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‘Where angels fear to tread’—Reflections on the role of an actuary as expert witness in the Land Claims Court

open access: yes, 2022
In this paper, the author reflects on his experiences of giving expert actuarial witness in the Land Claims Court regarding the calculation of financial compensation as an alternative to the restoration of dispossessed land.
Lowther, MW, MW Lowther
core   +1 more source

Sources of New Life Insurance Product Ideas in LIC of India

open access: yesInternational Research Journal of Business Studies, 2018
The present complex nature of market has created sturdy challenges before the business world in the form of designing right product, right price, right placement and right promotion.
Furquan Uddin
doaj   +1 more source

The Last Actuary

open access: yes, 2020
The essays in this competition were asked to explore several aspects of how technology transformations are likely to impact actuarial practice innovation in the future, including:• How actuaries have designed innovative solutions using more advanced ...
Farrell, Mark
core   +2 more sources

On the change points of mean residual life and failure rate functions for some generalized gamma type distributions

open access: yesInternational Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering, 2014
Mean residual life and failure rate functions are ubiquitously employed in reliability analysis. The term of useful period of lifetime distributions of bathtub-shaped failure rate functions is referred to the flat rigion of this ...
Parsa M.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgment

open access: yesScience, 1989
Professionals are frequently consulted to diagnose and predict human behavior; optimal treatment and planning often hinge on the consultant's judgmental accuracy. The consultant may rely on one of two contrasting approaches to decision-making—the clinical and actuarial methods.
R M, Dawes, D, Faust, P E, Meehl
openaire   +2 more sources

Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mathematical Study of the Verhulst and Gompertz Growth Functions and Their Contemporary Applications

open access: yesEkoist Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, 2021
This study examines the mathematical characteristics of the logistic, the generalized logistic and the Gompertz growth function used in human population analysis.
Cemil İskender
doaj   +1 more source

The Professional University Degree Of Actuary Through Bloom's Taxonomy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The aim of this paper is to determine the characteristics of the MScAFS in terms of how the Syllabus of the AAE sets out the subjects, organised into sub-areas, and the degree of development of the competences required to obtain the professional ...
De la Peña Esteban, Iñaki   +5 more
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Central Nervous System Tumors Among Infants in Canada: A Report From CYP‐C

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Central nervous system (CNS) tumors in infants are rare, pose unique clinical challenges, and lack large‐scale evidence‐based data to guide management. This study seeks to describe CNS tumors in Canadian infants and to compare their outcomes with those of older children.
Samuel Sassine   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

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