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UNINA9910456288003321 |
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Aging and demographic change in Canadian context / / edited by David Cheal |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002 |
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1-281-99613-0 |
9786611996130 |
1-4426-7073-8 |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Policy Research: The Trends Project Series |
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Aging - Social aspects - Canada |
Age distribution (Demography) - Canada |
Vieillissement - Aspect social - Canada |
Répartition par âge (Démographie) - Canada |
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Canada Population policy |
Canada Social conditions 1991- |
Canada Population |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Contextualizing Demographic Concerns / Cheal, David -- 2. Intergenerational Interlinkages: Public, Family, and Work / McDaniel, Susan A. -- 3. Aging, Language, and Culture / Thorpe, Douglas -- 4. The Impact of Demographic and Social Trends on Informal Support for Older Persons -- 5. Aging and Productivity: What Do We Know? / Prager, Joel -- 6. Work and Leisure: A Question of Balance / Thomas, Marty / Venne, Rosemary A. -- 7. Catching Up with Diversity in Intergenerational Relationships / Tindale, Joseph A. / Norris, Joan E. / Abbott, Krista -- Appendix: Iowa City Declaration -- Bibliography |
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The Canadian population is aging. As the "Baby-Boomer" generation reaches retirement age, policy-makers have begun to fear the economic and demographic challenges ahead. Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context responds to this alarmist view. The contributors present several alternative perspectives and question whether an aging society is necessarily inferior or problematic compared with the recent past, cautioning that exaggerated concerns about population aging can be harmful to rational policy making. The contributors argue that it is important to develop forward-looking programs that may influence life course trajectories in favourable directions, and that these new policies should be developed with respect to the life course considered as a whole. "Old age" is a slippery concept, and the effective boundaries between it and "middle age" are not always clear. The essays in Aging and Demographic Change in Canadian Context address these challenges and seek to broaden public discussion on aging and Canadian public policy. |
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UNINA9910459154003321 |
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Carson Ewart |
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Modelling methodology for physiology and medicine / / Ewart Carson, Centre for Health Informatics, City University London, London, UK, Claudio Cobelli, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy |
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London : , : Elsevier, , 2014 |
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[Second edition.] |
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1 online resource (589 p.) |
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Physiology - Mathematical models |
Medicine - Mathematical models |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Front Cover; Modelling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; List of |
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Contributors; 1 An Introduction to Modelling Methodology; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Need for Models; 1.2.1 Physiological Complexity; 1.2.2 Models and Their Purposes; 1.3 Approaches to Modelling; 1.3.1 Modelling the Data; 1.3.2 Modelling the System; 1.4 Simulation; 1.5 Model Identification; 1.5.1 A Framework for Identification; 1.5.2 Identification of Parametric Models; 1.5.3 Identification of Nonparametric Models; 1.6 Model Validation; Reference |
2 Control in Physiology and Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Modelling for Control System Design and Analysis; 2.2.1 Sets of Ordinary Differential Equations; 2.2.2 Linear State Space Models; 2.2.3 Transfer Functions; 2.2.3.1 Pole-Zero Cancellation; 2.2.3.2 Right-Half-Plane Zeros and Time Delays; 2.2.4 Discrete-Time State Space Models; 2.2.5 Discrete Auto-Regressive Models; 2.2.6 Step and Impulse Response Models; 2.2.7 System Identification; 2.3 Block Diagram Analysis; 2.3.1 Continuous-Time Block Diagram Analysis; 2.3.2 Discrete-Time Block Diagram Analysis |
2.4 Proportional-Integral-Derivative Control; 2.4.1 PID Tuning Techniques; 2.4.1.1 Ziegler-Nichols Closed-Loop Oscillations; 2.4.1.2 Frequency Response; 2.4.1.3 Cohen-Coon; 2.4.1.4 Internal Model Control-Based PID; 2.4.1.5 Ad hoc; 2.4.2 Discrete-Time PID; 2.5 Model Predictive Control; 2.6 Other Control Algorithms; 2.6.1 Fuzzy Logic; 2.6.2 Expert Systems; 2.6.3 Artificial Neural Networks; 2.6.4 On-Off; 2.7 Application Examples; 2.7.1 Type 1 Diabetes: Blood Glucose Control; 2.7.1.1 Models for Simulation; 2.7.1.2 Models for Control; 2.7.1.3 Control; 2.7.1.3.1 On-Off |
2.7.1.3.2 Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID); 2.7.1.3.3 Model Predictive Control (MPC); 2.7.1.3.4 Fuzzy Logic; 2.7.2 Intensive Care Unit Blood Glucose Control; 2.7.2.1 Models; 2.7.2.2 Control; 2.7.3 Blood Pressure Control Using Continuous Drug Infusion; 2.7.3.1 Models; 2.7.3.2 Control; 2.7.4 Control of Anesthesia and Sedation; 2.7.4.1 Models; 2.7.4.2 Open-Loop Control; 2.7.4.3 Closed-Loop Control; 2.8 Summary; References; 3 Deconvolution; 3.1 Problem Statement; 3.2 Difficulty of the Deconvolution Problem; 3.2.1 Dealing with Physiological Systems |
3.2.2 A Classification of the Deconvolution Approaches; 3.3 The Regularization Method; 3.3.1 Deterministic Viewpoint; 3.3.1.1 The Choice of the Regularization Parameter; 3.3.1.2 The Virtual Grid; 3.3.1.3 Assessment of Confidence Limits; 3.3.2 Stochastic Viewpoint; 3.3.2.1 Confidence Limits; 3.3.2.2 Statistically Based Choice of the Regularization Parameter; 3.3.3 Numerical Aspects; 3.3.4 Constrained Deconvolution; 3.4 Other Deconvolution Methods; 3.5 Conclusions; References; 4 Structural Identifiability of Biological and Physiological Systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Background and Definitions |
4.2.1 The System |
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Modelling Methodology for Physiology and Medicine, Second Edition, offers a unique approach and an unprecedented range of coverage of the state-of-the-art, advanced modeling methodology that is widely applicable to physiology and medicine. |
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UNINA9910456689803321 |
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Titolo |
Evaluating the financial performance of pension funds [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Hinz ... [et al.], editors |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2010 |
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1-282-46258-X |
9786612462580 |
0-8213-8160-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (479 p.) |
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Directions in development |
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Pension trusts - Evaluation |
Rate of return - Evaluation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Evaluating the Financial Performance of Pension Funds; Chapter 2: Investment Performance of Privately Managed Pension Funds: Overview of the Available Data; Chapter 3: Financial Performance of Pension Funds: An Exploratory Study; Chapter 4: Portfolio Choice, Minimum Return Guarantees, and Competition in Defined Contribution Pension Systems; Chapter 5: Labor Market Uncertainty and Pension System Performance; Chapter 6: Pension Funds, Life-Cycle Asset Allocation, and Performance Evaluation |
Chapter 7: Application of Advances in Financial Theory and Evidence to Pension Fund Design in Developing EconomiesChapter 8: Future Directions in Measuring the Financial Performance of Pension Funds: A Roundtable Discussion; Index; Back cover |
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Countries throughout the world are increasingly relying on individual pension savings accounts to provide income replacement in old age for their citizens. Although these have now been in place for several decades, the metrics for the measurement of their performance has not always meaningful from the perspective the long term objectives of pension funds. The recent financial crisis has highlighted the need to |
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establish meaningful performance measures that consider pension funds in relation to the ability to effectively provide income replacement at retirement age. The book discusses the theor |
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