Browsing by Subject "risk assessment"
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(2021-08-25)Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but there is little knowledge on the potential cardiovascular effects for most environmental chemicals. Causal links to cardiovascular disease ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Physical security systems are intended to prevent or mitigate potentially catastrophic loss of property or life. Decisions regarding the selection of one system or configuration of resources over another may be viewed as ...
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(2016-08-29)Applying a risk assessment framework, such as quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA), can be used to estimate the human health risk associated with recreation in a waterbody impaired for elevated levels of fecal ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1988)
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(Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1957)
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(Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1956)
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(2014-08-10)Hurricane surge floods have caused devastating damage along coastal areas all over the world. Yet many recent studies have shown that global warming could increase the hurricane flooding damage by hurricane intensification ...
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(1979)One of the types of risk encountered in petroleum investments is political risk. Political risk is the probability of changes in the business environment due to political changes. There exists a need to treat analysis of ...
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(2014-07-30)According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, 33% of the United States’ major roads are in poor or mediocre condition with a projected funding shortfall of $549.5 billion for 2010–2015. Environmental factors, ...
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(2021-08-04)This research addresses the challenges associated with conventional methods of performance-based building design, i.e., ignoring the existing uncertainties and lacking a systematic framework to incorporate risk assessment ...
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(2009-05-15)This dissertation examines the interdependence between urban water distribution systems and urban fire response. The focus on interdependent critical infrastructures is driven by concern for security of water systems and ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1988)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1974)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1976)
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1974)
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(2020-07-07)In the ocean, at offshore production facilities, subsea gas releases can occur from the rupture of subsea pipelines, failure in flow lines, gas export lines and subsea equipment. There have been many subsea gas release ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)I present a simulation model that should be a useful tool for risk assessment of the impact of insecticide inhibitors of cholinesterase (ChE) applied in irrigated agricultural fields on non-target wildlife. I developed the ...
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(2018-08-03)Pipelines are the most efficient mode of transportation for various chemicals and are considered as safe, yet pipeline incidents remain occurring. Corrosion is one of the main reasons for incidents especially in subsea ...
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(2014-11-19)In the last decade, in lieu of many financial and environmental problems, the confidence in a traditional risk management strategy has fallen. Due to issues facing the sustainability of natural resources and globalization ...
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Preferences, Knowledge, and Citizen Probability Assessments of the Terrorism Risk of Nuclear Power (10/21/2011)How does the American public assess risk when it comes to national security issues? This paper addresses this question by analyzing variation in citizen probability assessments of the terrorism risk of nuclear power plants. ...