He also rejects the view given by some scientists that the public's distrust of new ideas and technologies is due to people not understanding risk.
Though the exact causes of breast cancer are unknown, understanding its risk factors is essential to prevention.
With better understanding of risk and models, a firm could allocate capital across desks dynamically and intraday, said Stevens.
In addition to understanding potential risk of BYOD and managing the integration, CIOs must ask themselves: what opportunities does this transformation present?
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David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at Cambridge University and a Senior Scientist in the Medical Research Council's Biostatistics Unit.
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It's about understanding that risk and learning how to mitigate it.
For more on understanding your own risk profile, see Chapter 1 of the Forbes CFA Investment Course.
But at our dinner last night, and throughout the day, we developed a shared understanding of the risk.
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For more on understanding your own risk profile, see Chapter 1 of the Forbes CFA Institute Investment Course book.
Another priority is to get a better understanding of systemic risk, which Messrs Scholes and Thaler agree has been seriously underestimated.
An ideal client has a complete understanding of personal risk tolerance and an expectation of returns in line with that risk.
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Its aim was to trade a relatively stodgy business of understanding and pricing risk for one that helped to reduce it.
Armed with an understanding of your risk appetite and relationship to debt, some investors may choose to carry debt after all due to its positive attributes.
These risks can only be properly evaluated by investors that have a comprehensive understanding of the risk factors they are prepared to accept when assembling their portfolio.
Due diligence is about understanding and mitigating risk.
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As a former money manager, I think understanding the nature of risk and managing exposures can apply to preventing risk across various industries.
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Not understanding the level of risk in the investments selected.
When it comes to high-impact low-probability (HILP) events, impact is so big, in both emotional and actual terms, that it swamps our understanding of the actual risk, which is often very small or unknowable.
People cannot value security without first understanding how much is at risk.
This understanding feeds into a comprehensive risk and opportunities assessment that can be used to create a list of potential actions and options.
The team took a calculated risk to proceed after understanding why the problem existed.
On the other hand, the medical community has moved forward "light years" in its understanding and ability to handle other risk factors for substance abuse, such as ADHD, impulse control challenges, mental health concerns like anxiety or significant trauma, which may have occurred prior to the child coming into the family -- all of which are risk factors for substance abuse, says Albers.
Greater scientific knowledge about the region's earthquakes and faults would much improve understanding of which areas are most at risk.
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"Those of us who have taken financial risk did so with an understanding of certain rules that were in place and did our financing on that basis, " he says.
Understanding a manager's attitude towards risk is vital.
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It was most likely a calculated risk, taken with the understanding that the Act itself offers no public interest defense and that both Sky News and the reporter would be liable to criminal charges and subject to the discretion of the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute.
He stressed the importance of understanding the warning signs that could indicate the risk of homicide is increasing and linking those victims with services.
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So we understand right now it is more imperative that they be in the Gulf, understanding that we are assuming some amount of risk in doing that now.
Romney has to remain staunchly anti-amnesty and pro-border security but at the same time sound sympathetic and understanding of the desperation of people who often risk their lives crossing a border so they can put food on their family's table.
In itself, this anxiety is a form of health risk and must be addressed with understanding and compassion by those responsible for their treatment......The NHS will support removal of PIP implants if, informed by an assessment of clinical need, risk and the impact of unresolved concerns, a woman with her doctor decides that it is right to do so.
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