used in origination modelling, impairment analysis, capital analysis, stress-testing and in the assessment of economic value. The thesis is segmented into five themes. The first theme addresses some …
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Analysing the socioeconomic determinants of hypertension in South Africa: A structural equation modelling approach
… was gathered on blood pressure, biologic and behavioural risk factors, education, income and other indicators of socioeconomic position.
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Examination of risk factors and mental health status in an adult accidental fire death population 1998 -2005.
… a number of environmental, demographic and/or behavioural risk characteristics. The current research has been organised into two studies. Study one had two aims with the first aim to develop the Victoria University (VU) Coroner's Accidental Fire Fatality Database. This would then provide a …
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Risk taking behaviour in bipolar affective disorder
… research was designed to explore the nature of risk taking behaviour and impulsivity in bipolar affective disorder. Involvement in pleasurable activities that have a high potential, or risk, for unwanted consequences forms one of the DSM IV diagnostic criteria for (hypo)mania; however, little …
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Brain substrates of behavioural endophenotypes predictive of compulsive drug-seeking
… after protracted drug use. Several antecedent behavioural endophenotypes and perturbations in underlying reward-related circuitry have been linked with increased vulnerability of the development of addiction. To what extent these behavioural and neural markers pre-exist or are induced by drug …
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Health inequalities amongst older people from ethnic minority groups in Britain: ‘sensitivity’ of different ses measures
… measures employed in the study. Additionally, behavioural risk factors, that is, smoking and alcohol consumption were significant predictors of reporting ‘bad/very bad’ health and LLSI. Health inequalities have important implications for policy, particularly for health and health care. The …
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The effectiveness of an evidence-based workplace substance abuse and substance-related HIV prevention programme within a service industry in Cape Town, South Africa
… substance abuse and substance-related HIV risks at the workplace through a systematic review. This was followed by the selection of a substance abuse and substance related HIV prevention programme for implementation within a service industry in Cape Town, South Africa. Phase 2 employed a …
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The relationship between household wealth and HIV prevalence in Ethiopia
… wealth, education, occupation and others) and behavioural risk factors. The present study took advantage of this dataset to describe the relationships between SES and demographic factors and HIV prevalence in the Ethiopian adult population, and to explore the relationship between household …
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A Machine Learning Classification Framework for Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease
… a computational perspective to uncover different risk factors and present a strategic framework called Early Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Framework (EPADf) that would give a future prediction of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Following extensive background research that resulted in the …
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Dyad-related factors in HIV prevention
… the sexual partners is required to effect any behavioural change within an intimate partnership. Developing HIV prevention strategies targeting couples is therefore noted to be increasingly relevant for improving HIV/STI risk reduction uptake. Couple HIV counselling and testing (CHCT) is a …
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A prospective study exploring the experience of rehabilitation health professionals in implementing the 5 A`s strategy in addressing risk factors for non-communicable diseases
… rates, but also morbidity; increasing the risk of disability and decreasing the quality of life of people affected by these diseases. Behaviour Change interventions such as Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Five A's (5A's), have been developed and implemented to address the four …
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A Study of Genital Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Evaluation of HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening in Women from the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… African women. Persistent infection with high-risk (HR) HPV types is the key factor for the development of cervical cancer. Coinfection of HPV with other sexually transmitted pathogens contributes to the progression of cervical cancer. Preventative measures including screening for and treating …
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Investigation of Genetic and Behavioural Determinants of Type 2 diabetes and Glycaemic Traits
… from a complex interplay between genetic, behavioural and environmental risk factors, the underlying mechanisms of which are unclear. The goal of this thesis was to investigate the contributions of genetic, metabolic and behavioural risk factors in the aetiology of T2D by studying …
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The epidemiology of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDS) and NCD risk factors in adolescents & youth living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa
… living with HIV (AYLHIV) face an elevated NCD risk resulting from chronic immune activation, psychosocial factors and the complications of long-term antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, there is data paucity on the intersection of NCDs and HIV in adolescents in South Africa and Africa. This …