05409nam 2200793Ia 450 991096320710332120251117115600.01-280-08484-797866100848451-4175-0795-010.1596/0-8213-5543-0(CKB)111090425037708(EBL)3050682(OCoLC)55535709(SSID)ssj0000086442(PQKBManifestationID)11111019(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086442(PQKBWorkID)10025814(PQKB)11441238(MiAaPQ)EBC3050682(Au-PeEL)EBL3050682(CaPaEBR)ebr10056583(CaONFJC)MIL8484(The World Bank)2003056887(US-djbf)13398090(BIP)46122787(BIP)9238481(EXLCZ)9911109042503770820031107d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEconomic growth, poverty, and household welfare in Vietnam /edited by Paul Glewwe, Nisha Agrawal, David Dollar1st ed.Washington, DC World Bank2004xiv, 628 pages illustrations, maps ;24 cmWorld Bank regional and sectoral studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-5543-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Map of Vietnam; 1. An Overview of Economic Growth and Household Welfare in Vietnam in the 1990's; Part I. Vietnam's Economic Performance in the 1990's; 2. Reform, Growth, and Poverty; 3. The Wage Labor Market and Inequality in Vietnam; 4. Household Enterprises in Vietnam: Survival, Growth, and Living Standards; 5. Agriculture and Income Distribution in Rural Vietnam under Economic Reforms: A Tale of Two Regions; Part II. Poverty Reduction in Vietnam in the 1990's6. The Static and Dynamic Incidence of Vietnam's Public Safety Net 7. The Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Vietnam and the Potential for Targeting; 8. Ethnic Minority Development in Vietnam: A Socioeconomic Perspective; Part III. Progress in Health and Education in Vietnam in the 1990's; 9. Poverty and Survival Prospects of Vietnamese Children under Doi Moi; 10. Child Nutrition, Economic Growth, and the Provision of Health Care Services in Vietnam; 11. Patterns of Health Care Use in Vietnam: Analysis of 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Survey Data; 12. Trends in the Education Sector13. An Investigation of the Determinants of School Progress and Academic Achievement in Vietnam Part IV. Other Topics; 14. Child Labor in Transition in Vietnam; 15. Economic Mobility in Vietnam; 16. Private Interhousehold Transfers in Vietnam; List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Figures; 2.1 Per Capita GDP Growth Rates, 1960's to 1990's; 2.2 Convergence and Divergence in Per Capita GDP Growth Rates in the 1990's; 2.3 Economic Growth and Income of the Poor; 2.4 Increased Trade and Changes in Inequality; 2.5 Indicators of Vietnam's Reforms: Mid-1980's to Late 1990's2.6 Effect of Economic Reform on Poverty, 1988-98 2.7 Poverty Reduction and Growth Rate in India, Vietnam, and China, 1992-98; 2.8 Conditional Convergence, 1995-2035; 2.9 Governance Pentagons: Vietnam, India, Thailand, Myanmar, and China; 2.10 Global Competitiveness Report Rankings: Vietnam, China, and India; 2.11 Maritime Transport to the United States (West Coast): Garments; 2.12 Foreign Direct Investment as a Share of GDP, 1998; 2.13 Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam in the 1990's; 3.1 Economic Growth in Vietnam3.2 Levels of Schooling versus Labor Market Returns to Schooling by Region, 1998 3.3 Agricultural Labor Force Compared with Income Level; 4.1 Household Choices in 1993 and 1998; 5.1 Composition of Income, Vietnam; 5.2 Trends in Rice Production; 5.3 Trends in Total Agricultural Output; 5.4 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural North; 5.5 The Distributional Impact of Changes in Rice Prices, Rural South; 7.1 Provincial Poverty Headcounts Estimated Using Urban-Rural and Stratum-Level Regression Models7.2 Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves for Selected Targeting VariablesMacroeconomic and household survey data from Vietnam is used to examine how it has transformed itself from one of the poorest countries in the world in the 1980s to one of the most successful in the 1990s.World Bank regional and sectoral studies.Income distributionVietnamPovertyVietnamHouseholdsEconomic aspectsVietnamVietnamEconomic policyVietnamEconomic conditions1975-Income distributionPovertyHouseholdsEconomic aspects330.9597Glewwe Paul1958-1635675Agrawal Nisha1865658Dollar David280556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963207103321Economic growth, poverty, and household welfare in Vietnam4472816UNINA04983nam 2200637Ia 450 991095931150332120251116181419.01-61122-323-7(CKB)2550000001041120(EBL)3018001(SSID)ssj0000836251(PQKBManifestationID)11462271(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000836251(PQKBWorkID)10998364(PQKB)10489535(MiAaPQ)EBC3018001(Au-PeEL)EBL3018001(CaPaEBR)ebr10658923(OCoLC)923654680(BIP)27523956(EXLCZ)99255000000104112020091008d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTitanium alloys preparation, properties, and applications /Pedro N. Sanchez, editor1st ed.New York Nova Science Publishersc20101 online resource (519 p.)Materials science and technologiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60876-151-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""TITANIUM ALLOYS: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""TITANIUM ALLOYS: PREPARATION, PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF LASER INDUCED SURFACE MODIFICATION OF TITANIUM ALLOYS ""; ""Abstract""; ""1.1. Introduction to the Lasers""; ""1.1.1. Nature of Light ""; ""1.1.2. Basic Laser Principles""; ""Einstein Relations""; ""How a Laser Works""; ""1.1.3. Properties of Laser Light ""; ""Monochromaticity""; ""Coherence""; ""Divergence""; ""High Intensity""; ""Brightness""; ""1.2. Laser � Matter Interaction """"1.2.1. The Structure and Properties of Matter""""Molecules: The Basic Components of Matter""; ""Atoms: The Building Blocks of Molecules""; ""Atomic Structure and Quantum Theory""; ""The Nature of the Electron ""; ""Structure of Crystalline Solids""; ""Crystal Unit Cell Structures""; ""Cubic Structures ""; ""Hexagonal Structure""; ""Example""; ""Atomic Bonds ""; ""Example ""; ""Ionic Bond""; ""Covalent Bond ""; ""Metallic Bond""; ""Other Bonds""; ""Van Der Waals Forces ""; ""Retardation Effects in Van Der Waals Forces""; ""Repulsion Forces ""; ""Potential Energy""; ""Intermolecular Forces""""1.2.2. Interaction of Light with Matter""""Interaction Mechanisms""; ""Heat Transport ""; ""1.3. Biomedical Applications of Nd:YAG Laser Surface Modification of Titanium Implants ""; ""1.3.1. Introductory Biological Concepts ""; ""Various Types of Cells""; ""Cellular Processes""; ""Proteins""; ""Tissue Constituents ""; ""Types of Tissues""; ""1.3.2. Cell � Implant Interaction ""; ""Introduction""; ""Protein Adsorption""; ""Cell � Adhesion ""; ""1.3.3. Osteoblasts Adhesion to Orthopaedic Implants""; ""Bone Composition""; ""Orthopaedic Implants""; ""Bone � Cell Adhesion """"1.3.4. Surface Heat Treatment Processes""""Material Parameters""; ""Laser Parameters ""; ""Applied Relations""; ""Heat Transfer via Conduction""; ""1.3.5. Studies of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Surface Modification of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy for Orthopaedic Applications ""; ""Materials and Methods ""; ""Sample Preparation""; ""Experimental Setup ""; ""Surface Roughness""; ""Surface Hardness""; ""Corrosion Tests ""; ""Surface Tension""; ""In Vitro Test""; ""In Vivo Test ""; ""Anesthetization""; ""Animal Implantation""; ""Cell Analysis ""; ""Histopathology""; ""SEM of Adhered Cells """"Statistical Analysis """"Results""; ""Characterization of Surface Topography ""; ""Optical and Mechanical Effects ""; ""Emery Effect""; ""Surface Roughness""; ""Surface Hardness""; ""EDX Analysis ""; ""Corrosion Test""; ""Surface Tension""; ""In Vitro ""; ""In Vivo""; ""Cell Spreading Analysis""; ""Histopathology""; ""Discussion""; ""Conclusion ""; ""References ""; ""NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIALIMPERFECTIONS IN A TITANIUM ALLOY""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Thermoelectric Background Signature Produced byAnisotropic Materials""; ""2.1. Fretting Damage""""2.2. Analytical Predictions""Titanium alloys are metallic materials which contain a mixture of titanium and other chemical elements. This book reviews the recent work on the synthesis of multiphase composites in titanium base alloys to develop high strength and light weight materials with metastable phases.Materials science and technologies series.Titanium alloysAlloysTitanium alloys.Alloys.620.1/89322Sanchez Pedro N1861350MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959311503321Titanium alloys4467428UNINA