“Twenty-five percent of the American population are overweight( they exceed their upper weight limit by at least 15 percent), and studies show that 80-90 percent of teenage girls have made one or more efforts to reduce.” That was just one example which Regina Casper used to make her argument on anorexia and bulimia in the world today. As of 1999, is still very concerned with eating disorders. She wrote a piece in The Stanford Daily about her concerns. She has also written various articles about

Risk Factors in E-Commerce With more and more of consumers purchasing items over the internet and relying less and less on brick and mortar store, e-commerce has been a lucrative target for criminals. There is relatively less risk in being caught and prosecuted if a criminal targets potential victims through e-commerce. Crimes committed over e-commerce channels require specialized training to investigate and have the potential to over numerous agencies, jurisdictions and even countries. This

Projects and the Human Risk Factor Almost every project has some degree of risk and project managers strive to keep the human risk factor minimized and in check. According to Hillson and Webster, Risk management requires human judgement and therefore cannot be managed by machines or robots (2016). Both humans and machines are capable of analyzing information, but humans are still necessary to evaluate the information and make a decision based on their best judgement. The most well thought out and

Articles Psychology, Risk & Safety In his article, Mr. Dominic Cooper highlights four important factors that influence the perception of risk. Risk perceptions are determined by people’s personality, behavior, attitude, and situations (Cooper, 2003). However, a person’s personality and the situation encountered directly influence risk perceptions while the other factors have a contributing role. Personality, for instance, is considered by the author as one of the main factors influencing the way people

since its last estimate. Project risk factors are important to know and avoid in making of a success project. This paper is going to explain risks in knowledge areas, how to identify risks, and explain the risk register. Also, it’s going to identify and define the qualitative and quantitative risk analysis. In addition, it will cover planning for positive and negative risk responses. Finally, it will conclude with how to monitor and control IT project risks Even with new technologies on the

The first article is Factor Analysis of Cardiovascular Risk Clustering in Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome: CASPIAN Study. This article examined multiple variable factors to determine if children who have metabolic syndrome (MetS) were more prong to have coronary artery disease. Kelishadi, Ardalan, Adeli, Motaghian, Majdzadeh, Delavari, and Namazi (2007) investigated data from over 4,800 nationally represented school students aged 6-18 years. In order to find out if there was a correlation within

associated with other risk factors. One article provided insights on sudden cardiac death among diabetics. The second article evaluated the trends in incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) among persons diagnosed diabetes in the U.S (Burrows et al. 2010). Diabetes mellitus is linked to a risk of cardiovascular disease, sudden cardiac arrest, and death (Forslund et al. 2010). With those affected by sudden cardiac death, nearly half are found to have had at least one risk factor for cardiovascular

2008) the most common risk factors for this disease are being older than 65 and a history of fractures. Postmenopausal women are at greatest risk for this disease process primarily due to hormone changes. Conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis, and trauma-induced immobilization along with certain medications that cause bone loss such as immunosuppressants and glucocorticoids can also contribute to the development of osteoporosis. Women who have been identified at risk for osteoporosis are

more likely to have glaucoma while woman in general are two times more likely to developing angle closure glaucoma. While these are risk factors, Dr. Tim Kennedy who Launched Patient.co.uk jointly with his GP wife, Dr. Beverley Kenny, informs us in 1995 that even having a family history, possessing very short sight, or have ever been diagnosed with diabetes puts you at risk of developing a form of glaucoma. Of the different forms of this illness chronic open-angle glaucoma is the one contain... ..

Risk Factors According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), risks factors are characteristics of an individual that are associated with suicide. These characteristics shown may or may not be directly linked to suicide as they vary from one individual to another. Some of the risk factors of suicide in elderly individuals include: • Having suicide thoughts, planning for a suicide or having a desire for death. It is not wrong for an elderly person to think about death as he ages