Tag: Risk assessment
Dependence uncertainty affects risk evaluation in joint life insurance
What the study found The study found that, for some standard joint life insurance contracts, risk evaluation based on a distortion risk measure is monotone with respect to the concordance order of the underlying copula, which is a way to describe dependence between two lifetimes. The authors also report that bounds for the mean, Value-at-Risk,…
Graph neural networks identified flood-vulnerable river segments
Graph neural network framework for assessing flood vulnerability in river basins. Identifies high-risk segments and flood-prone sub-basins by combining hydrological attributes with network topology.
Network-level model detects systemic credit risk earlier
Framework integrating graph neural networks and contagion modeling to identify systemic vulnerabilities in digital lending ecosystems months earlier than conventional monitoring systems.
Health workers were skeptical of standardized suicide risk assessments
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in PsychiatrySurvey of 183 Norwegian health workers reveals significant skepticism toward standardized suicide risk assessments, with perceptions varying by profession and hospital site.
SIPAT evaluation highlights alcohol use and education
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in MedicineDomain-level SIPAT assessment reveals alcohol use and lower education as primary psychosocial vulnerabilities across transplant candidates, supporting targeted pre-transplant evaluation.
Nigeria aircraft accidents and serious incidents were mostly non-fatal
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in AeronauticsAnalysis of Nigerian aviation accidents and serious incidents from 2000-2020 identifies human and organizational factors as predominant causes across 613 fatalities.
Urinary calcium-to-citrate ratio may help predict stone risk in very young children
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in PediatricsUrinary calcium-to-citrate ratio demonstrates moderate discriminatory power for kidney stone risk in infants and toddlers, with a threshold of 0.23 mg/mg indicating elevated lithogenic potential.
Unlawful sex workers in Rotterdam report risks in both legal and unlawful settings
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Study examines how female unlawful sex workers in Rotterdam perceive safety, manage risks, and navigate local policies that may inadvertently push them into unregulated markets.
Three factors predicted early stone recurrence after surgery
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in UrologyNomogram predicting postoperative recurrence in infective upper urinary tract stones using residual stones, urine culture status, and CT attenuation values for personalized risk stratification.
Previous self-harm and younger age were linked to suicide attempts
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in PsychiatryLiaison-consultation psychiatric study identifying clinical phenotypes and risk markers in suicidal patients, examining 373 hospital consultations to characterize preventable risk profiles.
