That survey was requested by America's Congress nearly a decade ago, and was stimulated in part by the dramatic images of Comet Shoemaker-Levy, whose collision with Jupiter in 1994 generated a great deal of public awareness of the risk of asteroid impacts. (A couple of Hollywood films exploring doomsday scenarios also swayed opinion.) In 2005 Congress ordered the survey that is about to start.
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Although, we also know that awareness of risk doesn't necessarily lead to protective behavior.
The program involved improved awareness of injury risk as well as promoting proper motion patterns and muscle strengthening to minimize injury.
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The disastrous BP oil spill has raised awareness of the risk of offshore drilling, and is likely to create renewed interest in abundant and clean-burning natural gas as an alternative for many uses.
As part of their awareness campaign, Prostate Cancer Research is encouraging more men to talk about the disease and is raising awareness of the risk factors and symptoms that men, their wives and mums should be looking out for.
Cultural influences that permeate an organization and an industry and manifest in actions that can either promote and nurture a high reliability organization with high reliability systems, or actions reflective of complacency, excessive risk-taking, and a loss of situational awareness.
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The European Union supports UNESCO-IOC efforts by funding the NEAMTWS Tsunami Information Centre (NEAMTIC) project with the objectives of improving the circulation of best practices on tsunami risk reduction in the region, raising awareness of population exposed and strengthening the linkages between IOC and the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The Fed worked hard in June to increase the awareness of the inflation risk, causing interest rate expectations to rise.
This is also to provide a kind of "conceptual umbrella" to underline and boost the awareness that new discoveries often entail this risk of discrimination or stigmatization.
The British diplomat said the aim was to help people living with Aids, or at risk of it, to lead fulfilled lives and have greater Aids-related risk awareness.
It will be translated into Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean to increase awareness of HBV and its risk factors and to encourage testing.
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The spending on the gas network will also finance spending by the energy firms on raising public awareness about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The charity made the announcement of the new figures at the start of a public awareness campaign aiming to reach the estimated seven million people at high risk of diabetes.
Coordinate and provide substantive support to Member States and other key stakeholders in the form of policy advice and guidance, strategy development, capacity-building and programme design in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction and Education, through the medium of formal, non-formal and informal education and public awareness-raising.
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It says the government could do more to raise awareness of how people can reduce their cancer risk.
Our risk tolerance in dangerous situations lowers with our awareness of the danger and how effectively it can be lessened.
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Members of the ECA hope that the report will draw awareness to climate change risk and vulnerability in the days leading up to the U.N.
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Risk awareness relative to the reference index has become paramount among fixed income players and arguably a source of alpha in and of itself.
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We must accept that harnessing the power of Big Data for greater situational awareness and faster reaction to threats is the foundation of an offensive approach, enabling businesses to manage risk to acceptable levels and ultimately put the balance of control back firmly in the hands of security practitioners.
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Go Red for Women is specifically about increasing awareness among women, particularly in at-risk minority communities about the risks and prevention of heart disease, but The Fit Cycle, as Winslow calls her project, is relevant to everyone.
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