P2P-based Application Layer Multicast (ALM) systems have shown a great success for several group communication applications. But some performance problems still await a major breakthrough from these systems for critical services such as live video streaming. For these applications, one of the problems is the dynamics of users’ presence since the unannounced departure of a peer causes an interru...

Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) of the sole sometimes has a hyperkeratotic appearance and mimics a pigmented wart. We report a case of an 81-year-old woman with an ALM on the left sole with hyperkeratosis. Due to its presentation it was difficult to make a correct diagnosis at the beginning. Finally we noticed several small, pigmented macules around the wart-like lesion with the parallel ridge...

Analysis of asset liability management (ALM) strategies especially for long term horizon is a crucial issue for banks, funds and insurance companies. Modern economic models, investment strategies and optimization criteria make ALM studies computationally very intensive task. It attracts attention to multiprocessor system and especially to the cheapest one – multi-core PCs and PC clusters. In th...

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) has a history of research related to software development processes and productivity over the last 40 years. Recently software has penetrated into almost every industry, thus every company is a software company now. Parallel to the history of ALM process models, at first it was considered synonymous to waterfall. However with the questioning of the success...

In this paper we develop a framework for optimal investment decisions for insurance companies under unhedgeable risk. The perspective that we choose is from an insurance company that tries to maximise the stream of dividends paid to its shareholders. The policy instruments that the company has are the dividend policy and the investment policy. The insurance company can continue to pay dividends...

This paper describes the modeling of actual issues of Dutch pension funds with a multistage recourse ALM model. The main results of this paper are the accurate and yet compact modeling of indexation decisions and the implementation of the short term solvency requirement of the new regulatory rules for pension funds, which are called Financieel Toetsingskader.

Abstract This paper introduces and demonstrates the use of quantum computers for asset–liability management (ALM). A summary historical current practices in ALM used by actuaries is given showing how challenges have previously been met. We give an insight into what may be like immediate future demonstrating can ALM. algorithm optimising calculations presented tested using a computer. conclude t...

BACKGROUND Age-related body-composition changes are associated with health-related outcomes in elders. This relation may be explained by inflammation and hemostatic abnormalities. OBJECTIVES Our objectives were to evaluate the relation between body-composition measures [body mass index (BMI), total fat mass, and appendicular lean mass (aLM)] and C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin 6 (IL-6),...

BACKGROUND In this study (the first of two related papers), we report whether the relationship between the demographic and anthropometric variables (DA, i.e. age, gender, height and weight) employed in current creatinin (Cr)-based glomerular filtration rate (GFR) estimation equations and actual GFR is mediated by muscle mass. METHODS We studied 77 patients (mean age +/- SD, 65.1 +/- 11.9 year...