Transferring longevity risk often involves the utilization of some kind of insurance contract
with an insurer (or guarantor) accepting some, or all, of the risk associated with people living …

… The Dissertation Committee for James Carlo DiNunzio Certifies that this is the approved …
parents, James and Barbara DiNunzio, have also helped to shape me to be the individual I …

This volume provides readers with the basic principles and fundamentals of extrusion
technology and a detailed description of the practical applications of a variety of extrusion …

Approximately 60% of US currency notes circulate abroad. As the most widely used currency
in the world, US notes are the most likely to be counterfeited. Since 1996, the United States …

Fante's reputation is unlikely to emerge from the margins of American literature despite this
investigation of his strengths. It is no tragedy, however, that he will not become the Kerouac …

Background Foodstuffs of both plant and animal origin contain a wide range of bioactive
compounds. Although human intervention studies are mandatory to assess the health effects of …

This report presents a summation of the third and final year of a three-year investigation into
methods and technologies for substantially reducing the capital costs and total schedule for …

Cannabis sativa can be classified in two main types, according to psychotropic cannabinoid
∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9-THC) content: the drug-type and the fiber-type. According to …

Background: Tens of glycemic variability (GV) indices are available in the literature to
characterize the dynamic properties of glucose concentration profiles from continuous glucose …

Cannabis sativa can be classified, in two main types, according to psychotropic cannabinoid∆
9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆ 9-THC) content: the drug-type and the fiber-type. According to …