For contracts with Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit (GMIB)**** and/or Enhanced Death Benefit. (EDB) - Withdrawal amount that increases upon an Optional or Automatic step-up* to equal ** of. the Annual Increase Amount (âCompounding Income Baseâ) upon step-up (withdrawal amount will not increase.
The homeostasis of a family or system is a statement of what fit defined the family or system. It is not a statement that the fit was healthy or functional or good or positive. Homeostasis, conceptually, is neutral.
Allostasis is the extension of the concept of homeostasis and represents the adaptation process of the complex physiological system to physical, psychosocial and environmental challenges or stress.