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This book examines the agronomic and economic aspects of banana production and marketing in Cameroon. First, it focuses on banana production under three different technologies: modern, semi-modern, and traditional. Then, the marketing component involves foreign and domestic price analysis, trends in banana export, distribution channels, market structure, and marketing costs assessment. (DÜI-Hff)

Actuaries have access to a wealth of individual data in pension and insurance portfolios, but rarely use its full potential. This book will pave the way, from methods using aggregate counts to modern developments in survival analysis. Based on the fundamental concept of the hazard rate, Part I shows how and why to build statistical models, based on data at the level of the individual persons in a pension scheme or life insurance portfolio. Extensive use is made of the R statistics package. Smooth models, including regression and spline models in one and two dimensions, are covered in depth in Part II. Finally, Part III uses multiple-state models to extend survival models beyond the simple life/death setting, and includes a brief introduction to the modern counting process approach. Practising actuaries will find this book indispensable, and students will find it helpful when preparing for their professional examinations

The influx of military service‐members into the world of higher education casts a spotlight on the veterans resource centers at colleges and universities. Such veterans resource centers can provide support to student‐veterans who seek assistance in navigating higher education bureaucracy and institutional culture. Student‐veterans rely heavily on the centers, and find them to be a support and a bureaucratic hindrance, according to our research.