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Clinical Features Associated With Malignant Transformation of Low‐Grade Dysplasia
Journal of Oral Pathology &Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Inferring risk for malignant transformation (MT) in patients with lesions diagnosed as mild or moderate oral epithelial dysplasia (low‐grade OED) remains challenging. We developed two models assessing the risk of progression to high‐grade OED (severe dysplasia or carcinoma in situ) or OSCC in patients with low‐grade OED lesions ...
Denise M. Laronde +6 more
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The Scientific World JournalIntroduction. Multilevel models have gained immense popularity across almost every discipline due to the presence of hierarchy in most data and phenomena.
Killian Asampana Asosega +3 more
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RisksCapital investment in longevity science—research targeting the biological processes of aging through interventions like cellular reprogramming, AI-driven drug discovery, and biological age monitoring—may create significant divergence between traditional ...
David M. Dror
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Welfare consequences of the compound risks of index insurance
Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Index insurance is an attractive variant on the standard insurance contract that allows the determination of a loss event to be defined by one or more thresholds on an index that is positively correlated with actual losses. Index insurance also comes with a compound risk, basis risk.
Glenn Harrison +4 more
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Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract Index insurance lowers agricultural risk but covers only covariate risks. Since farmers do not have complete insurance, they may develop mistrust of insurance when experiencing crop losses and not receiving payouts. Although recent innovations in remote sensing enable the provision of more complete insurance including coverage for ...
Berber Kramer +2 more
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Optimal insurance design under limited liability
Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract We study optimal demand for insurance in a classical expected utility setting where the insured party has limited liability and has access to three different types of progressively more restrictive contracts. At one end, with no restrictions on the indemnity schedule, it is optimal to fully insure certain losses while leaving others uninsured.
Andrea Bergesio +2 more
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Assessing the causal effects of type 2 diabetes and obesity-related traits on COVID-19 severity
Human GenomicsBackground Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity-related traits are highly comorbid with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but their causal relationships with disease severity remain unclear.
Jieun Seo +6 more
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Journal of Risk and Insurance, EarlyView.Abstract We analyze how public risk disclosure, specifically Solvency II, impacts life insurers' risk‐taking behavior. Using data from 58 German life insurers from 2016 to 2023, we find that publicly reported solvency ratios can affect premium growth and surrender rates.
Moritz Hanika
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Scientific AfricanOver the years, the world has faced numerous global uncertainties, each leaving a profound impact on the global economy and the financial market. This has increased the research on how these uncertainties affect various stocks. However, limited attention
Kenneth Sena Blekor +5 more
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