Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science An applications-oriented approach for engineers and advanced students Adaptive Structures covers the key concepts and practical issues involved in translating much of the theory of adaptive structures into successful, real-world hardware. Easily applied to a variety of application physics, the material emphasizes the integration of control strategies, transduction device dynamics, and spatial signal processing through novel sensing methods and actuator configurations (physical or transformed coordinates). The book contains essential models of adaptive structures and components to facilitate design approaches. The accompanying disk features script files, operating under MATLAB, which can be used to generate most of the results presented throughout the book and are invaluable to readers developing their own structural models. Topics include: * Fundamentals of structural dynamics; linear systems and signals; and signal processing and digital filters * The integration of spatial and temporal signal processing techniques * Transduction device dynamics and links between physical, modal, and wave domain models for structural dynamic analysis and control * An overview of classical controls * An application-oriented review of adaptive feedforward control and multivariable feedback control system architectures

Adaptive Structures: Dynamics and Control

Engineering & Transportation

Clark, Robert L.

Saunders, William R.

Gibbs, Gary P.

Engineering

Wiley-Interscience

The Economics of Individual and Population Aging

Economics of Individual and Population Aging (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)

Business & Money

Spengler, Joseph J.

Economics

Cambridge University Press

This study aims to identify and describe the principle economic issues associated with individual and population ageing. In addition, the study surveys and assess the existing knowledge - including research by scholars of many countries and different fields in the social sciences - of the economic and social problems associated with ageing. Although the study covers a wide range of issues, it focuses primarily on the economic complexities of individual ageing and the macro-economic problems that arise from age-structure changes in the population. The authors, giving examples from many countries, trace the development of concern for population ageing and examine theoretical concepts and changing demographic conditions. Cross-national econometric studies are cited along with time series and cross-sectional research on individual countries. In assessing the state of the literature on the economic problems of ageing, the authors have attempted to indicate fruitful avenues for further research.

The Economics of Individual and Population Aging (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature)

The Economics of an Aging Society

Written by leading thinkers in the field, this text provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and policy issues associated with individual and population aging. The text has a strong policy focus based on demographic and economic analysis, making this book both accessible and challenging to readers with limited mathematical background. 
<ul> <li>Written by leading thinkers in the field of the economics of aging. 
</li> <li>Employs a strong policy focus based on demographic and economic analysis. 
</li> <li>Provides a comprehensive international picture of the consequences of aging. 
</li> <li>Engages the reader through side boxes, relevant website addresses, and practice questions.</li> </ul>

Burkhauser, Richard V.

Moon, Marilyn

Quinn, Joseph F.

Smeeding, Timothy M.

Wiley/Blackwell

Japan and Korea (Regional Studies Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Globe Fearon Co.

This is a book about making telescopes from available parts. It provides guidance on where to look and what to look for in selecting items for telescope making and explains how to assemble these components to produce an excellent instrument on a tight budget.

Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age: Finding Parts, Getting Help, and More (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Springer

While retiree health plans are a dying benefit in the private sector, all US states and many local governments extend health insurance coverage to their retired employees. This book is the first to thoroughly examine public sector health insurance plans. Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector provides a detailed description of the current plans offered and compares how they vary across states. 
Health insurance is an important component of compensation in the public sector as it helps governments attract and retain quality workers and encourages timely retirement for career employees. Rapidly rising medical costs, an aging labor force, and an increasing number of retirees have dramatically increased the cost of providing this benefit. A central theme of this analysis is a presentation of the actuarial accrued liabilities, the unfunded liabilities and the annual required contribution of the employers based on the actuarial statements for retiree health plans. The authors also investigate why some states face major funding problems while the costs of other states' plans are much more manageable. 
Extensively researched and well-suited for classroom and professional use alike, academics in the fields of economics and public policy will find this an unmatched resource. So too will policymakers, economists, legislators, public sector union leaders and those invested in public sector healthcare.

Retiree Health Plans in the Public Sector: Is There a Funding Crisis?

Morrill, Melinda Sandler

Industries

Edward Elgar Publishing

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