Enterprise Risk Management Models
Focus on Sustainability
Book
Chapter
Risk matrices are simplified frameworks for implementation of risk management policies in a given domain. This chapter describes risk matrices and gives guidance for their construction. Examples in business co...
Chapter
The development of artificial intelligence is reviewed. It includes a variety of computer-driven methods. Those applying to risk management data mining applications are reviewed, to include a number of classif...
Chapter
Nature is a complex system with many powerful physical events caus8ing disruption of human activities. Emergency management systems are described and modeling options demonstrated.
Chapter
Methods to assess and evaluate environmental damage are presented, to include cost-benefit analysis, contingent evaluation, conjoint analysis, and habitat equivalency analysis. Methods are demonstrated with ri...
Chapter
This chapter introduces risk management by reviewing some major risk events faced by businesses in the past. Unexpected consequences of human activity are discussed, with a presentation of the accounting organ...
Chapter
Data mining is the application of statistical and artificial intelligence models to decisions and is used in a wide variety of fields. This chapter describes the Rattle open-source software for data mining, ap...
Chapter
In addition to natural disasters, there is a systemic continuous challenge to natural environments from developments such as global warming, and from epidemic health risks such as COVID-19. The United Nations ...
Article
This article has been retracted. Please see the retraction notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42524-020-0120-6
Article
In the original publication of the article, there is unfortunately one mistake in the authors’ affiliations. Prof. **aozhe ZHAO’s affiliation should be: Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University o...
Article
Article
Numerous complications of lumbar fusion surgery have been reported, with adjacent segment disease (ASD) being one of the most important. Few studies describe the effect of sagittal, horizontal screw angles and...
Article
The intervertebral disc is the largest avascular tissue in the human body. The nucleus pulposus (NP) consumes glucose and oxygen to generate energy to maintain cellular metabolism via nutrients that diffuse fr...
Article
Ferritin autophagy is characterized by intracellular ferroptosis and selective ferritin degradation. However, the role of ferritin in the development of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) has not been eluc...
Article
Apart from the current understanding of enzyme function, the mechanism of ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (Enpp1) deficiency-associated osteoporosis is unknown. We aimed to explore the changes ...
Article
Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is neurophilic, and its relationship with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains controversial. This study aimed to examine the relationships between HHV-6 and cognitive abilities in elde...
Article
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a leading cause of disability with limited treatment strategies. A better understanding of the mechanism of IDD might enable less invasive and more targeted treatments...
Article
Oxidative stress-induced autophagy dysfunction is involved in the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) not only have been regarded as important regulators of IVDD but als...
Article
The ecological compensation mechanism is regarded as the direction for the future management of the ecological environment of the river basin, which has become a global concern. Ex-post assessments on the perf...
Chapter
Healthcare data are the essential elements of healthcare engineering, serving as the foundation to make critical clinical decisions. Healthcare data can be categorized into different types, including electroni...