ecological characterization

Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and intern ...[+++]al preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

risk characterisation

device-by-process claim

green economy [ ecological economy | ecologically sustainable growth | environmentally sustainable growth | green economy strategy | green economy transition | green growth | Alternative economy(STW) ]

Definition: A disorder characterized by repeated episodes of depression as described for depressive episode (F32.-), without any history of independent episodes of mood elevation and increased energy (mania). There may, however, be brief episodes of mild mood elevation and overactivity (hypomania) immediately after a depressive episode, sometimes precipitated by antidepressant treatment. The more severe forms of recurrent depressive disorder (F33.2 and F33.3) have much in common with earlier concepts such as manic-depressive depression, melancholia, vital depression and endogenous depression. The first episode may occur at any age from c ...[+++]hildhood to old age, the onset may be either acute or insidious, and the duration varies from a few weeks to many months. The risk that a patient with recurrent depressive disorder will have an episode of mania never disappears completely, however many depressive episodes have been experienced. If such an episode does occur, the diagnosis should be changed to bipolar affective disorder (F31.-). | recurrent episodes of:depressive reaction | psychogenic depression | reactive depression | seasonal depressive disorder

Definition: Dementia in Alzheimer's disease with onset after the age of 65, usually in the late 70s or thereafter, with a slow progression, and with memory impairment as the principal feature. | Alzheimer's disease, type 1 Primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer's type, senile onset Senile dementia, Alzheimer's type

For example, the current standard farming model can be characterized as having relatively simple production systems and relatively few cash engines on the farm, being reliant on commodity prices and being capital intensive, having high-risk biologically fragile systems, being reliant on purchased inputs, and having a management focus that is primarily financial.

The priority in relation to assessment and monitoring relates to state characterisation, which is a prerequisite for assessment of the magnitude of impacts but does not determine in itself the achievement of good environmental status for this descriptor.

Specification of environmental status to be achieved or maintained and formulation of that status in terms of measurable properties of the elements characterising the marine waters of a Member State within a marine region or subregion.

Some of the NRC's most noteworthy achievements include ecoplastics, 3D laser scanners, advanced characterization technologies, the artificial pacemaker and the meningitis C vaccine. In performing its day-to-day activities, NRC is helping to determine Canada's social and economic future by building partnerships that increase national productivity and by creating a competitive advantage for Canada through science and technology.