An Examination of the Statistics and Risk Management Concepts Behind the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the overarching federal law that has impacted the intricacies of the health insurance market for more than a decade. Using the supervised learning method of multiple linear regression, the relationship between the medical loss ratio rebates and predictor variables such as the state, health insurance market, and the number of insurance companies owing rebates will be analyzed, along with the actuarial value of metal tiers and geographic rating area factors in terms of their relationship to the insurance premium for a standard family of four, defined as a forty-year-old couple with two children. Moreover, cluster analysis will be used to analyze any and all phenomena discovered by looking at which data points are assigned to specific clusters based on shared attributes. All datasets are from the years 2014 through 2020, as 2014 was when the PPACA went into effect and 2020 is the latest year for which data is available

The influence of toughening-particles in CFRPs on low velocity impact damage resistance performance

The role of particle-toughening for increasing impact damage resistance in carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites was investigated. Five carbon fibre reinforced systems consisting of four particle-toughened matrices and one system containing no toughening particles were subjected to low velocity impacts ranging from 25 J to 50 J to establish the impact damage resistance of each material system. Synchrotron radiation computed tomography (SRCT) enabled a novel approach for damage assessment and quantification. Toughening mechanisms were detected in the particle-toughened systems consisting of particle–resin debonding, crack-deflection and crack-bridging. Quantification of the bridging behaviour, increase in crack path length and roughness was undertaken. Out of the three toughening mechanisms measured, particle systems exhibited a larger extent of bridging suggesting a significant contribution of this toughening mechanism compared to the system with no particle

A Study Guide to Mark\u27s Gospel: Discovering Mark\u27s Message for His Day and Ours

A section-by-section guide to the study of Mark\u27s Gospel, intended primarily for lay people who want a very brief introduction to the gospel that will highlight its essential message and can be used for individual or group reflection. It coincides with year B lectionary Gospel readings. Sinclair\u27s work concentrates on discovering what Mark was saying to the Christian readers of his own time. He also provides a new translation of the Gospel which will help readers experience the sometimes all too familiar material in a fresh way.https://scholar.dominican.edu/books/1002/thumbnail.jp

Jesus the Servant King: A Lecture Series on My Version of the Historical Jesus [Lecture Notes]

Lecture notes on a series of talks by Scott G. Sinclair\u27s on his version of the Historical Jesus

Jesus, Mark, Paul, and John Said WHAT? The Evolution of Deliberately Puzzling Material in the New Testament

The deliberately puzzling sayings of Jesus pose both historical and theological problems. When Jesus said that we must hate our father and mother to be his disciple or that if we only had a tiny amount of faith we could move a mountain, there is the historical problem of what he could possibly have meant and why he chose to express himself so strangely. There is also the theological problem of how Christians are to apply this material today. Do such statements make sense in our own lives, and should Christians today imitate Jesus in speaking in enigmas? In the following brief book we will begin by tackling the historical problem of Jesus’s enigmatic speech. We will consider some of the many possible approaches to understanding Jesus’s puzzling rhetoric, and examine the limitations of them. Then I will outline what I think is the most fruitful approach and illustrate it by using it to interpret a series of strange sayings of Jesus.https://scholar.dominican.edu/books/1077/thumbnail.jp

Divorce and Celibacy in the New Testament and the Implications for the Church Today: One Interpretation: Five Conferences for New Camaldoli Hermitage [Lecture Notes]

Traditional Church teaching on divorce and celibacy rests on an interpretation of key New Testament texts. In five lectures to the monks of New Camaldoli Hermitage, Dr. Scott Sinclair argued that this established interpretation is basically incorrect. He offered a different interpretation which could justify a new Christian approach to divorce and celibacy. The accompanying document consists of his detailed lecture notes which clearly present a concise summary of his position. These could be used as a resource for a study group, classroom teaching and discussion, or even a reconsideration of Church policy

The Book of Revelation [Lecture Notes]

An examination of the context, message, and contemporary relevance of this extraordinary final book of the Christian New Testament. Student Learning Outcomes: Student will demonstrate a knowledge of the literal contents of the Book of Revelation the cultural and/or historical situations to which they respond, and 3) the enduring theological perspectives that appear in these responses