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Exkursionsbericht zur Pfingsttagung des Naturhistorischen Vereins vom 19.-22. Mai 1959 in Merzig/Saar : allgemeiner geologisch-geographischer Bericht : mit 2 Abbildungen im Text
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Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Molecular Diagnosis of Rett Syndrome
No full textIn 1999, mutations in the MECP2 gene were identified as the primary cause of Rett syndrome. MECP2 mutations can be found in 70% to 80% of all clinically defined Rett syndrome cases; in classic Rett syndrome, this frequency is even higher. In most cases, missense and nonsense mutations affecting functionally important domains can be found. Additionally, a hot spot for small deletions has been defined, and several gross rearrangements have also been described. Among female individuals with Rett syndrome, the spectrum of clinical phenotypes is broad, but most fulfill the diagnostic criteria. In contrast, male individuals with mutations in the MECP2 gene are rare, and only a minority have clinical symptoms resembling Rett syndrome. (J Child Neurol 2005;20:732—736)
Updated recommendations for action according to the S1 guidelines Pediatric multiple sclerosis
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Correlated Risks: A Conflict of Interest Between Insurers and Consumers and Its Resolution
No full textThis contribution starts out by noting a conflict of interest between consumers and insurers. Consumers face positive correlation in their assets (health, wealth, wisdom, i.e. skills), causing them to demand a great deal of insurance coverage. Insurers on the other hand eschew positively correlated risks. It can be shown that insurance contributes to a reduction of their asset volatility only if unexpected deviations of payments from expected value correlate negatively across lines of insurance. Analyzing deviations from trend in aggregate insurance payments, one finds the following for the United States and Switzerland. Private U.S. but not Swiss insurance has a hedging effect for consumers, while both social insurance schemes expose consumers to excess asset volatility. In the insurance systems of both countries, the private component fails to offset deviations in the social component (and vice versa). As to the supply of insurance, cointegration analysis indicates the absence of common trends. Therefore, insurance companies could offer combined policies to the benefit of consumers, hedging their underwriting risks both domestically and internationally.Insurance, Portfolio Theory, International Diversification, Combined Contracts
Carl Friedrich von Gärtner (1772 - 1850): Familie, Leben, Werk
No full textElektronische Reproduktion von: Carl Friedrich von Gärtner (1772 - 1850) : Familie, Leben, Werk ; ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Sexualtheorie und der Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich / Peter Hartwig Graepel. - Marburg, Univ., Fachbereich Pharmazie u. Lebensmittelchemie, Diss., 1978. -
Standort: Universität Marburg, Bibliothek Pharmazie, Institut für Geschichte der Pharmazie (143)
Signatur: Diss 52 . -
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Efficient Electricity Portfolios for Switzerland and the United States
No full textThis study applies financial portfolio theory to determine efficient electricity-generating technology mixes for Switzerland and the United States. Expected returns are given by the (negative of the) rate of increase of power generation cost. Volatility of returns relates to the standard deviation of the cost increase associated with the portfolio, which contains Nuclear, Run of river, Storage hydro and Solar in the case of Switzerland, and Coal, Nuclear, Gas, Oil, and Wind in the case of the United States. Since shocks in generation costs are found to be correlated, the seemingly unrelated regression estimation (SURE) method is applied for filtering out the systematic component of the covariance matrix of the cost changes. Results suggest that at observed generation costs in 2003, the maximum expected return (MER) portfolio for Switzerland would call for a shift towards Nuclear and Solar, and therefore away from Run of river and Storage hydro. By way of contrast, the minimum variance (MV) portfolio mainly contains Nuclear power and Storage hydro. The 2003 MER portfolio for the United States contains Coal generated electricity and Wind, while the MV alternative combines Coal, Nuclear, Oil and Wind. Interestingly, Gas does not play any role in the determination of efficient electricity portfolios in the United States.energy, electricity, portfolio theory, efficiency frontier, seemingly unrelated regression estimations (SURE)
The Purpose and Limits of Social Health Insurance
No full textThis contribution seeks to answer two related questions. First, what is the purpose of social health insurance? Or put in slightly different terms, what are the reasons for social (or public) health insurance to exist, even to dominate private health insurance in most developed countries? And second, what are the limits of social health insurance? Can one say that there is "too much" social health insurance in the following two senses: Should the balance be shifted towards the private alternative? And is the degree of coverage excessive?social health insurance, private health insurance, insurance coverage
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
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