chapter 1 The Shapes of the Probability Density, Hazard and Reverse Hazard Functions -- chapter 2 Stochastic Ordering of Risks, Influence of Dependence, and A.S. Constructions -- chapter 3 The q-Factorial Moments of Discrete q-Distributions and a Characterization of the Euler Distribution -- chapter 4 On the Characterization of Distributions through the Properties of Conditional Expectations of Order Statistics -- chapter 5 Characterization of the Exponential Distribution by Conditional Expectations of Generalized Spacings -- chapter 6 Some Characterizations of Exponential Distribution Based on Progressively Censored Order Statistics -- chapter 7 A Note on Regressing Order Statistics and Record Values -- chapter 8 Generalized Pareto Distributions and Their Characterizations -- chapter 9 On Some Characteristic Properties of the Uniform Distribution -- chapter 10 Characterizations of Multivariate Distri- butions Involving Conditional Specifica- tion and /or Hidden Truncation -- chapter 11 Bivariate Matsumoto-Yor Property and Related Characterizations -- chapter 12 First Principal Component Characterization of a Continuous Random Variable -- chapter 13 The Lawless-Wang’s Operational Ridge Regression Estimator Under the LINEX Loss Function -- chapter 14 On the Distribution of the Reference Dose and Its Application in Health Risk Assessment.