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Maximum Market Price of Longevity Risk under Solvency Regimes: The Case of Solvency II. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Longevity risk constitutes an important risk factor for life insurance companies, and it can be managed through longevity-linked securities. The market of longevity-linked securities is at present far from being complete and does not allow finding a ...
Helena Leino-Kilpi (3471101)   +5 more
core   +5 more sources

Behavioral and Cognitive Electrophysiological Differences in the Executive Functions of Taiwanese Basketball Players as a Function of Playing Position

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2020
The effect of the predominant playing position of elite basketball players on executive functions using both behavioral and electrophysiological measurements was investigated in the present study.
Yi-Kang Chiu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anthropometric and Physiological Characteristics of Elite Male Rugby Athletes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This is the first article to review the anthropometric and physiological characteristics required for elite rugby performance within both Rugby Union (RU) and Rugby League (RL).
Antrobus, Mark   +8 more
core   +7 more sources

In-match physical demands on elite Japanese rugby union players using a global positioning system

open access: yesBMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2020
Objectives Our aim of this study was to quantify the physical demands of elite rugby union players by each position as a step towards designing position-specific training programme using a Global Positioning System/accelerometer system.Methods This study
Hayato Yamamoto   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Movement and Impact Characteristics of South African Professional Rugby Union Players [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background. Global positioning system (GPS) technology can provide accurate, non-invasive, real-time movement analysis of players participating in team sports.
Coopoo, Y, Tee, JC
core   +3 more sources

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Unified Quantitative Model of Vision and Audition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We have put forwards a unified quantitative framework of vision and audition, based on existing data and theories. According to this model, the retina is a feedforward network self-adaptive to inputs in a specific period.
Liu, Peilei, Wang, Ting
core   +1 more source

Assessing Cognitive Functioning in Children With Brain Tumors: Interaction of Neighborhood Social Determinants of Health and Neurological Risk

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background This study investigated how neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDOH), including redlining and neurological risk, interact to influence cognitive outcomes in children treated for brain tumors (CTBT). Methods A retrospective chart review of 161 CTBT aged 5–17 was conducted.
Alannah R. Srsich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and Fitness Characteristics of Elite Professional Rugby Union Players

open access: yesSports, 2020
This study explored the physical and fitness characteristics of elite professional rugby union players and examined the relationships between these characteristics within forwards and backs. Thirty-nine elite professional rugby union players from the New
Logan Posthumus   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Virtual push-forwards

open access: yes, 2010
Let $p:F\to G$ be a morphism of stacks of positive \emph{virtual} relative dimension $k$ and let $\gamma\in H^k(F)$. We give sufficient conditions for $p_*\gamma\cdot[F]^{virt}$ to be a multiple of $[G]^{virt}$.
Coates   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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