lap lambert academic publishing mär 2010 (417 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this thesis is to find out if there are trade relationship agreement between the case countries, or not and if there are, what kind was it What kinds of benefit are there And how the relationship can be developed The findings in this research shows that there are potential trade and development opportunity among these countries, considering the large number of inhabitants in terms of market share in the west African region and the continent as a whole. In the empirical part emphasis have been placed on the fact that both countries, (Ghana and Nigeria) are bigger in population consider to Finland, still both are backward in economic development and the case study is not aimed at finding the negative aspects, but to find the way forward to further strengthening trade relations ties with the country and learn from its remarkable success. The problems found were not as much anticipated, but could only be attributed to human error which could be address with the solutions suggested in this thesis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study explores taxation literature and uses empirical evidence from the period of 1996-2006 to examine tax competition and tax harmonization in Southeast Asia. The study seeks evidence for the existence of tax competition by analyzing recent trends in two groups of measures of taxation: tax rates and tax revenues. Evidence is found for a decline in statutory corporate tax rates, developments commensurate with the existence of tax competition. On the contrary, the tax revenue data presented here, show that the expected decline in total tax revenues has not occurred; indeed, a significant increase has been recorded. It is also supported by empirical evidence of the ratio of corporate tax revenue either relative to GDP or to total tax revenue. The two groups of measures of taxation thus provide apparently inconsistent views of the impact of tax competition. There follows an analysis of the elements of tax competition according to literature, in an attempt to draw out its implications for the experience within the Southeast Asian region. This study also examines the case for tax harmonisation and the Southeast Asian experience.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Republik Südafrika, bekannt als ein Land der Kontraste, weist neben der Heterogenität der Bevölkerung, der kulturellen Vielfalt, mannigfaltigen Landschaften, Pflanzen- und Tierwelten starke Kontraste zwischen arm und reich auf. Noch immer existieren enorme soziale Ungleichheiten, die auf die Apartheid-Ära zurückzuführen sind. Als eine der am schnellsten wachsenden Industrie des Landes wird insbesondere der Tourismussektor als eine Möglichkeit zur Bekämpfung sozialer Ungleichheiten verstanden. In dieser Studie wird der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit alternative Tourismusformen ein Instrument zur Milderung sozialer Ungleichheiten in Südafrika darstellen. Am Beispiel von Township- und Volunteer Tourismus werden Vor- und Nachteile hinsichtlich ihrer Wirkungen auf die sozialen Ungleichheiten diskutiert. Die Studie zeigt auf, dass bei dem Bemühen, Tourismus als Mittel zur Armutsbekämpfung einzusetzen, weitere Transformationen eine wichtige Voraussetzungen für die Milderung sozialer Ungleichheiten darstellen; außerdem ist ein hohes Maß an Verantwortung, Sensibilität und Respekt gegenüber lokalen Gruppen seitens der Organisatoren erforderlich, um negativen Effekten entgegenzuwirken.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study investigated the strategies used by married female teachers in negotiating safer sex practices with their spouses. It identified the methods used by the female teachers in the practice of safer sex and determined the influence of the demographic variables of age, religion, level of education and husbands'' educational level on their sexual negotiation skills and safer sex practices. The descriptive survey design was employed. The population consists of married female teachers selected from both public and private secondary schools. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 150 married female teachers from 10 secondary schools. The results of this study showed that the major methods of practicing safer sex adopted by the majority of respondents were completely avoiding sexual intercourse till pregnancy is desired (80.0%), avoiding sexual intercourse on days when conception is most likely (57.7%), injections taken periodically (50.0%) and I.U.D. (50.0%). The results also showed that the most commonly used strategy by majority of married female teachers was discussing safer sex with partner (89.2%), followed by begging partners not to have sex regularly (29.2%).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Through the analysis of 'Pasos bajo el agua' (Steps under Water) and 'Bosquejo de alturas' (Impressions of Heights), both from the Argentine writer Alicia Kozameh, Ana Luiza Libanio Dantas depicts an embodied ecriture feminine. The Autonomous Sex: Female Body and Voice in Alicia Kozameh''s Writing of Resistance will guide you through the reading of the literary texts while analyzing theories from French feminists Helen Cixous and Luce Irigaray, as well as Mikhail Bakhtin''s, and Michel Foucault''s theories. The historical facts drawn by the author build a background to the understanding of women empowerment through language within power relationships established in patriarchal societies. The literary excerpts exemplify the empowered women''s language (ecriture feminine), which is written through the female body as part of heteroglossia, rather than being exclusive to women. Ecriture feminine is a legitimate voice in social discourses deconstructing the male/female dichotomy, and establishing a horizontal and dialectic relationship between different discursive voices. The Autonomous Sex. proposes reconstruction of gender relationships through heteroglossia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Deteriorating environmental conditions around the world have indicated that our planetary and ecological sustainability may be at risk. In light of this, the quest for sustainable human development has been a major influential concept of our time. Despite extensive international endorsement, many are concerned that little has been achieved to implement an effective strategy of sustainable development. There are few case studies that exhibit widely accepted elements of sustainability. In this thesis I evaluate the controversial, unique but mostly overlooked case of Cuba. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, Cuba was forced to pursue an independent national-development strategy. Since the declaration of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, Cuba has been an outspoken leader and innovative practitioner of sustainable-development strategies and continues to bolster the highest rates of biodiversity of any Caribbean nation. In this thesis I try to argue that Cuban development policy after the collapse of the Soviet Union demonstrates an innovative interpretation of sustainable development.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this study, the geometric Additive market models are considered. In general, these market models are incomplete, that means: the perfect replication of derivatives, in the usual sense, is not possible. In this study, it is shown that the market can be completed by new artificial assets which are called ¿power-jump assets¿ based on the power-jump processes of the underlying Additive process. Then, the hedging portfolio for claims whose payoff function depends on the prices of the stock and the power-jump assets at maturity is derived. In addition to the previous completion strategy, it is also shown that, using a static hedging formula, the market can also be completed by considering portfolios with a continuum of call options with different strikes and the same maturity. What is more, the portfolio optimization problem is considered in the enlarged market. The optimization problem consists of choosing an optimal portfolio in such a way that the largest expected utility of the terminal wealth is obtained. For particular choices of the equivalent martingale measure, it is shown that the optimal portfolio consists only of bonds and stocks.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The question of whether or not communities could and should manage their own resources according to their own custom, knowledge and technologies is an issue that has been analyzed from divergent perspectives. Recent academic attempts remark the positive role of ¿community'' in natural resources conservation; however, local and indigenous populations have been criticized by anthropological and historical research, arguing that communities are not as environmentally-friendly as it has been stated. Either constrained by socio-economic and political processes or romanticized by advocates of community-based approaches; this academic work seeks to answer if is the community''s fate to disappear in the context of natural resources conservation, or under the pressures of current neo-liberal processes Or is it possible to enhance the positive role of communities in the conservation and management of natural resources. Based on a review of different theoretical perspectives, Problematizing the Role of Community in Natural Resource Management assess the role of community in forest conservation using as a case study the top-down management systems of the Nevado de Toluca National Park (NTNP).Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Hair is a feature that can be read immediately; it is ascribed meaning. Enter the afros that emerged during the Black Power movement (BPM) of the 1960s and ''70s, which proclaimed hair as both important and political. By challenging traditional ideals of beauty that devalued natural black features--long, silky, preferably blond hair--afros became part of the larger politics of the BPM in its aims to promote transvaluation. Transvaluation is the mental transition from subordination to self-definition. Thus, with its cultural and historical implications, the politics of afros reflected the BPM''s transvaluative goals. However, where 'nappy' hair once denoted a transformed, self-defining mentality, it morphed several times to denote simply a trendy hairstyle, devoid of transvaluative import. Black female writers of the era address these hair politics in their work. Alongside historical implications and points of consideration, this book examines the poetry of several BPM-era female writers, whose works reveal not only the transvaluative messages of 'nappy' hair, but also the contradictions that resulted from a politics that ultimately disavowed a white beauty ideal for a black one.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Science fiction offers the opportunity to explore social and political questions free from many of the preconceptions found in other genres. Because minority science fiction writers are even more likely to address such questions, this book proposes an analytical methodology for exploring these specific works. The theory is based on the intersection of two main concepts: Michel Foucault''s 'discipline' and W.E.B. DuBois''s 'double-consciousness.' This conflict, as seen in the work of Frantz Fanon, is an intensely personal assault on the identity and is a major source of injustice. While each minority individual experiences injustice differently, the identity crisis is a consistent theme in the science fiction of minority writers. The examples in this work are by Marge Piercy (Jewish American), Samuel R. Delany (African American), and Kage Baker (Native American). For each of them, a major theme is control of one''s identity. By identifying those characters who suffer various identity-based injustices, it is possible to deepen our understanding of injustice and perhaps find ways to resolve or ameliorate injustice in our own world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Accounting for over 40% of GDP, 80% of exports, and 80% of the labor force, agriculture has remained Ethiopian economy''s most important sector. Agricultural productivity is very low, owing to institutional failures, degradation of land and soil, land fragmentation and desertification and other external factors such as dependence on rain-fed agriculture, which are beyond the control of the ordinary farmers. Given the challenges of ever-increasing population and declining per capita food production, increasing productivity is the top priority of the Ethiopian economy. In this book, efficiency of smallholder farmers in Ethiopia is analyzed in different farming systems and agro-ecological regions, factors affecting farm households'' technical efficiency is also examined. The book also accounts efficiency differentials between smallholder farmers in different regions. The analysis tries shedding some light on policy formulation regarding smallholder farming and should also be an interesting piece for professionals in Agriculture and Economics.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This research aims to examine the adequacy of state institutional arrangements in Queensland, Australia for effective ecosystem management. It evaluates integration of current state institutions of Queensland in the management of wetland ecosystems. The ecosystem management concept provides the theoretical framework for this study. Ecosystem management covers three aspects: socioeconomic, ecological and institutional. It supports a holistic or systems approach to the management of environmental systems where ecological boundaries determine the management area and framework. The research explores state institutional arrangements in Queensland within the boundaries of one ecosystem. It addresses two aspects of ecosystem management: ecological and institutional. The research is designed as a single case study and is based on a desktop investigation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The classical film epic has rarely seen serious critical analysis. The critical apparatus of queer theory and masculinity studies can give special insight into the structure, design and purpose of these films. Using examples of the film epic made between 1914 and 2000, we examine how, in ostensibly hetero-normative film texts, homosexual resistances appear as ways of undermining or sometimes confirming hetero-normative displays. These resistances appear, often unnoticed, in works with no particular heterosexual bias, as well in work which was planned and executed particularly to confirm the privileged position of heterosexual congress. The nature of the classical mis-en-scène leads itself in particular to displays of homo-erotica, which creates internal stresses which conventional critics have struggled to explain. This discourse on queer resistances should be of interest to film theorists and historians generally, and to queer theorists in particular.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Human Security has developed as a challenging concept against the traditional security understanding in the last two decades. The author tries to merge this newly developed security field within one of the most important powers of the contemporary world, the European Union (EU). In this context, while the work introduces the human security concept and its relation with the EU considering the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), the EULEX Kosovo mission is coming to the forth as an area which human security is being discussed in practical terms. In this part of the work, six principles of human security are scrutinized. Furthermore, a short discussion about the transatlantic relations with a comparison of ESDP to US National Security Strategy and the future possibilities about these relations after Obama presidency are being evaluated. According to all these discussions, the main objective of the work is emphasizing the importance of human security and contributing this concept in rhetorical terms as well as asking questions about its practice.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Net interest income is the most important contributor to bank profitability, with the next most important factor being operating expense levels. If we really want to understand how banks generate their profits, and how to maximise these, we need to look at what they do to generate net interest income, at the factors that impact on net interest income, and at what impacts on their operating expenses. The research reported in this book looks at the relationships between net interest income and banks'' operating expenses of the five major New Zealand banks over the period 1996 to 2002. For most of the banks, it was found that changes in net interest income led to changes in operating expenses, but for one of the banks, the relationships worked in both directions. Since the pioneering study of Ho and Saunders in 1981 (published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis), a number of researchers have looked at the relationships between net interest income and operating expense. This is the first study to look at the New Zealand case, and it thus makes a useful contribution to the international research literature.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study examined the aspects of merger and acquisition activities and their implementations on the Turkish cement sector. First, general outlook, aim, conditions and methods of the merger and acquisition activities are explained. As the US market is the most developed market in terms of corporate activity, I presented the trends and some specific cases in US market to give a wider perspective. Second, global cement sector and the corporate activity trend in the global cement sector are explained in details. As the cement sector has oligopolistic business nature, globally, the companies experienced many corporate activities in past. Third, try to indicate the facts in Turkey, in terms of the corporate activities, in addition the general outlook of the Turkish cement sector explained. It gave me an opportunity to compare the current conditions in Turkish market with the past conditions and trends in the developed markets. This comparison allows me to predict the future trends in Turkish cement market. Finally, the conclusion showed that Turkish cement sector is offering opportunities for the strategic corporate activities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -the available evidence of China''s S&T, R&D, and innovative capabilities, to provide an assessment of the effectiveness and potentialities of its national system of innovation (NSI) ), and to formulate some preliminary policy suggestions aimed at perfecting China''s overall innovation strategy. Our approach focuses particularly on the evolving relationship between China''s NSI and the country''s overall market socialist social and economic system and on related policy challenges. In addition to generating technical progress, China''s development strategy shall also take into account the challenge of establishing a model of innovation compatible with an equitable pattern of income distribution and with environmental sustainability, thereby paving the way to the eventual evolution towards a higher and more developed form of socialism In this context, we propose to consider the utility of nonlinear models of the POLIS (positive feed back innovation system) class, which are suitable to chart strategically the market socialist course, as their internal logic is consistent with China''s unique catch up strategy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Thermal effects play significant role in the design of a structure when it is supposed to work in hot environment. For this purpose a thorough analysis of structure is necessary that could precisely consider the effect of temperature change. At first an accurate thermal analysis is required that may be further followed by stress or dynamic analysis. In this work, shell finite element developed by Rolfes et al to perform 3D thermal analysis is studied using Ansys and results are found good when comparing with the 3D solid element result. The interlaminar shear stress analysis of composite plate considering thermal and mechanical loading is studied under different set up of laminate scheme and the results have been found good when compared with the available 3D elasticity results. Then, the effect of thermal stresses on natural frequency of a structure is analyzed considering as thermally prestresssed case under different laminate schemes and boundary conditions. Finaly, A stringer stiffened panel is analyzed under thermal and mechanical load. Interlaminar stresses and natural frequency are evaluated by considering the effect of thermal loading.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Disclosure of HIV status can play an important role in promoting health and well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS, and in prevention. This potential is limited by low disclosure levels,as well as a preference for a partial and delayed disclosure. This book identifies HIV stigma as a key factor in low disclosure levels and a preference for partial disclosure, in a disadvantaged South African township. It suggests that HIV stigma is based on a conceptualization of HIV/AIDS as a highly contagious, deadly, incurable, and poorly understood disease, and should primarily be understood as a defensive denial of risk against a threat, which the community perceives to be vulnerable to. It also argues that social marginalization in post-apartheid South Africa has contributed to this sense of vulnerability, and thus to stigma. An ambivalent political response during Thabo Mbeki's presidency contributed to a reluctance to disclose as well as exacerbated HIV stigma. The book suggests that HIV stigma should be addressed through tackling symbolic and instrumental stigma,and through replacing the association between HIV/AIDS and death with a discourse of hope.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The practical implementation of general symmetry principles in the context of effective theories or, more generally, theories with a non-standard phase-space and unusual Lagrangians is often a difficult task that leads to new insights. In this work we deal with an important supersymmetric model the N=2 pure Yang-Mills effective gauge theory -- a four-dimensional non-trivial fully integrable quantum field theory, as shown by Seiberg and Witten -- and construct its supersymmetry currents. The study was carried on with a precise goal in mind that is the computation of the central charge of the model that is the ''''meeting point'''' of all types of charges and symmetries present in the theory: supersymmetry, gauge (spontaneously broken) symmetry, topological charges and (discrete) electro-magnetic duality symmetry. The richness of the model, the vast areas of application of the method employed (Noether theorem) and the explicit and careful explanation of every detail, make many aspects of the results reported here directly or indirectly applicable to disparate areas of the theoretical investigation of symmetries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Iridoid glycosides are secondary plant metabolites used by certain specialist butterflies in their chemical defence. This book describes the application of modern sample pretreatment and analysis techniques to the study of these compounds in plant and insect samples. In the research presented in this book, micellar electrokinetic chromatography (MEKC or MECC) was used for the separation of the iridoid glycosides, and UV detection or mass spectrometric (MS) detection was used for identification and quantification of the compounds. On-line coupling of MECC to MS was performed with partial filling (PF). The optimised pretreatment and analysis methods were used in the identification and determination of iridoid glycosides in the host plants and in larvae and adults of Melitaea cinxia butterfly. A relationship was demonstrated between the iridoid glycoside content of the larvae and the probability of their being parasitised by a specialist parasitoid.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The heat cure denture base resins are extensively used for their excellent properties such as ease of handling, polishing and esthetics etc. However, the mechanical strength is not sufficient to maintain the longevity of denture. The fracture of acrylic resin denture is a common clinical occurrence. The ultimate goal of denture repair is to restore the denture''s original strength and avoid further fracture. Satisfactory repairs must be easily and rapidly completed, match the original color of the material and maintain the dimensional accuracy. The objectives of the study are to evaluate the transverse strength and to estimate impact resistant of denture base acrylic resin repaired by different methods having different joint surface contours, and compares it with denture base acrylic resin repaired by conventional method. The work is useful for anybody and everybody who fabricates and repairs dentures. It promises meaningful information to dental undergraduates in clinics, interns, general dental practitioners, lab technicians, post-graduates and research scholars. It will be helpful to both dental academicians and clinicians.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is a research monograph based on the conducted research and development work as the part of a project ¿Smart House''. This monograph mainly discusses a digital, auto electric, mobile and computerized house. Going into the details; the presented research work describes designed and implemented hardware and software to control a house''s electric appliances to provide a mobile and computerized home automation and security system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Conformal map has application in a lot of areas of science, e.g., fluid flow, heat conduction, solidification, electromagnetic, etc. Especially conformal map applied to elasticity theory can provide most simple and useful solution. But finding of conformal map for custom domain is not trivial problem. We used a numerical method for building a conformal map to solve torsion problem. The main idea of the method is to build a conformal map as a polynomial of a finite degree. In this case conformity is violated in the corner points, but this problem can be prevented by replacing of piecewise smooth boundary by curve with the continuously changing tangent. In addition it was considered an infinite system method to solve the same problem. Torsion problem for the cross-shaped prism was solved by numerical conformal maps method and infinite system method. Results are compared.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cadmium, copper, chromium, lead, nickel, and zinc were measured in water, sediments, and some common macroalgal species (Ulva fasciata, Ulva reticulata, Sargassum species, Padina boryana, Turbinaria ornata, Colpomenia sinuosa) of four sites, namely La Cuvette, Pointe d''Esny, Poste La Fayette and Pointe aux Sables. Heavy metal concentrations were determined by flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry. A correlation study (spearman) between the different elements in seawater, sediments, and seaweeds was also done. Metals were thus found to most accumulate in sediments, and seaweeds. The most abundant heavy metal in sediment was observed to be chromium whereas zinc was most prevalent in seaweeds. The highest average concentration read for chromium in sediment was 43.513 ± 3.315 mg/Kg at Pointe d''Esny whereas the highest mean reading for zinc in seaweeds was 192.52 ± 11.30 mg/Kg at Pointe aux Sables. Levels of cadmium, copper, nickel, and chromium in seawater in this study exceeded permissible limits at most of the sites, showing that heavy metal contamination is quite and significant in the coastal waters of Mauritius.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study was done in the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck surgery, Radiodiagnosis and Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, HP. In this study, 25 patients with head and neck malignancy on clinical examination irrespective of cervical lymphadenopathy were included. They were subjected to detailed clinical examination for any palpable lymph node. Later, they were undertaken for ultrasound and computed tomography. It was found that out of three diagnostic modalities used in this study, ultrasound had highest sensitivity which was followed by computed tomography. The accuracy of ultrasound was equal to the computed tomography.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -For the description of mechanisms inducing the damage effects, it is crucial to know interactions and energy deposition of the radiation; risks from ionizing radiation depend both on the radiation quantity and quality. Current concept of the radiation protection is based on the connection between radiation quality and linear energy transfer (LET). One of the methods of determination of LET is based on the chemically etched track detectors. The track detectors are sensitive to heavy charged particles; compared with other methods, they have some advantages (small dimensions and weight, possibility to measure in pulsed beams, in long duration experiments, etc.). This book provides description of methodology of track detectors used for LET spectrometry (at NPI AS CR) and some examples of its use. The detectors were used to determine dosimetric characteristics onboard of aircraft and spacecraft, in some radiotherapeutic beams, or to study fragmentation processes in heavy ion beams. The book could be useful for anyone who is interested in applications where heavy charged particles, both primary and secondary, are needed to be measured, or for those who are working with track detectors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The partial differential equations arising in the study of non-Newtonian fluids offer many challenges not only to physicists and numerical analysts but also mathematician alike. Particularly the studies regarding the unsteady flows due to a stretching sheet is very scarce in the literature. Much attention has been given to the steady flow problems. Few attempts have been made regarding the unsteady flows. The main aim here is to develop the analytic series solutions using homotopy analysis method. One important aspect of these solutions is that these solutions are valid for all the dimensionless time values as most of the numerical solutions does not. In this particular book we have emphasized on the viscous and second grade fluids both for linearly and radially stretching sheets.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Domestic solid waste quantity and composition analysis is one of the fundamental inputs for planning of solid waste management services.This study was done to determine the domestic solid waste generation rates at the source of generation, to decipher the chemical composition of solid wastes and to determine the role of socio- economic levels in household wastes generation rate in Arada sub - city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Machine translation (MT) evaluation is an important and essential part of research and development in MT. It is also a vital process in determining how well a particular MT system is equipped for a given task. This study aims to analyse Systran''s abilities to translate German patent abstracts in the field of information technology. One of the main interests of this study is also to analyse the advantages of dictionary coding. Before establishing a framework and embarking on the practical data analysis, different concepts of MT evaluation are explained through a brief review of recent research in the field. This study is of interest to developers, researchers and purchasers alike, as it gives a good overview of different aspects involved in MT and MT evaluation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.