Sentences with phrase «system vulnerabilities associated»
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Physiologic sleep studies have found that breastfed infants are more easily aroused from sleep than their formula - fed counterparts.247, 248 In addition, breastfeeding results in a decreased incidence of diarrhea, upper and lower respiratory infections, and other infectious diseases249 that are associated with an increased vulnerability to SIDS and provides overall immune system benefits from maternal antibodies and micronutrients in human milk.250, 251 Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months has been found to be more protective against infectious diseases compared with exclusive breastfeeding to 4 months of age and partial breastfeeding thereafter.249
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Improved early warning systems and their application may also reduce vulnerability to future risks associated with climate variability and change.
The identification of potential key vulnerabilities is intended to provide guidance to decision - makers for identifying levels and rates of climate change that may be associated with «dangerous anthropogenic interference» (DAI) with the climate system, in the terminology of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Article 2 (see Box 19.1).
The authors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to map specific hazards associated with climate change — specifically: floods, cyclones and droughts — and place them in relation to factors influencing vulnerability.
This highlights the vulnerability of many agricultural systems and associated human vulnerability to future climatic changes, as necessary adjustments to farming practices (e.g., using more tolerant crop varieties, irrigation, etc.) are likely to be costly and some of the most extreme reductions in plant growing days are expected in tropical countries with limited economic capacity (Figs 2 and 5).
Meanwhile, vulnerabilities associated with mobile operating systems, including Stagefright — which may affect almost 1 billion Android devices worldwide — are increasing, the FCC said.