Factors that may modify the population's vulnerability to heat over time include both intrinsic biological factors, such as life stage and health status, and extrinsic factors encompassing environmental, social, and health system conditions (IPCC 2007a).
Depression, through the absence of pleasure, may increase vulnerability to pain at times of stress [ 18] particularly amongst those with repeated episodes of major depression [ 19].
And it raises broader questions about the system's vulnerability to corruption at a time when millions of noncitizens live in a kind of legal no-man's land, increasingly fearful of seeking the law's protection.
The VFI, a measure of fatalities that aims to remove the effects of both population growth and under-reporting, provides a new approach to examining changes in vulnerability to volcanic hazards over time.
We found inconsistent patterns of vulnerability to the fishery over time for ocean ages 2 and 3 sockeye salmon.
It takes nearly a year for infants to begin making the amount of PON1 they will have as adults, and this may lead to increased vulnerability to exposure during this time, says Furlong.
The 55 proposals cover a range of issues confronting children in war zones, including their recruitment into armies, their risk of harm from land mines and their vulnerability to sanctions applied in times of conflict.
The larger issues that Blair's story raises — the nature of Raines's reign, the Times' vulnerability to fraud, the question of whether Blair's being black had to do with the scandal — don't synch very well with the book itself.
With so many people living at such close quarters – and with access to clean water and sanitary conditions severely compromised even in the best of times – vulnerability to the spread of life-threatening waterborne diseases can skyrocket when a natural disaster strikes, as can difficulties in delivering much needed food, medical supplies and protection services.
By contrast, zebra groups in KGR comprised of more females during the rainy season, which corresponded to the calving period, a time when vulnerability to predation risk is highest.
