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1Longevity bond — Longevity Bonds and Longevity Annuities are financial instruments or a form of insurance that bet against outliving ones savings through mortality rates. These longevity products enable clients to use a small portion of current savings to buy… …
2Longevity — The word longevity is sometimes used as a synonym for life expectancy in demography. However, this is not the most popular or accepted definition. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/longevity?cat=health. longevity: Definition and Much More from… …
3Rate-of-Living-Theorie — Die Rate of Living Theorie (dt. „Lebensratentheorie“) ist ein Erklärungsmodell für das Altern von Organismen, die sich geschlechtlich fortpflanzen. Die Hypothese ist einer der ersten Beiträge zur Alternstheorie und wurde 1928 von dem US… …
4Longevity Derivatives — A class of securities that provides a hedge against parties that are exposed to longevity risks through their businesses, such as pension plan managers and insurers. These types of derivatives are designed to have increasingly high payouts as a… …
5Basal metabolic rate — (BMR), and the closely related resting metabolic rate (RMR), is the amount of daily energy expended by humans and animals at rest. Rest is defined as existing in a neutrally temperate environment while in the post absorptive state. In plants,… …
6Reliability theory of aging and longevity — is a scientific approach aimed to gain theoretical insights into mechanisms of biological aging and species survival patterns by applying a general theory of systems failure, known as reliability theory. OverviewReliability theory allows… …
7Biodemography of human longevity — Biodemography is a multidisciplinary approach, integrating biological knowledge (studies on human biology and animal models) with demographic research on human longevity and survival. Biodemographic studies are important for understanding the… …
8Consumerism and longevity — refers to research which examines the relationship between consumption, generally in the form of shopping, and longevity. In a Taiwanese study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, it was found that shopping prolonged the …
9Failure rate — is the frequency with which an engineered system or component fails, expressed for example in failures per hour. It is often denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda) and is important in reliability engineering. The failure rate of a system usually… …
10Cuisine of Xinjiang — The Cuisine of Xinjiang (新疆菜) is the food of the Uyghurs ( Uyghur Yemekliri ), known for cooking fiery lamb kebabs and homemade noodles. As Uyghurs are Sunni Muslim Turks, the food is predominantly halal .Xinjiang Region has the highest longevity …
