lap lambert academic publishing apr 2014 (Oltre 2.200 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Incremental innovation in biomedical devices is relatively straightforward. Product line gets upgraded to become smaller, faster, cheaper, etc ¿ but there¿s little fundamental change to underlying technologies, clinical procedures, health service provision, regulatory requirements, and so on. It is hard for a single centre to identify and capture the disruptive opportunities that arise at the interfaces between clinical procedures and research into medicine, biology, engineering, physics and mostly it is even often very risky. The purpose of the excellence platform is to create a dedicated process, organisation and network that binds together researchers from across these fields with clinicians, health service providers, biomedical device companies and funders/investors, to identify and rapidly implement mutually beneficial opportunities. The Network can become the tool to complete the transfer of development activities to the corporate partner(s) activities during the Pre-Clinical Trials Phase of the process. The partners can conduct world-class research and development in several areas promising valuable advances for patients,healthcare providers and life science companies alike.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Gastric Adenocarcinoma is a disease with significant clinical impact worldwide. Imaging as been playing a role in diagnosis and with recent developments of medical technology, cross-sectional imaging became an important tool in its diagnosis and staging. Computed Tomography with the multidetector acquisition option is the best all-in-one approach for staging gastric adenocarcinoma and has gained increasing notoriety in Tumoral and Nodal staging. This work is the result of a team effort to ameliorate the medical approach of patients in order to give them the best treatment and prognosis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Tax havens are a key contributing factor to why poverty around the world persists today. Tax havens have a central position in the international economy, as over 50 % of global trade is conducted through them. Since the 1960s tax havens have been, and continue to be, an essential mechanism in almost every important economic event and in every financial crisis and scandal. Tax havens are about more than just tax, they are about escape ¿ escape from creditors, criminal laws, financial regulation, tax, ¿ and above all, tax havens are about escape from democratic accountability and scrutiny. The purpose of this book is twofold. On the one hand, it is aimed at creating higher awareness among the general public around the concept of tax havens and the economic threat they impose on fundamental rights provided by the welfare state model sustained by tax income. On the other hand, it is intended to inform about the OECDs political campaign against tax havens. This part ends with a conclusion evaluating the campaings results.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book deals with incorporation, interpretation and validity of liability disclaimers (LD) in unilaterally drafted B2B-standard terms in DK (civil law), England (common law) and United States of America (mostly common law). I mainly analyze the remedy of damages. Other clauses may in reality function as LDs, why the same judicial methods, as a main rule, apply in regards to these clauses also. All three countries have similar approaches, however there are differences a lawyer should be aware about when drafting contracts in these countries and also on how a lawyer should deal with these clauses in matters of dispute.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Increasing in number, Shopping malls (SMs) have a great place in people's daily lives today. Besides their increasing number, SMs also draw the attention with their employment volume. When considered from this perspective, the problems SMs employees experience in terms of occupational health and safety are becoming more and more important. The main objective of this book is to mention various difficulties SMs employees have in occupational health and safety. Also, the book includes an example of risk assessment for SMs in order to contribute to minimizing all these problems.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Poverty is the most pressing human right challenge for old people especially women who face income insecurity due to lack of social security coverage or lower contribution to social security and lower pension benefits. Gender gaps in the labour market negatively impact the future retirement benefits of the woman whereby the majority of women get fewer benefits compared to majority of men. This situation is due to lower contribution of women in social security during their active life. Women are more likely than men to be poor with no income or lower wages and to work in the informal sector, especially in agriculture where labour and social security laws are not practically applicable. Due to gender division of labour (separation of jobs into male and female tasks), women work in household, in low-paid jobs, and interrupt their professional careers due to pregnancy and maternity leave. Sometimes their salaries and chances of promotion are lessened. The present research gives more details as it examines the impact of gender division of labour on old-age pension in Rwanda.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This unique book aim to evaluate the impact of UEFA EURO 2012, an inimitable event for Warsaw residents¿ and a big challenge for a developing economy like Poland. EURO 2012 was a great experience for the Polish people, and one which engendered a raft of positive emotions and a surge of national pride. The objective of this book is to discover how residents of Warsaw perceived the impacts of EURO 2012. The results show that, although the residents did not perceive the economic benefits of the tournament as being spread uniformly, a large majority appreciated its role in promoting Warsaw as a tourist destination and enhancing the international identity of the city. Whereas they generally displayed positive attitudes toward EURO 2012 in terms of lifting their pride and bringing the community closer together, they did also note some negative impacts caused by the event, such as traffic congestion and higher prices. A majority of the residents agreed that the positive impacts of EURO 2012 outweighed its negative impacts, which is the most important finding of the empirical study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Infinite series and its convergence are basic concepts to know mathematics from very beginning of primary stage. It revolves in the minds of mathematicians all along life and creats visionary power to estimate everything that comes in the mind. This estimation is called approximation if put on sound footings with axioms. So every measurement by naked eye or ear or by sophisticated instruments is merely an approximation. It is hoped that in this monograph, approximation by wavelets will be useful in technology and communication science in coming days.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Intervertebral discs are the shock absorbers of vertebrae and also contribute to flexibility of the spine. Deformation or degradation of these structures could cause pain, nerve compression or gait differences. When the condition gets severe, affecting the cartilage and the bone, surgery must take place to restore the health. Intervertebral disc replacement is an option for the surgery. Critical design parameters, materials analysis, proposed design and testing framework for a prosthetic intervertebral disc are described in this book in a combined medical-engineering perspective.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With population of more than 1500 people, communities in Tambukareli sub community in Geita Region, were facing inadequate access to water supply in their community. In order to solve that problem, communities decided to organize themselves to use the available water source to supply water within the community with a support from other stakeholders. The major activity planned under this project was to construct water supply scheme in order to increase accessibility of water supply throughout the year, closer to the user homes. With support from the author of this work, Tambukareli Water User Group (TWUG) management, managed to prepare a project proposal for fund raising. The proposal was submitted to Plan International (Tanzania), a development NGO located in Geita District. The proposal was successfully accepted by Plan International and managed to disburse funds amounting to Tanzanian Shillings. 78,518,300/= for the purpose of completing the intended project activities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -It has been estimated that half the world¿s population carries H. pylori.Most infected people remain asymptomatic during their lifetime, and only about 15% develop gastroduodenal disorders. This implies near perfect adaptation to the niche and an ability to evade the human immune response. Of those infected, about 10% develop peptic ulceration, roughly 1% develop gastric adenocarcinoma and less than 0.1% MALT (mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Infection with H pylori elicits a systemic, strong and polymorphic humoral immune response. CagA is the important pathologic marker with a high immunogenic response.The highest titers of cag A antibodies (more than 100 arbU/ml) in the study realised by Ilie et al in 2011, was found for resistance to first line therapy, bleeding gastroduodenal ulcers, NSAID negative and gastric cancer. We recommend verification of H. pylori eradication to cag A positive patients one month after completing the treatment. This book will raise the interest of gastroenterologists,general practitioners,microbiologists,immunologists and last but not least medical students.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book focuses on the blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke and in elderly hypertensive patients- still unresolved issues. The pathophysiology and management of the transient elevated blood pressure in acute ischemic stroke are presented. Blood pressure lowering may have a detrimental effect. The ultrasound carotid disease evaluation and cerebral hemodynamics monitoring, using bedside bilateral transcranial ultrasonography, during emergency blood pressure management are recommended. Such an approach could individualize the antihypertensive treatment and improve functional outcome. Epidemiological, clinical and neuroimaging data on the relationships between hypertension and cognitive functions in elderly hypertensive persons are given. The impact of antihypertensive treatment is reviewed. Blood pressure lowering could increase the risk of cerebral hypoperfusion and cognitive impairment. Neuropsychological assessments, ultrasound carotid disease evaluation and cerebral hemodynamics monitoring during blood pressure management in elderly hypertensive patients with the aim to prevent cognitive decline are recommended. The book is written for physicians.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The starting point of this work consists of several papers published by the author ten years ago. The main idea was to give algebraic descriptions and (sometimes) geometric interpretations for some basic concepts of the Vector Lattice Theory as: vector lattices, Archimedean vector lattices, sublattices, lattice-subspaces, solid subsets, ideals, (o)-dense subspaces. In addition we considered some linear operators commuting with the lattice operations such as the classical Riesz homomorphisms, but also the restricted-lattice operators and quasi-lattice operators, introduced by the author. The extension of restricted-lattice operators is studied as well. By giving algebraic descriptions of the above mentioned vector lattice concepts, the paper is a non standard approach. But, at the same time, by these algebraic descriptions of the classical definitions, the paper shows a way to generalize some notions from vector lattices to ordered vector spaces. Consequently this work is especially useful to academics but also to any individual who is interested in research and development of the theory of these spaces.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -'The most important thing is to forecast where consumers are moving, and be confront of them'. According to Kustler, the peculiar characteristics of a business are not sufficient to reach success. Therefore, the starting condition for an efficient marketing is the knowledge of the rules that individuals use in decisions concerning purchase. My work aims to show how the study of decision processes in purchasing offers relevant applicable possibilities in the marketing field, since it provides useful elements in developing efficient client-centered solutions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The findings of this research suggest a compatibility between Fenelon¿s Spiritual Letters and Existential theories of personal growth. The Psychotherapy and Counselling Codes of Ethics in Australia, America, and England emphasize the importance of personal growth as an essential tool to ensure responsibility and quality in professional practice. Self-knowledge and self-development are consistent with the ethical principles of Fidelity, Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice, and Self-respect. Enriching self to deliver better quality and high ethical service in mental health should be seriously considered for both the trainee and the experienced psychotherapist. The similarities between Fenelon Spiritual Letters and Existential Psychotherapy may suggest them as a possible tool for inner development, subject of course to further empirical research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The complexity of translating prose fiction cannot be grasped without a clear picture of the different aspects of translation as a cross-cultural activity. Part of the problem of the existing misconceptions concerning different kinds of translation and interpreting is the fact that the terminological apparatus of translation studies is still in a state of flux. The overarching aim of this book is to clarify some important aspects of translation theory and practice in order to make translating and evaluating translations more transparent and more widely understood. Part I of the book considers some topical issues of translation theory. Part II examines the challenges involved in attaining the level of ¿expert professionalism¿ in translation from the perspective of expertise studies. Although the book¿s focus is on ¿written¿ literary translation, the issues discussed are relevant to other kinds of translation, including interpretation (¿oral¿ translation). The book will be interesting and useful not only for students of Russian-to-English and English-to-Russian translation but also for beginning and practicing translators, irrespective of their working languages.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Currently, there is scarce research and practical handbooks on spiritual interventions for individuals living with Conversion Disorder. Research conducted at Duncan Hospital found results which indicated that ongoing family and marital strife was significantly related to conversion disorder. As well, research found that individuals with Conversion Disorder seemed to experience depression-like symptoms. The findings indicate a lack of conflict resolution skills to deal with the stress of the conflicts. In fact, the results indicate that religious faith plays a significant role in maintaining well-being and encouraging resilience. This ready to use manual offers practical strategies and interventions for Conversion Disorders using a holistic approach to mental health and well-being.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Education is all about enjoyment and fulfilment. It is frequently confused with training, to the detriment of both. This manifesto confronts the marketplaces¿ colonisation of the classroom and defies the nobly-intentioned yet thoroughly misguided notion that education is all about poverty reduction and material progress. It calls also for the conceptualising ¿ and then the organising and provision of ¿ job-related preparation as Professional, Technical and Vocational Training. And PTVT must always be quarantined from that fundamental social good to which all young persons worldwide are entitled, for education and training are as different as are chalkboards and cheeseboards. These papers and articles have been applauded at conferences and circulated worldwide. Their compilation facilitates the vital and very separate battles for (a) high-status and targeted training and (b) pleasurable and fulfilling education, in the expectation that their scrutiny will be (a) valuable and (b) enjoyable.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book aims to highlight the relevance of Universal Design at major sporting events by exploring accessibility through the various guides and regulations, while not neglecting the rights of the disabled. It also aims to identify the role that Universal Design has in the sport environment and why it is so important in sport as it is in life. The analysis is conducted on the sites of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and on those of the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games to be held in Toronto in 2015. It intends to evaluate whether London maintained its promise to host ¿the most inclusive games ever¿, in terms of accessibility and universal design, from the perspective of both designers and users. The study also discusses whether London¿s experience will impact on future sporting events, such as those to be held in Toronto in 2015.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Science of 21st century needs new paradigm. Paradigm shift is initiated from unexplainable fact with current paradigm. This time it begins with water memory which cannot be explained with current science based on materialism. New paradigm explains water memory with 3D wave inherent to matter. 3D wave is faster than speed of light and exists in the area of imaginary number, carrying out its effect as a field with 3D structure similar to original matter. 3D wave can be separated from the matter to water. 3D wave of hormone in water as separate entity can interact with hormone receptor, leading to cellular transmission. 3D wave of other medically effective substance can be stored in water and can be utilized for therapeutic purpose. Beyond analogue type water memory 3D wave can be digitized and expressed in 2D space. Digitized 3D wave shows the same functionality of original matter through holographic space. Digitized 3D wave can be modulated to electricity and change the characteristic of electricity in human beneficial way. There are enough facts which require new paradigm out of materialism. 21st century should be an era for new paradigm beyond materialism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE AND MOTIVATION - A Case Study At Adiyaman University: Positive economical and political advancements in Turkey in recent years have forwarded employees to meet their third stage and partly fourth stage needs according to Maslow¿s hierarchy of need. That¿s, generally society¿s and specifically employees¿ physiological needs even their security and safety needs are met; the third stage where acceptance and love needs are to be met and self-actualize stage (career/the fourth stage) are about to be met. In this sense, not putting any obstacles on anyone¿s way and smoothing the way for employees who desire to self-actualize, motivating them are dependent on the correct implementation of justice term. So, the self-actualize of workers in public institutions and/or enterprise organizations will be possible through fair applications like giving them equal opportunities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In a modern world economic growth used to measure economic and in some cases political power of the countries. For that reason, it is necessary to analyse the determinants which make a dramatic impact on economic growth in order to stabilize economic performance of the governments and gain to long term and sustainable development. This book examines the role of macroeconomic determinants in economic growth through inflation, unemployment, trade, government expenditure, exchange rate and gross capital formation by using econometric methods. The data consist of 92 countries and the period from 1990 to 2006. The results show that macroeconomic determinants make a significant impact on economic growth.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book attempts to assess the efficacy of individuals and institutions in enforcing international legal pressure concerning abortion on Mexican national legislation. It compares Mexican states of Distrito Federal and Guanajuato, as an opportunity to show the development, change and execution of rules on abortion in Mexico as a whole, particularly from 1994 to 2013. To conduct this research the author spent 6 weeks in Mexico interviewing important figures such as politicians and activists from various international, national and local organizations that deal with women's rights - particularly those concerning abortion, in order to centralize the topic of abortion rights and its practical usage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Russia is the country of huge territory, long history, beautiful culture, vast natural resources, and enormous potential of human and physical capital. Russia is the country of Tsars, cold winters, vodka and white bears. Russia is the country of Peter the Great, Y.Stalin and V.Putin. One could say, all these characteristics - is our pride and glory. For me the answer is not so easy. This work is dedicated to Russian development and determinants of its growth. Just two decades ago Russia experienced a total change in the political and economic structure of the country. USSR fall, together will all its successes and failures. Russia went to the path of building a market economy, while the rest of the developed world was already living in such economy and using its benefits. With the heritage of the USSR, Russia had a huge potential to be successful in that road. The goal of this work is to answer the question, whether or not we were able to use it.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This empirical study examined the impact of food price hike on household food security at different income levels of the people in Bangladesh. The study extensively used national household income, expenditure, and food consumption survey data of Bangladesh together with the weekly time series data on price of rice and wheat. Households having higher share of income on food consumption were found to be the worst affected by the price rise. To understand how international price rise is transmitted into domestic foodgrain market in Bangladesh, cointegration analysis and Error Correction Model were used. The result confirms the existence of long-term equilibrium relationship between international and domestic market price of rice while wheat price did not. Error Correction Model was used to see the short term dynamics as well as long term information of rice price. Although impact of rising rice price in the international market has not been realised immediately in the domestic market due to different price stabilizing programmes and policies of the government of Bangladesh, rising price of rice in international market has long term impact on Bangladesh market.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Land has been seen to be an important commodity which has social, economic and political value. Land forms the basis for the establishment of urban areas and other forms of human settlements. This importance attached to land has seen various conflicting uses put to it and this has therefore resulted to what in Kenya is commonly known as the land question. Urban planning and land use form a salient form in which the land question has manifested itself and this is particularly due to the weak legal and policy framework on urban planning and land use in Kenya. This book seeks to explore the nature of urban planning and land use in Kenya and this is through a look at the governing legal framework and important lessons on urban planning and urban land use are drawn from a comparative study done in the U.S.A. This study can be used to help build a case for reform on the legal and policy framework on urban planning and urban land use in Kenya while at the same time inform best practices to be adopted in other parts of the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book, Media, Environmental Sustainability and National Development in Nigeria takes a look at the interface between the mass media and the environment in the process of national development. Quite often many take part in practices that hurt the environment to the extent that human survival is impaired. Such practices include unrestrained felling of trees which leads to deforestation; and unregulated hunting to the extent that many animals have become extinct. Many ecological problems have resulted with erosion washing off top soil which imperils agricultural development. The destruction of the flora and fauna is also an important challenge. The nine-chapter book addresses such issues as State of the Environment, Global Warming, Assault on the Environment, Some Ecological Disaster Zones and efforts made to Reclaim the Environment, among others. Since the mass media are channels of information to the populace, the book emphasizes the role of the mass media in drawing attention to healthy environment practices while discouraging negative human activities that depreciate the quality of the environment and endanger the survival of present and future generations of the human race.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in patients on chronic dialysis. Numerous epidemiologic researches have proved a significant frequency of cardiovascular diseases in patients with chronic kidney disease. Multicentric studies have shown great incidence of cardiovascular complications in patients on dialysis. Patients with chronic kidney diseases have 10-20 times greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease in comparison to general population. Risk for starting cardiovascular diseases can be differentiated in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis and patients on hemodialysis, especially in patients who remain on peritoneal dialyses for more than two years and loose the remaining kidney function. Part of cardiovascular damage in patients treated with dialyses is caused by the use of residual renal therapy and question which therapy is more harmful, hemodialysis or peritoneal is very important. Despite the importance of the subject only several studies have been done in comparing cardiovascular test of patients treated with peritoneal dialyses and patients treated by hemodialysis. Our research deals with this issue in particular.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this book we obtain an approximate solution for integral and integro-differential equations by Legendre wavelets and hybrid Legendre Block-Pulse functions. For this purpose, we employ operational matrices and using Galerkin method the integral and integro-differential equations are transformed to a linear system. Numerical examples are given to show applicability of the proposed approach.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Abstract. Understanding and analyzing collaborative learning processes requires a fine-grained sequential analysis of the group interaction in the context of learning goals. Several researchers in the area of collaborative work take the quality of the group outcome as a success criterion. Nevertheless, recent findings are giving more importance to the quality of the collaboration process itself. This paper presents a set of patterns the main objective of which is to evaluate and monitor the collaborative learning process. Also we describe some software tools we have implemented based on these set of patterns and how the patterns proposed have helped us to evaluate and monitor the collaborative learning processes. In this paper our aim is to present a method, which can be used in analyzing the interaction processes in a CSCL environment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.