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Old And New Perspectives On Mortality Forecasting

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 This open access book describes methods of mortality forecasting and discusses possible improvements. The different parts of the book provide discussions of current practice, probabilistic forecasting, the linearity in the increase of life expectancy, causes of death, and the role of cohort factors.
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Sensitivity Analysis: Matrix Methods In Demography And Ecology

by Hal Caswell

3,96€ + 10% CARD

 They will also see applications of sensitivity analysis to population growth rates, stable population structures, reproductive value, equilibria under immigration and nonlinearity, and population cycles.
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Exceptional Lifespans

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 In contrast to previous assertions about a ceiling on the human lifespan, evidence presented in this book suggests that lifespan records in specific countries and globally will be broken again and again as more people survive to become supercentenarians.
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2d Boron: Boraphene, Borophene, Boronene

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 This book addresses the development, properties, and applications of atomic-layered boron, or, borophene. The authors explain how borophene was predicted and created before investigating the properties that make it a desirable and useful material.
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Exceptional Lifespans

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 In contrast to previous assertions about a ceiling on the human lifespan, evidence presented in this book suggests that lifespan records in specific countries and globally will be broken again and again as more people survive to become supercentenarians.
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Sensitivity Analysis: Matrix Methods In Demography And Ecology

by Hal Caswell

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 They will also see applications of sensitivity analysis to population growth rates, stable population structures, reproductive value, equilibria under immigration and nonlinearity, and population cycles.
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Old And New Perspectives On Mortality Forecasting

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 This open access book describes methods of mortality forecasting and discusses possible improvements. The different parts of the book provide discussions of current practice, probabilistic forecasting, the linearity in the increase of life expectancy, causes of death, and the role of cohort factors.
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Model-Based Demography - Essays On Integrating Data, Technique And Theory

by Thomas K. Burch

3,96€ + 10% CARD

 As demonstrated in this book, some demographic techniques can also be seen as theoretical models, and some substantive/behavioral models, commonly rejected as theory because of inconsistent observations, are now seen as valuable theoretical models, for example demographic transition theory.
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Childlessness In Europe: Contexts, Causes, And Consequences

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 This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe.
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Childlessness In Europe: Contexts, Causes, And Consequences

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 This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe.
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Fertility Of Immigrants - A Two-Generational Approach In Germany

by Nadja Milewski

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 This book examines fertility patterns of post-war labor migrants and their descendants in Germany. It includes an introduction to the post-war migration history of Germany and reviews the literature on fertility of migrants and cultural sub-groups.
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Supercentenarians

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 Does human mortality after age 110 continue to rise, level off, or start to decline? The sixteen chapters of this book discuss age validation of exceptional longevity, data on supercentenarians in a series of countries, structure and contents of the IDL, and statistical analysis of human mortality after age 110.
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Population Ageing - A Threat To The Welfare State? - The Case Of Sweden

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 This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the major challenges that population ageing presents in the near future taking Sweden as the case. It outlines actions needed today to prevent a future collapse of important welfare systems.
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Mathematical Demography - Selected Papers

by David P. Smith e Nathan Keyfitz

184,84€ + 10% CARD

 The new edition of this classic book collects the founding works of mathematical demography from Roman times to the late Twentieth Century, updates commentaries by the editors and illustrates the deep roots and continuing vitality of mathematical demography.
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Inverse Projection Techniques - Old And New Approaches

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 Inverse Projection is a method for estimating accurate demographic indicators of a population where vital registration data are available, but population censuses are lacking or unreliable.
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Late Life Legacy Of Very Early Life

by Gabriele Doblhammer

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 This stimulating, carefully-researched book on The Late Life Legacy of Very Early Life by Dr. Gabriele Doblhammer is the second volume of a new series of Demographic Research Monographs published by Springer Verlag. The series of Demographic Research Monographs is under the editorial supervision of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
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Mortality And Causes Of Death In 20th-Century Ukraine

by France Mesle e Jacques Vallin

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 With unwonted precision, this volume reassesses the demographic impacts on the Ukraine of the 1933 famine precipitated by Stalin's agrarian policies as well as the traumas of the Second World War and the negative trends in life expectancy since the 1960s.
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Regional Mortality Differences In Germany

by Eva U.B. Kibele

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 This book examines patterns of regional mortality in Germany, focusing on small-area differentials, and their changes over time. The authors show that the interplay of individual- and regional-level mortality risk factors requires a multidimensional approach.
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Germany'S New Security Demographics - Military Recruitment In The Era Of Population Aging

by Wenke Apt

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 This book examines whether demographic change, and the challenges that will likely come along with it, will constrain Germany's military capacity. It offers an insight into the interaction between demographic trends and international security.
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Model-Based Demography - Essays On Integrating Data, Technique And Theory

by Thomas K. Burch

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 As demonstrated in this book, some demographic techniques can also be seen as theoretical models, and some substantive/behavioral models, commonly rejected as theory because of inconsistent observations, are now seen as valuable theoretical models, for example demographic transition theory.
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Professional Learning As Relational Practice

by Jenny Reeves

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 Given the emphasis on transforming professional work through the adoption of enquiry-based and trans-disciplinary approaches to service development, there is an urgent need for those involved in professional education to develop a robust understanding of how changes in practice occur.
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The Sirex Woodwasp And Its Fungal Symbiont: - Research And Management Of A Worldwide Invasive Pest

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 The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is the most important invasive alien insect pest of Pinus plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. The book also contains a comprehensive synthesis of the history and current status of the pest and worldwide efforts to control it, including biological control, silviculture and quarantine.
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Childlessness In Europe: Contexts, Causes, And Consequences

59,47€ + 10% CARD

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 This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This open access book provides an overview of childlessness throughout Europe.
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Mathematical Demography - Selected Papers

by David P. Smith e Nathan Keyfitz

189,25€ + 10% CARD

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 Commentaries by Smith and Keyfitz have been brought up to date and extended by Kenneth Wachter and HervÃ© Le Bras, giving a synoptic picture of the leading achievements in formal population studies.
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