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vulnerability assessment and adaptation options

UNEP   vulnerability + impact assessment for adaptation to climate change training manual  2 (2009)

UNEP vulnerability + impact assessment for adaptation to climate change training manual 2 (2009)

Khoa học xã hội

... Environmental Assessment Characteristics of vulnerability and scope of the assessment Vulnerability assessment and the DPSIR framework Monitoring vulnerability Impacts of climate change and their assessment ... Environmental Assessment VIA Module Characteristics of vulnerability and scope of the assessment Vulnerability assessment and the DPSIR framework Monitoring vulnerability Impacts of climate change and ... environmental assessment and reporting training manual Characteristics of vulnerability and scope of the assessment Vulnerability assessment and the DPSIR framework Monitoring vulnerability Impacts...
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Cost of Capital and Surrender Options for Guaranteed Return Life Insurance Contracts

Cost of Capital and Surrender Options for Guaranteed Return Life Insurance Contracts

Tài chính - Ngân hàng

... new standards such as US GAAP have been introduced to allow a smoothing of expenses and revenues over the term of the contract Unfortunately these latest standards will be even more opaque and ... issues and analyse a simplified two-period case In Section 5, we focus on the pricing of surrender options and discuss the issue of the policyholder behaviour We end with some conclusions Pricing and ... kept within the company and invested in the riskless asset In such a situation the target capital was depending on the value of the options and inversely the cost of options was depending on...
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Stopping Times and American Options

Stopping Times and American Options

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... Example 5.3 (A random time which is not a stopping time) In the same binomial model as in the previous example, define ! = minfk; Sk ! = m2 !g; CHAPTER Stopping Times and American Options where ... Let and be bounded stopping times, i.e., there is a nonrandom number n such that  n;  n; If  almost surely almost surely, then Y  IE Y jF : Taking expectations, we obtain IEY  IEY , and ... 0S0  20 + 1:36 , 40 ,30 + 1:70 = 0 = ,0:43 = 1:36 Compute CHAPTER Stopping Times and American Options 79 Using 0 = ,0:43 results in X1 H = v1S1 H = 0:40; X1 T  = v1 S1 T ...
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Tài liệu Password Assessment and Management ppt

Tài liệu Password Assessment and Management ppt

An ninh - Bảo mật

... configure options • run program • Analyze results Password Assessment and Management - SANS ©2001 33 LC3 contains an installation program and easy to use GUI and therefore the installation and use ... (public and private) – hash – one-way algorithm, no key Password Assessment and Management - SANS ©2001 This section will cover a brief overview of encryption so that you can understand why and how ... both powerful and fast It combines several modes in one program, and is fully configurable Out of the box, John supports (and auto-detects) the following cipher formats: - standard and double length...
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Practical industrial safety, risk assessment and shutdown systems, elsevier (2003)

Practical industrial safety, risk assessment and shutdown systems, elsevier (2003)

Điện - Điện tử

... practical and valuable exposure to the most vital, up-to-date information and practical know-how to enable you to participate in hazard studies and specify, design, install and operate the safety and ... this book: • histrumentation and control engineers and technicians • Design, installation and maintenance engineers and technicians in the process industries • Managers and sales professionals employed ... discussion on hazards and risks, safety systems engineering, and introduction to the lEC 61508 and ISA S84 standards A concluding review of the safety life cycle model and its phases C h a p...
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Tài liệu Managing Global Financial Risk Using Currency Futures And Currency Options(pdf) ppt

Tài liệu Managing Global Financial Risk Using Currency Futures And Currency Options(pdf) ppt

Kế toán - Kiểm toán

... contracts Ex-traded futures /options Currency swaps OTC options - Interest Rate Derivatives Forward rate agreements (FRAs) Ex-traded futures /options Interest rate swaps OTC Options (caps, etc.) Commodity ... partially known and partially uncertain, use a forward to hedge the known portion and a currency option to hedge the maximum value of the uncertain remainder Bae 13 Case Study: Using Currency Options ... uncertain, portion with dollar-put -options up to its maximum amounts In this strategy, the put options act as an insurance policy Bae 16 Case Study: Using Currency Options as a Competitive Tool (1/7)...
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Tài liệu Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Challenges and Policy Options pptx

Tài liệu Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Challenges and Policy Options pptx

Sức khỏe người cao tuổi

... government itself, and they may be paid for in different ways Public policy must consider what producers and long-term care services offer the best value for money, and design the regulations and incentives ... recipients’ ability to pay their share, all provinces and territories take into account their declared income – indeed, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador also include assets.10 To date, patient-based ... homes, for example, are privately owned and operated, and control their own admissions, fees, and waiting lists, if any, without government intervention Financial and Service Flows in LTC Figure shows...
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Tài liệu Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management of Organic Pollutants in Beneficially Used Residual Products pdf

Tài liệu Risk Characterization, Assessment, and Management of Organic Pollutants in Beneficially Used Residual Products pdf

Hóa học - Dầu khí

... dioxin and dibenzofuran congeners and coplanar PCBs Receptors evaluated were based on the potential exposure and risk to farmers (and their families) who apply biosolids to their land and consume ... P.H Krogh, K.K Brandt, J Sorensen, T Madsen, J Petersen, and C Gron 2003 Recycling of sewage sludge and household compost to arable land: Fate and effects of organic contaminants, and impact on ... the accuracy of risk assessments Risk assessments for PCBs and dioxin and dioxin-like compounds are expected to be more accurate because much is known regarding their fate and transport Unfortunately,...
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Tài liệu Dynamic Changes IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options docx

Tài liệu Dynamic Changes IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS Fishing, Food Webs, and Future Options docx

Điện - Điện tử

... contributions of text, ideas, and knowledge and their willingness to review, debate, and reach consensus All members contributed and brought new information and insight to the process and valued judgment ... Webs, and Future Options Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase II— Assessments of the Extent of Change and the Implications for Policy Ocean Studies Board Division on Earth and Life ... Findings and Conclusions for Chapter 3, 75 INFORMING THE DEBATE: EXAMINING OPTIONS FOR 77 MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP Evaluating Strategic Management Options, 78 Projecting Recovery Strategies and...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The heat shock factor family and adaptation to proteotoxic stress pdf

Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: The heat shock factor family and adaptation to proteotoxic stress pdf

Báo cáo khoa học

... such as gametogenesis and neurogenesis, in the maintenance of sensory and ciliated tissues, and in immune responses [12–14] HSF1- and HSF3-mediated mechanisms of cellular adaptation to heat shock ... HSF-mediated mechanisms of cellular adaptation to stress in vertebrates by comparing mammalian and avian cells, and also review HSF-mediated mechanisms of adaptation to pathological states related ... Chr.8 q24.3 and mouse Chr.15 D3 for HSF1; human Chr.6 q22.31, mouse Chr.10 B4 and chicken 63.95– 63.98 Mb for HSF2; human Chr X q12, mouse Chr X B4 and chicken 0.252– 0.265 Mb for HSF3; and human...
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Tài liệu Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence docx

Tài liệu Alcohol-use disorders: diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence docx

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... diagnosis, assessment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence NICE clinical guideline 115 peer relationships and social and family functioning developmental and cognitive needs, and ... themselves and other family members, and: provide written and verbal information on alcohol misuse and its management, including how families and carers can support the service user offer a carer's assessment ... not available for children and young people In adults there is a range of diagnostic and assessment tools (with reasonable sensitivity and specificity, and reliability and validity) that are recommended...
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Tài liệu Obesity guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children ppt

Tài liệu Obesity guidance on the prevention, identification, assessment and management of overweight and obesity in adults and children ppt

Cao đẳng - Đại học

... drinks and confectionery high in added sugars other food and drinks high in fat and sugar, such as some takeaway and fast foods Eat breakfast • Watch the portion size of meals and snacks, and how ... implementing the England and Wales National Service Frameworks for children, young people and maternity services (the Children’s NSFs for England and Wales), and ‘Every child matters’ and similar initiatives ... by 2010 and implementing the Children’s NSFs for England and Wales, the National Healthy Schools Programme (and the Welsh Network of Healthy Schools Schemes), and ‘Every child matters’ and similar...
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Báo cáo

Báo cáo " PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT AND SIMULATION OF THE WATER QUALITY OF CAU RIVER, BAC NINH PROVINCE BY MATHEMATICAL MODEL " pptx

Báo cáo khoa học

... scenario), BOD and COD concentrations are still unsatisfied class B-TCVN 5942/95 standard, DO concentration was at low level In the second scenario, water quality has just met the standard, BOD and COD ... Linfield C Brown and Thomas O Barnwell, The enhanced stream water quality models QUAL2E and QUAL2E-UNCAS: Documentation and user manual, EPA, (1987), 189 p Meybeck, M., Chapman, D and Helmer, R ... concentrations of DO, BOD, COD and suspended solids are not satisfying the class A - surface water quality standard [9, 10] So this water is unusable for such purposes as eating, drinking and other life-uses...
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Communicable disease risk assessment and interventions ppt

Communicable disease risk assessment and interventions ppt

Sức khỏe trẻ em

... Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), Food Safety, Zoonoses and Foodborne Diseases (FOS), Public Health and Environment ... Health and Development (CAH), Immunizations, Vaccines and Biologicals (IVB) in the Family and Community Health (FCH) cluster; Injuries and Violence Prevention (VIP) and Nutrition for Health and ... severe storm and flood-damage to roads, communication links and other essential service infrastructure, especially water and power supplies Such damage will hinder and complicate assessment and response...
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Báo cáo

Báo cáo " Impacts of climate change on water resources in the Huong River basin and adaptation measures " pptx

Báo cáo khoa học

... The assessment was carried out for all relevant sectors, natural and water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, aquaculture, forestry, industry and energy, transport and construction, culture and ... the lagoon and downstream of the Huong River; (4) Threats to infrastructure and transportation networks (sea dyke and coastal highways), irrigation and water works which were designed and constructed ... impacts and identification of effective measures to maintain sustainable development in these specific zones; and (4) Re -assessment of the carrying capacity of the coastal zone and lagoons and potential...
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Aging of the Respiratory System: Impact on Pulmonary Function Tests and Adaptation to Exertion pdf

Aging of the Respiratory System: Impact on Pulmonary Function Tests and Adaptation to Exertion pdf

Sức khỏe người cao tuổi

... colleagues, and DuWayne Schmidt and colleagues[52,74,75] DuWayne Schmidt and colleagues included patients ages 20 to 94 and found that decline in FEV1 and FVC with age was linear (À31 mL/year in men and ... and 27 mL/year for men and, for FVC, 33 mL/year in women and 20 mL/year in men (Box 1) [13,74,108,113,117] Regression equations suggest a linear relationship between age and decline in FEV1 and ... FEV1/FVC are less than 70% for men ages 80 and older and women ages 92 and older (see Box 1) [74] Flow-volume curves and peak expiratory flow Fowler and colleagues report characteristic modifications...
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Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India: An exposure assessment and modeling exercise in rural districts of Andhra Pradesh, India doc

Indoor Air Pollution Associated with Household Fuel Use in India: An exposure assessment and modeling exercise in rural districts of Andhra Pradesh, India doc

Điện - Điện tử

... commercial fuels by the rural poor; and dissemination of information and awareness building; to foster improved knowledge and awareness about mitigation options and policies among the target population ... clean water and access to sanitation These are reported annually and separately for rural and urban areas by nearly every country, and are commonly cited as measures of ill-health risk and indicators ... ples and 2, respectively, had five years of schooling as the highest education level About 23 and 31 percent of sample households and 26 and 36 percent of the sample households owned a radio and...
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WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS doc

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS doc

Quản trị mạng

... Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS Committee on Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options Computer Science and Telecommunications ... Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options 30 WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS Three models are described, including command -and- control, exclusiveuse, and a commons (or open-access) ... Prospects and Policy Options Copyright © National Academy of Sciences All rights reserved Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options COMMITTEE ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY PROSPECTS AND POLICY OPTIONS...
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Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework doc

Language Assessment and the National Qualifications Framework doc

Khoa học xã hội

... comparison is between rigorous and detailed management of competency development and assessment through the process on the one hand (competency-based teaching and assessment) , and “loosely” defined evidence ... practical and oral referenced assessment, formative assessment and performance-based assessment, as well as norm-referenced testing In addition, assessment has taken on a high profile and is required ... reliable and valid assessment scheme This is a serious misunderstanding Logically prior to any question of the reliability and validity of an assessment instrument is the question of the human and...
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Financing Pulp Mills An Appraisal of Risk Assessment and Safeguard Procedures potx

Financing Pulp Mills An Appraisal of Risk Assessment and Safeguard Procedures potx

Tự động hóa

... ensuring minimum standards are effectively upheld in new projects, and another focusing on raising standards in existing projects To better understand to how pulp projects obtain funding, and to what ... and volumes harvested Because observing operational performance, and collecting data over time is important to arrive at a balanced assessment of what has been achieved, where standards are and ... Institutions and Forestry Investment began working to strengthen the financial due diligence practices, risk assessment techniques, and regulatory reporting standards associated with forestry and plantation...
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