Tropical cyclones have enormous destructive potential. In 2018 continental Por- tugal has been affected by hurricane Leslie, the weather-related event having the highest impact ever on the property portfolio of the portuguese insurance company Fidelidade, causing several millions euros of losses. The fear is that, in the near future, the occurrence of this type of events increases in intensity and frequency, as ...
A complete model to analyse and predict future losses in the property portfolio of an insurance company due to hurricanes is proposed. A novel statistical model, in which weather data is not required, is considered. Climate data may not be reliable, or may be difficult to deal with or to obtain, hence we reconstruct the storm behaviour through the registered claims and respective losses. The model is calibrated...
These guidelines are a consensus work of a considerable number of members of the immunology and flow cytometry community. They provide the theory and key practical aspects of flow cytometry enabling immunologists to avoid the common errors that often undermine immunological data. Notably, there are comprehensive sections of all major immune cell types with helpful Tables detailing phenotypes in murine and human...