lap lambert academic publishing jul 2011 (Oltre 4.600 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The war in Northern Uganda has been branded, and rightly so, as one of Africa s longest running conflicts. 1 The conflict lies between a rebel group known as Lord s Resistance Army which is believed to be a continuation of Alice Lakwena s Holy Spirit Movement and claims to be fighting to install the ten commandments with the leader Joseph Kony claiming to be the spokesperson of the holy spirit. 2 The rebel group, though not having a clear political agenda claims to be fighting to instill peace and justice against the alleged suffering, injustice and brutality caused by the N.R.M government led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.The war has witnessed some of the worst Human Rights violations manifested in killings, rape and abductions. It is actually estimated that an approximately 2 million people have been displaced and there has been immense disruption of health as well as education services. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The war in Northern Uganda has been branded, and rightly so, as one of Africa s longest running conflicts. 1 The conflict lies between a rebel group known as Lord s Resistance Army which is believed to be a continuation of Alice Lakwena s Holy Spirit Movement and claims to be fighting to install the ten commandments with the leader Joseph Kony claiming to be the spokesperson of the holy spirit. 2 The rebel group, though not having a clear political agenda claims to be fighting to instill peace and justice against the alleged suffering, injustice and brutality caused by the N.R.M government led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.The war has witnessed some of the worst Human Rights violations manifested in killings, rape and abductions. It is actually estimated that an approximately 2 million people have been displaced and there has been immense disruption of health as well as education services. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vse wozrastaüschaq informatizaciq obschestwa imeet daleko iduschie posledstwiq dlq sistem obrazowaniq po wsemu miru. Pod wozdejstwiem ätogo, a takzhe wse rasshirqüschegosq mezhdunarodnogo sotrudnichestwa suschestwenno uwelichilos' kolichestwo informatiwnyh (nehudozhestwennyh) perewodow w oblasti nauki, tehniki, äkonomiki, ürisprudencii i t.d. Izmenilsq i sam harakter processa perewoda, woznikla neobhodimost' powysit' äffektiwnost' perewodcheskoj deqtel'nosti za schet ispol'zowaniq sowremennyh komp'üternyh tehnologij. V swqzi s rezko wozrosshej potrebnost'ü w perewodchikah w sfere professional'noj kommunikacii, wladeüschih predmetom perewodimogo texta na dostatochno wysokom urowne, osobenno aktual'nym predstawlqetsq formirowanie dopolnitel'noj kwalifikacii w ätoj oblasti u specialistow raznyh naprawlenij.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vlast' i podchinenie igraüt wazhnuü rol' w social'nyh otnosheniqh. V dannoj monografii prowedeno komplexnoe lingwisticheskoe issledowanie wlasti i podchineniq na mikrourowne ¿ na urowne otdel'nyh besed. Issledowanie wypolneno w rusle sowremennogo naprawleniq konwersacionnogo analiza ¿ teorii strategichnosti razgowornogo diskursa. Ustanowleno, chto otnosheniq wlasti i podchineniq realizuütsq goworqschimi w besede w wide diskursiwnyh strategij, kotorye, osoznanno ili neosoznanno, wybiraütsq sobesednikami w zawisimosti ot social'nogo kontexta i ot ih interaktiwnoj kompetencii. Na osnowe konceptual'nogo analiza razrabotany kognitiwnye kriterii atribucii razgowornogo diskursa k diskursu wlasti i podchineniq. Vyqwleny strukturnye harakteristiki besedy, razwertywaüschejsq w uslowiqh realizacii social'nyh otnoshenij wlasti i podchineniq, opredelen ee kognitiwnyj scenarij. Monografiq prednaznachena dlq lingwistow i filologow shirokogo profilq, a takzhe dlq specialistow w oblasti drugih gumanitarnyh nauk.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -V monografii analiziruütsq metody diagnostiki i kontrolq sostoqnij massiwow, nahodqschihsq na stadii, predshestwuüschej narusheniü ih sploshnosti s pomosch'ü metoda, osnowannogo na registracii signalow älektromagnitnogo izlucheniq(JeMI), woznikaüschego pri treschinoobrazowanii i razrushenii gornyh porod.Opisana apparatura dlq äxpress-kontrolq sostoqniq massiwow i mngokanal'naq sistema registracii i obrabotki informacii, pozwoliwshaq w rezul'tate laboratornyh äxperimentow na obrazcah gornyh porod obnaruzhit' nowye zakonomernosti w strukture signalow JeMI. Na ätoj osnowe byli razrabotany diagnosticheskie kriterii razrusheniq, aprobirowannye w podzemnyh uslowiqh rudnikow. Metod mozhet byt' ispol'zowan narqdu s drugimi metodami pri prognoze zemletrqsenij.Kniga prednaznachena dlq specialistow, zanimaüschihsq problemami diagnostiki zemletrqsenij, gornyh udarow, a takzhe dlq studentow i aspirantow Vuzow gornogo profilq.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vse wozrastaüschaq informatizaciq obschestwa imeet daleko iduschie posledstwiq dlq sistem obrazowaniq po wsemu miru. Pod wozdejstwiem ätogo, a takzhe wse rasshirqüschegosq mezhdunarodnogo sotrudnichestwa suschestwenno uwelichilos' kolichestwo informatiwnyh (nehudozhestwennyh) perewodow w oblasti nauki, tehniki, äkonomiki, ürisprudencii i t.d. Izmenilsq i sam harakter processa perewoda, woznikla neobhodimost' powysit' äffektiwnost' perewodcheskoj deqtel'nosti za schet ispol'zowaniq sowremennyh komp'üternyh tehnologij. V swqzi s rezko wozrosshej potrebnost'ü w perewodchikah w sfere professional'noj kommunikacii, wladeüschih predmetom perewodimogo texta na dostatochno wysokom urowne, osobenno aktual'nym predstawlqetsq formirowanie dopolnitel'noj kwalifikacii w ätoj oblasti u specialistow raznyh naprawlenij.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 200 pp. Russisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vse wozrastaüschaq informatizaciq obschestwa imeet daleko iduschie posledstwiq dlq sistem obrazowaniq po wsemu miru. Pod wozdejstwiem ätogo, a takzhe wse rasshirqüschegosq mezhdunarodnogo sotrudnichestwa suschestwenno uwelichilos' kolichestwo informatiwnyh (nehudozhestwennyh) perewodow w oblasti nauki, tehniki, äkonomiki, ürisprudencii i t.d. Izmenilsq i sam harakter processa perewoda, woznikla neobhodimost' powysit' äffektiwnost' perewodcheskoj deqtel'nosti za schet ispol'zowaniq sowremennyh komp'üternyh tehnologij. V swqzi s rezko wozrosshej potrebnost'ü w perewodchikah w sfere professional'noj kommunikacii, wladeüschih predmetom perewodimogo texta na dostatochno wysokom urowne, osobenno aktual'nym predstawlqetsq formirowanie dopolnitel'noj kwalifikacii w ätoj oblasti u specialistow raznyh naprawlenij. 200 pp. Russisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Vlast' i podchinenie igraüt wazhnuü rol' w social'nyh otnosheniqh. V dannoj monografii prowedeno komplexnoe lingwisticheskoe issledowanie wlasti i podchineniq na mikrourowne ¿ na urowne otdel'nyh besed. Issledowanie wypolneno w rusle sowremennogo naprawleniq konwersacionnogo analiza ¿ teorii strategichnosti razgowornogo diskursa. Ustanowleno, chto otnosheniq wlasti i podchineniq realizuütsq goworqschimi w besede w wide diskursiwnyh strategij, kotorye, osoznanno ili neosoznanno, wybiraütsq sobesednikami w zawisimosti ot social'nogo kontexta i ot ih interaktiwnoj kompetencii. Na osnowe konceptual'nogo analiza razrabotany kognitiwnye kriterii atribucii razgowornogo diskursa k diskursu wlasti i podchineniq. Vyqwleny strukturnye harakteristiki besedy, razwertywaüschejsq w uslowiqh realizacii social'nyh otnoshenij wlasti i podchineniq, opredelen ee kognitiwnyj scenarij. Monografiq prednaznachena dlq lingwistow i filologow shirokogo profilq, a takzhe dlq specialistow w oblasti drugih gumanitarnyh nauk. 204 pp. Russisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -V monografii analiziruütsq metody diagnostiki i kontrolq sostoqnij massiwow, nahodqschihsq na stadii, predshestwuüschej narusheniü ih sploshnosti s pomosch'ü metoda, osnowannogo na registracii signalow älektromagnitnogo izlucheniq(JeMI), woznikaüschego pri treschinoobrazowanii i razrushenii gornyh porod.Opisana apparatura dlq äxpress-kontrolq sostoqniq massiwow i mngokanal'naq sistema registracii i obrabotki informacii, pozwoliwshaq w rezul'tate laboratornyh äxperimentow na obrazcah gornyh porod obnaruzhit' nowye zakonomernosti w strukture signalow JeMI. Na ätoj osnowe byli razrabotany diagnosticheskie kriterii razrusheniq, aprobirowannye w podzemnyh uslowiqh rudnikow. Metod mozhet byt' ispol'zowan narqdu s drugimi metodami pri prognoze zemletrqsenij.Kniga prednaznachena dlq specialistow, zanimaüschihsq problemami diagnostiki zemletrqsenij, gornyh udarow, a takzhe dlq studentow i aspirantow Vuzow gornogo profilq. 440 pp. Russisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Banking system problem is a frequently occurred phenomenon, in developed as well as developing or transitional economies; thus it now attracts more and more attentions of economists, policy makers and politicians all over the world. This phenomenon demonstrated the importance of constructing a sound banking system. This book analyzes the complex relationship between economic growth and bank restructuring using the case of China at the beginning of 21 century. The book analyzed the effects of bank restructuring on the bank loan supplies and how these effects have influenced the investments and economic growth in China. Based on these analyzes the book also offered some policy recommendations There are now huge volumes of literature about the cause of the banking problems and the strategy for dealing with them. However, surprisingly few researches have been done about the effects of bank restructuring on the economies and the importance of these negative effects for a sound bank restructuring schedule. I hope this book may fulfill the gap 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Private equity and venture capital have for the past two decades been an increasingly important source of financing to early-stage new ventures, later stage private companies, and firms seeking buyout financing. According to a recent study the number of Business plans written in an year amounts to at least 15 million an impressive figure that implies the great importance of business plans. Entrepreneurs however find the road from writing the business plan to the acquiring of the capital as one of the most frustrating and difficult challenges they face. This work therefore undertook the task to examine the major evaluation criteria investors apply in their decision-making process. The study furthermore distinguishes between the decision processes of private equity vs. venture capital. 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cities are more and more eager to create a positive brand image about themselves in the eyes of their 'customers'. A recent trend in city branding has been to stage large events, also known as flagship events, with the hopes to contribute to city image change. However, as cities develop innovative marketing strategies to compete against one another for tourists, investors, companies, talents and so forth, research has scarcely focused on one of the main city target groups: its residents. In this regards, an empirical study is conducted on the image effects of the up-coming 2015 World Expo on the residents of its host city: Milan. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Visionary management is an elusive concept without a clear role in strategic thinking. A systematic elaboration is called for to show how essential visioning is in a company s strategic culture.We focus on visionary management and relate it to the development of strategic management by 1) exploring war and business strategy literature 2) clarifying tactical versus strategic and visionary thinking and 3) systematizing the underlying logic of advanced decision making. Elements vital for good decision making in business context were extracted: the logical distinction between strategy and tactics, subordination of tactics to strategy, and flexibility of strategy. A new paradigm of advanced strategic thinking where visionary management is the third layer of strategic management is summarized. The work is based on research over the years and on consultancy in companies and real-life examples of visionary leadership are demonstrated. We show how foresighted leaders guide the company and prepare it for uncertainties and new opportunities by means of visionary management. The book makes a contribution to strategy and futures research and visionary management. 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Objectives of the study are two fold, firstly to study the Customer Relationship Management program of Life Insurance Corporation of India, and to assess the effectiveness of Customer Relationship Management program of Life Insurance Corporation of India. Results of the study are based on the opinion scores of the policyholders, who are with LIC for more than last five years.On the basis of average opinion scores, it can be concluded that Customer Relationship Management program started by the LIC is effective in approach, which was evidenced by the results obtained from the statistical analysis (Paired sample t-test).Company is able to maintain good rapport with its customers and also this CRM program is helpful for the company to compete with its competitors without losing its customers to them. With the introduction of Information technology, LIC is now providing satisfactory services to its customers and customers are feeling very much updated with all the happenings about their policies. Finally, the findings revealed that customer relationship management program is effective in approach and policyholders are experiencing difference in service comparatively with the past. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Extensive numerical computations on the vibrational spectra of amorphous clusters and bulk amorphous systems are performed. Inherent structures are generated for both the systems. For each inherent structure, the vibrational spectra is calculated using standard techniques. For amorphous clusters, we find that over a large central region of the vibrational spectrum, the integrated density of states can be described by the same functional form, containing only one scale of frequency in all the cases and the spectral fluctuations are described by the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble of the Random matrices to an extra ordinarily high degree of accuracy.For bulk amorphous systems, at constant pressure, using techniques of Monte Carlo simulations and the Conjugate gradient method of minimization we demonstrate the change in nature of the vibrational spectrum as one goes from crystalline state to completely amorphous states and there are indeed certain limiting conditions in which the normalized density of states assume a universal shape over the entire spectrum. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A mathematical model that expresses total trihalomethane (TTHM) concentration in terms of initial chlorine concentration, total organic carbon, bromide ion concentration, contact time, and pH is developed for Zai water treatment plant which supplies water to Jabal Amman. Laboratory studies of THMs formation upon chlorination and bromide ion addition at different points of Zai treatment plant were performed.Results showed an increase in THMs concentration upon increasing contact time and chlorine dose. TTHM in the effluent water from Zai treatment plant ranged from 22 ppb to 63 ppb; these values may be attributed to the low contact time and chlorine dose. Water samples taken from Jabal Amman gave TTHM in the range of 86 ppb to 181 ppb; these high values are due to long contact times, and rising temperatures.Predicted TTHM concentrations were compared to actual TTHM concentrations measured during the sampling program. Results showed that there is good agreement between measured and calculated TTHM concentrations, which means that the method presented in this book, can be used to obtain good estimates of TTHM concentrations throughout networks. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Libraries in South Asia hold huge collections of valuable printed documents in Urdu and it is of interest to digitize these collections to make them more accessible. The unavailability of an OCR for Urdu however limits the concept of a digital Urdu library to scanning of documents only, offering very limited search facility based on manually assigned tags. We address this issue by proposing a word spotting based keyword search method for information retrieval in digitized collections of printed Urdu documents. The proposed method is based on segmentation of Urdu text in to partial words and representing each partial word by a set of features. To search a specific word (or phrase), the user provides a query in the form of an image. Comparing the features of the partial words in the query image with the ones already indexed, the user is provided with a list of documents containing occurrences of the queried word. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sensors and devices, based on micromachining technology, known as micro-electro-mechanicalsystems or MEMS, have been received increasing attention so far in recent years. Micromachined inertial sensors, consisting of accelerometers and gyroscopes, are one of the most important types of silicon-based sensor. MEMS capacitive accelerometers have been extensively used in automobiles, inertial navigation systems, earth quake detection and many other bio-medical applications. This book deals with the design of a monolithic 3DOF MEMS capacitive accelerometer using both analytical and numerical techniques. Monolithic accelerometer is a single structure having three individual single axis Accelerometers on a single substrate and utilizes a surface micromachining technology using standard PolyMUMPs process. The designed accelerometer is 3mm×3.1mm in size, has low mechanical noise floor, high sense capacitance and high sensitivity along in-plane (x and y) and out-of-plane (z) axes. Performing a detailed finite element analysis in ANSYS 11.o, physical level simulation has been done to verify the deflection for x, y and z axes with respect to the applied acceleration (g). 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book primarily focuses in understanding how resin tapping practices in the Far Western Region have contributed to the natural and social assets of people. Here I provide evidence that resin tapping practices have contributed positively to natural and social assets of local people by creating employment opportunities and increasing the treasury of respective community forests user group.The study also finds decreased fire frequency in the community forests with increased resin tapping which actually encourages local people to involve in resin tapping operation. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There is a general perception that there are too many accidents near schools. The main objective of this book is to investigate the accident situation near schools in Newcastle and Gateshead. Five years of accident data from 2004 to 2009 in 500 meter radius of each school is used for this study. This data is obtained from TADU database and no data has been obtained from hospital and insurance companies. An aggregated approach of accident analysis is used in this study. GIS techniques along with statistical software are used to carry out the analysis. A more specific objective is to scrutinise the impacts of school safety zone on accidents in Newcastle. The analysis evaluated the frequency of accidents before and after the implementation of safety zone of 64 schools in Newcastle. It was found against the perception of people that there are not too many accidents directly outside the schools. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In modern analysis, the subject matter of functional analysis includes the study of abstract spaces, operators and transformations of these spaces, which provides a general framework for finding solutions of various problems in applied mathematics and physics. These abstract spaces include the sequence spaces as important special cases and this book is the result of many research papers which represent an original contribution to the theory of sequence spaces and infinite matrices with their matrix transformations. So, the present book can help in improving the reader s research abilities in this area.The main aim of this book is to generalize some classical methods of summability, introduce some new sequence spaces and study their topological properties, duals and matrix transformations, and characterize some classes of compact operators on these spaces which can be obtained as an application of the Hausdorff measure of noncompactness. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ashoka ( Saraca indica Linn)is an important medicinal plant used in Ayurveda indian sysytem of medicine mainly used to treat Gynaecological disorders. But unfortunately this plant is listed as one of the Endangered plant by National medicinal plants board( NMBP) govt of India but as such no scarcity is observed in the market hence it creats a doubt regarding genuinity of the market sample so present study is conducted to screen the genuinity based on the phamacognostic and phytochemical parameters.and results revealed that none of the market samples are derived from Saraca indica Linn rather of diffrent botanical sources. it shows the clearcut adulteration of this plant which will surely affect the clinical effigacy of the medicines where Ashoka is one of the ingridient. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Theory without practice has no powerPractice without theory is blind KantThis little book is an insight into some studies on the dynamism of theory and practice in caring. It elaborates on reflection on theoretical caring concepts and on expanding clinical sensibility in caring practice. The text may be a contribution to the cultivation of an expanded caring consciousness. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book addresses the problem of mind manipulation and its influence on the linguistic world image of the society. In this book we look into the manipulative nature of mass media language and modern methods of mind manipulation used in mass media, specifically the way that mass media influence the world view of language users and the development of the language itself. The book focuses on the impact of mass media on the denotation and connotation of the meaning, the role of mass media in artificial, purposeful change of the language, and through that, the information model of the world. Here we analyze linguistic means of information management, that is the use of lexical, grammatical, syntactical and stylistic tools, which mass media resort to in order to shape public opinion. For this purpose a comprehensive analysis was implemented to the lexical units verbalizing the concept 'protection', one of the basic concepts in the cognitive space of a man and society. 104 pp. Russisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ghana Canada partnership for Environmental Education (GCPFEE) was a five year project funded by the Association of Community Colleges of Canada (ACCC) through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) with the aim of reducing poverty in rural Ghana through environmental education and capacity building. One essence of this collaboration is to among other things, promote environmental awareness among the Ghanaian society in general and specifically Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. The project identified four poverty-related areas as priorities to be addressed i.e., wildfire, plastic waste, HIV/AIDS and ecotourism. Using Cluster, purposive and systematic sampling techniques the study measured the level of HOUSEHOLD ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION AMONG FOUR COMMUNITIES (Fiapre, Chiraa, Abesim and Sunyani Zongo) IN THE BRONG AHAFO REGION OF GHANA. It came out that the levels of knowledge about the four thematic areas have been recorded as low. This call for a review of the communication strategies to make the educational campaigns effective!!!!!!! 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Confidants non supportive reactions to disclosure in child sexual abuse constitutes an extensive and significant problem and is associated with a variety of negative consequences. Of the various agents identified as having provided non-supportive reactions, three categories of non-supportive confidants emerged: family members, professional persons, and community members. Hierarchical cluster analysis of disclosure variables identified two broad homogenous clusters of cases of non-supportive disclosure ( Incestuous Abuse Disclosed Within the Family , and Extra-familial Abuse Disclosed Outside of the Family ). Binary logistic regression analysis indicated that cluster membership was meaningfully predicted by the three measure of consanguinity included in the analysis, but not significantly related to other abuse related variables. The implications of the findings for secondary prevention and for future research are discussed in detail in this article. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study examined the influence of passengers attitude, age, sex and risk perception on the deriving behaviour of inter-city commercial bus drivers in Osun state. Primary data were used in the study. It involved systematic observation and the use of questionnaire. Participatory observation was conducted on passengers and drivers of commercial buses plying Ile-Ife Ilesa, Ilesa - Osogbo and Osogbo-Ile-Ife routes. Two different forms of questionnaires were administered on the drivers and passengers respectively. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used. A total of 375 respondents were purposively selected from the six motor parks in a ratio of three passengers to a driver. The results showed that the passengers sex have significant influence on the driving behaviour of inter-city commercial bus drivers Results also showed that the attitude of passengers have no significant influence on the driving behaviour of inter-city commercial bus drivers.The study concluded that road users needed to be better enlightened on road uses and safety in Nigeria. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The principal can no longer be the sole instructional leader in schools today because there are many other responsibilities the principal now has in addition to instructional leadership. Principals are faced with higher accountability mandates such as No Child Left Behind, making AYP (adequate yearly progress), and additional non-instructional tasks which takes time away from the curriculum and instruction aspects of the principal job. To compensate and create a strong academic community there needs to be teacher leaders. This leads to the following two questions; 1) How can teacher leadership be increased in schools and 2) Why do teachers become leaders These questions led to the purpose of this study which was to identify and describe the positive and negative factors that influence teacher leadership. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Early descriptions of culture as a part of Darwinianevolution were ignored or rejected by literarycritics and discredited through public disapproval,but have seen renewed interest during the last twodecades. Evolutionary psychology, anthropology,neuroscience, formalism, and Darwinist literatureindependently suggest cultural displays that stem,unrecognized, from innate mental processes. Tropes,narrative forms and functions, and myth may beduplicated between apparently unrelated cultures.Sectors of the brain that activate during languageuse, biographical storytelling, and fictivestorytelling have been identified through modernimaging. These disparate sources suggest not onlythat the human mind encodes perceived reality intonarrative to as an aid to understanding, but alsothat the narrative falls into a predictable template.Campbell's monomyth may be an exemplar of aninstinctive template for human storytelling. 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Coming to the 21st century, China encounters significant challenges as it pushes forward its social and economic development. How do the Chinese think about the problems incurred in this process This book chooses to investigate a black horse movie made in 2006, Crazy Stone, which became tremendously successful at the box-office. On its poster, black humor is tagged to the movie as a special feature. This term is originated from American literature that serves as an immediate influence on cynical Chinese works rendered in a comic mode. During the time of social change, Black Humor becomes as a vehicle for cultural criticism of various aspects in contemporary Chinese society, such as the crisis in faith and credibility, the land ownership abuse, and people s general perplexity in regard to such changes. The book analyzes and explains the social problems revealed through Black Humor in 'Crazy Stone'. It also traces Black Humor to ancient satirical Chinese novels as well as to its pervasive presence in post-Cultural Revolutionary works. In the end, the book studies the humor in ancient and contemporary Chinese culture, and the popularity of Black Humor in other media display. 64 pp. Englisch.