5G Core Security in Edge Networks: A Vulnerability Assessment Approach

Purpose – This paper aims to determine and compare the vulnerability of selected indigenous communities in the Philippines using several integrated index development approaches. Better understanding on how negative impacts of climate change could be effectively reduced is the identification of appropriate vulnerability assessment approach that is applicable to the local and cultural contexts. Critical in the case of indigenous communities is the analyses of determinants of vulnerability by and with themselves. Design/methodology/approach – Using the survey data of combined 169 households, vulnerability scores of two adjacent Alangan Mangyan indigenous communities were quantified utilizing a set of 31 indicators that were systematically combined via the balanced-weighted (composite index) and unbalanced-weighted (principal component analysis) approaches. Findings – The computed vulnerability scores of the Alangan Mangyan communities using several approaches yielded varying results. In both study sites, the degree of vulnerability is differentiated even among households of indigenous communities of comparable socio-economic characteristics. The developed indices confirm that typhoons, level of education, literacy rate and monthly income were found to have direct effect on the Alangan Mangyan communities’ vulnerability. Originality/value – The study has successfully tested various methodological frameworks in implementing vulnerability assessment applicable in the context of indigenous communities in the Philippines. Results highlighted the need to simultaneously implement several vulnerability assessment approaches to allow comparison of results instead of solely basing climate change vulnerability-reduction programs to be implemented to a single assessment approach.

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Vulnerability assessment approach for real-time and regional monitoring of backup protections: minimising number of GPS-based distance relays

IET Generation Transmission & Distribution ◽

10.1049/iet-gtd.2019.1756 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (14) ◽

pp. 2687-2697

Author(s):

Tohid Ghanizadeh Bolandi ◽

Amin Yazdaninejadi

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

Vulnerability Assessment ◽

Regional Monitoring ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Distance Relays

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Groundwater vulnerability assessment to assist the measurement planning of the water framework directive – a practical approach with stakeholders

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions ◽

10.5194/hessd-4-1133-2007 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 1133-1151 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

K. Berkhoff

Keyword(s):

Adaptive Capacity ◽

Water Framework Directive ◽

Vulnerability Assessment ◽

Groundwater Vulnerability ◽

Catchment Scale ◽

Intergovernmental Panel ◽

Evaluation Scheme ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment ◽

Measurement Planning

Abstract. An evaluation scheme is presented in this paper which can be used to assess groundwater vulnerability according to the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD). The evaluation scheme results in a groundwater vulnerability map identifying areas of high, medium and low vulnerability, as necessary for the measurement planning of the WFD. The evaluation scheme is based on the definition of the vulnerability of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It considers exposure, sensitivity and the adaptive capacity of the region. The adaptive capacity is evaluated in an actors' platform, which was constituted for the region in the PartizipA ("Participative modelling, Actor and Ecosystem Analysis in Regions with Intensive Agriculture") project. As a result of the vulnerability assessment, 21% of the catchment area was classified as being highly vulnerable, whereas 73% has medium vulnerability and 6% has low vulnerability. Thus, a groundwater vulnerability assessment approach is presented, which can be used in practice on a catchment scale for the WFD measurement planning.

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Recent Developments in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Child Psychopathology

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.11.3.203 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 203-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Frank C. Verhulst

Keyword(s):

Problem Behaviors ◽

Child Psychopathology ◽

Developmental Differences ◽

Multiple Informants ◽

Cultural Research ◽

Assessment Approach ◽

Multicultural Knowledge ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Basic Characteristics ◽

Assessment And Diagnosis

In this article, recent developments in the assessment and diagnosis of child psychopathology are discussed with an emphasis on standardized methodologies that provide data that can be scored on empirically derived groupings of problems that tend to co-occur. Assessment methodologies are highlighted that especially take account of the following three basic characteristics of child psychopathology: (1) the quantitative nature of child psychopathology; (2) the role of developmental differences in the occurrence of problem behaviors, and (3) the need for multiple informants. Cross-cultural research is needed to test the applicability of assessment procedures across different settings as well as the generalizability of taxonomic constructs. Assessments of children in different cultures can be compared or pooled to arrive at a multicultural knowledge base which may be much stronger than knowledge based on only one culture. It is essential to avoid assuming that data from any single source reveal the significance of particular problems. Instead, comprehensive assessment of psychopathology requires coordination of multisource data using a multiaxial assessment approach.

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