The distinction between an anxiety disorder and just having normal anxiety is whether your emotions are causing a lot of suffering and dysfunction, says Sally Winston, PsyD, co-director of the Anxiety and Stress Disorder Institute of Maryland in Towson.
Definition - What does Proximate Cause mean? Proximate cause refers to a direct cause of loss, without which the loss would not occur; therefore, it is a highly relevant principle in the insurance industry. For an act or event to be considered a proximate cause, it does not necessarily have to directly precede a loss or begin a chain of occurrences leading to the same.
Definition - What does Biological Hazard mean? A biological hazard can be described as a threat to human life or health that is posed by a biological substance(s). A biological hazard is caused by biological waste, such as medical waste, micro organisms, viruses, etc. The biological hazards can affect both human and animal life and health in a variety of ways. Some biohazards have the ability to change DNA structures.