There was a lack of controls for risk: "The risk function was a cardinal area of weakness, " and this was "a matter of design, not accident".
The utility of outside counsel as part of the risk assessment function varies broadly.
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The degree of regulation should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the new organism, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant, such as weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.
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The degree of oversight should be proportionate to the perceived risk of the genetically engineered plant, which is a function of certain characteristics of the host plant (weediness, toxicity, ability to outcross, etc.) and the introduced gene.
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By putting the swaps on an exchange, speculators could participate, allowing it to function like a futures market and mitigating the risk.
Better said, the model implies that risk tolerance is a function of age.
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It will turn them into essentially passive middlemen, who no longer appraise and control risk, but who merely perform the administrative function of doling out health care benefits.
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By taking these securities off the open market, the Fed inhibits the capital markets from fulfilling their function of appropriately pricing and dispersing risk.
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And the stronger that family history, the greater a person's risk of having recurrent bouts of the condition and to report that it impaired his or her ability to function.
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Research has show that second-hand smoke can increase the risk of a range of conditions, including sudden infant death syndrome and asthma, as well as impairing lung function.
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