The Gerber-Shiu function provides a unified framework for the evaluation of variety risk quantities. Ever since its establishment, it has attracted constantly increasing interests in actuarial science, whereas conventional research been focused on finding analytical or semi-analytical solutions, either which is rarely available, except limited classes penalty functions rather simple models. In ...

Background: Studies at the macro level (such as longer-term interventions) showed that physical activity impacts positively on cognitive-emotional processes of patients with mental disorders. However, research focusing on the immediate impact of acute bouts of exercise (micro level) are missing. The aim of the present study was therefore to investigate whether and to what extent single bouts of...

Using an approach similar to that of Gerber and Shiu (1998), a recursive formula is given for the expected discounted penalty due at ruin, in the discrete time risk model. With it the joint distribution of three random variables is obtained; time to ruin, the surplus just before ruin and the deficit at ruin. The time to ruin is analyzed through its probability generating function (p.g.f.). The ...

Risk theory refers to a body of techniques to model and measure the risk associated with a portfolio of insurance contracts. A first approach consists in modeling the distribution of total claims over a fixed period of time using the classical collective model of risk theory. A second input of interest to the actuary is the evolution of the surplus of the insurance company over many periods of ...

Risk theory refers to a body of techniques to model and measure the risk associated with a portfolio of insurance contracts. A first approach consists in modeling the distribution of total claims over a fixed period of time using the classical collective model of risk theory. A second input of interest to the actuary is the evolution of the surplus of the insurance company over many periods of ...

Partisanship seems to affect factual beliefs about politics. For example, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say that the deficit rose during the Clinton administration; Democrats are more likely to say that inflation rose under Reagan. What remains unclear is whether such patterns reflect differing beliefs among partisans or instead reflect a desire to praise one party or criticize ...

Title: Factors determining the quality of screening colonoscopy: a prospective study on adenoma detection rates, from 12,134 examinations (Berlin colonoscopy project 3, BECOP-3). Authors: Adler A, Wegscheider K, Lieberman D, Aminalai A, Aschenbeck J, Drossel R, Mayr M, Mroß M, Scheel M, Schröder A, Gerber K, Stange G, Roll S, Gauger U, Wiedenmann B, Altenhofen L, Rosch T Journal: Gut 2013;62:23...

4 Nicolas Ruggli*, Artur Summerfield, Ana R. Fiebach, Laurence Guzylack5 Piriou, Oliver Bauhofer, Catherine G. Lamm, Sandro Waltersperger, Keita 6 Matsuno, Luzia Liu, Markus Gerber, Kyung H. Choi, Martin A. Hofmann, 7 Yoshihiro Sakoda, and Jon-Duri Tratschin 8 9 Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis, Mittelhäusern, Switzerland; Department of 10 Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterina...

Daniel B. Mark, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, Chair*; Daniel S. Berman, MD, FACC†‡; Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA§; J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, FACC, FAHA ; Thomas C. Gerber, MD, FACC, FAHA¶#; Harvey S. Hecht, MD, FACC§; Mark A. Hlatky, MD, FACC, FAHA; John McB. Hodgson, MD, FSCAI, FACC**; Michael S. Lauer, MD, FACC, FAHA*; Julie M. Miller, MD, FACC*; Richard L. Morin, PhD ; Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FACC; ...