Sentence examples for functional vulnerability from inspiring English sources

Functional vulnerability and territorial consequences were analyzed using a best travel time model of accessibility.

A methodological approach to analyze vulnerability of interdependent infrastructures has been introduced in this paper, two types of vulnerability are studied: structural vulnerability and functional vulnerability.

Infrastructure topologies are only used for analysis on structural vulnerability while operating regimes of different infrastructures are further considered to analyze functional vulnerability.

The analysis on structural vulnerability will be helpful to design or improve the infrastructures in the long run while the discussion on functional vulnerability will be useful to protect them in the short term.

One possible strategy to investigate the genetics of migraine is the evaluation of functional vulnerability markers or biological elementary endophenotypes in individuals with the greatest probability of developing the disorder (high-risk design).

The author proposes not to act in the structural vulnerability, as "there is no way to reduce the hazard or it is unknown (e.g. for terrorist attacks) and constructions are already built and maintained in an optimal way" but to act in the functional vulnerability, defined as the consequential degree and duration of capacity reduction.

This study provides evidence that the familial factor contributes to the abnormal amplitude, and to a lesser degree, habituation of the iCNV, and that the iCNV may be used as a functional-genetic vulnerability marker in further research of migraine genetics.

Farm size has inverse functional relationship with vulnerability; that is, as farm size increases vulnerability decreases and vice versa.

Consequently, mitochondrial function has been hypothesized to influence functional decline and vulnerability to disease in later life.

In this case, the variables have a positive functional relationship with vulnerability and hence the normalization was done using Eq. 4.

32 Anemia in the elderly is associated with numerous poor outcomes, including a progressive decline in functional capacity, increased vulnerability to falling, and impaired cognition.