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Longevity risks and capital markets: The 2010-2011 update
This Special Issue of Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice contains 10 contributions to the academic literature all dealing with longevity risk and capital markets.
MacMinn, Richard +3 more
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Longevity Bond Pricing Models: an Application to the Italian Annuity Market and Pension Schemes
, 2008 The paper focuses on the securitization of longevity risk through mortality-linked securities. Alternative mortality-linked securities have been proposed in literature (see Cairns-Blake-Dowd (2006)) and among these we considered the longevity bond as the
MENZIETTI, MASSIMILIANO +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Nanocellulose, derived from microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) through sulfuric acid hydrolysis or mechanical grinding to produce CNC or CNF, was tested in a rat ICP model. Particularly, CNF improved gut microbiota composition, reduced secondary bile acid metabolism, and restored bile acid homeostasis through modulation of the gut–liver axis.
Muhua Yu +18 more
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Longevity risk and capital markets: The 2009-2010 update
This Special Issue of the North American Actuarial Journal contains ten contributions to the academic literature all dealing with longevity risk and capital markets.
MacMinn, Richard +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review identifies current and future directions in abiotic nanostructured catalysts to develop reliable and sustainable glucose fuel cells to power the next generation of bioelectronic devices. ABSTRACT The global rise in incidence of chronic diseases has led to the demand for innovative solutions that help patients manage their conditions with ...
Asghar Niyazi +3 more
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Lymphoid‐Tissue‐on‐Chip Recapitulates Human Antibody Responses In Vitro
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The presented lymphoid‐tissue‐on‐chip system allows culture of primary human tonsil cells at organotypic high density under perfusion for up to 4 weeks, emulates immune response to soluble vaccines and vaccination via peripheral antigen‐presenting cells and represents a useful tool to assess cellular interactions during homeostasis, immune responses ...
Claudia Teufel +15 more
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Payments of life insurance products depend on the uncertain future evolution of survival probabilities. This uncertainty is referred to as longevity risk.
De Waegenaere, A.M.B. +2 more
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Mortality bonds and longevity bonds: a Kenyan perspective
, 2015 This paper addresses the problem of mortality risk and longevity risk and describes two ways in which life insurers, pension providers and general annuity providers can mitigate these risks.
Muthie, Andrew Gachugo
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Discover Applied SciencesIntroduction and objective The clinical longevity of composite restorations relies on strong, long-lasting adhesion to dental tissues, minimizing microleakage and its associated complications such as bacterial infiltration, secondary caries, and pulp ...
Soodabeh Shoale +3 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study demonstrates that iron overload triggers widespread chromatin compaction and transcriptional repression in human granulosa cells, recapitulating features of endometriosis. The epigenetic reprogramming is orchestrated by a TFEB‐SOX4‐SWI/SNF axis, with SOX4 acting as a central, dosage‐sensitive regulator.
Feifei Li +15 more
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