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Concepts of Insurance Cycles: The Evolution of Views from Classics to Modernity [PDF]

Финансовый журнал
The insurance (underwriting) cycle – the periodic alternation of ”soft” and ”hard” markets – has long remained outside the framework of systematic theory, although the practical consequences of cyclical behavior are obvious: from the profitability of ...
Tatiana D. Odinokova, Elena B. Dvoryadkina, Natalia V. Sharapova   +2 more
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Fire risk assessment for high-rise buildings based on Integrated Disaster Risk Theory [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Yingda Huang, Zonglai Liu, Xiaogeng Wei, Zhi-Jin Wu   +3 more
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A unified theory of risk

The Philosophical Quarterly
Abstract A novel theory of comparative risk is developed and defended. Extant theories are criticized for failing the tests of extensional and formal adequacy. A unified diagnosis is proposed: extant theories consider risk to be a univariable function, but risk is a multivariate function.
Jaakko Hirvelä, Niall J Paterson
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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Complex algorithm for detecting anomalous features in natural data

Компьютерная оптика
A complex automated algorithm for analyzing natural data and detecting anomalous features is proposed. The algorithm includes an algorithm for determining the information components of a signal and an algorithm for adaptive wavelet filtering of a signal.
A.R. Liss, B.S. Mandrikova, O.V. Mandrikova   +2 more
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Risk of Beta: Evidences from prospect theory [PDF]

مطالعات تجربی حسابداری مالی, 2015
According to Prospect Theory, Investors have different behaviors in the profit and loss situations and indeed their trading behavior is different in bull and bear markets.
roohollah farhadi, علی ثقفی, محمد تقی تقوی فرد   +2 more
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Knowledge exchange through science diplomacy to assist disaster risk reduction

Progress in Disaster Science, 2021
This paper analyses science diplomacy efforts to reduce disaster risks and proposes establishing national knowledge exchange centers (KECs) to help individual states adhere to their Sendai Framework goals.
Yekaterina Y. Kontar, Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Paul Arthur Berkman, Patrizia I. Duda, Sir Peter Gluckman, Ilan Kelman, Virginia Murray   +6 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
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