lap lambert academic publishing jan 2019 (Oltre 2.400 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book gives a new deep insight on the insecticidal activity of the selenium nanoparticles bio fabricated from Pursulane targeting against Tuta absoluta a major pest on tomato plants. Insecticidal and larvicidal activity of selenium nanoparticles from plant based biofabrication proves that nanopesticide is a suitable candidate to fight and manage the agriculture pest in a ecofriendly, cost-effective manner. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Our everyday discourse throws light on the nature of the human relationship and experience, and equally shows how deeply human beings are entangled in the web of the dominant ideologies, amongst them, sexism and racism. How does the past explain our present social relationship and give meaning and legitimacy to the everyday discourse As a counter-text to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, published in 1847, Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea reveals 'the other side' of Bertha's story in Jane Eyre, a story of racism, sexism, suppression and subjugation, caused by the Victorian colonial and patriarchal ideological past, which has shaped life experience and social relationship in Dominica. Critically examined through the prism of the colonial past by new interpretive communities, Rochester and Antoinette are given an opportunity to tell their own stories in Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea; suddenly, the presumed victim in Jane Eyre soon becomes a victimizer and the victimizer the victim of the past. Wide Sargasso Sea: Themes Of Colonialism And Patriarchy does not only show how meaningless the present is without the past. It goes beyond that.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Our work aims to introduce a modified way to perform the transtibial technique ''TTT'' for the anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. This technique would put the ACL graft in a more anatomic position giving improved clinical and radiological results compared to the traditional transtibial method. We challenged our approach to the anteromedial technique, the one with better results claims, but also has its risks and hazards. We believe that the current modified technique may solve the problem of vertical graft positioning, widely known for the TTT. It may also overcome the challenges of the anteromedial technique, namely the difficulty in obtaining a clear view of the lateral wall of the notch, the horizontal trajectory of wire drilling and reaming that increases the risk of articular cartilage damage and posterior cortical breakthrough. Also, the resultant acute pending of the inserted graft at its entry through the femoral tunnel will make the graft more jeopardised in the AAMPT.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In developed countries, one of the most important factors affecting housing supply is financing costs. However, in her study of housing supply in Kenya, P. Wanjira Chege finds that formal bank-based financing costs do not have a strong effect on housing supply in developing economies such as Kenya, because many developers use alternative sources of capital that include gains from corruption. With the rapid rural-to-urban migration, Nairobi is experiencing a steep rise in the demand for housing. There is a demand for 200,000 units against a supply of only 30,000 to 40,000 units annually. In this study, P. Wanjira Chege looks at the factors that affect housing supply in Nairobi County. Her study focus is construction costs, financing costs and inflation rates. The target population is the residential housing market of Nairobi from 1970 to 2016. A descriptive research design that involves a quantitative approach is employed in the methodology. The results of this study indicate that there is a negative relationship between construction costs, financing costs and housing supply and a positive relationship between inflation rate and housing supply in Nairobi County, Kenya.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This work engaged two groups of Filipino university students in a quasi-experimental method to determine their proficiency in idiomatic expressions (IEs) in three different phases: (1) measured the students¿ idiomatic competence through pre-and post-interventions; (2) determined the extent of inclusion for IEs in English language instruction based on content analysis of English syllabi samples and narrative description of the English teachers¿ experiential accounts; and (3) looked into the perspectives of the teachers on the importance of IE instruction in enhancing communicative competence. Results confirmed the causative relationship between instruction and improvement in communication skills; syllabi analysis pointed to very low extent of IE inclusion and are generally overlooked. Meanwhile, interviews with the teachers revealed their advocacy for the IE inclusion due to its merits: competence in the macro skills of language; utilization of an eclectic mix of techniques; and adherence to the precepts of motivational model for learning, communicative language teaching, and reflective practice in teaching.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Mpape, a poorly planned suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria lies side-by-side blasting sites that pollute the environment, destroy the ecosystem with negative impacts on residents health and livelihoods. Aside from building access roads to their sites that double for residents¿ use and providing benefits to a few (i.e. traditional ¿indigene¿ rulers) in exchange for favours, residents say that mining companies have done little to support infrastructural development in the host community. The study investigates the direct impact of mining/quarrying on Mpape residents and on the sustainability of their livelihoods using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework as its theoretical framework. It also looked at the visibility of government¿s regulation of the activities of quarry companies and implementation of corporate social responsibility. It then makes clear recommendations for government and quarrying companies. We envisage that civil society, the media, trade unions and human rights bodies will use evidence from this study to demand accountability from mining companies and governments across the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -As this rapid growth of Dhaka City is not commensurate with its industrial development, a significant portion of its population is living in informal settlements or slums where they experience the highest level of poverty and vulnerability. Many NGOs have taken either concerted or individual efforts to address socio-economic challenges in the city. Earlier results suggest that programs undertaken by NGOs have shown potential to positively contribute to fostering equity and reducing social exclusion. This paper attempts to explore what types of relevant NGO programs are currently in place taking the case of Dhaka city.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book aims at researching the possibility of predicting the poverty risk threshold in France, considering the sustainable development indicators defined and registered by the European Union, and using a technique from the artificial intelligence field, i.e. artificial neural networks (ANNs). The main objective is to determine a more efficient economic method, which can be easily applied, in order to simulate the influence of sustainable development indicators on the poverty risk threshold, and to explore the possibility of predicting the latter. Thus, we could assess the poverty risk and establish policies and strategies in order to lower this risk, through actions that eliminate the causes of those sustainable development indicators which negatively influence the poverty risk threshold. The authors¿ research and contributions demonstrated the possibility of using the ANNs for modeling and simulation, in order to predict the poverty risk threshold in France, with results that can be used and applied in risk management.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Science has opened innumerable avenues for pursuing different vocations. A student of science can study engineering and technology, medicine, agriculture or any similar subject and make his career in that profession. In addition, scientific activities have given rise to many varieties of crafts and allied services. Science, therefore, gives opportunities for career-making and pursuing professions and vocations. In fact, if we refer to preparation of the individual for the future as one of the aims of education, then science, as a subject, is rightly serving this purpose. In this age of science and technology there is a demand for technical personnel. The maintenance and creation of new departments, new establishments need the services of engineers, scientists and technicians and there will always be need for research workers in new fields of science. The study of science brings behavioural change in the learner and enriches his character and personality. Science gives opportunity for creative thinking and constructive imagination. Further science is a subject where ideas can be experimented upon and verified. The learner develops the habits of searching for the truth.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Abaca (Musa textilis Nee) is an environmentally friendly plant that produces natural fiber. On that basis it is not surprising if abaca favored by entrepreneurs in industrial field. Several uses of abaca fiber are as pulp raw material, especially for security paper, paper documents such as postage stamps, stamp duty, certificate, check and money (Santoso and Purwati, 2011). Abaca can also be used for cable wrap, car interiors, dashboard, doortrim, and spare tire cover (Lay and Heliyanto). Natural fibers competitors are synthetic fibers that generally difficult to recycle such as glass fiber and carbon fiber. Countries that promote human civilization such as America, Japan, England, Netherlands, Germany and Europe still love an environmentally friendly fiber that has local wisdom which is renewable and sustainable. Currently the need for abaca fiber continues to grow from year to year. This shows that abaca fiber have advantages compared to other natural fibers. Indonesia as an agricultural country, which in fact can generate income through its natural resources, has a fertility rate as well as an appropriate climate for abaca growth.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this book, we main present the recent results in theoretical chemistry and ontology similarity measuring. The whole contexts can be divided into six parts which corresponding to six papers (or notes) in the field of chemical topological index computing and ontology function optimization using the tricks in machining learning. The results presented in this book are didn¿t published in any journal, and are new and novel in the related topics. We believe that the results in the book will inspire the relevant researchers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Web 3.0 is upcoming web revolution it¿s also called the semantic web or web of things. It is the 3rd generation of web revolution. This research covers Web 3.0 design trends, effects of web 3.0 on design using scrum methodology, advantages and disadvantages of Scrum in Web 3.0 Development. This study proposes an implementation plan for Web 3.0 technologies in Scrum methodology. The study also described the problems related in scrum implementation. The study analyzes the adoption of scrum methodology in Web 3.0 environment. The target of this study is to better comprehend the implementation boundaries of Scrum Methodology and the methods that empowers Scrum implementation in wide range of production. In this study, a survey is done about the scrum Methodology different aspects and Web 3.0 Implementation possibilities to analyze features of the Scrum Methodology and the reason behind the success in adopting Scrum Methodology. This survey also inspects the problems related to the Scrum frame work. The results and content of this study is beneficial for the readers of the project management and web development. The study examines the Web evaluation, Web 3.0 impacts on Ecommerce, DesignBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The subject of management is broad, complex and sometimes controversial. It starts with the individual and spans the whole gamut of the family, national and international organizations of all sorts and governments and their agencies. With each of these categories management is involved with every aspect of human endeavor, be it agriculture, business and industry, conflict prevention and conflict resolution, education, finance, health, information and knowledge, investment and promotion of international trade, maintenance of peace, politics, provision of social amenities, security, time, technology and war. The list is endless.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Robben Island is a small island in Table Bay, near Cape Town, contrasts with its powerful symbolic value which represents the resilience of human spirit against adversity. Robben Island¿s significance is derived from its historical, symbolism and physical environment; a site of oppression, sociocultural control and resistance; site of resilience, transformation and human dignity and a site of education and pilgrimage. The island has been a prison for much of its history, housing indigenous leaders who opposed to colonial rule and political prisoners under the Apartheid regime. It has also been a hospital for mental patients and people with leprosy and the training camp for black and female soldiers during Second World War (WW2). The uniqueness of Robben Island is associated with the intangible heritage. By conserving the tangible heritage of the island, we therefore conserve the intangibles. The conservation of the cultural landscape is located on the living memories of the site; thus memories inform conservation. This book will critically look at how the museum has striven to conserve its authenticity and integrity ¿ and in that way conserving the spirit of Robben Island.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Every society aspires to nurture members that possess and exhibit positive character dispositions. Given the general rise in social decadence among humanity, good character is continuously receiving much attention, much more than intellectual excellence. To this effect, schools - being primary agents of socialization - are being encouraged more than ever to develop strong character formation programmes that will mold learners into responsible, virtuous and humane citizens. This work examines some of the character formation approaches that have been employed in the Kenyan education systems with an aim of establishing their effectiveness. It does so by comparing and contrasting the said approaches against established models of character formation and moral virtue theories. The work targets education policy makers and curriculum developers by providing them with useful guides in matters character education. Teachers and parents are equally looped in, given that they bear a heavy responsibility of bringing up children in the desired manner. Reading through the work, one gets an answer to the age-old question: Can character be taught Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Book titled Multi-party Elections and Democracy in Nigeria's Fourth Republic examines Issues, challenges and opportunities in the country's search for sustainable in Nigeria. The raises questions and provides answers to the challenges facing Nigeria Elections vis-a-viz democracy in Nigeria. The book came out with recommendations on how to achieve sustainable elections and democracy in the context of Nigeria.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With digital advancement in India, the fashion retail industry is adopting technology and innovation at a pace that was never evident in the past. According to a survey, apparel and lifestyle is estimated to contribute 30 percent of the total online retail market in 2020. It implies that more and more Indian customers are going to shop for apparel products online. In such emerging sector, understanding customer online trust and risk perceptions are critical components to success. In this context, this monograph offers significant insights to online retailers about customer online trust and risk perceptions. This would further help online retailers to devise successful strategies to gain a profitable market position.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Land use changes and Environmental Awareness has grown significantly in Nigeria especially in the Niger Delta Region over the past few decades. This book serves as a template for environmental studies and provides a step by step approach to analyze the transitions and changes associated with land use and the undeniable impacts anthropogenic activities have on Biodiversity in NIgeria (Bonny island) with the use of remotely sensed data and Geographic Information systems.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Fungi kingdom is estimated to include 1.5 million or more species, playing key roles as decomposers, mutualists, and parasites in every biome of the earth. Different kinds of fungal species are utilized by humans with applications in agriculture (bio-pesticides), pharmacology (antibiotics), the food industry (edible mushrooms), and environmental technologies (decomposers). Thus, exploration of fungal diversity is crucial, not only for the ecosystem and community ecology but also to provide invaluable resources for various fields of Applied Microbiology. This study employed the use of the ITS region and sequencing technique as a method of identification, of the selected basidiomycetes at a molecular level. Identification involved BLAST sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Six mushroom samples were identified as Leucoagaricus leucothites (RT1 & RT2), Kalaharituber pfeilii (RT3), Agaricus hondensis (RT4), Psathyrella candolleana (RT5) and lastly Agaricus subrufescens (RT6). Out of the six identified species of mushrooms, Agaricus subrufescens and Kalaharituber pfeilii, are known to have economical and medicinal uses, while Agaricus hondensis is classified as a poisonous mushroom.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Now-a-days, common people are much aware about the weather and climate of their locality. From the time immemorial, people are enthusiastic about their weather situations which affected their agriculture, animal husbandry, production systems and health system as a whole. The first section of this book deals in the general weather and climatic characteristics of Purulia, Birbhum and Bankura districts of West Bengal. Other sections discuss trend of rainfall, meteorological drought and scientific use of natural resource. If this text helps the students, teachers and researchers to some extent, I will be successful.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Particular attention should be paid both to the design of the opto-mechanical system and to the design of the electronic part on the fusion algorithm, to minimize these disparities and optimize the quality of the multispectral fusion image. The book is suitable for students of technical faculties (as a guide) who have optic and optoelectronics courses in their annual curriculum in order to better understand certain parameters and their influence on the image.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 136 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A new image retrieval technique based on Content Based Image Retrieval has been introduced. This technique is useful for different kind of datasets. CSLBP (center-symmetric local binary patterns) has been extracted from the original image to obtain the local information. LPQ (local phase quantisation) is also insensitive against another image degradation, blur effect. This is common illumination and blurs insensitive feature extraction. Co-occurrence of pixel pairs in local pattern map has been observed in different directions and distances using gray level co-occurance matrix. For similarity measure, four different similarity measure techniques i.e. Chi-square, Manhattan, Canbarra and Euclidian distances are used in which Canbara gives better results than the rest. Out of four, Euclidian distance shows poor performances in comparable to other similarity measures. Experimental results show that Canbarra based bio-medical retrieval system gives about 99-100 % accuracy rates.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Fires have been a major agent of environmental change and forest fires are a major cause of changes in forest structure and function. Among various floristic regions, the northeast region suffers maximum from the fires due to the age-old practice of shifting cultivation and spread of fires from jhum fields. For proper mitigation and management, an early warning of forest fires through risk modelling is required. The present study demonstrates the potential use of remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) in identifying forest fire prone areas in Manipur, southeastern part of Northeast India. Land use land cover (LULC), vegetation type, Digital elevation model (DEM), slope, aspect and proximity to roads and settlements; factors that influence the behavior of fire, were used to model the forest fire risk zones. Each class of the layers was given weight according to their fire inducing capability and their sensitivity to fire. Weighted sum modelling and ISODATA clustering was used to classify the fire zones.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Presented research work in this book has been carried out at world's oldest single Dee variable Energy Cylotron (VEC), installed at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The classical, 26-inch VEC capable of providing beams of 1H, 2H, 3H and 4He. Since last fifteen years, the facility is extensively being utilized for Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) using proton beam. Recently the facility has been standardized for simultaneous X-ray and backscattered ion analysis of biological samples. The advantages of using coupled ion beam techniques for comprehensive elemental profiling of organometallic samples are unparalleled. So, the standardization will facilitate the interaction of metal ions with metalloproteins studied using concurrent Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) spectroscopy and Proton Elastic Scattering Analysis (PESA). Calibration of the beam dump was done for reliable estimation of the total incident projectile ions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated the pronunciation problems of Turkish EFL learners in state schools in Girne, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Thirty high-school students participated in the study. The researcher collected data through a pronunciation test and school visitations. The purpose of the pronunciation test was to elicit pronunciation problems of Turkish EFL learners. The performance of participants was video-recorded. In order to increase the validity of the results, two native raters listened to the recordings and rated the problematic sounds as correct or incorrect. Microsoft Excel was used to calculate the coded and analysed data, and SPSS (Version 20) was used to find the percentages and the frequencies of the data. The findings indicate that Turkish EFL learners have serious problems in pronouncing certain English consonants (i.e., /¿/, /ð/, /w/, /v/, /¿/) and some English vowels and diphthongs (i.e., /¿/, /¿/, /¿:/, /¿¿/, /ä/). Mother tongue interference seems to be the main cause of these errors since Turkish lacks most of these sounds. The results of the study are thought to be useful for teachers who teach English EFL learners.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study maps out what we know based on facts from the primary sources, and what was later deliberately created for imaging reasons, focusing on the causes of and motivation behind a particular imaging and where we find this imaging. Hereby there is a distinction between the imaging of the past and the present. Shortly after the attack in December 1978, the imaging created by the white minority regime was deliberately aimed to downplay the attack and its effects. In the current imaging created by the present ZANU government the attack was the work of 'their' ZANLA forces which fits perfectly in 'their' patriotic history. This patriotic history was part of the post-colonial history and became the dominant and official history of Zimbabwe. In many newly decolonized African countries, the rulers were looking for their own history. The aim of this study is an attempt to dissociate the event of the attack from any imaging and return to the historical facts. This is an important piece in the historiography about the attack, because for the first time primary sources were consulted in addition to many secondary sources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -¿Those who devour usury will not stand except as stands one whom the Evil one by his touch has driven to madness. That is because they say: ¿trade is like usury¿, but God has permitted trade and forbidden usury. Those who after receiving direction from their Lord, desist, shall be pardoned for the past, their case is for God (to judge); but those who repeat (the offense) are the companions of the Fire: they will abide therein (forever). God will deprive usury of all blessing, but will give increase for deeds of charity: for he loves not creatures ungrateful and wicked¿. (Al Qur¿¿n: 2-275,276)Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is concerned with what regional and national approaches are set in place to combat terrorism in IGAD sub-region. The main objective of this book is to identify and understand IGAD¿s regional and member states national approaches to fight terrorism The rationale behind the research is geared towards the growing threat of terrorism in the IGAD region since the 90¿s and the recent phenomenon of terrorism happening in the horn of Africa, which requires a great attention and academic researches. As a result, the book will answer the question of what are the existing counter-terrorism approaches in the region and the challenges that hinder effective counter-terrorism. The book has made use of a qualitative research as its methodology. As a result, the book in its findings discuss that the region makes use of an approach which is ¿fighting terror through justice¿, a type of approach which deals with terrorist attacks and movements through a criminal justice system and treats terrorism as a transnational crime. It also believes that the crime of terrorism can be handled through mutual legal assistance and extradition convention.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The monograph addressed issues relating to the financial condition of the company. The analysis of the financial condition of the company TOO 'Razrez Molodyozhnyj' (The limited liability partnership). Analysis of the composition and structure of property and sources of its formation. Analysis of financial stability of the enterprise. Analysis of solvency and liquidity of the enterprise. Analysis of business activity and profitability. Diagnosis of the probability of bankruptcy and ways to strengthen the financial stability of the enterprise.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The work is devoted to the systematic experimental and first principles investigation of structural, electronic, optical and mechanical properties of InTl¿ solid state alloy solution. A series of InTlI single crystalline solid state alloys were successfully synthesized by the vertical Bridgman method. For the first time the density functional theory based band structure calculations are performed and features of the band energy dispersion are discussed. The dependence of relative linear expansion of InTlI crystals has been obtained. Based on this, the temperature dependence of thermal-expansion coefficient ¿ has been found. Dependence of birefringence on temperature and concentration of the TlI component in the solid solution has been studied. The corresponding Young modulus, shear modulus, and compression modulus are calculated theoretically. The velocity of sound propagation in examined specimens is studied experimentally. Features of the photoconductivity spectra for different crystallographic directions have been discussed with taking into account the chemical bonds anisotropy. Excitation and emission spectra of the photoluminescence of InTlI solid solution are analyzed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.