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Meromorphic levy processes and their fluctuation identities
The last couple of years has seen a remarkable number of new, explicit examples of the Wiener.Hopf factorization for Levy processes where previously there had been very few. We mention, in particular, the many cases of...
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Meromorphic levy processes and their fluctuation identities
The last couple of years has seen a remarkable number of new, explicit examples of the Wiener.Hopf factorization for Levy processes where previously there had been very few. We mention, in particular, the many cases of...
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The impact of UK soft drinks industry levy on manufacturers’ domestic turnover

In March 2016, the UK government announced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) which came into effect in April 2018. In common with the reaction to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in other countries, the SDIL...

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Parents’ Perceptions and Responses to the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Objective: To record parents’ awareness of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), and explore associations between negative psychological reactance to the levy and motivation and intentions to change consumption and...
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Parents’ Perceptions and Responses to the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy
Objective: To record parents’ awareness of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), and explore associations between negative psychological reactance to the levy and motivation and intentions to change consumption and...
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The extreme profitability of the UK tobacco market and the rationale for a new tobacco levy
The profitability of the tobacco industry is now topical as the current UK government, and the main opposition Labour party, have both outlined plans for a levy on the UK tobacco industry. The basic idea is that the industry...
Published by: University of Bath
Levy Flight and Chaos Theory-Based Gravitational Search Algorithm for Global Optimization
Sajad Rather, P. Bala
Jan 01, 2022
The Gravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) is one of the highly regarded population-based algorithms. It has been reported that GSA has a powerful global exploration capability but suffers from the limitations of getting stuck in...
The extreme profitability of the UK tobacco market and the rationale for a new tobacco levy
The profitability of the tobacco industry is now topical as the current UK government, and the main opposition Labour party, have both outlined plans for a levy on the UK tobacco industry. The basic idea is that the industry...
Published by: University of Bath
Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy
Abstract: Objective: To determine changes in household purchases of drinks and confectionery one year after implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL). Design: Controlled interrupted time series analysis....
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The impact of UK soft drinks industry levy on manufacturers’ domestic turnover

In March 2016, the UK government announced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) which came into effect in April 2018. In common with the reaction to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in other countries, the SDIL...

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Impact of the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy on sugar content, price, product size and number of available soft drinks in the UK, 2015-19
BACKGROUND:Dietary sugar, especially in liquid form, increases risk of dental caries, adiposity, and type 2 diabetes. The United Kingdom Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) was announced in March 2016 and implemented in April 2018...
Published by: PLoS Medicine
IPR Policy Brief - Mentally disordered offenders' perspectives on their risk assessment plans
Jeremy Dixon
Feb 01, 2014
Research carried out by Dr Jeremy Dixon (University of Bath) examined mentally disordered offenders’ views of their risk assessment and management plans.

The research took place between March 2009 and September 2011...
Published by: University of Bath
IPR Policy Brief - Mentally disordered offenders' perspectives on their risk assessment plans
Jeremy Dixon
Feb 01, 2014
Research carried out by Dr Jeremy Dixon (University of Bath) examined mentally disordered offenders’ views of their risk assessment and management plans.

The research took place between March 2009 and September 2011...
Published by: University of Bath
The profitability of the Irish tobacco market and the benefits of a new levy on tobacco company profits
J Robert Branston
Jul 01, 2015
Using available financial information, this report develops a series of profit estimates for the firms operating in the Irish tobacco market which show they are significantly more profitable than other European consumer staple...
Published by: University of Bath
Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy
Abstract: Objective: To determine changes in household purchases of drinks and confectionery one year after implementation of the UK soft drinks industry levy (SDIL). Design: Controlled interrupted time series analysis....
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The profitability of the Irish tobacco market and the benefits of a new levy on tobacco company profits
J Robert Branston
Jul 01, 2015
Using available financial information, this report develops a series of profit estimates for the firms operating in the Irish tobacco market which show they are significantly more profitable than other European consumer staple...
Published by: University of Bath
A Wiener-Hopf Monte Carlo simulation technique for Lévy process
We develop a completely new and straightforward method for simulating the joint law of the position and running maximum at a fixed time of a general Levy process with a view to application in insurance and financial mathematics....
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Exact and asymptotic <em>n</em>-tuple laws at first and last passage
Understanding the space time features of how a Levy process crosses a constant barrier for the first time, and indeed the last time, is a problem which is central to many models in applied probability such as queueing theory...
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To Press, Or Not to Press the Button?
Timo Kivimaki
Oct 22, 2015
This article looks at the interpretative foundations of nuclear deterrence and interprets the statement by Jeremy Corbryn, related to UK's nuclear weapons.
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Developing Written Argumentation Skills With an Educational Simulation Game (ESG)
In this chapter, the authors present the case of GlobalEd, a virtual educational simulation game (ESG) that focuses on the development of student written argumentation and socio-scientific literacy skills over the course of...

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