Preface.- 1. Associated Random Variables and Related Concepts.- Introduction.- Some Probabilistic Properties of Associated Sequences.- Related Concepts of Association.- 2. Demimartingales.- Introduction.- Characteristic Function Inequalities.- Doob Type Maximal Inequality.- An Upcrossing Inequality.- Chow Type Maximal Inequality.- Whittle Type Maximal Inequality.- More on Maximal Inequalities.- Maximal phi-Inequalities for Nonnegative...