Simple Summary Early detection of PCa (PCa) has evolved towards clinically significant
PCa (csPCa) after the spread of pre-biopsy multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (…

Encapsulation of essential oils represents a good strategy to protect and to transform them
in free-flowing particles. Core-shell systems containing peppermint essential oil have been …

This paper determines the optimal ownership share held by a unit into a second unit when
both face a tax-bankruptcy trade-off. Full ownership is optimal when the first unit has positive …

One of the major concerns of life insurers and pension funds is the increasing longevity of
their beneficiaries. This paper studies the hedging problem of annuity cash flows when …

This article provides natural hedging strategies for life insurance and annuity businesses
written on a single generation or on different generations in the presence of both longevity and …

Simple Summary Magnetic-resonance-imaging-based predictive models (MRI-PMs) improve
the MRI prediction of clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa) in prostate biopsies. Risk …

Simple Summary Prostate cancer (PCa) aggressiveness can be assessed from clinical and
pathologic surrogate endpoints as the International Society of Uropathology grade group (GG…

We formulate, study and calibrate a continuous-time model for the joint evolution of the mortality
surface of multiple populations. We model the mortality intensity by age and population …

This paper provides a tractable, parsimonious model for assessing basis risk in longevity
and its effect on the hedging strategies of Pension Funds and annuity providers. Basis risk is …

Background Prostate cancer (PC) suspicion is based on prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
and digital rectal examination (DRE). Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) …