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Showing 1 to 20 of 2762 for “"Vulnerability"”.
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The convergence of psychopathy, self-rated vulnerability, and other-rated vulnerability
… may be sending inadvertent signals to their own vulnerability (e.g. Murzynski & Degelman, 1996). Body language has also be en linked with s e l f identification as a victim (Wheeler et aI., 2009), and self-identification has be en found to act as a proxy for more severe victimization (Baumer, …
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Dryland vulnerability : typical patterns and dynamics in support of vulnerability reduction efforts
… advancing dryland development. The concept of vulnerability as applied in this dissertation describes this relation as encompassing the exposure to climate, market and other stresses as well as the sensitivity of the systems to these stresses and their capacity to adapt. With regard to the …
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Vulnerability to substance dependence
… a multidisciplinary approach to studying vulnerability factors to substance dependence.
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Vulnerability of What? Vulnerability of Whom? : evaluating and communicating vulnerability to extreme floods in Houston, TX using a novel web-based platform
… of experiencing a hazard event and the vulnerability of the system in question. Vulnerability to extreme weather events is the susceptibility of a system to internal or external stressors, exposure to those stressors, and the capacity of that system to adapt or respond to that extreme …
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Inflexibility and Vulnerability to Depression
… styles and coping styles when evaluating vulnerability to depression (e.g., Alloy et al., 2006; Compas et al., 2009). However, recent research has suggested that the ability to flexibly engage in different thoughts, strategies, and behaviors that fit situational demands may be most …
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Quantifying Vulnerability to Critical Infrastructure
… To this end, assessments are conducted to reduce vulnerability. The literature offers multiple definitions of vulnerability and measurement has not been adequately addressed. Thus, the purpose of this research has been to develop and deploy a systems-based model that quantifies vulnerability to …
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Empirical Methods for Evaluating Vulnerability Models
… and systematically validate empirical vulnerability models?”. Based on the survey of past studies about the vulnerability discovery process, the dissertation has pointed out several critical issues in the traditional methodology for evaluating the performance of vulnerability discovery …
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Rural poverty, vulnerability and food insecurity
… implement coping strategies in order to mitigate vulnerability shocks are identified. We suggest that efforts by households to become food secure may be difficult in rural areas because of poverty and the vulnerability associated with a lack of physical assets, low levels of human capital, poor …
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Vulnerability-Tolerant Architectures for IoT Devices
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Machine Learning in Security Vulnerability Research
… existing work on the roles of AI and ML in vulnerability discovery, I conducted a targeted review of the literature, which indicated that fuzz testing, a method in which an automated tool evaluates software for security flaws using random input data, is a promising area for further …
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Climate change and coastal vulnerability: application of vulnerability assessment methodologies in two coastal communities in South Africa
… predicted changes and their potential impacts. Vulnerability assessments (VAs) have been identified as an effective way to discover who is most vulnerable and to what threats or hazards. This is valuable as assistance can then be provided to the individuals, groups, regions or countries …
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Growth constraints and external vulnerability in Argentina
… there is evidence of the increase in external vulnerability since the change in the accumulation model in the 1970s.
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Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Scoured Bridge Systems
… of this dissertation is to assess the seismic vulnerability of bridge structures considering flooding-induced scour in a general multi-hazard context. To meet this objective, five related research problems are defined in this dissertation. Correspondingly, scientific answers and technical …
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Health anxiety and perceived vulnerability to illness
… main hypothesis of the study was that perceived vulnerability to illness, fear of bodily sensations and changes, and dysfunctional attitudes toward illness are the major components of health anxiety. University students (N=161) completed a questionnaire package with measures of health anxiety …
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Vulnerability Identification Errors in Security Risk Assessments
… because the input data is uncertain. So-called ’vulnerability identification errors‘ can occur if false positive vulnerabilities are identified, or if vulnerabilities remain unidentified (false negatives). ‘Accurate identification’ in this context means that all vulnerabilities identified do …
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