24 research outputs found
Changes in chemical composition on different planes of nutrition.
Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references
Changes in the chemical composition of the timothy plant during growth and ripening, with a comparative study of the wheat plant.
Caption title.Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references
The maintenance requirement of cattle : as influenced by condition, plane of nutrition, age, season, time on maintenance, type, and size of animal
Cover title.Digitized 2007 AES
Changes in the compostion of the mature dairy cow during fattening.
Publication authorized July 2, 1923.Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references
Changes in proportion of carcass and offal on different plans of nutrition.
Publication authorized September 1, 1922.Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references
Composition of the beef animal and energy cost of fattening
Digitized 2007 AES.Includes bibliographical references (page 106)
Changes in form and weight on different planes of nutrition.
Publication authorized March 2, 1921.Digitized 2007 AES
Discussion of T.A. Moultrie and R.G. Thomas\u27s \u27\u27The Right to Underwrite? An Actuarial Perspective With a Difference
This interesting but controversial paper studies a subject I too have seriously considered. Nearly a decade ago I was commissioned to prepare a monograph that appeared in 1989 under the auspices of the Actuarial Education and Research Fund under the title Fundamental Concepts of Actuarial Science. 1 Chapter VII of this work, Classification, Selection, and Antiselection, claims that the cluster of ideas surrounding these three words form a fundamental actuarial concept. I have recently reviewed this monograph (hereinafter FCAS) and am struck by the dissimilarities between the two treatments. The authors of The Right to Underwrite? (RTU) were unaware of my work, and I mean this in no derogatory sense. FCAS does not appear in the usual literature search, particularly one undertaken from overseas. This discussion will be an outline of the points at which FCAS and RTU differ. I will paraphrase, avoiding detail and concentrating on the essentials. I highlight the important differences by considering only the three questions stated below