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Impairment

Visualization of narrower problems

Name(s):

Blemish

Blight

Brokenness

Damage

Deterioration

Dilapidation

Injury

Mutilation

Nature

Impairment may refer to:

In health, any loss or difference of physiological, psychological, or anatomical structure or function, whether permanent or temporary. Identifying impairments that contribute to disability is a key factor for a health professional to determine appropriate treatment. In accounting, the decrease in the net asset value of an asset due to the carrying amount of the asset exceeding the recoverable amount thereof. The effect of impairment constitutes the decrease in asset values per the Statement of Financial Position and a corresponding amount recognised through profit or loss in respect of the impairment loss. A classification of poor water quality for a surface water body under the U.S. Clean Water Act

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Narrower

Environmental degradation

Human disease and disability

Physically handicapped persons

Impairing military effectiveness

Impairment of physicians' ability

Impaired human empathy toward animals

Dégradation de l'environnement

Aggravates

Decline ^{[in 11 loops]}

Withdrawal ^{[in 14 loops]}

Uncertainty ^{[in 24 loops]}

Disorganization ^{[in 8 loops]}

Lack of satisfaction ^{[in 2 loops]}

Aggravated by

Unbelief

Stagnation

Corruption

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

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