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Immunization Strategies for Funding Multiple Inflation-Linked Retirement Income Benefits
Risks, 2021 Protecting against unexpected yield curve, inflation, and longevity shifts are some of the most critical issues institutional and private investors must solve when managing post-retirement income benefits.
Cláudia Simões +2 more
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On the Duration of Civil War [PDF]
Journal of Peace Research, 2001 Abstract This article explores empirically the duration of civil war. It relates the duration of civil war to two alternative models of conflict and culls testable hypotheses from the case study literature on civil war. Using a comprehensive dataset on large-scale violent civil conflicts covering the 1960-2000 period, a wide range of ...
Collier, Paul +2 more
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Wind Energy and Engineering ResearchIn this paper, grid-forming and reduced-order modeling of a novel pumped hydro energy storage-integrated wind power generator (PHES-WPG) is developed and validated.
Hua Ye +5 more
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Atmospheric Science LettersIn early 2022, there were four low‐temperature weather processes with rain and snow in Hunan Province, China. Two processes occurred on January 28–29 (referred to as the “0128” process) and February 6–7 (referred to as the “0206” process), and they have ...
Yan Hu +5 more
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Redai diliStudies on leisure walking among older adults have received extensive attention from various areas such as public health, medicine/prevention, sports, geography, architecture, urban/transportation planning, and leisure, as they focus on various themes ...
Li Wenyan +4 more
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Common mental disorder among patients with chronic respiratory disease
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2022 Introduction Mental disorders are common among patients with chronic respiratory disease, such as depression and anxiety. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of a common mental disorder, depression, among patients with chronic ...
Mubashir Zafar
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) face multiple acute and chronic medical complications that may impact their quality of life as reported by patients themselves. Health‐related social needs (HRSNs), such as food and housing insecurity, are common in people with SCD, but the association between HRSNs and patient‐reported ...
Sarah J. Marks +5 more
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The effect of Vitamin D in multiple sclerosis: An updated review
Saudi Journal for Health Sciences, 2021 Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system. The pathophysiology of MS has been correlated with low serum Vitamin D levels as one of the risk factors.
Amal Mohammad Alkhotani +5 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Combined oral contraceptive (COC) use in obese adult women dramatically increases the relative risk of developing a pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk of a PE in obese adolescent females taking contraceptives is currently unknown. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) and contraceptive
John Puetz, Joanne Salas
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Sudan Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) is a significant complication of long-term diabetes in Sudan. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy among Sudanese individuals with type 2 diabetes
Alaa Tag E. Elkhider +9 more
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