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UNINA9910786346103321 |
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Blahous Charles P. <1963-> |
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Pension wise [[electronic resource] ] : confronting employer pension underfunding--and sparing taxpayers the next bailout / / Charles P. Blahous |
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Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2011 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (105 p.) |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 597 |
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Pensions - United States |
Old age pensions - United States |
Compensation management - United States |
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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 and index. |
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Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abstract; Introduction; The Nature of Single-Employer Defined-Benefit Pensions; The Nation's Pension Insurance System: The Condition of the PBGC; The Magnitude of Pension Under funding Nationwide; Technical Reasons for Pension Under funding; Pension Plan Assets; Pension Plan Liabilities; Addressing Under funding: Statutory Contribution Requirements; Other Funding Safeguards Established by the PPA; Premiums; Recent Developments: Legislation and the Financial Markets'Plunge |
Additional Reasons for Under funding: Structural Issues Facing the PBGC Political Economy Factors; Pension Funding Policy Principles: Separating Measurement Accuracy from Value Judgments; Can the Hole be Filled? Separating Fairness from Risk Issues; Going Forward: General Principles for Pension Insurance System Reform; Conclusions and Recommendations; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index |
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Charles Blahous, one of the nation's foremost retirement security experts, explains the origins and dangers of current under funding in our single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides a tutorial on the basic workings of pension law, reviews the recent history that led to the worsening |
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condition of the pension insurance system, and suggests a range of reforms to improve the system's operation and to resolve the projected shortfall. |
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UNINA9910827670503321 |
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Current issues with influenza management / / editor, Viroj Wiwanitkit |
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London, England : , : Future Medicine Ltd, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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1-78084-448-4 |
1-78084-447-6 |
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1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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UNINA9910299611403321 |
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Autore |
Fabbri Kristian |
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Indoor Thermal Comfort Perception : A Questionnaire Approach Focusing on Children / / by Kristian Fabbri |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
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[1st ed. 2015.] |
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1 online resource (304 p.) |
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SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology |
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Energy policy |
Building construction |
Interior architecture |
Environmental health |
Cognitive psychology |
Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
Building Physics, HVAC |
Interior Architecture and Design |
Environmental Health |
Cognitive Psychology |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Introduction -- A brief history of thermal comfort: from Effective Temperature to Adaptive Thermal Comfort -- Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Human Body and Clothes -- The indices of feeling – Predicted Mean Vote PMV and Percentage People Dissatisfied PPD -- Assessment of the influence of the thermal environment using subjective judgement scales -- The Thermal Comfort and Child Development Psychology -- Field research -- Kindergarten Case Study -- Elementary School case study -- Middle School case study -- Conclusions. |
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Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children’s perceptions of comfort. Divided into two sections, it first |
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presents a history of thermal comfort, the human body and environmental parameters, common thermal comfort indexes, and guidelines for creating questionnaires to assess children’s perceptions of indoor thermal comfort. It then describes their understanding of the concepts of comfort and energy, and the factors that influence that perception. In this context, it takes into account the psychological and pedagogical aspects of thermal comfort judgment, as well as architectural and environmental characteristics, and equips readers with the knowledge needed to effectively investigate children’s perspectives on environmental ergonomics. The research field of indoor thermal comfort adopts, on the one hand, physical parameter measurements and comfort indexes (e.g. Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) or adaptive comfort), and on the other, an ergonomic assessment in the form of questionnaires. However the latter can offer only limited insights into the issue of comfort, as children often use different terms than adults to convey their experience of thermal comfort. The books aims to address this lack of understanding with regard to children’s perceptions of indoor thermal comfort. The book is intended for HVAC engineers and researchers, architects and researchers interested in thermal comfort and the built environment. It also provides a useful resource for environmental psychologists, medical and cognitive researchers. psychological and pedagogical aspects of thermal comfort judgment, as well as architectural and environmental characteristics, and equips readers with the knowledge needed to effectively investigate children’s perspectives on environmental ergonomics. The research field of indoor thermal comfort adopts, on the one hand, physical parameter measurements and comfort indexes (e.g. Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) or adaptive comfort), and on the other, an ergonomic assessment in the form of questionnaires. However the latter can offer only limited insights into the issue of comfort, as children often use different terms than adults to convey their experience of thermal comfort. The books aims to address this lack of understanding with regard to children’s perceptions of indoor thermal comfort. The book is intended for HVAC engineers and researchers, architects and researchers interested in thermal comfort and the built environment. It also provides a useful resource for environmental psychologists, medical and cognitive researchers. |
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