It is essential for insurance regulation to have a clear picture of the risk measures that are used. We compare different mathematical interpretations of the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) definition that can be found in the literature. We introduce a mathematical modeling framework that allows us to make a mathematically rigorous comparison. The paper shows similarities, differences, and p...

These escalating demands of users have moved telecom operators from old telephony systems to today's technologies of third generation partnership project (3GPP) [i],Long term evolution advance (LTEA) and 5G [ii] but data demands of users are still not pacified because expansion of 5G has provided the need of high connectivity speed with existing mobile networking standards. In such environment ...

Field Editor: Dimo Dimov This article analyses whether and how the impact of publicly backed venture capital (VC) funds varies across regions, depending on their level of innovation intensity and in comparison with private VC funds. Building on agency and human capital theories, the authors distinguish public VC funds into regional and governmental types, to assess potential differences in the ...

Despite the importance of investment syndicates for the Venture Capital (VC) industry to function, surprisingly little is known about the motives for syndication. In this study, I build on Entrepreneurial Finance studies that present uncertainty and risk associated with the investment as the main drivers of syndication. I then examine two important but less emphasized factors that affect syndic...

OBJECTIVE The Australian Capital Territory 'It's Your Move!' (ACT-IYM) was a three-year (2012-2014) systems intervention to prevent obesity among adolescents. METHODS The ACT-IYM project involved three intervention schools and three comparison schools and targeted secondary students aged 12-16 years. The intervention consisted of multiple initiatives at individual, community, and school polic...

The effectiveness of capital punishment in deterring homicides has remained unclear despite the fact that the Supreme Court’s moratorium on capital punishment and the subsequent adoption of capital punishment by a subset of states, combined with very different rates of execution across polities, would appear to be an ideal environment for revealing deterrence effects using panel data methods. O...

BACKGROUND Most surgeons advocate in situ fixation of the slipped epiphysis with acceptance of any persistent deformity in the proximal femur [Aronsson DD, Loder RT, Breur GJ, Weinstein SL (2006) Slipped capital femoral epiphysis: current concepts. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 14, 666-679]. This residual deformity can lead to osteoarthritis due to femoroacetabular cam impingement (FAI) [Leunig M, Slon...