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Showing 1 to 20 of 978 for “"Longevity"”.
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The Limits of Longevity
Do all animals age? Although aging seems to be a widespread phenomenon, some demographic studies have failed to find evidence of aging in certain species, including some highly regenerative species of planarians and Hydra that reproduce through asexual fission. However, all demographic studies have …
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South Carolina Superintendents' Perceptions of Longevity
… potential causes for the shorter average longevity of South Carolina superintendents as compared to superintendents nationwide. This study addressed the following research questions: 1.) What do South Carolina superintendents perceive to be the reasons for turnover in South Carolina? 2.) …
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Mortality modelling and longevity risk management
… the largest and most widespread gains in human longevity ever witnessed, which show no sign of slowing down during the early years of the 21st century. The risk of further, higher than anticipated improvements in life expectancy - known as longevity risk - is now a major and growing field of …
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Survivor bond models for securitizing longevity risk
<p>"Longevity risk is the risk that a reference population’s mortality rates deviate from what is projected from prior life tables. This is due to discoveries in biological sciences, improved public health measures, and nutrition, which have dramatically increased life expectancy. Longevity risk …
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Az élettartam-kockázat modellezése = Modeling longevity risk
… szakmában magyar nyelven is meghonosodott "longevity risk" kifejezés Májer–Kovács [2011] cikkében bevezetett fordítása. A jelenség, amely egyebek mellett a biztosítók és nyugdíjpénztárak kockázatkezelését szabályozó, a gyakorlatban 2016. január 1-én hatályba lépett Szolvencia II …
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Genetic analysis of longevity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
… and extends life span. A central regulator of longevity in yeast is the silencing protein Sir2p. Deletion of SIR2 shortens life span and overexpression of SIR2 extends life span. Sir2p promotes silenced chromatin at the rDNA by catalyzing a novel NAD-dependent histone deacetylation reaction. …
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Design for Longevity: Service and System Innovation
… planning. This dissertation, Design for Longevity: Service and System Innovation, examines these transformations and proposes strategies to foster a “longevity society”, a new era in society necessitating a fundamental rethinking of age and ageing to effectively harness the opportunities …
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Superintendent Longevity and its Relationship to Student Performance
… of the school district. Superintendent longevity has been an issue for many years and even though researchers have studied and identified the importance of leadership in the sustainability of school improvement efforts, the tenure of superintendents has not changed (Fullan, 2002). …
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Superintendent Longevity In South Carolina Since Accountability Implementation
<p> The purpose of this study was to assess the longevity of superintendents in South Carolina since the implementation of its accountability model as legislated by `No Child Left Behind' and explore the relationship between superintendent tenure and key factors: 1) district accountability status; …
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Time-Restricted Feeding Extends Longevity in Drosophila Melanogaster
… elusive. To understand the effect of TRF on longevity we used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, which is a useful model for longevity, sleep and circadian studies because of its wellestablished sleep behavior, tractable genetics, and short lifespan. We found that TRF extends longevity of …
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Longevity of the health benefits of breast reduction
Aesthetic surgery is available to a small number of patients of patients on the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, chosen from a large number of individuals who are referred for various procedures. The most popular and most frequently requested of all aesthetic procedures in the Scottish …
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Investigating the longevity of significant-tornado producing supercells
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-11 without embargo terms
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The Women's Equality Party: Sustainability, Longevity, and Impacts
This thesis investigates how the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) in the United Kingdom has struggled to utilise its standing as a political party to ensure that women’s interests are represented throughout the British political landscape. WEP emerged in 2015 out of a dissatisfaction with mainstream …
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Durability and Longevity of Gene Edited DMD Skeletal Muscle
The content of this work is adapted with or without modifications from the previously published articles that are cited below. Sections that have been reproduced from previously published work have been clearly indicated at the beginning of each section.
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Longevity Risk: Retirement Product Innovation and Risk Management Strategies
… of outliving their retirement savings, known as longevity risk. This thesis proposes new retirement income products with various strategies for managing longevity risk. First, we introduce a retirement product to provide pensioners with a lifetime income characterized by smooth investment …
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Personality and Longevity in the Profession of Athletic Training
… turns those recruits who have a better chance at longevity away from the profession. Additionally, athletic trainers who spend fewer years in the profession may not be leaving because of dissatisfaction.</p>
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Population ageing, longevity and migration: an overlapping generations approach
… fund for the elderly. 2) "Population Ageing, Longevity and Health", analyzes the effects of health investment on intertemporal individual behaviour and capital accumulation. 3) "Population Ageing and the Nursing Flow", studies the consequences of migration in the nursing sector. 4) "Quality of …
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