In this paper, we discuss the optimal insurance in the presence of background risk while the insured is ambiguity averse and there exists belief heterogeneity between the insured and the insurer. We give the optimal i...In this paper, we discuss the optimal insurance in the presence of background risk while the insured is ambiguity averse and there exists belief heterogeneity between the insured and the insurer. We give the optimal insurance contract when maxing the insured’s expected utility of his/her remaining wealth under the smooth ambiguity model and the heterogeneous belief form satisfying the MHR condition. We calculate the insurance premium by using generalized Wang’s premium and also introduce a series of stochastic orders proposed by [1] to describe the relationships among the insurable risk, background risk and ambiguity parameter. We obtain the deductible insurance is the optimal insurance while they meet specific dependence structures.展开更多
In most exiting portfolio selection models, security returns are assumed to have random or fuzzy distributions. However, uncertainties exist in actual financial markets. Markets are associated not only with inherent r...In most exiting portfolio selection models, security returns are assumed to have random or fuzzy distributions. However, uncertainties exist in actual financial markets. Markets are associated not only with inherent risk, but also with background risk that results from the differences among individual investors. This paper investigated the compliance of stock yields to the fuzzy-natured high-order moments of random numbers in order to develop a high-moment trapezoidal fuzzy random portfolio risk model based on variance, skewness, and kurtosis. Data obtained from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was used to assess the influence on the proposed model of both background risk and the maximum level of satisfaction of the portfolio. The empirical results demonstrated that the differences between the maximum and minimum variance, skewness, and kurtosis values of the portfolio were positively correlated with the variance of the background risk.展开更多
AIM:To determine the incidence and characteristics of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in a Spanish hospital and to compare them with those of the local population...AIM:To determine the incidence and characteristics of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in a Spanish hospital and to compare them with those of the local population.METHODS:This was a prospective,observational,7-year follow-up,cohort study.Cumulative incidence,incidence rates based on person-years of follow-up and relative risk were calculated for patients with inflammatory bowel disease and compared with the background population.The incidence of cancer was determined using a hospital-based data registry from Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada.Demographic data and details about time from diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease to occurrence of cancer,disease extent,inflammatory bowel disease treatment,cancer therapy and cancer evolution were also collected in the inflammatory bowel disease cohort.RESULTS:Eighteen of 590 patients with inflammatory bowel disease developed cancer[cumulative incidence=3%(95%CI:1.58-4.52)vs 2%(95%CI:1.99-2.11)in the background population;RR=1.5;95%CI:0.97-2.29].The cancer incidence among inflammatory bowel disease patients was 0.53%(95%CI:0.32-0.84)per patient-year of follow-up.Patients with inflammatory bowel disease had a significantly increased relative risk of urothelial carcinoma(RR=5.23,95%CI:1.95-13.87),appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma(RR=36.6,95%CI:7.92-138.4),neuroendocrine carcinoma(RR=13.1,95%CI:1.82-29.7)and rectal carcinoid(RR=8.94,95%CI:1.18-59.7).Colorectal cancer cases were not found.CONCLUSION:The overall risk of cancer did not significantly increase in our inflammatory bowel disease patients.However,there was an increased risk of urinary bladder cancer and,with less statistical power,an increased risk of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma and of neuroendocrine tumors.Colorectal cancer risk was low in our series.展开更多
To document the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in an unstudied community, a survey of 130 participants from different areas of Sierra Leone was performed. The focus was on cardiovascular disease...To document the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in an unstudied community, a survey of 130 participants from different areas of Sierra Leone was performed. The focus was on cardiovascular disease because its prevalence had not been studied and World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) prevalence were extrapolations and not from actual data. Resting blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, fasting lipid levels and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) were measured. Mean blood pressure in men was slightly lower than in women (132/87 mmHg and 139/90 mmHg respectively), mean fasting blood glucose levels were <100 mg/dL in both groups and mean fasting total cholesterol was higher in women than in men (206 mg versus 193.5 mg/dL). Mean fasting low density lipoprotein levels were similar in both groups, 129 mg/dL in men and 133 mg/dL in women. Mean fasting high density cholesterol was 47.2 mg/dL in men and 55.5 mg/dL in women and CIMT values were similar in both groups, with 60% above the 75th percentile. This study demonstrated a prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in this population with mean BP placing both men and women in pre-hypertension or stage 1 hypertension ranges and elevated mean low density lipoprotein levels. Fasting total cholesterol, blood glucose and high density lipoprotein were within normal ranges. Mean CIMT values for men and women placed them at risk for subclinical atherosclerosis.展开更多
This study assesses radiation levels in soil, water and air in the Norochcholai,<span> </span><span>an area in Sri Lanka closest to the Kundankulam nuclear power plant, India which is situated in the...This study assesses radiation levels in soil, water and air in the Norochcholai,<span> </span><span>an area in Sri Lanka closest to the Kundankulam nuclear power plant, India which is situated in the North Western coast. This is important for monitoring radiation hazards </span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">and</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> will be useful in case of a nuclear accident. Superficial soil and water samples from 23 locations were analyzed by Gamma spectrometry using<span style="color:red;"> </span>HPGe detector. The activity concentrations of Th232, K40, Ra226 and Pb210 in the soil were 56.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></sup></span></span></span></span><span></span><span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">, 96.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq</span></span></span>·<span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">, 24.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> and 27.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> respectively. Dose rate at 1</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">m height w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> recorded using a survey meter</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">(Automess 6150AD). Median dose rate was 0.098</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">μSv<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">. The median gamma ray absorbed dose rate w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> 51.2 nGy<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> which is lower than the global average of 57 nGy<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">. Radium equivalent activity</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">(Raeq) ranged from 30.3</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg -</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">458.3</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg and only one sample recorded the Raeq ></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">370</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg as safe to be used in building materials. External hazardous indices of all the samples w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">ere</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> below 1 a</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">nd the mean annual effective dose was within the safe limit of 1</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">mSv/y. The health risk of exposure to terrestrial radiation from the soil in the area is minimal. These data could be used as baseline for radiation assessment.</span></span></span>展开更多
文摘In this paper, we discuss the optimal insurance in the presence of background risk while the insured is ambiguity averse and there exists belief heterogeneity between the insured and the insurer. We give the optimal insurance contract when maxing the insured’s expected utility of his/her remaining wealth under the smooth ambiguity model and the heterogeneous belief form satisfying the MHR condition. We calculate the insurance premium by using generalized Wang’s premium and also introduce a series of stochastic orders proposed by [1] to describe the relationships among the insurable risk, background risk and ambiguity parameter. We obtain the deductible insurance is the optimal insurance while they meet specific dependence structures.
文摘In most exiting portfolio selection models, security returns are assumed to have random or fuzzy distributions. However, uncertainties exist in actual financial markets. Markets are associated not only with inherent risk, but also with background risk that results from the differences among individual investors. This paper investigated the compliance of stock yields to the fuzzy-natured high-order moments of random numbers in order to develop a high-moment trapezoidal fuzzy random portfolio risk model based on variance, skewness, and kurtosis. Data obtained from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange was used to assess the influence on the proposed model of both background risk and the maximum level of satisfaction of the portfolio. The empirical results demonstrated that the differences between the maximum and minimum variance, skewness, and kurtosis values of the portfolio were positively correlated with the variance of the background risk.
文摘AIM:To determine the incidence and characteristics of intestinal and extra-intestinal cancers among patients with inflammatory bowel disease in a Spanish hospital and to compare them with those of the local population.METHODS:This was a prospective,observational,7-year follow-up,cohort study.Cumulative incidence,incidence rates based on person-years of follow-up and relative risk were calculated for patients with inflammatory bowel disease and compared with the background population.The incidence of cancer was determined using a hospital-based data registry from Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada.Demographic data and details about time from diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease to occurrence of cancer,disease extent,inflammatory bowel disease treatment,cancer therapy and cancer evolution were also collected in the inflammatory bowel disease cohort.RESULTS:Eighteen of 590 patients with inflammatory bowel disease developed cancer[cumulative incidence=3%(95%CI:1.58-4.52)vs 2%(95%CI:1.99-2.11)in the background population;RR=1.5;95%CI:0.97-2.29].The cancer incidence among inflammatory bowel disease patients was 0.53%(95%CI:0.32-0.84)per patient-year of follow-up.Patients with inflammatory bowel disease had a significantly increased relative risk of urothelial carcinoma(RR=5.23,95%CI:1.95-13.87),appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma(RR=36.6,95%CI:7.92-138.4),neuroendocrine carcinoma(RR=13.1,95%CI:1.82-29.7)and rectal carcinoid(RR=8.94,95%CI:1.18-59.7).Colorectal cancer cases were not found.CONCLUSION:The overall risk of cancer did not significantly increase in our inflammatory bowel disease patients.However,there was an increased risk of urinary bladder cancer and,with less statistical power,an increased risk of appendiceal mucinous cystadenoma and of neuroendocrine tumors.Colorectal cancer risk was low in our series.
文摘To document the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in an unstudied community, a survey of 130 participants from different areas of Sierra Leone was performed. The focus was on cardiovascular disease because its prevalence had not been studied and World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) prevalence were extrapolations and not from actual data. Resting blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, fasting lipid levels and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) were measured. Mean blood pressure in men was slightly lower than in women (132/87 mmHg and 139/90 mmHg respectively), mean fasting blood glucose levels were <100 mg/dL in both groups and mean fasting total cholesterol was higher in women than in men (206 mg versus 193.5 mg/dL). Mean fasting low density lipoprotein levels were similar in both groups, 129 mg/dL in men and 133 mg/dL in women. Mean fasting high density cholesterol was 47.2 mg/dL in men and 55.5 mg/dL in women and CIMT values were similar in both groups, with 60% above the 75th percentile. This study demonstrated a prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in this population with mean BP placing both men and women in pre-hypertension or stage 1 hypertension ranges and elevated mean low density lipoprotein levels. Fasting total cholesterol, blood glucose and high density lipoprotein were within normal ranges. Mean CIMT values for men and women placed them at risk for subclinical atherosclerosis.
文摘This study assesses radiation levels in soil, water and air in the Norochcholai,<span> </span><span>an area in Sri Lanka closest to the Kundankulam nuclear power plant, India which is situated in the North Western coast. This is important for monitoring radiation hazards </span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">and</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> will be useful in case of a nuclear accident. Superficial soil and water samples from 23 locations were analyzed by Gamma spectrometry using<span style="color:red;"> </span>HPGe detector. The activity concentrations of Th232, K40, Ra226 and Pb210 in the soil were 56.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></sup></span></span></span></span><span></span><span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">, 96.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq</span></span></span>·<span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">, 24.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> and 27.0</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>kg</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> respectively. Dose rate at 1</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">m height w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> recorded using a survey meter</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">(Automess 6150AD). Median dose rate was 0.098</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">μSv<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">. The median gamma ray absorbed dose rate w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">as</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> 51.2 nGy<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> which is lower than the global average of 57 nGy<span style="white-space:normal;">·</span>h</span></span></span><span><span><sup><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span><span style="font-size:10px;">-</span>1</span></span></sup></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">. Radium equivalent activity</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">(Raeq) ranged from 30.3</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg -</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">458.3</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg and only one sample recorded the Raeq ></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">370</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">Bq/Kg as safe to be used in building materials. External hazardous indices of all the samples w</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">ere</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> below 1 a</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">nd the mean annual effective dose was within the safe limit of 1</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "="">mSv/y. The health risk of exposure to terrestrial radiation from the soil in the area is minimal. These data could be used as baseline for radiation assessment.</span></span></span>