This chapter considers the natural hazard Risk Manager as an agent for choosing between interventions that affect the impact of future hazards. As such, it is possible to proceed broadly quantitatively, and to set aside the many less-quantifiable concerns that arise during a period of real-time hazard management. Thus the aim is to describe a framework in which it is possible to address questio...

OBJECTIVE To assess the net health effect caused by the consumption of specific marine species based on Benefit-Risk Analysis for Foods (BRAFO)-tiered approach. METHODS Twenty species were collected from the Zhoushan Archipelago, China. Concentrations of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, methyl mercury (MeHg), and dioxin-like compounds (DLCs) in the samples were analyzed for benefit...

UK Government policy is seeking to optimise agricultural pesticide use and encourage the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques. An integral part of IPM is selecting pesticides that are likely to pose the least environmental risk. Environmental risk assessment is a highly technical process and is heavily data dependant making a scientifically sound approach on-farm unrealistic ...

While there has been a number of consumers' studies looking at factors that influence individuals' attitudes and behavior toward GM foods, few studies have considered agricultural professionals' intentions in this regard. This study illuminates agricultural professionals' insights toward GM foods in Southwest Iran. A random sample of 262 respondents was studied. The results indicated that the m...

The most important decisions in software development projects are those taken at the beginning, because they are the most difficult to change later. Especially the assessment of risks is essential in the early stages of development, because the results are a crucial source of information for early decision making. Risks have to be reassessed at frequent intervals, because they might change over...

In the context of internationally challenging economic, design has been regarded as a key factor in assisting design and manufacturing companies to survive. By using up-to-date computer-supported technology, the global design collaboration based on multidisciplinary and distributed environment is becoming a mainstream to new product development (NPD). However, during the process of collaborativ...