1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911006536603321

Autore

Brooker Graham

Titolo

Introduction to biomechatronics / / Graham Brooker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Raleigh  : , : SciTech Pub., , 2012

ISBN

1-5231-3212-4

1-61353-050-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (616 p.)

Disciplina

610.285

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Medical instruments and apparatus

Robotics

Mechatronics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sensors and transducers -- Actuators -- Feedback and control systems -- Signal processing -- Hearing aids and implants -- Sensory substitution and visual prostheses -- Heart replacement -- Respiratory aids -- Active and passive prosthetic limbs.

Sommario/riassunto

Introduction to Biomechatronics provides fundamental knowledge of mechanical and electronic (mechatronic) components and systems and their interaction with human biology to assist or replace limbs, senses, and even organs damaged by trauma, birth defects, or disease. The first half of the book provides the engineering background to understand all the components of a biomechatronic system: the human subject, stimulus or actuation, transducers and sensors, signal conditioning elements, recording and display, and feedback elements.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910973043103321

Titolo

Financial sector policy for developing countries : a reader / / edited by Gerard Caprio, Patrick Honohan, Dimitri Vittas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-08464-2

9786610084647

0-585-46036-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

CaprioGerard

HonohanPatrick

VittasDimitri

Disciplina

332.1/09172/4

Soggetti

Finance - Developing countries

Banks and banking - Developing countries

International finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Part I Designing Policy for the Financial System -- Looking Back at the World BankÌs World Development Report 1989: Finance and Development -- From Good Bankers to Bad Bankers -- Impact of Early Financial Growth Strategies on Financial Structures and Problems in Three Asian Crisis Countries -- Risk Management and Stable Financial Structures for LDC, Inc. -- Eggs in Too Few Baskets: The Impact of Loan Concentration on Bank- Sector Systemic Risk -- Part II International and Intersectoral Linkages -- Policy for Small Financial Systems -- Dollarization, Private and Official: Issues, Benefits, and Costs -- Policies to Promote Saving for Retirement -- Financial Networks and Banking Policy -- Part III Taking the Longer View -- Retirement Reading for Sophisticated Bankers.

Sommario/riassunto

This book collects ten complementary essays on different aspects of financial sector policy for developing and transitional economies. The essays, by leading theoreticians and practitioners, draw on the history



and experience of financial sector policy reforms to derive lessons for the future. The collection is carefully chosen to cover the major contemporary issues, including both crisis avoidance and institution-building. The increasing importance of non-bank finance and ofinternational linkages (including dollarization) for small economies are given special attention.