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Implicit and explicit risk perception, affect, and trust : an investigation of food "traffic lights" [PDF]
, 2014 Obesity is a health problem in many developed countries and is a growing problem worldwide. In an effort to improve food choices the "traffic lights" nutritional labelling system has been developed.
Burns, Calvin +2 more
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Comparing Growth Trajectories of Risk Behaviors From Late Adolescence Through Young Adulthood: An Accelerated Design. [PDF]
, 2012 Risk behaviors such as substance use or deviance are often limited to the early stages of the life course. Whereas the onset of risk behavior is well studied, less is currently known about the decline and timing of cessation of risk behaviors of ...
Bachmann, Monica +6 more
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Risk management for whales [PDF]
, 2016 We propose framework for modeling portfolio risk which integrates market risk with liquidation costs which may arise in stress scenarios. Our model provides a systematic method for computing liquidation-adjusted risk measures for a portfolio. Calculation
Cont, R, Wagalath, L
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Depression, Risk Preferences and Risk-Taking Behavior [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 Depression affects the way that people process information and make decisions, including those involving risk and uncertainty. Our objective is to analyze the way that depressive episodes shape risk preferences and risk-taking behaviors. We are the first to address this issue using large-scale, representative panel data that include both behavioral and
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark +2 more
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Cancer Risk Behaviors of Adolescents: Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data [PDF]
Cancer Control, 1997 The school years represent a time span of tremendous growth and development for children. These early years are an important formative stage for health behaviors. Children are constantly ex-posed to new situations, ideas, and concepts, and the habits they develop during this period have a lifelong influence on their health.
, Colwell +3 more
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Climate Risk Assessment - Charleston County, South Carolina
, 2023 As a result of climate change, flood risk is expected to increase throughout Charleston County. The probability of the 100-year rainfall event, a useful indicator of flood risk, will likely triple by the mid 21st century.
Woodwell Climate Research Center - Risk Program +2 more
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“Demand what you prefer”: the role of sexual assertiveness among HIV-infected women
Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2019 Aim: This study was conducted to evaluate sexual assertiveness among HIV-infected women, and to address the relationship between sexual assertiveness, sociodemographic characteristics, sexual and fertility profile, and HIV-related variables in this ...
Farzaneh Vakili +3 more
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Behavioral reduction of infection risk [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999 Evolutionary biologists have long postulated that there should be fitness advantages to animals that are able to recognize and avoid conspecifics infected with contact-transmitted disease. This avoidance hypothesis is in direct conflict with much of epidemiological theory, which is founded on the assumptions that the likelihood of ...
J M, Kiesecker +3 more
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Risk behavior of youth – social definition of risk
Zeszyty Pracy Socjalnej, 2020 Social defining of the risk behaviors is rooted in a diverse, multidimensional world of norms, values, rituals and discourses. Including social contexts of engaging in the risk behaviors and production of knowledge about them allowed us to go beyond standard cause-and-effect descriptions and examine these actions as an essential element of everyday ...
Michał Wanke +2 more
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Health Science Reports, 2022 Background and Aims Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are one of the major health concerns globally. Generally, prisoners are at higher risks for STIs due to risk factors including; drug‐use, high‐risk sexual behaviors, densely populated prisons ...
SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi +14 more
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