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Buddhist insights into end-of-life care & death: Impersonality process of five khandhas perception to remove the origin of trauma, stress anxiety, and chronic pain From the womb (Jāti’pi dukkhā) before death
Kim, Jeasuk
2023 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations Religious StudiesPañcakkhandhā Non-Self (anattā) Realization of (Jāti’pi dukkhā) This dissertation seeks non-dogmatic Buddhist corpus wisdom practical ...
Academic catalog 2023-2024
2023 Issue
Academic Catalog
Yoga interventions for Black female low-income youth
James, Tylo Anna Shequielle
2023 Thesis/Dissertation
Master's Theses PsychologyInterest in mindfulness-based yoga interventions has significantly increased over the last thirty years. Researchers have studied the practice of yoga...An analytical investigation of renunciation in Theravada Buddhism
Gonadeniye Pannarathana
2023 Thesis/Dissertation
Doctoral Dissertations Religious StudiesRenunciation or Nekkhamma is defined as an isolated habit of reducing sensual pleasure. The renunciation from home to homelessness is the first step ...
Public goods in a market economy : the case study of China
Chen, Yueyun (Bill)
2010-03 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsThis paper discussed the dilemma of public goods provision under a market economy system. In a free market system, entrepreneurs have insufficient ...
Performance analyses of U.S. property-liability reinsurance companies
Chen, Yueyun (Bill)
2000-02 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsThis paper examines the performance of property and liability reinsurance companies in the United States. It shows that these reinsurers have higher ...
The effect of ceded reinsurance on solvency of primary insurers
Chen, Yueyun (Bill)
2001-02 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsPrimary insurance companies diversify their underwriting risk and thus improve their financial stability through buying reinsurance contracts. However...
Solvency regulation in the property-liability insurance industry
Hamwi, Iskandar S.
2004-11 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsThis paper evaluates guaranty funds and solvency regulations. One main question addressed is how solvency regulations will benefit consumers. Many ...
Why some disaster insurance does not exist
Chen, Yueyun (Bill)
2012 Academic Article
Business Administration Faculty PublicationsThe failure of some disaster insurance market has been a very serious problem. This paper focuses on why disaster reinsurance fails and how that will ...
The review and analysis of compulsory insurance