Considering only those studies that included a clear statement on the chosen perspective (n = 157), the fraction of studies undertaken from the more comprehensive societal perspective rose from 11% in the first to 20% in the second time period (p = 0.032).
Finally, the opinion factor "need to evaluate opportunities to improve complex post-disaster outcomes at a range of societal levels" gave rise to a concise code of Positive Resilience Outcomes.
On the level of societal effects, the rise of biomarker assessments leads to more individualised accounts of health risks, as it is measured via biomarkers together with individual susceptibility.
However, the lack of tools that are needed to generate early knowledge about the potential adverse effects, combined with the uncertainties regarding the health and safety risks of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), are a potential threat to the acceptability by society of the nanotechnology innovations, due to the rising societal concerns that are based on generic worries.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was a response to rising societal pressure which ultimately heralded the rebirth of democracy in Central Europe.
The Survey on the Global Agenda supports this viewpoint, revealing that experts all over the world consider rising societal tensions in the Middle East and North Africa to be the biggest challenge facing the world in 2014.
These health consequences result in rising societal costs incurred through increased health care requirements and special educational needs [ 10].
The unabated obesity epidemic and its associated health problems and rising societal and economical burdens compel the urgency of adapting proven, albeit expensive, interventions into increasingly resource-limited real-world settings while striving to retain the effectiveness of the original treatment.
The global warming related to CO2 emissions, coupled with steeply rising energy prices and the recent global financial institutional melt-down are causing massive societal concerns and give rise to increasing demand for ways to improve societal and individual energy efficiency and for ways to shift increasingly to alternative, low or non-carbon based energy systems.
Whether caused by demographics or other societal shifts, a sharp rise in juvenile psychiatric emergencies has been reported in many states, including Connecticut and New York.
