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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The rapid increase and the use of multimedia streams over the past decades have led to a change in the multimedia and mobile technology. There has been a generational shift in the field of telecommunication and mobile systems that led to a major change and technology drift in many aspects. The revolution of telecommunication and the utilization of IP telephony created a base of enhancement in the telecom field which enables the researchers in the field to quickly move from stage to other providing higher and reliable technology. This book describes the aspects which affect the streaming of video with regards to 4G technology. There are three aspects of streamlining video for faster transmission which will be discussed, these are; video compression and processor performance and 4G concepts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Indonesia is one of the main producing countries of rattan. It dominantly supplied the world rattan trade among the producer countries. Indonesia has an advantage compared to other countries with its abundant supply of wild and cultivated rattan. A survey presented an estimation about 80 to 90 percent of the world's rattan raw materials come from this country. But, Indonesian government had applied totally export ban policy on rattan raw materials and semi-finished products since early 2012. Such policy was considered as an appropriate way to overcome the shortage of rattan materials supply for domestic industries and attempted to change Indonesia from a raw exporter become a finished-product exporter. This study examines the demand for Indonesiäs rattan in Germany from 1991-2008 by using Transcendental Logarithmic as a tool. Germany is chosen since it is the most important country that has the high potency to become the rattan marketing in Europe. It is also the biggest importing country among European member countries and it can be considered as a competitive market. Based on our policy analysis, the export of rattan raw materials is still giving economic profit for Indonesia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book describes the health and environmental risks related to gasoline exposure, genome susceptibility, possible ways for monitoring and protective attitudes that should be taken. A substantial report of fieldwork, that took place in 11 gas stations in Rio de Janeiro, was included in this book. The risk of gas stations in several countries is discussed with illustrations. The authors of this book sincerely expect to contribute for the prevention of health problems of workers at the gas stations, as well as the many other facilities of the petroleum production chain.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the milieu of radical innovation, the conventional market testing procedures appears to be ineffective to generate sufficient profit for the company and satisfy the consumer needs. Also, the contemporary approaches used for market testing has limitations. This book aims to complement the gap between the literature and the real life application by developing a new dynamic market testing procedure in the context of radical innovation. The new procedure has been developed based on literature and real life case studies. This book will offer remedy to the currently practiced testing procedures. The new market testing procedure is reliable and flexible method which can be used to generate authentic market viability and acceptance for the radically innovated products.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The current financial crisis has affected the daily life of citizens. Due to the unemployment, job insecurity, stress and many other factors, population health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is affected. Persons in higher socioeconomic status tend to have higher HRQoL. A cross sectional study was conducted using convenience sampling of both employed and unemployed individuals in Attica, Greece. To evaluate HRQoL SF-36v2 questionnaire was used. The studied population consisted of 1049 people with an average age of 37.1 years. 91% were Greek, 36.8% had high school graduates and 62.4 were employed. In univariate analysis, work status, educational level, age, low income, parenthood, chronic illness and nationality were found to be related to the score of the participants at least one dimension. In linear regression analysis, there are statistically significant correlations between educational level, work status, chronic illness and age with HRQoL. Improvements of HRQoL should be directed towards chronic illness prevention, lifelong education, better information and unemployment reduction. HRQoL is not only a health policy issue but mainly an economic and social policy matter.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Boko Haram desire to redeem non-Muslims from perdition, liberate Muslims from persecution, protect Islam from criticism, and revenge perceived acts of injustices against Muslims. The group has embarked on this aim by allotting blame, vilifying the enemy-Other, pressing for a holy war, encouraging martyrdom, and alluding to an apocalypse. Boko Haram¿s audience is made to believe that Allah has assigned Boko Haram the task to liberate and restore an Islamic haven in Nigeria. Therefore, opposition from the Nigerian government or Western forces is constructed as actions of opposition, thus killing members of the opposition becomes a celestial and noble cause. This juxtaposition serves to encourage the violent Jihad which leaders of Boko Haram claims Allah assigned them to lead in the first place. As a result of this cyclical communication, media houses, the Nigerian government, Christians, and Western ideals become the symbolic evil, against which Muslims, sympathizers and would-be-recruits must unite. By locking Islam against the Nigerian government, Western ideals and Christianity in a characteristically hostile manner, Boko Haram attempts to preclude any real solution.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -One of the most important viewpoints of data mining concerning the analysis of a large amount of data and samples with different characteristics includes clustering which is associated with methods and techniques that have frequently been applied in different fields of researches. A well-known algorithm of clustering is K-means by which the data are divided into K classes based upon a distance criterion. In this study, the K-means method applies for data classification derived from exploration boreholes and surface sampling in the Parkam deposit. The results derived based on the case of borehole data showed that the increasing Cu grade values resulted in a significant increase in Mo grades, a significant decrease in Pb grades followed by an increase, and the Zn grades varying comparable to Pb. With regards to the relationships between these elements it could be concluded that the meteoric waters promoted the mobilization of Pb and Zn from the potassic to the phyllic zone but the meteoric waters were not effective enough to cause the mobilization of Cu, and this element together with Mo remained immobile. Finally, equation of Cu grade estimation is also presented for surface data.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is the result of summarization of data from the author¿s dissertation and the joint research work with colleagues on studying genetic peculiarities of 27 Russian horse breeds at microsatellite loci. The private alleles were registered in some native breeds including Altai, Bashkir, Kabardian, Mezen, Pechora, Vyatka and Yakut. Native breeds of horses have a relatively high level of interbreed differentiation, indicating the need of studying multiple subpopulations to complete information about the breed. The author expresses the hope that the book will be useful for wide circles of specialists and readers interested in genetics of horse breeds.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Students are very important part of tourism sector. Especially international ones are distinctive group whose travel behaviours may differ from others. The study emphasise why understanding students behaviour is important and how it can influence travel market in area. Using Internet based survey collection and an interview, study examines and analyses students travel behaviours, the constraints that students are facing (connected to travel), reasons to choose the destination and changes in their normal tourism behaviour. Interesting results are presented regarding constraining factors and students view on tourism offer in area of Umeå in Sweden. The study also presents ideas for improving travel opportunities for students. The study concludes that international students tourism is important for the area and requires future research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Joel Puckett¿s Short Stories, a concerto for string quartet and wind ensemble was composed for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble and premiered at the 2013 National Convention of the College Band Directors National Association. Providing insight and background information to future performers and conductors through research, analysis, and first-hand experience from the commission to the premiere, this work presents original research and scholarship on Short Stories, addressing three main areas: the background of Short Stories and the compositional process, a formal analysis, and conclusions. The uniqueness of Short Stories lies in its construction and emphasis on pairs, which Puckett utilizes in a powerful way throughout his piece. The pairing of a string quartet and wind ensemble, pairing each of the eight movements ¿ four pairs, and the individual and intimate atmosphere created by the use of pairs, all speak to the overarching duality contained within the composition.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is composed of Introduction, Conclusion and Four main Chapters. Introduction involves the historical background about 'New Women' concept which is indicated the changing role of women in search of self-assertion and freedom in patriarchal societies. The four main chapters present four leading feminist figures who depicted the struggle of women in male dominated societies through the analysis of their short fiction. Kate Chopin' 'The Story of an Hour', Katherine Mansfield's 'Bliss', Doris Lessing's 'To Room Nineteen' and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' are the stories analyzed in this book. As a whole, this book includes the analysis of four stories based on the struggle of women in patriarchal societies that have imposed roles and rules on women.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Inulinase is an enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of inulin, a plant reserve polysaccharide, into fructoses and fructo-oligosaccharides which are widely used in pharmaceutical and food industry. Although several substrates for the production of inulinase have been reported as being economically effective such as utilization of inulin-rich substrate rather than pure inulin, however, there is still need to develop the substrate to make the entire process much cheaper and more effective. Here we reported inulinase production from Acinetobacter as there is not found any report on inulinase production from Acinetobacter.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Since 2010, Greece is in unprecedented financial crisis and turmoil, due to its public debt. This led to a wave of social unrest, and eventually to the ascension of SYRIZA to power. It was practically the first time when the non-socialist Left formed a government in a European country. These developments generated worldwide interest, and they have been closely watched by both mainstream and alternative media. Their reports convey intense affect: hope, curiosity, fear, enmity, disappointment ¿ according to who or when is speaking. Thus, a large corpus of relevant texts already exists. These often seem a fruit of projection: people adapt and translate what they see to a pre-existing, familiar vocabulary. This is inevitable; any discourse on politics involves a work of translation, even when it is pronounced in the native language. This book provides its own version, based on a view 'from the inside', or from between the inside and the outside, which attempts to approach the political (and the economical ¿to the extent we can distinguish them) from a point of view of the 'materialism of the encounter', without reducing them to moralism, legalism, militarism, or any other essentialism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Edible bird's nest (EBN) is a highly prized food and tonic among several ethnic groups in Southeast Asia. China is becoming more affluent with EBN, and the overall demand of EBN is exploding. The recently established health effects of EBN have made it a highly expensive animal bioproduct. There are several discussions in the book which are expected to be useful to the general readers, swiftlet farmers and researchers. Owing to the amazing food and medicinal values of EBN, we are glad to bring these beautiful assets of EBN at a higher stage through this book; so that more and more populations can know about this wonderful bioproduct.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -On October 16 2014, after more than seven years, the European Union and the East Africa Community concluded negotiations on a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). However, the deadline was October 1 and as a consequence EU removed the Community¿s trade privileges of duty and quota-free access to the EU markets. This paper argues ¿ based on Neo-Gramscian theory ¿ that the EPA is a result of neoliberal hegemony in which EU is a prime actor, promoting a neoliberal agenda. By both consent and cohesion, EU was able to pressure the EAC into signing the EPA, which enforced market liberalisations and a strengthening of marked-based authority over state-authority locally. We also show ¿ through global value chain theory ¿ how the local associations of exporters pushed for a speedy conclusion of the EPA. Not because they favoured its provisions, but out of fear for losing the duty-free privileges that EU historically had granted the EAC countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book present international business strategy that global companies will use to effectively compete in the global markets which has presented continual opportunities and challenges. The presents the global strategies in which marketing companies use competitive strategies where foreign rivals, there is a growing interest in understanding the factors related to their evaluations of and preferences for attributes associated with foreign producers. The book further provides competitive realities in today¿s international markets require competitive advantages to be identified and sustained to ensure their continual survival.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At the backdrop of many ethical violations and organizational scandals in the present management environment, Human Resource Managers and policy makers are looking for newer alternatives in managing and developing people and employees in the organizational field. In this regard, spirituality in management has become the center of attraction among the employers and management experts. Since Quran is the inexhaustible source of knowledge, this research proposes an analytical study of the existing HRM literature in the light of Quranic doctrines in managing human resources. This study also highlights some important functions of HRM proposed from the Quran. Organizational outcomes of the proposed HRM theories along with the future research direction are discussed at the end.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With rising pressure on healthcare providers to reduce costs and improve quality, an increasing number of organizations are looking to ¿Lean¿ tools and techniques as a breakthrough solution for performance improvement. Over the last four decades, Lean has emerged as one of the most impactful approaches to help increase an organization¿s competitiveness through improvements in process efficiency and a reduction in operational waste. Today, Lean is used in most global industries and virtually all organizational sectors including healthcare. The need for improvement in emergency departments with respect to the cost of care, the speed of service, crowding, and patient safety is now widely accepted. In an attempt to achieve broad improvement, health care organizations worldwide increasingly adopt an approach called ¿Lean management¿.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Statistics, multivariate data analysis and convex optimization are applied widely in many scientific domains and most analytical techniques are developed based on matrix analysis and matrix calculus because matrix is abstract representation of multivariate data. Although it is slightly confused for us to comprehend their concepts and theories, matrix analysis and calculus give us exciting results which enhance data analysis techniques to be more plentiful and accurate. So the report is survey of matrix analysis and calculus, which includes five main sections such as basic concepts, matrix analysis, matrix derivative, composite derivative, and applications of matrix. Matrix derivative and composite derivative are subjects of matrix calculus.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The present study explored the morphological and skeletal impacts of the pyrethroid pesticide cypermethrin on the growing larvae of the guppy fish (from the age of 5-day-old until the age of 45-day-old) as well as the histopathological impacts of this pesticide on the gills and trunk mesonephroi of the 45-day-old guppy juveniles. The results obtained from this study concluded that cypermethrin exhibited teratogenic effects on the developing guppy fish larvae in terms of external malformations, skeletal changes as well as severe histopathological lesions on the gills and kidneys compared to controls.Based on these results, this research recommends avoiding the random spraying of this pesticide, especially near water sources, due to the adverse impact of this pesticide on non-target organisms and thus indirectly damage to public health.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book aims in studying the effective use of stone dust from crushers, an environmental pollutant from building construction industry, in the construction of roads and pavements. It covers the experimental studies conducted by mixing different percentages of stone dust with locally available soil. Stone dust can be used as an effective stabilizing agent for sub-base and base courses for roads constructed in soils with low California Bearing Ratio and hence the problem of disposal of stone dust is taken care.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Kenaf fibers can be used in wide range of textile and engineering applications. Researchers over the world spent a lot of efforts to find the best ways to improve quality and quantity of this crop. In 26 September 2013, seeds of two new kenaf varieties: Fuhong-952 (FH-952) and 4383 were planted at Taman Pertanian Universiti (TPU), at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. For the first time, macronutrient and micronutrients at different concentrations were applied to investigate their effects on the nitrogen content (protein) in the cell wall of the fiber, and then to know its effect on the quality and quantity properties. This book presents an innovative view on the effect of these nutrients of the quality production of the kenaf fibers. Results from this book show that the nitrogen content (protein) in the cell wall of the kenaf fibers could increase by adding fertilizers especially potassium. Besides, other goal to this book is to show that the change of the protein average in the cell wall of kenaf fibers can be regarded as a key to do more researching in the future.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Focusing on the environment of learning of a PD course and on teacher¿s classroom work, the aim of this study was to find links between what teachers learned about Mathematical Thinking Activities (Wiskundige Denkactiviteiten ¿ WDA) with their work in classroom. Therefore, the study attempted to identify similarities, changes or empowerment on teacher¿s pedagogical content knowledge (knowledge about how to teach a subject) and teacher¿s professional competence (person¿s ability to transfer knowledge into action) (Maass, K.; Doorman, M.; pg. 890; 2013). In order to carry on the research, the study was developed in Netherlands under the two research questions: ¿ In terms of changes in teachers' practices when working with a WDA activity, how are the empowerments of teaching approaches Which changes emerge on these approaches ¿ To what extent does a WDA course contribute to the empowerment of teachers¿ competence in working with inquiry learning On this study, WDA specification is related with an Inquiry ¿ Based way of teaching and learning. Thus, it was expected that teachers could recognize and/or develop WDA tasks with characteristics of Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Theory.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The new technological revolution that emerged during the last quarter of the 20th century radically transformed the lives of the people .The new generic technologies made revolutionary changes in the frontier areas of technology and it also affected the process of production, distribution and consumption in the entire world. Technologies have had significant inputs on people¿s lives during the twentieth century, but none was seen as profound as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in human society. ICT in India is a comparatively recent term of origin and it had great significance in setting priorities in organizational developments of different sectors. The ICT is considered as a convenient tool to reach out the process of intended national development. The challenge of directing fast pace of socio-economic changes within the framework of available time and resources could be possible only if the required ICT is properly disseminated. Thus ICT is considered as a prime factor for the developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -India. is an ocean of vast Cultural History. All the regions having its own distinctive culture, that defines their lifestyle. With the modern Era starting and the Globalization upgrading the overall system of Country, people in their day to day life have started to forget the importance of their heritage. Madhubani art is one such story. hailing from extreme North of Bihar Province in Eastern India touching the borders of Nepal, is this small district, Which has been famous for its very beautiful painting Called Madhubani Painting- deriving its name from the region. Being Located in such a extreme location, people hardly get to know about this culture, and the Absence of a proper platform to showcase this talent has hurt it even more. Idea of this research and study was to provide such a platform that will not only become the landmark for locating the city on a global world map, but also,deriving the cultural ethics into a Contemporary Architectural Language.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Wine consumption has shown a steady increase among all the new-world countries which traditionally do not consume much wine. In this case, the whole Northern Europe is not an exception (WHO, 2015). All the Nordic countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland) have been showing a significant increase in alcohol consumption and more significantly in wine, however, Finland among all the other Nordic countries has experienced the least significant increase on wine (WHO, 2015). The interest of this study is to profile the wine consumers in Tampere, Finland and to find out more about their wine drinking behaviours. The study implemented an intriguing tool of data collection by creating a questionnaire with correlating tables and boxes for participants to simply tick-in. No demographic questions was asked. It aimed to extract the most essential data in the most efficient way to the researcher and to bring the most participant-friendly surveying experience to the participants.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fraud and forensic accounting education is a necessity in very corrupt corporate & government institutions across the globe. Accounting educators have been pressured to make changes to the accounting curriculum and to include courses in forensic accounting. Fraud and corruption are gargantuan twin brothers that have limited the growth/infrastructure development of many nations and led many firms to the road of bankruptcy. Detecting fraud has become a high priority in the accounting profession and the failure of statutory audit to detect, prevent and reduce misappropriation of corporate fund give rise to the profile and need of forensic accounting in Nigeria. Accounting programs around the world have been revising their curricula to include courses in forensic accounting. This book examined the prospects/challenges of and forensic accounting integration into curriculum in Nigeria tertiary institutions. The study thus involves determining if inclusion of forensic accounting as a course to the existing accounting/ auditing course will increase student expertise. The book will be of interest to students & researchers, decision makers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The author surveys the literature on the business systems, social benefits and organizational practices of two of the world¿s leading pension funds, ABP of The Netherlands and CalPERS of USA. The author then attempts to evaluate organizational practices and adherence to best practice by the social security fund for government workers in the Philippines, the Government Service Insurance System. Some validation and attempt to gauge public opinion about GSIS services are presented in this book.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Diabetes and Hypertension are two of the greatest health concerns of African Americans. Compared to other ethnic groups in the United States, African Americans have a marked disparity in terms of treatment and prevention of these chronic conditions. This study proposes to learn more about life style decisions leading to diabetes and hypertension. The research looks specifically at African Americans in the Houston, Texas area who participate in Creole style cooking and Creole cultural beliefs. Building on previously recorded knowledge about dynamics that exists in the African American family, this study depicts how family talk is related to the prevalence of chronic conditions. Investigation into the practices in planning meals and celebrations uncover cohesiveness and cultural identity, as well as the risk factors for diabetes and hypertension.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The essays collected here 'come' from speeches at conferences / congresses and conferences (as well as research reports) held both in their home university and in other universities in Italy and abroad, interventions later reworked in essay form and accompanied bibliographically.And, indeed, these are issues partially addressed previously in other texts (as ¿posters¿) or research topics in the fully realized, new issues, 'postponed' (both in terms of time as in the semiotic sense) to broader insights. The essays in this book are trying to give a viewpoint on the structural and normative framework of the organization (and,consequently,for the organizing) aimed at overcoming the effects and the values of the intangible assets (as culture,communication,knowledge,ecc.), analizing in details the importance of those elements in the organization¿life,including the role of new technologies,the creativity and others social and cultural components.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 128 pp. Englisch.