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Demographic risk transfer: is it worth for annuity providers? ICER Working Paper [PDF]
, 2012 Longevity risk transfer is a popular choice for annuity providers such as pension funds. This paper formalizes the trade-off between the cost and the risk relief of such choice, when the annuity provider uses value-at-risk to assess risk.
Luciano, Elisa, Regis, Luca
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BiomimeticsImmediate dentin sealing (IDS) is a method of improving the bond strength of indirect dental restorative materials to dentin and belongs to the biomimetic protocols of contemporary dentistry.
Iliana Antoniou +4 more
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Joggle lap shear testing of deep occlusal composite restorations lined with Dycal, Dycal LC, conventional or resin-modified glass ionomer [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017 Background/Aim. The longevity of a dental restoration may be predicted to some degree by its adhesive ability, and this, in turn, can be measured by bond strength testing between restorative materials and tooth structure.
Stojanovska Vera +7 more
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Optimal gradual annuitization : quantifying the costs of switching to annuities [PDF]
, 2007 We compute the optimal dynamic asset allocation policy for a retiree with Epstein-Zin utility. The retiree can decide how much he consumes and how much he invests in stocks, bonds, and annuities.
Horneff, Wolfram J. +2 more
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Microtensile bond strength to Er:YAG laser pretreated dentin
Brazilian Dental Science, 2014 Objective: Although the effects of Er:YAG (erbium:yttrium aluminium garnet) laser on cavity preparation as well as on dentin bonding to composite have been described in the literature, the longevity of this bond is still unknown.
Roberta Marques da Graça Lopes +6 more
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Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics, 2014 Objectives Extensively destroyed teeth are commonly restored with composite resin before cavity preparation for indirect restorations. The longevity of the restoration can be related to the proper bonding of the resin cement to the composite. This study
Victor Hugo dos Santos +3 more
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Role of the Pension Protection Fund in financial risk management of UK defined benefit pension sector: a multi-period economic capital study [PDF]
, 2015 With the advent of formal regulatory requirements for rigorous risk-based, or economic, capital quantification for the financial risk management of banking and insurance sectors, regulators and policy-makers are turning their attention to the pension ...
Lauritzen, McNeil, Porteous
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, 2017 Social traditions, here defined as displaying inter-group behavioural differences acquired through social learning, have been identified in a number of primate species.
Claidiere +13 more
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Longevity of implant crowns and 2‐unit cantilevered resin‐bonded bridges
Clinical Oral Implants Research, 2012 AbstractObjectiveTo compare “survival” and “success” of implant‐supported crowns (ISC) and tooth‐supported 2‐unit cantilevered resin‐bonded bridges (cRBB) in the rehabilitation of a bounded single tooth space (BSTS), after an observation period of ≥5 years.MethodsA case–control study among subjects who received ISC or cRBB rehabilitation at a teaching ...
Botelho, Michael G. +2 more
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Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2017 Introduction: Titanium has become the material of choice with greater applications in dental implants. The success of the dental implant does not only depend on the integration of the implant to the bone but also on the function and longevity of the ...
Gowtham Venkat +3 more
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