The food security under another look: analysis on the evolution of the Brazilian population occupied in activities of self-consumption

The article analyzes the evolution of the Brazilian active population occupied in activities of self-consumption between 2001 and 2006 years.The date used come from the National Research on Sample of Domiciles.The Pastry Rings authors examine the situation since the point of view the individuals and families (rural or urban), also classified as emp

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A "square-root rule" for reinsurance

In previous work, the authors derived Kitchen Island a mathematical expression for the optimal (or "saturation") number of reinsurers for a given number of primary insurers (see Powers and Shubik, 2001).In the current article, we show analytically that, for large numbers of primary insurers, this mathematical expression provides a "square-root rule

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Kainic Acid-Induced Post-Status Epilepticus Models of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Diverging Seizure Phenotype and Neuropathology

The aim of epilepsy models is to investigate disease ontogenesis and therapeutic interventions in a consistent and prospective manner.The kainic acid-induced status epilepticus (KASE) rat model is a widely used, well-validated model for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).As we noted significant variability within the model between labs potentially relate

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