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Showing 1 to 20 of 226 for “"risk assessments"”.
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Uncertainty in incinerator and landfill risk assessments
… in incinerator and landfill human health risk assessments. This aspiration has been in response to finding a limited and ambiguous use of the term 'uncertainty', a lack of consensus in its definition and nomenclature, and its perfunctory review in risk assessmentsI.n the light of the need …
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Vulnerability Identification Errors in Security Risk Assessments
… to cybersecurity threats. Information security risk assessments help organisations to identify their risks and vulnerabilities. An accurate identification of risks and vulnerabilities is a challenge, because the input data is uncertain. So-called ’vulnerability identification errors‘ can occur …
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A novel approach for large-scale flood risk assessments
… river flooding is increasingly seen from the risk perspective, including possible consequences. Moreover, the large-scale picture of flood risk became increasingly important for disaster management planning, national risk developments and the (re-) insurance industry. Therefore, it is widely …
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Data-Driven Method to Improve High Resolution Flood Risk Assessments
… of natural hazards necessitates comprehensive risk assessments at regional to national scales. Floods are among the most destructive natural disasters, causing significant losses to both social and environmental systems. This dissertation addresses key gaps in current vulnerability and flood …
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Criteria for assessing the quality of nuclear probabilistic risk assessments
The final outcome of a nuclear Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) is generally inaccurate and imprecise. This is primarily because not all risk contributors are addressed in the analysis, and there are state-of-knowledge uncertainties about input parameters and how models should be constructed. In …
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Deliberation : integrating stakeholder values and risk assessments in environmental decision making
Risk management has gained a significant amount of attention from both policy makers and the public over the past thirty years, as the interaction of technology and policy choices become more predominant in the evaluation of trade-offs in a democratic society. This is particularly so in decisions …
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Preliminary control risk assessments by computer audit specialists and non-specialists
Auditors are encountering more and more computerized accounting applications as the pervasiveness of computing technology increases in business. Auditors, therefore, need to adapt their audit approaches in the face of the changes caused by the new technology. The AICPA has addressed the issue by …
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Coping With Identified Budgetary Time Constraints: Auditors' Industry Specialization and Risk Assessments
… that industry specialization affects auditors' risk assessments. Specifically, industry-matched auditors make better discerning risk assessments than do industry-mismatched auditors. Industry-matched auditors also use more appropriate coping strategies and revise the audit plan and budget more …
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THE EFFECTS OF CONTRASTS IN ACCOUNT-LEVEL FRAUD RISK ASSESSMENTS ON AUDITORS' EVIDENCE EVALUATION
… Standard 12 requires auditors to identify fraud risk factors and assess the risk of fraud as part of the process of assessing overall misstatement risk. While it is expected that fraud risk assessments should have a bearing on overall risk assessments, it is possible that perceptions formed from …
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Abb Inc. medium-voltage products' supply chain analysis, including inventory, supplier scorecard, and risk assessments
… scorecard, and assessing general supply chain risk methodologies. In an effort to assess supply chain risk, a value stream map was created to uncover where the project team should focus to best address supply chain risk and contingency planning. The project team identified opportunities to …
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Advancing Chemical Hazard and Risk Assessments: Insights From Chemical Property Prediction and Multimedia Mass-Balance Modeling
Evaluating the hazards and risks associated with the vast array of chemical substances on the market is essential for protecting human health and environmental integrity. Chemical properties serve as critical determinants of a chemical's potential for hazard, exposure, and risk. By evaluating both …
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Enablers and barriers of suicide risk assessments in inpatient and emergency department settings: a scoping review
… and Chinese hospitals each year. As the risk of inpatient suicide continues to rise, tools such as suicide risk assessments may be useful in identifying at-risk patients. The current literature places a considerable amount of focus on validating suicide risk assessment tools. However, …
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Trainee teachers and ionising radiation: understandings, attitudes and risk assessments. A descriptive study in one institution
… beta and gamma radiations. The second looked at risk assessments involving alpha, beta and gamma radiations and, the third, explored attitudes to alpha, beta and gamma radiations. An innovative tool called ‘interviews about experimental scenarios’ (IAES) and survey questionnaires were …
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Somewhat Possible or Substantial Doubt? Documentation Requirements, Persuasion Tactics, and Linguistic (Vs. Numerical) Audit Risk Assessments
… work papers. My findings demonstrate linguistic assessments as more biased and yet justifiable than numerical assessments. Finally, they suggest unintended effects of documentation requirements when audit risks are assessed linguistically rather than numerically.
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Reducing Mortality Among African American Mothers Related to Postpartum Hemorrhage by Implementing Early Education and Risk Assessments
<p>African American women are at the highest risk for hemorrhaging during childbirth (Okunlola, 2022). A hemorrhage can occur among postpartum mothers for many reasons, with the main causes being uterine atony, tissue trauma, and clotting issues. However, risks for Black mothers differ. The …
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The sorption fate of active pharmaceutical ingredients in soils receiving high wastewater inputs and implications for risk assessments
… is currently not included in environmental risk assessments for APIs in soils. The addition of wastewater to soils changes the organic content and can increase the pH of soils, which will have an impact on the fate of any ionisable APIs introduced during the irrigation process. As the input …
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