Risk minimization

Within the broad framework of sustainable development, we should strive to maximize resource efficiency through activities such as energy and nonrenewable resource conservation, risk minimization, pollution prevention, minimization of waste at all stages of a product life-cycle, and the development of products that are durable and can be re-used and recycled. Sustainable chemistry strives to accomplish these ends through the design, manufacture and use of efficient and effective, more environmentally benign chemical products and processes". 

In this respect, risk minimization and life cycle assessments play a major role. 

M. R. Wiesner, H. Lecoanet and M. Cortalezzi, Nanomaterials, sustainability, and risk minimization, IWA International Conference on Nano and Microparticles in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 September 2003. 

Draft Guidance for Industry Development and Use of Risk Minimization Action Plans (May 2004). 

In stochastic optimization, Cv can be purposefully employed to investigate, denote, and compare the relative uncertainty in models being studied. In a risk minimization model, as the expected value is reduced, the variability in the expected value (for example, as measured by variance or standard deviation) is reduced. The ratio of this change can be captured and described by Cv. Consequently, a comparison of the relative merit of models in terms of their robustness can be represented by their respective values of Cv, in the sense that a model with a lower Cv is favored since there is less uncertainty associated with it. In fact, Markowitz (1952) advocates that the use of Cy as a measure of risk would equally ensure that the outcome of a decisionmaking process still lies in the set of efficient portfolios for the case of operational investments. 

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Risk assessment, precautions, risk minimization implementation documentation. 

Pathogens and Toxins Risk Minimizing and Prevention by IPCR of Unconventional Sample Matrices... 

Human activities are associated with the use and disposal of a variety of chemicals and chemical products. This is the situation for a householder, a laboratory student, and also the industry worker. Many materials have properties that make them hazardous. They can create physical (fire, explosion) or health hazards (toxicity, chemical bums). However, there are many ways to work with chemicals which can both reduce the probability of an accident and reduce the consequences should an accident occur. Risk minimization depends on safe practices, appropriate engineering controls for chemical containment, the proper use of personnel protective equipment, use of the least amount of material necessary, and substitution of a less-hazardous chemical for a more hazardous one. Before beginning any chemical processing or operation, ask What would happen if. .. The answer to this question requires understanding of the hazards associated with chemicals, the equipment, and the procedure involved. The hazardous properties of the material and its intended use will dictate the precautions to be taken. 

A. Wegener Sleeswijk, General Prevention and Risk Minimization in LCA A Combined Approach, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2003, 10, 69. 

The main advantage of SVM over other data analysis methods is its relatively low sensitivity to data overfitting, even with the use of a large number of redundant and overlapping molecular descriptors. This is due to its reliance on the structural risk minimization principle. Another advantage of SVM is the ability to calculate a reliability score, R-value, which provides a measure of the probability of a correct classification of a compound [70], The R-value is computed by using the distance between the position of the compound and the hyperplane in the hyperspace. The expected classification accuracy for the compound can then be obtained from the 7 -value by using a chart which shows the statistical relationship between them. As with other methods, SVM requires a sufficient number of samples to develop a classification system and irrelevant molecular descriptors may reduce the prediction accuracies of the SVM classification systems. 

US FDA. 2005. Guidance for Industry Risk Minimization, March (www.fda.gov/cder/ guidelines.htm). 

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Topics Indude accident reports and reporting procedures, community right-to-know programs, emergency planning, medical services, risk minimization, safety and health committees, and safety manuals. 

As with all portfolio decisions, changes should be based on a solid trend analysis portfolios that are frequently adjusted to try to capture different trends wind up having unfavorable compositions based on a risk-minimization strategy. 

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