As a consequence, it is of utmost importance to assure the society at large that deployment of a given software-intensive system does not contribute to pose an unacceptable risk of harm.
In its remarks, the three-judge panel seemed to bristle at the opponents' argument that the EPA improperly relied on assessments of climate science by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Research Council and the U.S. Global Change Research Program to support its findings that greenhouse gases contribute to warming, posing a threat to human health.
In risk analysis equipment failure data is needed to estimate the frequencies of events contributing to risk posed by a facility.
Uncomplicated urinary tract infections are common in many clinical settings but especially in general practice, where they account for 25% of antibiotic prescriptions. 1 2 Prescription of antibiotics when many cases are self limiting contributes to increased resistance rates, posing a serious health threat.
Center for Progressive Reform Member Scholars Emily Hammond, Thomas McGarity, Wendy Wagner and CPR Senior Policy Analyst James Goodwin and I have written an Issue Alert that seeks to explain how each part of the three-part protective framework contributes to reducing the risks posed by chemicals, and we recommend ways that TSCA reform can strengthen all three parts of the protective framework.
Within the scope of EU regulations, a recent problem has been illegal or unregistered fishing, which contributes to unobserved overfishing, and poses a threat to small commercial fisheries in particular.
His task was to pose a pertinent question, and make sure everyone contributed.
We therefore contribute to theory by posing the question "can a more comprehensive perspective on the escalation phenomenon drawing on organisation theory be developed?" We turn to three contributions to research on major projects which treat project escalation as an organisational process rather than an engineering problem.
NCDs and their risk factors worsen poverty, while poverty contributes to rising rates of NCDs, posing a threat to sustainable development.
The 2011 UN high-level meeting on NCDs unanimously passed a political declaration calling NCDs "one of the major challenges for development in the 21st century", and describing "a vicious cycle whereby NCDs and their risk factors worsen poverty, while poverty contributes to rising rates of NCDs, posing a threat to public health and economic and social development".
