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Risk reduction in maize production using weather put option

2013
The aim of this paper is to provide the basic theoretical assumptions about the weather derivatives and to quantify the risk reducing effect of rainfall put-options by applying a stochastic simulation. For this simulation we analyzed the yield data obtained from the maize producing farm located in the central part of Srem (Serbia).
Markovic, Todor   +5 more
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Energy-efficiency and renewable energy options for risk management and insurance loss reduction

Energy, 2000
This paper identifies a spectrum of risk management opportunities associated with technologies and procedures that use energy more efficiently or supply renewable energy. While the economic benefits of these measures have long been of interest to energy consumers seeking to reduce their energy expenditures, we have found that they also offer a novel ...
Edward Vine, Evan Mills, Allan Chen
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Personalized Weight Management Interventions for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Viable Option for African-American Women

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2016
Obesity is an independent contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and a major driving force behind racial/ethnic and gender disparities in risk. Due to a multitude of interrelating factors (i.e., personal, social, cultural, economic and environmental), African-American (AA) women are disproportionately obese and twice as likely to succumb to CVD ...
Nina C, Franklin, Ross, Arena
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Evolocumab for the reduction of cardiovascular risk in HIV patients: is this a clinician’s best option for HIV patients?

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
People living with HIV (PLHIV) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and dyslipidemia is a prevalent comorbidity that requires effective treatment. Limitations for the use of statins such as drug interactions and adverse effects highlight the need for alternative therapies.This review evaluates the role of PCSK9 inhibitors in reducing ...
Francisco Akira Malta Cardozo   +2 more
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Informing Climate Adaptation: A Review of the Economic Costs of Natural Disasters, Their Determinants, and Risk Reduction Options [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the economic impacts of natural disasters to inform both climate adaptation policy and the estimation of potential climate damages. It covers papers that estimate the short- and long-run economic impacts of weather-related extreme events as well as studies regarding the determinants of the magnitude of ...
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Intensive Lipid Management: New Options for Aggressive Risk Reduction

MD Conference Express, 2010
A. Jacobson, R. Giugliano
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Opportunities and Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention Through Risk Reduction

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2008
Eleni Linos
exaly  

Alternative Strategies for PCB Risk Reduction from Contaminated Seafood: Options for Children as Susceptible Populations

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2002
N L, Judd   +3 more
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