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Assessment of Human Thermal Stress Dynamics and Regional Drivers Across the Arabian Peninsula During 1990–2022 From Observations

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
The results reveal that thermal stress varies substantially across the four AP regions, with winter cold stress in Region I, year‐round heat stress in Region II, pronounced summer heat stress in Region III, and persistent strong to very strong heat stress from late spring to early autumn in Region IV.
Waheed Ullah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Guaranteed Annuity Option Under Correlated and Regime-Switching Risks

open access: yesRisks
Guaranteed annuity options (GAOs) allow policyholders to convert accumulated funds into life annuities at maturity at a guaranteed minimum rate. Thus, insurers are exposed to both investment and longevity risks.
Jude Martin B. Grozen, Rogemar S. Mamon
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Carbohydrates and Glycoconjugates by Matrix‐Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry: An Update for 2023–2024

open access: yesMass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The use of MALDI mass spectrometry for the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates is a well‐established technique and this comprehensive review is the twelfth update of the original article published in 1999 and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2024.
David J. Harvey
wiley   +1 more source

A Multimodal Nomogram Predicting the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson Disease

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cognitive impairment is the most consequential non‐motor complication of Parkinson's disease (PD), yet no validated tool integrates multimodal data to predict individualized risk trajectories. Objectives The aim is to develop and internally validate a time‐to‐event nomogram for predicting 5‐year risk of cognitive impairment in PD ...
Ahmed Negida
wiley   +1 more source

Prediction of in-hospital mortality risk for patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction after primary PCI based on predictors selected by GRACE score and two feature selection methods

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
IntroductionAccurate in-hospital mortality prediction following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is crucial for clinical decision-making. Machine Learning (ML) and Data Mining methods have shown promise in improving medical prognosis accuracy ...
Nan Tang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerating the calibration of stochastic volatility models [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper compares the performance of three methods for pricing vanilla options in models with known characteristic function: (1) Direct integration, (2) Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), (3) Fractional FFT. The most important application of this comparison
Kilin, Fiodar
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StMoMo: An R Package for Stochastic Mortality Modeling

open access: yes, 2020
In this paper we mirror the framework of generalized (non-)linear models to define the family of generalized age-period-cohort stochastic mortality models which encompasses the vast majority of stochastic mortality projection models proposed to date ...

core  

Identifying structural breaks in stochastic mortality models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In recent years the issue of life expectancy has become of upmost importance to pension providers, insurance companies and the government bodies in the developed world.
Li, Youwei, O'Hare, Colin
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Human–wildlife conflict and farmland transfer under informal land institutions: Evidence from rural China

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) affects not only agricultural production but also how farming households adjust access to and use of land. Existing research has focused largely on welfare losses and land‐use responses, while little is known about whether ecological risk is associated with the governance arrangements through which farmland is ...
Xinrui Wang, Xian Liang, Bo Zhai, Yi Xie
wiley   +1 more source

Stochastic optimization of heuristic method rule to determine asset allocation to retirement portfolio

open access: yesBusiness: Theory and Practice, 2011
The article examines the problem of determining asset allocation to sustainable retirement portfolio. The article attempts to apply heuristic method – 100 minus age in stocks rule – to determine asset allocation to sustainable retirement portfolio. Using
Aušra Klimavičienė
doaj  

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