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Applied SciencesThis study examined the factors influencing student academic performance in the Bachelor of Science (BSc) Actuarial Science programme, focusing on Grade 12 mathematics marks, admission point (AP) scores, socioeconomic background, and progression rates ...
Moeketsi Mosia +3 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2022 The outbreak of COVID-19 infection and its effects have not spared any economy on the globe. The fourth variant has just announced its appearance with its high death toll and impact on economic activities. The basic reproductive number R0, which measures
John Awuah Addor +2 more
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The Challenge of Handling Structured Missingness in Integrated Data Sources
Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.As data integration becomes ever more prevalent, a new research question that emerges is how to handle missing values that will inevitably arise in these large‐scale integrated databases? This missingness can be described as structured missingness, encompassing scenarios involving multivariate missingness mechanisms and deterministic, nonrandom ...
James Jackson +6 more
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Kerangka konsep penubuhan Jabatan Aktuari Negara di Malaysia [A conceptual framework for the establishment of a Government Actuary?s Department in Malaysia] [PDF]
, 2015 The profession of an actuary is very important towards the society. Actuaries and actuarial scientists employ their skills of mathematics and statistics to measure the financial implication of future events by consideration the risk factors.
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa +2 more
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Can Neuroscience Help Predict Future Antisocial Behavior? [PDF]
, 2016 Part I of this Article reviews the tools currently available to predict antisocial behavior. Part II discusses legal precedent regarding the use of, and challenges to, various prediction methods.
Anderson, Nathaniel E. +3 more
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Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.Objective To examine the association between radiographic structural damage and physical function (PF) in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods Data were analyzed from a large longitudinal PsA cohort. PF was measured using the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ, 0–3) and Short Form‐36 PF subscale (SF‐36, 0–100); radiographic joint damage was measured ...
Pankti Mehta +8 more
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COVID-19 and Excess Mortality: An Actuarial Study
RisksThe study of mortality is an ever-active field of research, and new methods or combinations of methods are constantly being developed. In the actuarial domain, the study of phenomena disrupting mortality and leading to excess mortality, as in the case of
Camille Delbrouck +1 more
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