Glossary

Insiders telling the media what they know about improper practices by others, usually

in the same company, with the hope of improving the situation. Calling attention to

actions or practices that are inconsistent with established organizational norms or

policies. (1)

(1) Glossary of communication, University of Jyväskylä

The degree to which a socio-economic system is either susceptible or resilient to the

impact of natural hazards and related technological and environmental disasters. The

degree of vulnerability is determined by a combination of several factors including

hazard awareness, the condition of human settlements and infrastructure, public policy

and administration, and organized abilities in all fields of disaster management.

Poverty is also one of the main causes of vulnerability in most parts of the world.

Extremely noxious, damaging, deleterious, and disease causing (pathogenic); marked

by a rapid, severe, and malignant course; poisonous.

The formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells.

Viruses must first get into the cell before viral replication can occur. From the

perspective of the virus, the purpose of viral replication is to allow production and

survival of its kind. By generating abundant copies of its genome and packaging these

copies into viruses, the virus is able to continue infecting new hosts.

Replication processes in viruses are greatly varied and use the host cell machinery in