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of prevention, in that insufficient care is often the result of rational calculations on the part of agents. We identify …, positive experiences may lead to an underestimation of these risks and a corresponding underinvestment in prevention. Second … underinvest in prevention for some disasters, especially those that are relatively unlikely. …
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model. Therefore, it highlights the move towards the vicious-circle logic. Owing this vicious-circle logic, prevention must …), the fact that any prevention based on the use of force must be refrained on account of its consequences - it nourishes the …
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Prevention of disease is one of the main challenges to public health and the Bulgarian society in recent years. More … limited (an individual) range. Development of practical approaches and methods of intervention, related to the prevention of …
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Advancements in our understanding of the causes and correlates of disease mean that we are now able to estimate an individual's level of risk. This, and the ever-increasing need for healthcare interventions to be cost-effective, has led to calls for the introduction of risk-based screening....
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representatives of civil society. The special psychological, ethical issues raised especially by trafficking prevention and assistance …
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The issue of frauds through payment cards has received a great deal of attention from authorities. A large share of card frauds can be ascribed to the phenomenon of counterfeiting of debit cards, widely used payment instrument in “face-to-face” transactions. With the advent of the Single...
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Terrorism has emerged as a major threat to the contemporary society. Nation States are reliant on their counter-terrorism … laws for checking terrorism and deterring terrorists. To understand the effectiveness of these counter terrorism laws, it … economic perspective, then will try to explore if there are any economic determinant of terrorism and finally, since the cost …
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The study is an effort to estimate the impact of terrorist activities on the financial markets in Pakistan over the period of two years i.e. 2006 to 2008. It also finds out the extent and direction of relationship between the terrorist activities and three financial markets of Pakistan, which...
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terrorism over the U.S. economy. …
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Terrorism has badly affected Pakistan and Balochistan is one of its worst – hit provinces. There is no research that … accounts for the nature, sources and effects of terrorism on Balochistan; this study, thus, tried to explore the same. A sample … sample of Quetta city. The results indicated that the nature of terrorism in Balochistan is, at first, Political and is …
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