We establish, through solving semi-infinite programming problems, bounds on the probability of safely reaching a desired level of wealth on a finite horizon, when an investor starts with an optimal mean-variance finan...
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We establish, through solving semi-infinite programming problems, bounds on the probability of safely reaching a desired level of wealth on a finite horizon, when an investor starts with an optimal mean-variance financial investment strategy under a non-negative wealth restriction.
Background:While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000,viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important,underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern *** aimed to describe...
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Background:While malaria morbidity and mortality have declined since 2000,viral central nervous system infections appear to be an important,underestimated cause of coma in malaria-endemic Eastern *** aimed to describe the etiology of non-traumatic comas in young children in Benin,as well as their management and early outcomes,and to identify factors associated with ***:From March to November 2018,we enrolled all HIV-negative children aged between 2 and 6 years,with a Blantyre Coma Score≤2,in this prospective observational *** were screened for malaria severity signs and assessed using a systematic diagnostic protocol,including blood cultures,malaria diagnostics,and cerebrospinal fluid analysis using multiplex *** determine factors associated with death,univariate and multivariate analyses were ***:From 3244 admissions,84 children were included:malaria was diagnosed in 78,eight of whom had a viral or bacterial *** children had a non-malarial infection or no identified *** mortality rate was 29.8%(25/84),with 20 children dying in the first 24 ***-infected children appeared to have a poorer *** the 76 children who consulted a healthcare professional before admission,only 5 were prescribed adequate antimalarial oral *** of early death were jaundice or increased bilirubin[odd ratio(OR)=8.6;95% confidential interval(CI):2.03-36.1]and lactate>5 mmol/L(OR=5.1;95%CI:1.49-17.30).Antibiotic use before admission(OR=0.1;95%CI:0.02-0.85)and vaccination against yellow fever(OR=0.2,95%CI:0.05-0.79)protected against ***:Infections were found in all children who died,and cerebral malaria was by far the most common cause of non-traumatic *** opportunities to receive early effective antimalarial treatment were *** central nervous system infections must be considered in their *** factors that proved to be protective against early death were unexpected.
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