Adaptive Backstepping Control Design.- Adaptive Backstepping Control.- Adaptive Control of Time-Varying Nonlinear Systems.- Multivariable Adaptive Control.- Decentralized Stabilization of Interconnected Systems.- Nonsmooth Nonlinearities.- Nonsmooth Nonlinearities.- Backstepping Control of Systems with Backlash Nonlinearity.- Inverse Control of Systems with Backlash Nonlinearity.- Stabilization of Interconnected Systems with Backlash Nonlinearity.- Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Dead-Zone Nonlinearity.- Adaptive Control of Systems with Input Saturation.- Control of a Hysteretic Structural System in Base Isolation Scheme.- Control of a Piezo-Positioning Mechanism with Hysteresis.