Overheating in vulnerable and non-vulnerable households

Vulnerable Households and Variable Incomes

In this paper we examine the concept of “vulnerability” within the context of income mobility of the poor. We test for the dynamics of vulnerable households in the UK using Waves 1 12 of the British Household Panel Study and find that, of three different types of risks that we test for, household-specific shocks and economy-wide aggregate shocks have the greatest impact on consumption, in compa...

Vulnerable Populations: Vulnerable People

The Socio-demographic Characteristics Associated with Food Insecurity among Vulnerable Households in a District of Tehran

Food insecurity, as a multi-faceted problem with far-reaching health and societal consequences, is prevalent among disadvantaged households. Household food insecurity has made the notion operationally useful in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies. This study was to investigate the socio-demographic associates contributing to severity of food insecurity among vuln...

Any Choice for Vulnerable Households? Lessons from Choice-Based Lettings

Supporters of choice-based lettings frequently emphasise the principles of customer empowerment, but does this extend to meaningful choice for vulnerable households? The paper focuses initially on the debate on ‘need’ versus ‘choice’ and applies this to vulnerable households. A brief outline is then provided on how choice-based lettings systems in Britain and The Netherlands have attempted to e...

[From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient].

Atherosclerotic plaque instability is directly involved in triggering acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction, and sudden coronary death. Different and not completely unknown mechanisms are involved in the pathogenesis of the destabilisation of the vulnerable plaque; currently three mechanisms are considered to play a causal role in this process: emboliz...