lap lambert academic publishing aug 2016 (Oltre 2.100 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -¿The ¿HOW¿ of a Peaceful and Tolerant World¿ is the result of years of multidisciplinary (re)search. It has come out as a set of ¿reflection questions¿ which the author has posed to himself ¿ without necessarily seeking answers from anyone. These are an effort at exploring the ¿how¿ of making things slightly better. It will serve as an introduction of the reader to himself. This is a book that one may read from anywhere.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book explores the influential power that performance measurement systems (PMS) have on employee¿s behaviour. The aim of the book is to expand upon the original works of Ridgway¿s (1956) ¿Dysfunctional Consequences of Performance Measurements¿. In addition, efforts are made contribute to the limited materials on the theory of performance Gaming within the context of a private sector organisation. A case study research has been conducted within an anonymous organisation based in the UK. The study takes place within the logistics department of the company, specifically, the warehousing and distribution functions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Over the last few years, the consumption market has been changing as it never has. The market is more diverse now and advertisers are in need of finding new approaches to reach out an always changing market. This book contemplates two chapters. The first chapter contains theoretical information and real life scenarios showing trends that final customers are nowadays adapting to their lives. The second chapter presents a study concerning market selection and target approach in a diverse scenario. This book will help as a useful source to understand the market and its development through time and should be specially useful to professionals in Advertising, Communications, Marketing, Research, or any related field.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A cross-sectional study using structured questionnaire was conducted in two sites in Livingstone, selected on the basis of socio-economic status. 130 women aged 15-49years were randomly selected using a 10% systematic sample of households and the data collected was analyzed using EPI INFO version 2000. The study mean age was 29.5 years. 3.1 %( n=2) of women revealed their HIV sero-status while 4.6 %( n=3) were in polygamous marriage. Women with Secondary education was the highest respondents, 55.4 %( n=36) peri-urban community and 47.7 %( n=31) urban community. Urban community had the highest proportion of women (16.6%) with College/University education compared to 1.6 %( n=1) peri-urban community. 84.6% (n=55) were unemployed from the peri-urban compared to 60% (n=39) from the urban community. The study revealed that there was an association between high risk behaviour for contracting HIV with residence (p=0.034) as well marital status (p=0.046). Married women were more at risk of contracting HIV (62.1%) than women who are not married (34.9%). Women in urban areas were more likely to be at high risk behaviour of contracting HIV (62.8%) than women in the peri-urban area (37.2%).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -It is often argued that the primary political function of the press is to act as a ¿watchdog¿ warning against abuses of power by the ruling elite. As the ¿fourth estate¿, the US press is expected to serve as a source of substantial information for citizens about political, social, and economic issues, to keep a critical eye on public officials and watch over the general public¿s interests, and to provide a forum for free and honest debate in which diverse opinions can circulate and compete freely. In contrast, the other perspective is one that views the press as a ¿lapdog¿, a close companion of established power. According to this perspective, rather than serve as critic, the political function of the news media is to act more as an arm of established political and economic power. The purpose of this academic book is to try to comprehend whether the ¿fourth estate¿ functions primarily as an instrument providing constraints on the Power Elite, or whether it serves to promote the interests of the powerful. It would be of great interest for Political Science and American Studies¿ students and researchers interested by the functioning of American Democracy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Graphene is an attractive alternative material for diverse applications in electronic devices, fuel cells, biomedical sensors, energy storage, and super-capacitors due to its exceptional thermal,electrical, optical and mechanical properties. This material can be synthesized by many effective methods such as chemical vapor deposition,and micromechanical exfoliation of graphite. This book investigates a novel and clean approach to grow graphene directly from bulk graphite by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid. This technique is simple, and fast;a one-step procedure to fabricate pure and stable graphene nanoparticles by short ablation time. It results in controllable-size products, high mass production, high stability, less aggregation, and absence of chemical agents,a known disadvantages observed in other approaches for graphene production. Confirming the presence of graphene is carried out by several characterization techniques including Raman spectroscopy, UV-VISIBLE, AFM, SEM,and TEM. These techniques allow an insight into the morphological and structural properties of the produced graphene. The potential recipe for growing high quality graphene is intensively explained in this book.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Language teaching and learning is not merely about linguistic competence itself; rather, the aim is to also gain an awareness and understanding of another culture. Whilst this concept is nothing new, it is questionable however as to whether the learning experiences that take place in MFL classrooms do in fact contribute to a genuine intercultural awareness amongst young people. Does a language curriculum, at Key Stage 3 (11-14 year-olds) in particular, provide for intercultural communicative competencies , or does it merely provide for a rather shallow and essentialist understanding of the culture in question The research project outlined in this book describes how a group of 12-13 year-old students of German were given the opportunity to inquire into the term 'intercultural awareness' in their own context. The intention was that the process of being involved as student researchers, designing their own curriculum, would lead to an improved understanding of the term. Students were given the opportunity to be part of a learning community (Flutter and Rudduck, 2004) together with their teacher; a method that can indeed enhance student, and undoubtedly teacher, understanding.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A passionate philosophy graduate, Winsome Lee, invites us to a challenging dialogue regarding Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism. Thick Cosmopolitanism, as a social and psychological challenge for restoring social justice, seems to be promising due to its unconditional support from individualistic nations. Yet, the whole thick cosmopolitan claim depends upon the Western Individualistic framework and democratic thinking. If Cosmopolitanism is plausible, it should have worked in the non-individualistic nations too. However, this is not the case. The extensive effects from Western legality suggests that legal equality does not necessarily translate or equal to social equality. Instead, it suggests that the social meaning of justice for these non-individualistic countries is meant to be hierarchical. Given the current global situation, it is always tempting to conclude that probably human race is better off having a communal life style, running by communalism. Thus, it is feasible for us to engage into the thinking inquiry in order to try shed light for a way out for the current situation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Horror can be found in almost every medium in popular culture, especially in literature, cinema and legend, but why is it so pervasive, and how do writers create fear Examining the techniques behind domestic horror in contemporary fiction, this text discusses the rich heritage of the genre, explores the figure of the monstrous mother and father, and the important role of defamiliarisation in creating authentic horror within safe spaces. In the first chapter of Kin, the author then uses the techniques discussed in the essay to build an unsettling world framed within a suburban household, whilst attempting to confront the problematic representation of women within Horror literature.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -¿Se avessimo anche una Fantastica, come una Logica, sarebbe scoperta l¿arte di inventare¿. With this quote by Novalis, Gianni Rodari (1973:4) begins his Grammatica della fantasia (Anthology of the Fantastic). Literary reception through time has fulfilled diverse functions; amongst these, the fantastic and the marvellous have carried out pivotal roles with regard to emotional education, social control or a means of evasion (playfulness and humour). From the very outset, marvellous tales that have been used to explain the world we live in, including their application in the education of young people to ward off the unknown (Bettelheim, 1976), their moral and religious applications, including jocular ones, pass through a process of acquisition of literary skills that are commonly attributed to the schools. It must not be overlooked, however, that the family and church act as contributing elements to the dissemination of literature of the imagination. With this in mind, even through the undertaking of reviews of study plans, different syllabuses for the subjects of language and literature, divided into nations, or established for the memorising of data will not be found.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study is to investigate the mortgage consumers¿ shopping behavior and factors affecting their decision in choosing housing loan in Malaysia. It is also intended to investigate whether mortgage consumers are well-protected under the current regulations. To achieve the objectives, the data has been collected by means of questionnaires. Questionnaires were distributed to mortgage consumers who took up the mortgage between years 2007 to 2011. The results show that consumer choose interest rate or profit rate as the most important factor. However, interest rate or profit rate is not a priority factor in determining their loan selection criteria. Loan duration or financing duration is their first priority for loan or financing selection criteria. Consumers¿ confusion is related to the level of interest rate while the real determinant factor of obtaining a mortgage is the affordability of consumers to service the monthly installments. Developers appeared to be the most important sources in which consumers seek information pertaining to mortgage choice. The finding show that there are fair disclosures provided to consumers as mandated by Bank Negara Malaysia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is an outcome of rigorous research of the author on Kumal community, an indigenous community of Rural Nepal whose indigenous profession is pottery making. The book digs the issue of plunging of inter-generational transfer of the profession. The author has tried to explore and explain the reason behind declining trend of handover of indigenous profession of indigenous profession. The author has looked at the issue from the lens of theory of sustainability and theory of resilience.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book presents the findings on interactions of microRNAs and mRNAs involved in gastrointestinal malignancies. Presented study includes in silico algorithms for microarray data preprocessing, microRNA targets prediction and data integration. The assessment of changes occurring in regulatory networks is additionally extended by significance of transcription factors affecting expression of both, microRNAs and mRNAs during carcinogenesis of esophagus, stomach, pancreas and colon.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The fusion of the psychological and the social personae is a feature of a pre-modern normativity that persists in some theoretical descriptions. Differently, in a ¿functional differentiated society¿ normative learning entails the understanding of duties and rights from a reflective perspective about the source of validity of the rules. This doesn¿t mean only that one must situate the normative content within a biographical, familiar and organisational frame. More decisively, one must put duties and rights against the contrasting background of the psychological persona and the social persona. A contrasting background that is learned and always changing. Second Order Ethics as Therapy is an essay to tackle with the theoretical challenges that surface when the observation of the moral discourse operates in order to distinguish the different sources of the making and unmaking of motives and duties. The essay is especially concerned with the therapeutic relevance of second-order observations in the inducement of personal change.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study critically analyses the recent education reform efforts in Qatar, and the changes taking place in various levels of education, as well as their preliminary effects on the human capital development for Qatar. Data were collected through content analyses of the reports on the standardized international test results, findings of research studies, as well as the outputs of local assessments and the national reports on education. The analyses revealed that since the launch of the new education reform in 2002, Qatar focused on education as the key to its future progress,and significant changes have occurred in the educational landscape from many aspects. However, despite of the substantial investments made, Qatar is still far from meeting its national curriculum standards and has a long way to go for providing quality education, especially in mathematics and science education. The findings provide an overall review of the quality of education system in Qatar and devise progressive policy recommendations for upcoming years.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -So many years have passed since the principal of the artificial cloud seeding was discovered by Schaefer (1946) and Vonnegut (1947). And the technique has been used in many countries in order to enhance rainfall amount there. However, many people doubted whether rainfall amount can be increased by using the technique. It is curious situation that some people convince effects of artificial cloud seeding and the others doubt it. The inconsistency is ordinary attributed to diversity of natural clouds. Then we intend to show effects of artificial cloud seeding in conditions as simple as possible to confirm that the technique is always effective in suitable conditions as same as other scientific results. For the simplicity, liquid carbon dioxide was directly injected into developing clouds of super-cooled liquid water particles. And we wrote this book to develop the technique in order to control rainfall amount with researchers who are interested in artificial cloud seeding.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -If this book has reached your hands it is because you love birds. There must be something that strikes you about birds and you decided to read them in this book. However, before you keep on reading I must warn you that this book should not be read by just anyone. If you like birds because you enjoy hearing them singing from a cage do not read this book. If you want to attract birds because you want to put them in a cage, then do not read this book. You may be searching for valuable information and you will find it here if you love wild birds, in particular migratory birds that have the ability to travel long distances. A person with the ability to become a host for a flying creature that flies many kilometres seeking shelter, food and rest can read this book. Only then, with the ability to give freedom to the guest hoping to repeat, year after year the unwritten but inevitable appointment, then you can read this book.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -South Africa underwent a major political transformation in less than a decade. Once isolated internationally because of the system of apartheid, which was denounced by the United Nations as a crime against humanity, by 2002 South Africa was an all-inclusive, liberal democracy boasting a constitution that had often been said to be one of the very best in the world. It was an active participant in numerous international organisations such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth and the African Union, among others, and was at the forefront of efforts to promote democracy on the continent and to improve Africäs image through the New Partnership for Africäs Development. Given these significant changes since April 27 1994 when South Africa held its first all-inclusive elections, this study sought to assess how business leaders in Britain, South Africäs biggest trading partner at the time, perceived the country as an international brand.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study of organisational change has evolved over the last number of years and is still an evolving dynamic. Change can occur for many reasons, but primarily in this century the drivers for change have been the pace of modern technology, customer service and communications. How business adapts to these drivers will to a large extent determine the success of change. It is not only in private business that organisational structures and culture affect the rate of change, it is also a dynamic that public service organisations have to be aware of and manage. This study takes one public service in Ireland to demonstrate the interrelationships between culture and structure and how it impacts change.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With intensification of the integration and globalization processes inflation forecasting has shifted to a conceptually new stage in the last decade. As such, the overview of the inflationary processes in developing countries for the period in question shows that rise of the general price level in those countries tends to be more and more explained by the impact of external economic factors: an excessive influx of foreign currency, rising prices for imported goods, fluctuations in energy prices, and a number of other exogenous variables. The book thoroughly analyzes the impact of the listed factors on the inflation for Armenia transmitted mainly through the exchange rate channel. It is, furthermore, investigated how the monopolies, poor rule of law and other institutional factors distort the pass-through of the given exogenous shocks onto domestic inflation. The contribution reveals poor performance of the linear models for inflation forecasting and proposes application of Markov chain switching regimes model to get the probability distribution forecasts, followed by utilization of the neural networks model to arrive at accurate point inflation forecasts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Determining the level of similarity of two paintings has long been a critical topic in copyright research. This study chose the Leonardo da Vinci¿s world-famous painting Mona Lisa, painted between 1503 and 1517, as the main study object and compared it with a popular reinterpretation of da Vinci¿s Mona Lisa, commonly referred to as Chubby Boy, circulated on the Internet. A total of 60 subjects were tested in this study, and eyetracking was adopted to record the identification area and tracks of subjects¿ eyeball movement. This study aimed to explore the possibility of using the identification area and track information for determining the features of artworks.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book concisely analyzes Eugene O'Neill's unique modern tragic notion and tragic style by applying them to his last autobiographic play Long Day's Journey Into Night (1939-1941) in the light of the playwright's tragic concept of self-conflicts and conflicting-selves. After reading it, you may be enormously touched by the familial tragedy tainted with both love and hatred. However, the reconciliation between family memebers at the end of the play alleviates the pain and sorrows and leads us all to a journey into LIGHT.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study draws on psychoanalysis, pragmatics and film theory to explore the interplay between linguistic and extra-linguistic features articulating the cinematic discourse of the Lacanian concept of desire and its inherent destabilising effect. In an attempt to refute the mystified claim about desire¿s inexpressibility and impenetrability, to which the study of language and desire may tend, this work starts out from the hypothesis that the encoding of desire, and by extension, its cinematic representation, may adhere to a certain distinguishable semiotic pattern. Following psychoanalytic theory three main stages were pinpointed in desire¿s evolution; namely, encounter with the object of desire, search for satisfaction and realisation of desire¿s underlying fantasy. Silence was only one of the several features constituting the discourse of desire in its initial stage, the encounter with the desired object.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -School construction for primary education was made possible through community-based interventions. Community interventions include community-based contracting, community grants, and teacher training. Due to this approach, 400 schools were constructed with the help of villagers in the hinterlands of Lao PDR. Communities were not only able to construct permanent school structures but also led to positive and improved education outcomes. Education outcomes were evident in increasing enrolments, increased promotion rates, decreased repetition rates, increased gender parity, and higher completion rates. CBI also led to significant positive changes in social capital, community development, gender participation, build capacities in school management, better teaching-learning process and cheaper contracting costs. The intervention was not only cost-effective but was institutionalized because of collective ownership. The combination of these interventions makes CBI an appropriate approach for building communities where education is key.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A neologism is a newly coined term, word, or a phrase that may be in the process of entering common use. It is often directly attributable to a specific person, publication, period, or event. In this book, neologisms that appeared between 1990-2012 in three British newspapers: The Times, The Guardian, and The Independent, are analysed trying to trace the semantic processing phases of neologisms and their expansion in terms of linguistic and extra linguistic variables. This book falls into five chapters and presents fantastic conclusions. Prof. Sabah S. Al-Rawi (PhD) reviewed that it is well-written and that the material is presented in a lucid and eminently readable manner. He highly recommend it to students of linguistics and translation. As a source of student project, it represents a valuable book for those who work in the field of linguistic research as it is easy to follow being written in a highly accessible and enjoyable style. He added that this kind of research could be well expanded in future studies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 140 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Businesses around the world are still struggling to retain customers, and these customers are looking for new ways to connect and interact with the companies they patronize. The BIG 'question' is how can we as an organisation create that 'WOW' experience using digital As internet users continue to increase, Blue Chip companies and even the smallest start-ups have more resources available to enhance the customer experience and at the same time increase Loyalty. This book addresses one major thing which is how best can we as an organisation win more customers and exceed the expectations of both old and new customers through the use of social media. Can they (the customers) trust us online and derive satisfaction from all we get to offer them. Before your next post on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest YouTube, Snapchat, and Instagram, the sole purpose should always be about the customers and what value will it add to the customers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Relationship between Drug abuse and Behaviour among the Youth is the only book convincingly explaining the degree of Drug abuse and Ant Social Behaviour, this book is a call to the World to find the lasting solution to the increasing problem of Ant social behaviour resulted from Drug abuse. This book brings facts which paves a way to our clear understanding of the causes and out come of Drug abuse to the Youth's physical and psychological personal growth.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The main objective of the report was to establish the main appropriate business strategies BP Plc would apply to restore the confidence of the market and the benefits to the shareholders. Being among the top majors of the crude oil & gas extraction industry, BP had to face during the last two years the worst accident which could happen, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The strategies of its 3 SBUs have been reviewed and commented, generating recommendations at SBU and corporate level. The Extraction & Production segment (SBU1) needs to review its safety measures and implement a more ambitious policy. The Refining & Marketing segment (SBU2) is concentrating on the reorganization of its refining strategy, notably in the US. The Alternative Energy segment (SBU3) is providing good business thus is recommended to continue investing in bio-fuels and wind energy. At corporate level, BP has to manage carefully the spill trial to be held at the beginning of 2013 in New Orleans.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book contains some grains of lessons for shaping your business skills as we uphold the wisdom of Chinese saying that, ¿It is better to light the candle than to curse darkness.¿ We have lighted our small candle, light yours also the darkness will totally be gone. It can be, play your part. Henceforth, at the end of the day, we wish you readers successful reading for the bright future. ¿Life is an art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.¿ - Samuel ButlerBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -ADR is a systematic approach to resolving conflicts at less time and cost, and with greater certainty. ADR provides not only better justice in the society, if it is used appropriately, but also makes possible contribution to economic development as well as social harmonization and stability. In Cambodia, various ADR mechanisms has been established in both public and private spheres. However, the development and implementation of the system is still at a crossroads and faces an array of challenges in relation to independence, qualifications of ADR practitioners, legal framework, and other models and methods. This book will identify practices in which the Japanese system demonstrates advantages over the Cambodian system and vice versa. Each system is therefore able to learn from the other, added to which is the fact that the two countries have the same legal family and share similarities in culture and social structures. The ADR system is a priority for justice in Cambodia while the formal justice seems not work well.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.