Lap lambert academic publishing apr 2010 (673 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book was initially presented as a dissertation for a joint University of Namibia (UNAM)/Institute of the Social Studies (ISS) Master of Public Policy and Administration (MPPA) degree progamme in 2004. When the initial research on the Anti-Corruption Act (No.8 of 2003) was conducted for the thesis, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was not yet operational. The Commission was set up in 2006. Therefore, aspects pertaining to the operation of the ACC, were only incorporated when the manuscript was reviewed for publication in 2010. The book mainly captures the evolution of the anti-corruption policy initiative in Namibia, , starting with the process that led to the holding of the National Integrity Conference in 1998 up to the passing of the Act in 2003. The main thrust of the book is to gauge the effectiveness of the anti-corruption mechanisms as provided for in the Anti-Corruption Act (No.8 of 2003). The South African, Botswana and Hong Kong case studies are also presented for comparative purposes. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the last few years, galloping food and non-food prices have had deterimental effect on the Ethiopian Economy. This study set out to identify the factors responsible for the hiking prices and suggest policy interventions. The findings of the study indicate that the determinants of inflation differ between sectors (food and non-food) and time horizons (short run and long run). The most important forces behind food inflation in the long run are real income, money supply, inflation expectation and international food price. The long run determinants of non-food inflation, on the other hand, are money supply, interest rate and inflation expectations. In the short run model, wages, international prices, exchange rates and food supply are found to be prime sources of inflation. There is also evidence of cost mark-up in the short run suggesting the presence of strong monopoly power in price formation. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Every mental health practitioner - counselor, social worker, marriage and family therapist - must endure at least one graduate level research methods course. Some students dread the experience and even wonder why they should be subjected to such torture! Mental health practitioner educators might have a variety of reasons why such coursework is important, but a review of the existing research literature makes it clear that very few masters level pracitioners engage in much research actitity. What stands in their way What would meaningful research efforts by masters level practitioners look like How can those of us who educate them make training in research more meaningful and relevant These issues were investigated in an in-depth study and the answers to these questions are addressed in this work, Barriers to Practitoner Research. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The relationship between certain indicators of environmental quality and income, which in some cases has shows an inverted-U relationship, has been called The Environmental Kuznets Curve. The implications of this relationship in terms of economic and environmental policy are important. If there is reason to believe that environmental quality will improve after a certain income level, encouragement of economic growth will be optimal. If this relationship does not exist, a lack of focus on environmental problems can lead to potentially dramatic consequences. This paper explores the mechanisms behind the relationship, and for which pollutants the relationship exists. In particular, the relationship between income and CO2 emissions are investigated further. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The modern consumer seeks to maximise the value they receive from all their marketing exchanges. A retail centre can provide value by increasing the benefits it provides and/or by minimising the costs consumers face when visiting it. Current academic interest is typically focused on just the one side of this equation - the hedonic benefits of shopping. In contrast, the other side of the value equation - convenience - has been largely ignored, presumably because the few studies that have included it found it to be of relatively less importance. Given that we live in an era of convenience, such findings should be treated with a degree of scepticism. This study empirically develops and tests an alternative definition of convenience to that used by previous studies. Armed with this new definition, the study examines the influence of convenience over consumers choice between shopping malls and shopping strips. Convenience is shown to have a significant influence in determing where we choose to shop. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this thesis is to test the extended industry shock hypothesis, which accounts for a macro-economic capital liquidity element, in determining the drivers of merger waves. Various theories have been extended by the literature and these are broadly classified under the neo-classical theory of merger waves and the behavioural theory of merger waves. Behavioural theories have explained merger waves by taking into account the psychology of stock markets and the occurrence of merger waves during a stock market boom. The industry shock hypothesis (a neo-classical theory) however, argues that merger waves are due to the clustering of industry shocks that affect an industry s operating environment. Along with this shock, the mis-valuation caused by a stock market boom increases asset values, thereby lowering transaction costs and hence increasing capital liquidity in the economy. This capital liquidity factor causes merger waves to cluster even if industry shocks do not. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of this book has been to examine how Japan's non-nuclear policy evolved over time, in order to assess the likelihood of Japan 'going nuclear' in the foreseeable future. Evidence has been gathered from several diverse sources, including academic publications and media reports as they have appeared over time in both print and electronic form. The information thus gathered has been presented in the form of a chronological report of the various events and circumstances which have occurred both within and external to Japan, over the decades between World War II and the present day, and which have impacted on the evolution of Japan's so-called 'nuclear allergy' and caused much debate from both 'hawks' and 'doves' in Japan. The possibility that such an allergy may soon be coming to an end is consequently considered by listening carefully to comparative Japanese voices. It is contended as a result of this investigation that Japan's 'nuclear allergy' arose as the result of its particular set of historical circumstances - that is, its status as the only nation to have suffered nuclear attack on its home soil - and is thus somewhat ideological in nature. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Risk capital has been gaining increased interest from both investors' and financing seekers' sides in recent years. This was largely due to the global economic downturn that made most of the investment assets unattractive and financing sources unavailable. Latvia hasn't been an exception in this respect and in this thesis risk capital, policies and schemes designed to facilitate its development in the country are thoroughly analysed. More importantly it states what policy distribution channels Latvian government is using, what problems its facing and how it deals with them. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A commonly held view of the notion of a free press is that it can only be achieved by allwoing the media to take a negative stance against the ruling government or party. This book strongly believes that this is an imported ideology, and there, it should not be used to measure media freedom because of its origin. It is a western ideology, anmd from developed states (continents). African media needs to work hand in hand with governments to promote nation building, and that this can work well even in countries that have been identified to have most media unfriendly reporting environments. This is the only was Africa/nations will be ablew to conserve their traditions and cultures which gives the ma sence of belonging. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Norwegian government declared 2008 to be Mangfoldsåret or The Year of Cultural Diversity, in hopes of creating a more inclusive and multicultural arts scene. This study investigates the year through the lens of institutional theatres in Oslo, with focus on Ibsen performance. Both of these fields possessed the potential to make meaningful political statement in Mangfoldsåret, and demonstrate that the government and Norwegian arts scene were truly committed to raising the level of cultural diversity in the arts: theatre is the most heavily subsidized arts sector, with the institutional theatres enjoying the majority of these subsidies, and Ibsen is one of Norway's largest national cultural icons. How would these national institutions--both the institutional theatres and the cultural institution of Ibsen--respond to the government's demands The structures behind the Norwegian theatre system are also analyzed to gain better understanding of the reasons as to why culturally-diverse influences and actors face such difficulty in penetrating the system, and to assess whether such problems can truly be solved with a cultural diversity year. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Employee motivation is becoming more and more popular topic in the companies. Employers focus their attention to motivation theories to get the best from the workers. Employee motivation receives desired attention in each economical sphere. When designing motivation system, it is inevitable to take into consideration employees' preferences and interests. Appropriate stimulation reflects in work performance and results, and therefore in the whole-company results. On the other hand, employees, who lack motivation, spread uncomfortable climate on a workplace and cause high fluctuation. Highly motivated employee works much more effectively and efficiently than an employee lacking interest and joy. The strongest motivator is said to be company's trust in people. There is the base of understanding, team spirit and favourable working atmosphere. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Human rights,' the common value of human beings, are based on human wants-on those things necessary. The meaning of human rights is contested and how to apply the contested idea of human rights is more contested not only in Vietnam but also in many countries in the world. For human rights in Vietnam, many scholars and activists had different approaches, ideas, and conceptions. By using historical, comparative method and analysis, I call for all sides to carry out constructive dialogues to narrow differences in human rights and bring common ground on which to work out solutions to old problems and contend. It is wrong to use human rights as a political tool and oppose each other. As human rights or human dignity is inviolable and to respect and to protect human dignity is duty of all human being. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a collection of three papers on industrial structure and international trade policy issues. The first paper is a theoretical study in the political economy of trade policies and the effect of these policies on industrial growth. The second paper is an empirical investigation of the political and economic forces which influence trade policy. U.S. trade and industry data were used and all estimations were strictly guided by the model developed in the first paper. The third paper provides a transaction cost explanation of the pattern of industrial expansion in the ready-made garment sector of Bangladesh. This book will be useful to students and researchers in the areas of endogenous tariff, political economy and the new economics of institutions. The book may help resolve some of the contradictions that seem to exist between theoretical predictions and empirical observations in these areas of research. It also reinforces some of the findings of other research carried out in these areas. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The car industry in the Czech Republic is one of the most important manufacturing industries. It employes a vast number of people and it also creates a relatively significant part of the Czech gross domestic product and the Czech export. Regarding its importance in the Czech economy, this article tries to identify and explain factors determining the number of cars in the economy. In order to achieve it, a regression function is modeled using several variables. The basic variables as income, car prices, substitutes as public transportation, complements as fuel or roads are incorporated in the function as well as other determinants. 48 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Private club management is stressful because of the emotional energy it consumes. The effects of long- term stress can lead to burnout and turnover which averages over 100 percent annually as an industry and over 200 percent in some hospitality companies. This study examines burnout in private club management utilizing a three-part survey instrument completed by more than 150 private club managers located across the United States. Further, it presents an extensive list of recommendations to assist leaders in reducing the negative effects of the three aspects of burnout syndrome. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The nations in the World are always divided into 3 Main brackets, and accordingly their population acquire their living standards, and shares the Prosperity and Poverty around. That division is Developed, Developing and Under-Developed. But, it is yet to see any Developing nations becoming Developed, and the Under-Developed one had moved up in the ladder toward Developing and Developed status, in the past one century (1900s to 2000s). The contents of this research Book establishes the method to accelerate the development by closing the gap existing between the two component pairs, namely Domestic investment- Domestic savings and Domestic technology-Domestic manpower, using a Geometric approach. These components in this Book is based on an elaborate Research and Development work of the Author, with a special orientation, aptitude and experience in the international Socio-Economic Development Institutions, with over 35 years of work experience in different parts opf the world. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book answers the question of whether the European Union were acting rationally when they brought the issue of corruption to the front of the agenda in the Bulgaria and Romania EU accession talks. In answering this question we have separated the book into three sections. The first is a critical analysis of the costs and benefits of corruption in an economy. In the second section we examine the economic tools at the EU's disposal in combating corruption. The third and final section studies the presence and trend of corruption in the EU economy. The book thus offers several policy recommendations on the subject of corruption in an EU context. 60 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The last few years have seen an increase in microfinance activities in Cameroon, with an increase in the number of microfinance institutions. In most developing countries access to financial services has usually been linked to development. In Cameroon the focus has recently been on community development. This book aims to undertake an examination of the use of micro financing as a tool to community development in Cameroon, using the case study of the Buea Community. Some economist generally see Microfinance as a solution to poverty reduction and poverty alleviation. This area of research is of critical importance to policy makers and as a result confirms the need of an empirical research through a sound scientific research finding as seen in this book. The lack of information and specification of the impact of microfinance on community development in Cameroon leads to poorly defined mitigation startegies and eventually poor policies. Therefore this book will make a contribution to filling the existing information gap regarding the influence of microfinance on community development in Cameroon. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is dedicated to the Judeo-Spanish language and Sephardic culture, and it involves various cognitive scientific and anthropological linguistic studies conducted for the revitalization of the Judeo- Spanish language. The main aim and scope of this book is to introduce the readers to the Sephardic culture of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey through interdisciplinary studies on the Judeo-Spanish language. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis paper is about a (post-war) and post Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It explains why the country as such is still not fully functioning as a country enjoying the freedom it should have. It depicts examples of the political situation that is still unstable with high levels of international intervention and ways in which Dayton Agreement has formed a country that is still having ethnic tensions especially in a political and geographic sense and a decentralized form of government. A struggle exists between those that hope for a Bosnia that is working towards a united Bosnia and Herzegovina and Euro-Atlantic integration and those that hope for a Bosnia and Herzegovina that is disintegrated with regions belonging to its neighboring countries. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This dictionary of tort law covers all terms in tort and provides German translations; it very often also includes French and Italian translations of the basic terms provided. The author has taken law degrees in the U.S. (J.D.), France (D.E.A.) and Germany (LL.M., Dr.Jur.) and has numerous publications. Dieses Rechtswoerterbuch bestimmt alle Grundbegriffe des Deliktsrechts im Englischen, manchmal auch in Franzoesisch und Italienisch. Der Verfasser hat Rechtswissenschaft in U.S.A. (Juris Doctor) Frankreich (Diplom) und Deutschland (LL.M., Dr.Jur.) studiert. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Team coordination is not a new problem and there have been theories that have tried to tackle it. Implicit coordination behaviors is the latest development in this line of research. In particular, the theoretical roots of implicit coordination come from the streams of research: psychology and management. The first stream studies behaviors, knowledge based processes, knowledge patterns, knowledge based approach: the second stream of research focuses on the measurement and management of implicit coordination behaviors. To meet these social and management challenges is leading issue of research and on sound pedagogical principles, has in it the objective to increase, facilitate, contribute and promote the efficiency of learning for individuals and groups. The book explores the ways in which teams are operating and influencing each other. What is the role of TIC, and how is this role changing How are the processes of innovation and team coordination changing Does a focus on team implicit coordination inspire innovation and enhance chances of competitive success What strategies might result in more inspired teams and their coordination 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With growing concern towards environmental clean-up, it is clear that a zero-emission technology can only be developed by utilization of biological entities. Bioremediation is one such technology which is very effective as well low on resources. The research presented in this book is particularly useful for understanding degradation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in environemnt. The Pseudomonas strain utilized for biosurfactant production that too over recalcitrant organic media i.e Benzene, Toluene and Xylene. The work not only includes many interesting results but above everything else, it deals lot in protocol development as well. This includes various biochemical testings, analytical testings, customized molecular biology techniques and some inventive procedures left for you to fine tune as per your need. This book in true terms, takes you across the various planes over which a researcher goes through when trying something new in terms of protocol development in field of bioremediation and analytical research. I hope you will appreciate our small yet meaningful research dedicated to the the spirit of scientific inquiry and selflessness. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The mineral content-Sodium(Na), Potassium(K), calcium(Ca), Magnesium(Mg) and Phosphorus(P) of seawater, sediment and some species of seaweeds namely Sargassum duplicatum, Turbinaria ornata, Padina boryana, Colpomenia sinuosa, Ulva reticulata and Ulva fasciata were investigated. These were the major variety of seaweeds available in the coastal lagoons of Mauritius.The selected sites were Poste Lafayette, Pointe d Esny, La Cuvette and Pointe aux Sables. Different analytical methods were used in this study.Na, K and Ca were analysed by Flame photometry, Mg was analysed by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry and P was analysed by Spectrophotometry.In addition, chlorophyll a content of Ulva species was investigated by Spectrophotometry. It was found that the macromineral profiles were dominated by Ca, Mg K, and Na. The trend in mineral profile of seaweeds followed the sequence Ca Mg KNa. Poste Lafayette was considered as a control site and it was found to have the highest overall mineral concentration(54.109 g/Kg) in seaweeds. Amongst the mineral studied, it was found that calcium was dominant in nearly all the seaweeds studied. This was because most of them were calcareous species. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aims of the project were to analyze patient-related barriers to cancer pain management and to describe clinical rationale for the choice of administration form with fentanyl. To answer the research questions related to the first aim, a questionnaire survey among cancer patients from the Danish pain centres and pain clinics was conducted. Survey results showed that a psycho-emotional status of patients significantly explained pain intensity, while patients' attitudes towards the importance of pain management with opioids significantly explained pain relief. Thus, interventions in cancer patients' emotional distress and concerns could result in better pain management outcomes. To answer research questions related to the second aim, two Delphi surveys were conducted, among Danish pain specialists and pain nurses, respectively. The results of these studies showed the expectations regarding the use of Fentanyl-patches were met, however, expectations concerning the use of Fentanyl- lollipops were not met in terms of comfort and usability of this administration form for terminal pain patients. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In preliminaries, Chapter 2, we define a Banach Algebra, Spectrum, Resolvent Set, Spectral Radius, Homomorphism, Antihormomophism, Nilpotent and Quasinilpotent. Propositions with proofs are used to explain the concept of Quasinilpotent Equivalence and the book culminates in showing when Quasinilpotent implies equality by proving the theorem: Suppose that a and b in a Banach Algebra A are quasinilpotent equivalent and suppose that there is an entire function f which has simple zeros. If f(a) = f(b) = 0, then a = b. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The corrosion behaviour of several stainless steels and some pure metals has been investigated in water solutions with dissolved ozone. Dissolved ozone increases the redox-potential of solutions to about +1200 mV vs. SCE and the corrosion potential of stainless steel to the transpassive region. The corrosion rate of stainless steels increases as the amount of alloying elements increases. The corrosion of stainless steels is mainly general but also peeling of oxide layers and pitting was also observed. As the pH of the solution is decreased, the corrosion rate of higher alloyed steels increases at higher pH than lower alloyed steels. Dissolved ozone increases the thickness of the oxide layers greatly up to 260 nm and greatly changes the composition of the layer. Chromium concentration is negligible in the oxide layers. Molybdenum concentrates in the outer layer, even more so with lower alloyed steels. Iron and alloying elements have oxidised to their highest valencies. The main components in the oxide layers are iron oxides and on the surfaces also MoO6 occurs. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We study the problem of designing the controllers that are robust with respect to the parametric uncertainty. In Part I The Rank-One Problem we consider the class of systems with restriction that the structure of uncertainty is limited to a vector. We extend the class of the allowed systems. The main result is the canonical parametrization of all destabilizing uncertainties. We also present a method of obtaining the suboptimal controller of lower order that provides the stability margin as close to the optimal one as we wish. We propose a numerical algorithm for the optimal robust control synthesis. In the special case, when the uncertainty parameter is real-valued, we show that the initial problem can be considered as finite-dimensional in the space of variables (semi-infinite convex programming). Part II Convex Duality: Matrix Case generalizes the results to the systems with matrix uncertainties. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Some properties of spaces can be carried from local to global and some are not. In this work, the conditions which allow to globalize the local properties are discussed for certain properties such as being numerable and having a specific kind of function over the space. Inversible fibrations, which were defined by Dyer and Eilenberg, are analized in terms of their globalizability and some related questions are raised. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Climate is an important limiting factor to the growth and development of apple trees, especially temperature. In my project I focus on the impact of temperature on apple trees. For example, temperature thresholds for differnt phonological processes in apples, and temperature; how temperature affects on growth rates for different plant components such as root, shoot/trunk, seedling, buds, flower and fruits; and winter injury, frost effect and cold resistance. Finally, I estimated the change of Danish temperature form 1955 to 2004. 56 pp. Englisch.…