Abstract: In problems of optimal insurance design, Arrow’s classical result on the optimality of the deductible indemnity schedule holds in a situation where the insurer is a risk-neutral Expected-Utility (EU) maximizer, the insured is a risk-averse EU-maximizer, and the two parties share the same probabilistic beliefs about the realizations of the underlying insurable loss. Recently, Ghossoub ...

Mycosis Fungoides is a T-cell lymphoma having a broad clinical spectrum ranging from localized cutaneous to rapidly fatal systemic disease. Early clinical presentation is non specific, delaying correct diagnosis. Compared to clinical, the insurable spectrum is narrow. Staging for skin, lymph node and other organ manifestations is presented. Factors which influence mortality within each stag...

A FAMILY of inequalities concerning inner products of vectors and functions began with Cauchy. The extensions and generalizations later led to the inequalities of Schwarz, Minkowski and Holder. The well known Holder inequality involves the inner product of vectors measured by Minkowski norms. In this paper, another step of extension is taken so that a Holder type inequality may apply to general...

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THE finest movements of surgery are made with the fingers and thumb, not with the wrist and hand as a whole. In the usual method of suturing, the needle is grasped by the needle-holder which is held more or less in the palm of the hand. The fine, sharp needles of ophthalmic surgery, such as those made by Grieshaber, inevitably become dulled as they are grasped by the metal blades of the needle-...

Introduction: Bite wing radiographs are indicated in children with closed posterior contacts. Given the fact that nowadays bitewing radiographs are taken using both paper loop and film holder, the aim of this study is the evaluation of acceptance and diagnostic quality of two methods. Materials and Methods: This study is a sort of diagnostic accuracy test that was performed on 20 6-8 year old ...