World Fertility Survey Conference

Issues in the comparative analysis of World Fertility Survey data

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X. Use of Special Mortality Questions in Fertility Surveys: the World Fertility Survey Experience

As indicated by its name, the World Fertility Survey was not primarily intended as a mortality survey. Yet, its results probably constitute the richest body of data on infant and child mortality currently available for developing countries. Much of the potential of these data has only recently begun to be exploited and much remains to be done. The intentions of this chapter are to review briefl...

XIX ISRA World Conference

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

Semi-active control devices have been shown to be more energy efficient than active devices and more effective in reducing seismic structural vibration than passive devices. A new type of semi-active control device, the piezoelectric friction damper has been made in this paper. Piezoelectric actuators used in the dampers can quickly and accurately respond to a voltage signal. They are also effe...

The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering

The ability to monitor the health of an instrumented structure, detect damage as it occurs, and issue an early warning during or soon after the earthquake (or some other natural or man made disaster), and before physical inspection is possible, has significant potential benefits in reducing loss of life and injuries, in emergency response, and in recovery following the disaster. The timeliness ...