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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Almost all asthma patient demonstrate bronchial hyper responsiveness. Bronchial hyper responsiveness is an abnormality of the airway, which makes the airways to narrow too much & too easily in response to various stimuli either direct or indirect . Bronchoprovocation test is performed to evaluate the bronchial hyper responsiveness. In this study we proved that hypertonic saline is an equally effective bronchoprovocative agents as methacholine which was commonly used for challenge test or bronchoprovocation test for the diagnosis of Bronchial Asthma. More over hypertonic saline has very little effect or no effect in contrast to methacholine on normal subject,which is responsible for false positive result. So we can conclude that , hypertonic saline is more specific bronchoprovocative agent in the diagnosis of bronchial asthma .Since hypertonic saline is very cheap & easily available , we propose that it should be considered as reliable bronchoprovocative agent for the diagnosis of Bronchial asthma in underdevloped countries . …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Almost all asthma patient demonstrate bronchial hyper responsiveness. Bronchial hyper responsiveness is an abnormality of the airway, which makes the airways to narrow too much & too easily in response to various stimuli either direct or indirect . Bronchoprovocation test is performed to evaluate the bronchial hyper responsiveness. In this study we proved that hypertonic saline is an equally effective bronchoprovocative agents as methacholine which was commonly used for challenge test or bronchoprovocation test for the diagnosis of Bronchial Asthma. More over hypertonic saline has very little effect or no effect in contrast to methacholine on normal subject,which is responsible for false positive result. So we can conclude that , hypertonic saline is more specific bronchoprovocative agent in the diagnosis of bronchial asthma .Since hypertonic saline is very cheap & easily available , we propose that it should be considered as reliable bronchoprovocative agent for the diagnosis of Bronchial asthma in underdevloped countries . …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Complexity and emergence in innovation projects Emergence and self-regulation are two important phenomena that define the behaviour of complex adaptive systems. In this reserach innovation at the firm level is approached from the perspective of complex adaptive systems theory. This research deliberatly aims to open up new roads for research by approaching innovation from another perspective than is done in mainstream literature. The research is framed within the so-called complexity paradigm,which is primarily concerned with phenomena like swarm intelligence, self-regulation, emergence and adaptation. Over the last 30 years the interest and focus of attention for these types of systems has grown in the managerial sciences. This research forms a breakthrough since it for the first time applies complex adaptive systems theory in combination with a simulation based on the idea of swarm intelligence in a real-life setting. The results reveal a number of interesting insights and conclusions about the design and improvement of innovation processes and management of innovation projects.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Almost all asthma patient demonstrate bronchial hyper responsiveness. Bronchial hyper responsiveness is an abnormality of the airway, which makes the airways to narrow too much & too easily in response to various stimuli either direct or indirect . Bronchoprovocation test is performed to evaluate the bronchial hyper responsiveness. In this study we proved that hypertonic saline is an equally effective bronchoprovocative agents as methacholine which was commonly used for challenge test or bronchoprovocation test for the diagnosis of Bronchial Asthma. More over hypertonic saline has very little effect or no effect in contrast to methacholine on normal subject,which is responsible for false positive result. So we can conclude that , hypertonic saline is more specific bronchoprovocative agent in the diagnosis of bronchial asthma .Since hypertonic saline is very cheap & easily available , we propose that it should be considered as reliable bronchoprovocative agent for the diagnosis of Bronchial asthma in underdevloped countries . 96 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Complexity and emergence in innovation projects Emergence and self-regulation are two important phenomena that define the behaviour of complex adaptive systems. In this reserach innovation at the firm level is approached from the perspective of complex adaptive systems theory. This research deliberatly aims to open up new roads for research by approaching innovation from another perspective than is done in mainstream literature. The research is framed within the so-called complexity paradigm,which is primarily concerned with phenomena like swarm intelligence, self-regulation, emergence and adaptation. Over the last 30 years the interest and focus of attention for these types of systems has grown in the managerial sciences. This research forms a breakthrough since it for the first time applies complex adaptive systems theory in combination with a simulation based on the idea of swarm intelligence in a real-life setting. The results reveal a number of interesting insights and conclusions about the design and improvement of innovation processes and management of innovation projects. 412 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The pages that follow detail the author's experience of coming to terms with a traumatic car accident whilst in high school. It forms the written accompaniment to a narrative film, which draws on this experience as the basis of its plot. The subject matter is intensely subjective and autobiographical. The author uses a cinematic framework from which to examine spectator identification with onscreen characters. She draws on a variety of psychological theories from trauma studies, self psychology to investigations into attachment theory and creativity. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work explores the relationship between the global' and the regional' in the making of the security dynamics of the Middle East. It examines how local actors in the Middle East were affected by the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and its consequences and how a new security structure was constructed in the region. In many aspects, Iraq War was unique in the modern history of the Middle East; it was the first time after decolonization that an external power invades and occupies an Arab/Islamic/Middle Eastern state. This work particularly analyzes how the invasion of Iraq affected two main variables: patterns of amity and enmity and balance of power in the Middle East. It also portrays how Iran's increasing influence in the region culminated in a new cold war that engaged all Middle East's regional powers. To this effect, politics of Lebanon War in 2006 and Gaza War in 2009 are investigated. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the contemporary world it has been widely upheld that human rights norms and standards have come to play a distinctive role in international life. However, the war of August 2008 between Russia and Georgia has demonstrated that the gap between the promise and the practice of human rights still remains huge. The analysis of the Russia-Georgia conflict nature and its dynamic leads to the major conclusions that, though the human rights regime has grown to the extent that it became almost impossible to ignore its importance in contemporary international relations, the persistence of human rights abuses, double standards and selectivity in human rights interventionism point to the gap between rhetoric and reality. The international human rights regime is political in practice though its intentions are idealistic. It responds pragmatically to circumstances and consequently often operates inconsistently. While the human rights institutions are essentially impartial, they are procedurally restricted and diplomatically cautious. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Tanzania highly spends resources to revise lost powerful cooperative unions, the government and stakeholders have experienced difficulties in organizing themselves to manage their resources.this book has in short studied the reasons to why the current structure contribute the failure of effective performance. This study of managerial factors affecting investment performance will enable stakeholders and academician to direct their efforts on the analyzed factors. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Electric and electronic waste (e-waste) becomes the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world. This book covers the involvement of silicon products in e-waste, which was generally ignored. Environmental impact and the possible way of management are separately mentioned in different chapters. Some practical photos showing the lacking in e- waste management and the idea of greener electronics is individually focused in the fifth chapter. 68 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the financial sources for Iranian corporations and the capital structure in Iran particularly for Chemicals and Petrochemicals products, Rubber and Plastic products, Refined Petroleum and Nuclear Fuel sectors. The second aim is to find out the strength and weaknesses of managerial policies in Iran and the problems involved in the capital market of Iran. Finally, the comparison between the capital structure in Iran and Turkey is examined in this study. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were applied and it was aimed to find the methods of financing in Iran from the financial statements of chosen companies listed in Tehran stock Exchange. This survey focused on the time period from 2004 to 2008. The results of this study showed that Iranian corporations use more debt in their financial strategies, even though they do not issue bonds. It was found that Tehran Stock Exchange is not an efficient market for companies to raise capital due to the unavailability of proper regulations and broad government ownership. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main objective of this work is to identify how multinational companies (MNCs) act as negotiators in the context of international governance. The main hypothesis is that MNCs try to influence the states and their coalitions, nationally and transnationally, by exercising their structural power as well as their soft power. The defense of their corporate interests depends on the confluence of their interests with those of the states as well as the states' vulnerabilities to the corporations' activities. In the first part of the book, I present the theoretical framework related to the Complex Interdependence Theory and the three-level chessboard of Nye. I recognize the limitations of the MNCs' influence power through an extension of the Frieden-Rogowsky model. The second part of the work shows the role of MNCs in two case studies: the negotiations that led to the creation of an international regime of intellectual property in the Uruguay Round of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and the negotiations of the Cartagena Protocol of Biosafety, a complementary instrument of the Biodiversity Convention (CBD), which regulates genetically modified organisms (GMOs). 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis analyzes the relationship between two of the most controversial actors of the 21st century, news media and religious terrorism. How they affect our lives, how they influence one another and how they connect on a global scale, are just a few questions I tried to answer to, looking back at some important events that changed the perception of terrorism worldwide and took news media to other dimensions. Nevertheless, this thesis builds a parallel between U.S./Western Europe news media channels and the Arabic ones, at the clash of worlds they represent. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis aims at investigating the different possibilities of measuring indicators of socio- economic status at the household's level. These indicators should be able to take into account the dimensions of uncertainty and risk, thus catching the ability of people of coping with negative economic shocks. The construction of such indicators asset-based is focused on the Albanian context using LSMS Survey 2002 and 2005. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -When Steve Wareham heard that there had been another complaint about taxi service at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport (MSP), it came as no surprise. As Airport Director, Wareham had been working for years to improve customer service in this important ground transportation arena. Beginning in 2002, Airport Staff became aware that some passengers who were carrying alcohol often visible in the plastic bags from duty-free shops had been refused taxi service. The drivers, many of whom were Muslims from Somalia, explained that their faith did not permit them to consume or transport alcohol. Drivers who refused a fare for any reason were sent to the end of the line, and had to wait two to four hours for another fare. Losing fares represented a significant economic and practical hardship; for the drivers, this was an issue of religious accommodation, and they requested special accomodations that could allow them to refuse customers with alcohol without 'losing a fare'. How do faith issues relate in the customer service driven taxicab industry 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Using a single method of marketing strategy is very difficult in the present market condition because, the competition is stiff; the development of new fashions is very fast; emergence of new technology and the varying preference of customers make the marketing activity very tricky. Especially in the apparel store perishability and seasonality of fashionable clothes have increased due to the different innovation in the design of cloths, the stripes, the color and style. Clearance sales strategy is currently practiced in Ethiopia especially in the boutiques, but these areas are not well studied by scholars of the country.Because of its dynamic nature of price change and customer preference, managers face a problem of how to sell the product to reduce the inventory of unsold items and outdated fashions.This book provides insight about the reason of applying clearance sales; the customer behavior towards clearance price; the relationship between clearance sales and sales volume and the genuineness of the price cut. The study should help professionals in this field and also the different marketers and others who want to further study this area. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Individual rights and freedom's relevance increases both domestically and globally being reflected in various domestic constitutions and supranational/international covenants. The rights paradigm triggering an enormous amount of litigation increasingly attracts the attention of international human rights and comparative constitutional law. The present book consisting of two essays touches upon the freedom of religion in state institutions and socio-economic rights by looking at the European, especially German, the Canadian and the South African context.The first essay critically evaluates the main argumentation strands of courts with regard to religious manifestations and discusses their conclusiveness. The second essay is concerned with distinct design options of socio-economic constitutional provisions by specifically juxtaposing the German social state principle and the South African socio-economic rights. The present work combines theoretical and practical considerations and is therefore equally addressed to academics and practitioners of comparative constitutional and international human rights law as well as laymen. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The thesis submitted for the fulfillment of the MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights, University of Essex. Thesis is a research on the work of CEDAW Committee and its efforts undertaking in the last decade in order to address its commonly criticized limitations. The paper also reviews 6 views and decisions adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol and highlights its legacy to the international human rights system. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -It is not my intent to take a stance on this subject but to show how diverse and complex this practice is when looked at from the lens of the local people concerned and in terms of their underlying and different rationales in relation to multi-stranded international debates surrounding the issue of female genital modification. I came across many different and conflicting viewpoints on the subject. In this paper, I argue that looking at the issue of female genital modification from only two angles of vision, as being either right or wrong, is overly simplistic. It can lead to the false dichotomy of 'us' versus 'them,' First-World versus Third-World split that can further divide people, rather than bringing them together to seek a common ground. I intend in this investigative paper to provide a balanced overview of all the complex issues and standpoints involved in looking at the subject of female genital modification and to allow readers to come to their own positions. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Terrorism' is a morally loaded and normative term and has historically been used in a pejorative sense to identify, insult and accuse the terrorist' with illegitimacy of idea and action. This has given the word extreme political power which has been used to denounce and outlaw' opposing or alternative ideologies at the economic, religious or political levels. Such illegitimacy leads to a cessation of identity, including the identity of being human, and is a precursor to war, cruelty and violence and not for security, peace, democracy or development as the case is made out to be. Given this fact, it is argued that the use of this word in our times today is no different and is leading to the creation of more authoritarian structures and illiberal democracies supported with increasing use of might and power to extract a respect for authority and political legitimacy. Such an approach holds the danger of further escalation of violence. An alternative approach in understanding terrorism could be to see it as a violent reaction against such constructed identities and fiercely contested notions of unitary models of democracy and economic development. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This paper examines the implications of anti-drug policies in two types of countries: drug consumers and producers. Based on empirical information of consumer and producer countries and an examination of policy approaches, the analysis depicts an original game where actors are able to find cooperative equilibrium in their strategies under the logic of interdependence. Assuming one country is willing to influence another's policy, the model concludes symmetric decisions might reduce the size of the illegal market reaching a Cournot - Nash equilibrium. The resultant equilibrium implies that both countries share responsibility in defining anti- drug policies and that it is possible to find an optimal budget share devoted to financing said policies. The paper also explores policy dynamics of countries with power, their ability to influence anti-drug policy agendas, and their effect on curbing illegal drug production and consumption trends. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research project investigates a recurring spread-eagled motif found in Northern Sotho rock art in the Makgabeng Plateau, Limpopo Province, South Africa. This motif is found in association with rock art that relates to boy's initiation and protest images relating to the Maleboho war of 1894. The local inhabitants call this motif koma and say that it is part of Northern Sotho boy's initiation. I question this living testimony and consider whether this motif forms a conceptual link between both types of Northern Sotho rock art. In the context of the complex cultural interaction in the Blouberg- Makgabeng area, I argue that this painted spread- eagled motif is a crocodile. I maintain that this important symbol not only reflects cultural identities but also plays an integral part in the construction of cultural identities. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explored the relationship between regional disparity, inequality and economic growth for the period 1972-2007 of Bangladesh. Except from others, it deals with two distinct but related issues. First, it investigates the relationship between inequality and economic growth in the situation where consideration of the effects of household final consumption expenditure, per capita and urban population growth in Bangladesh. Second, the study looks into the issue of regional disparity within the country. Data over the different periods in the last two decades were employed to identified the affected regional factors e.g. size of public expenditure, variations of receiving remittance, incidence of poverty, distribution of poor, intensity and severity of poverty, GDP and GDP per capita and per capita income and consumption expenditure by stratum in this part of analysis. Lastly, this study tried to make a link with economic growth, inequality and regional disparity in the context of Bangladesh. 80 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of chief executive officer (CEO) leadership behaviors among Guatemalan organizations in relation to the level of agreement, commitment, and satisfaction of the top management team (TMT) members and organizational performance. The CEO leadership behaviors examined were autocratic, charismatic, face saver, power sharing, and visionary. It was hypothesized that that there would be a positive relationship between the CEO leadership behaviors and the level of agreement among the TMTs, commitment, and satisfaction. In addition, it was hypothesized that the level of agreement, commitment, and satisfaction would have an effect on overall organizational performance (growth revenue and sales volume). Due to the lack of research regarding executives and their TMTs (Finkelstein & Hambrick, 1996), this study furthers the research among the upper echelon and Guatemalan organizations. A quantitative research design was used to test the hypotheses. The level of analysis was the CEO and TMTs or their respective organizations. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the Argentinean and Mexican labour movements exhibited contrasting responses to the proposed free trade agreement. While Argentinean labour staged an aggressive anti-FTAA campaign, its Mexican counterpart displayed relative quiescence. This work applies the political opportunity structures model to determine if it can explain the differing patterns of mobilization of Argentinean and Mexican labour. This work examines the structures of opportunity that emerged after the 1982 debt crisis and those created by the process of Latin American economic integration. Such process has created national and transnational opportunity structures, allowing national movements to engage in transnational activism. An analysis of the suitability of the opportunity structures model to account for the mobilization of Argentinean and Mexican labour, should shed light on the model's capacity to analyze movements that are becoming increasingly transnational. This work should be especially useful to students of social movements and to anyone interested in Latin American regional economic integration. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The performance of many firms are exposed to the changes in weather. The industry sectors exposed to weather risk' are basic materials, consumer durables and agricultural industries. Amongst these the basic materials has mainly triggered the demand for the weather derivatives market and the rapid growth in the weather risk assessment industry. With this as the backdrop, this book formulates a pricing model for the weather derivatives, whose payoffs depend on surface air temperature. Daily temperature data for the last thirty years is closely analyzed for four cities in U.K. to model a temperature process which captures the daily temperature fluctuations including the seasonal patterns and the year-on- year up-ward trend behaviour of the temperature.This work further evaluates an arbitrage-free option pricing using a Gaussian Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model. Keeping in mind that temperature, the underlying variable of the weather derivative, is non-tradable we consider a risk premium estimator to find the price of a weather derivatives contract. Further, the book provides results based on these models as well as based on Monte Carlo Simulations. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Globalisation, rapid improvements in information flow capabilities, low cost communication and advancements in the logistic systems have increased competition worldwide. To survive in the highly competitive business environment and to sustain the competitive advantages, companies across the world have been forced to deliver high quality products at lower cost.Research show that many organisations in the Arab countries still lack appreciation of quality managment systems. The case study reported in this book analyses and evaluates current practices and knowledge of quality management activities in an anonymous Arabian manufacturing company, XTC. The objective of the research is to assess the level of TQM awareness and its application at XTC through empirical analysis. The study also focussed on the employee involvement aspects and the effectiveness of the TQM training programmes. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book aims to seek a plan where rural areas in Mexico could be developed applying social entrepreneurship education, eradicating poverty and avoiding migration from rural communities to urban areas. Concepts as social and business entrepreneurship will be discussed as well as the fourth sector movement in order to link them with the current state of rural communities in Mexico and the players involved: Multinational corporations, private and public institutions, non-governmental organizations, and the population of rural communities. Together, they should seek a development beneficial for people in need. The way to achieve this development is by educating the players fostering the social entrepreneurship in the population. Social entrepreneurship entails all those activities and initiatives which identify problems and opportunities in communities, working in order to make the difference by adding value to the society, changing and improving a community life style. It is not about altruism, is about business with another approach. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mergers and acquisitions are among the most attractive business practices especially in production industry, where the temptations of cost reduction, access to the new market or acquire the new technology are irresistible. But not all practices are the best practice either financially or non-financially. In this book we are seeking the answer to the title of the book by investigating into the impacts of a merger in automobile industry with focus on luxury segment of it. We will do this by discussing numerous examples and study the last Lamborghini merger in detail, and then warning the companies on the path they have been chosen to reach to their goals. The aim of this book is to simply explain the effects of mergers for all costumers of either luxury goods or automobiles, and open new point of view which hopefully will help them in their future decision making processes. This book can also benefit everyone who is interested in automobile industry or luxury industry, and students and scholars pursuing research in fields of management, marketing and international business. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates the way in which themes from the Robinson Crusoe novel have been elaborated variedly in cinematic Hollywood Robinson Crusoe adaptations released in the first decade of the 21st century. The films The Beach; Cast Away; Jurassic Park III; Madagascar; Swept Away and The Breed are analysed in order to provide a definition of the term ¿contemporary cinematic Robinsonade¿ and to interpret what cinematic Robinsonades reflect about contemporary political, environmental and cultural issues in the West. 76 pp. Englisch.…