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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study analyzes two seasons (December, 2001 & January, 2002) of the Out magazine to identify and evaluate the body image of gay men. identifies and evaluates body image of gay men. Using theories that deals with masculinity, my research indicates that there is a direct influence of body image and its influence on its the gay male community. It also shows the idea that mass media itself is very powerful on shaping our views in our society. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The cumulative evidence for the impact of positive psychology on health is peaking in 2010. The aging populations of the United States and other Western countries suffering one or more chronic illnesses drives the demand that such research be applied to the everyday life of patients. Perceived control is one such family of coping strategies. Believing that one has control, whether or not that belief is real or acted upon, has a strong relationship with decreased depression and anxiety. 'Adaption to Chronic Illness' presents a a study of how elderly patients with late stage chronic lung disease use perceptions of control to adapt to their illness.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study analyzes two seasons (December, 2001 & January, 2002) of the Out magazine to identify and evaluate the body image of gay men. identifies and evaluates body image of gay men. Using theories that deals with masculinity, my research indicates that there is a direct influence of body image and its influence on its the gay male community. It also shows the idea that mass media itself is very powerful on shaping our views in our society.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -By the year 2007, Safico had 40 employees and was on track to make $ 1.5 million profits for the year with a firm projected forecast for the coming years. The company was well established in Lebanon, is a Microsoft Partner and had some customers in the GCC. Safico main business was e-business solutions that is Human capital intensive and resources. By the end of 2008, everything has changed; Safico is far from the $ 1.5 million profits, a global financial crisis invaded the whole regions and indirectly affected the Lebanese market, Microsoft the leads generator of Safico reduced their marketing budgets and changed their strategy concerning their partners. This situation in addition to the saturation of the Lebanese market pushed Safico to plan for its International presence. But in order to be ready to operate abroad a set of questions were posed. Questions include ways to go abroad, mode of entry, type of market entry, marketing and sales strategy and competitive analysis. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This study analyzes two seasons (December, 2001 & January, 2002) of the Out magazine to identify and evaluate the body image of gay men. identifies and evaluates body image of gay men. Using theories that deals with masculinity, my research indicates that there is a direct influence of body image and its influence on its the gay male community. It also shows the idea that mass media itself is very powerful on shaping our views in our society.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The cumulative evidence for the impact of positive psychology on health is peaking in 2010. The aging populations of the United States and other Western countries suffering one or more chronic illnesses drives the demand that such research be applied to the everyday life of patients. Perceived control is one such family of coping strategies. Believing that one has control, whether or not that belief is real or acted upon, has a strong relationship with decreased depression and anxiety. 'Adaption to Chronic Illness' presents a a study of how elderly patients with late stage chronic lung disease use perceptions of control to adapt to their illness.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - By the year 2007, Safico had 40 employees and was on track to make $ 1.5 million profits for the year with a firm projected forecast for the coming years. The company was well established in Lebanon, is a Microsoft Partner and had some customers in the GCC. Safico main business was e-business solutions that is Human capital intensive and resources. By the end of 2008, everything has changed; Safico is far from the $ 1.5 million profits, a global financial crisis invaded the whole regions and indirectly affected the Lebanese market, Microsoft the leads generator of Safico reduced their marketing budgets and changed their strategy concerning their partners. This situation in addition to the saturation of the Lebanese market pushed Safico to plan for its International presence. But in order to be ready to operate abroad a set of questions were posed. Questions include ways to go abroad, mode of entry, type of market entry, marketing and sales strategy and competitive analysis. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is a critical edition of Eugene O'Neill's famous, quasi-expressionistic play 'The Hairy Ape.' In addition to the drama's authoritative text, followed by exhaustive explanatory notes, ''The Hairy Ape': Text and Context' contains an introduction to O'Neill's life and work; a chronology of the Industrial Revolution, the Machine Age, and the two years during which the play was written and produced; a preface to 'The Hairy Ape' as well as a long critical analysis of this drama; a production history of the play that includes reviews of the original productions; and several concluding bibliographies on Eugene O'Neill and 'The Hairy Ape.'.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -My aim in this work is to demonstrate how stem cell research and therapy may morally harm women. I argue that the harm is located in the potential exploitation of women and the products of their reproductive labour, i.e. human embryos and fetal tissue, through the commodification of women's bodily tissues and reproductive capacities. I propose that the best way to disclose the specific harms to women in the stem cell controversy is to look at the relationship between the stem cell debate and the abortion debate. I argue that there is one tempting way to maintain the parallels which does not foster the proper moral consideration of women in either the abortion debate or the stem cell debate. However, I maintain that if we understand the abortion debate from a feminist perspective, we will be able to see the appropriate relationship between the abortion and stem cell debates.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - My aim in this work is to demonstrate how stem cell research and therapy may morally harm women. I argue that the harm is located in the potential exploitation of women and the products of their reproductive labour, i.e. human embryos and fetal tissue, through the commodification of women s bodily tissues and reproductive capacities. I propose that the best way to disclose the specific harms to women in the stem cell controversy is to look at the relationship between the stem cell debate and the abortion debate. I argue that there is one tempting way to maintain the parallels which does not foster the proper moral consideration of women in either the abortion debate or the stem cell debate. However, I maintain that if we understand the abortion debate from a feminist perspective, we will be able to see the appropriate relationship between the abortion and stem cell debates.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is a critical edition of Eugene O'Neill's famous, quasi-expressionistic play 'The Hairy Ape.' In addition to the drama's authoritative text, followed by exhaustive explanatory notes, ''The Hairy Ape': Text and Context' contains an introduction to O'Neill's life and work; a chronology of the Industrial Revolution, the Machine Age, and the two years during which the play was written and produced; a preface to 'The Hairy Ape' as well as a long critical analysis of this drama; a production history of the play that includes reviews of the original productions; and several concluding bibliographies on Eugene O'Neill and 'The Hairy Ape.'.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -By the year 2007, Safico had 40 employees and was on track to make $ 1.5 million profits for the year with a firm projected forecast for the coming years. The company was well established in Lebanon, is a Microsoft Partner and had some customers in the GCC. Safico main business was e-business solutions that is Human capital intensive and resources. By the end of 2008, everything has changed; Safico is far from the $ 1.5 million profits, a global financial crisis invaded the whole regions and indirectly affected the Lebanese market, Microsoft the leads generator of Safico reduced their marketing budgets and changed their strategy concerning their partners. This situation in addition to the saturation of the Lebanese market pushed Safico to plan for its International presence. But in order to be ready to operate abroad a set of questions were posed. Questions include ways to go abroad, mode of entry, type of market entry, marketing and sales strategy and competitive analysis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -By the year 2007, Safico had 40 employees and was on track to make $ 1.5 million profits for the year with a firm projected forecast for the coming years. The company was well established in Lebanon, is a Microsoft Partner and had some customers in the GCC. Safico main business was e-business solutions that is Human capital intensive and resources. By the end of 2008, everything has changed; Safico is far from the $ 1.5 million profits, a global financial crisis invaded the whole regions and indirectly affected the Lebanese market, Microsoft the leads generator of Safico reduced their marketing budgets and changed their strategy concerning their partners. This situation in addition to the saturation of the Lebanese market pushed Safico to plan for its International presence. But in order to be ready to operate abroad a set of questions were posed. Questions include ways to go abroad, mode of entry, type of market entry, marketing and sales strategy and competitive analysis. 116 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The cumulative evidence for the impact of positive psychology on health is peaking in 2010. The aging populations of the United States and other Western countries suffering one or more chronic illnesses drives the demand that such research be applied to the everyday life of patients. Perceived control is one such family of coping strategies. Believing that one has control, whether or not that belief is real or acted upon, has a strong relationship with decreased depression and anxiety. 'Adaption to Chronic Illness' presents a a study of how elderly patients with late stage chronic lung disease use perceptions of control to adapt to their illness. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study analyzes two seasons (December, 2001 & January, 2002) of the Out magazine to identify and evaluate the body image of gay men. identifies and evaluates body image of gay men. Using theories that deals with masculinity, my research indicates that there is a direct influence of body image and its influence on its the gay male community. It also shows the idea that mass media itself is very powerful on shaping our views in our society. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is a critical edition of Eugene O'Neill's famous, quasi-expressionistic play 'The Hairy Ape.' In addition to the drama's authoritative text, followed by exhaustive explanatory notes, ''The Hairy Ape': Text and Context' contains an introduction to O'Neill's life and work; a chronology of the Industrial Revolution, the Machine Age, and the two years during which the play was written and produced; a preface to 'The Hairy Ape' as well as a long critical analysis of this drama; a production history of the play that includes reviews of the original productions; and several concluding bibliographies on Eugene O'Neill and 'The Hairy Ape.' 124 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -My aim in this work is to demonstrate how stem cell research and therapy may morally harm women. I argue that the harm is located in the potential exploitation of women and the products of their reproductive labour, i.e. human embryos and fetal tissue, through the commodification of women's bodily tissues and reproductive capacities. I propose that the best way to disclose the specific harms to women in the stem cell controversy is to look at the relationship between the stem cell debate and the abortion debate. I argue that there is one tempting way to maintain the parallels which does not foster the proper moral consideration of women in either the abortion debate or the stem cell debate. However, I maintain that if we understand the abortion debate from a feminist perspective, we will be able to see the appropriate relationship between the abortion and stem cell debates. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Due to intense competition and rapid changes happening in the marketplace, business environment is increasingly becoming volatile and uncertain. As a result, the ability to conduct effective environmental scanning is becoming critical for organizations to survive and succeed. This study investigates environmental scanning and information sharing practices of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore. A pre-tested questionnaire was sent out, and 45 SMEs from 4 industries participated. It was found that a majority of the companies perceived environmental information as critical, and conduct systematic environmental scanning activities. The management level of SMEs had become aware of the importance of information sharing, and efforts had been made to avoid information hoarding. Moreover, SMEs from various industry domains seemed to have different scanning strategies and manners, in terms of preferences over information sources and distribution channels. Suggestions are also provided to increase the effectiveness of environmental scanning, as the collected information may not be disseminated to the end-users in a timely manner. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An analysis of futures and spot price volatility of agricultural commodities including an assessment, from a social welfare perspective, of a Mexican- Government-Futures-Scheme (ASERCA futures-scheme) were conducted in this research project. The agricultural commodities under study were corn and wheat. For the volatility analysis an implication of the theory of storage and the Samuelson effect were tested using a restricted version of the BEKK model. The storage implication is that supply-and-demand fundamentals affect the price volatility of commodities whereas, for the Samuelson effect, spot prices are thought to be more volatile than futures prices. The same model estimates were then compared to option implied volatility and composite forecast models in order to find out which is the best model in terms of forecast accuracy. For the social welfare analysis a utility function and a non- structural model (VAR) were used in order to quantify the overall gains for the Mexican economy of the ASERCA futures scheme. 308 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) can make significant contributions to developing economies. When supported by stable macroeconomic conditions and sound policy, history has shown that they act as powerful forces for economic and social development. This book builds on previous literature concerning the health and financial practices of previously disadvantaged SMEs in South Africa. It seeks in particular to better understand the impact which external financial management provision has on financial health. The findings of the work reveal highly difficult circumstances for previously disadvantaged SME owners with limited financial education. Poor financial administration skills lead to poor financial health. Yet upon seeking help externally, these SME owners are often forced to pay more to build a basic knowledge base, despite constricted financial positions. Even with prolonged billing sessions, they are often unable to leverage the skills of external advisors. In order to break this cycle, the book concludes with specific recommendations for increasing the public provision of financial education. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates whether existing international system takes forced environmental migration phenomenon into account, and whether its mechanisms provide forced environmental migrants with appropriate protection. The research has been conducted in the particular context of slow-onset environmental degradation the current anthropogenic climate change. To be more specific, the climate change-induced human displacement has been observed in and from Bangladesh, from Tuvalu, and within the Arctic zone. The enquiry shows that there is significant international legal and institutional lacuna which results into non-protection of forced environmental migrants. In these circumstances, reconceptualisation of the whole refugee system is suggested. A protocol broadening the term 'persecution' in line with human rights is proposed as a concrete instrument for the refugee regime updating. Some propositions how to emphasise human rights within the international climate policy are also made. The book is for all who are interested in the topics such as involuntary migration, human rights, sustainable development and their intersections. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The American public and the world viewed graphic photographs detailing the abuse of Iraqi Prisoners of War (POWs) at Abu Ghraib prison outside of Baghdad, Iraq. The situation brought attention to the United States and affected the tenor of America s war in Iraq. The abuse and the ensuing investigation covered the period late 2003 through May 2004. This tragic event shaped how POWs were to be treated in any situation. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Manufacturing solenoids from Ag-clad Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi2212) conductors is complicated by the difficult thermo-mechanical processing. The two approaches usually used for winding coils are React-and-Wind (R&W) and Wind-and-React (W&R). React Wind Sinter (RWS) presents two alternative approaches that avoid the pitfalls of R&W and W&R. In the first RWS approach, the conductor is taken through the partial melt stage of the heat treatment, cooled to room temperature, and wound into its final coil form. It is then taken through growth and sinter steps to complete the heat treatment and heal potential damage to the ceramic cores that may have resulted from winding. In the second RWS approach, the conductor is taken through the partial melt and growth stage of the heat treatment, cooled to room temperature, and wound into its final coil form. It is then taken through the sintered step to complete the heat treatment and heal potential damage to the ceramic cores that may have resulted from winding. The RWS approaches in this work are studied on short pieces of round Bi2212 wire to demonstrate the concept and test its validity for use as an alternate method. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The geomorphologic instantaneous unit hydrographs (GIUH) were developed to predict the direct runoff hydrograph from two hilly sub-watersheds of Ramganga catchment in Uttarakhand State of India. Based on the kinematic-wave theory, the topographic characteristics and Horton's stream-order-law ratios for the watersheds, the travel times for overland and stream-flows in a stream-ordering system of the watershed were analytically and probabilistically determined to develop the GIUH. The two-parameter Gamma-type model was also used to develop the GIUH for these watersheds. The performance of the developed models was evaluated by comparing the predicted and observed direct runoff hydrographs for the storm events occurring in the watershed. As the development of this model needs only the geomorphologic parameters of the watershed, this model could be applicable to any ungauged or partially gauged hilly watershed with reasonably good accuracy. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Silicon photonics is considered to be the next leap in the optoelectronics, telecommunications, and electronics industries. This technology has gained its tremendous attention and research interests due to its capability in compatible with existing CMOS fabrication process. The advances in the recent years have made it possible to commercialize many newly developed components and systems in the very near future. In engaging in this research, the establishment of fundamental building blocks is mandatory. The silicon-on-insulator (SOI) microphotonics waveguides are therefore designed and fabricated within a standard CMOS research context. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A dynamic stochastic model for colon and rectum cancer is developed to obtain the optimal ages to perform colonoscopies. The currently recommended guideline for colonoscopy is to test at ages 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90. Our Monte Carlo simulation yields a cost/life-year saved of $54,919.62 for the official policy. We ask the following: if we could reallocate the 5 tests between the ages of 50 and 90, which ages for testing would give the lowest cost/life-year saved Of the 91,309 possible policies 43,026, or 47%, have a better cost per life-year saved than the currently recommended guidelines. The policy with the lowest cost is to test at the ages of 64, 71, 73, 79, 85 with a cost of $38,081.37 per life-year saved. An improvement of 30% in the cost/life-year saved. The framework developed in this paper can be further used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of current guidelines for other cancers. The policies can be personalized by sex and race to have better cost-effectiveness ratios. Finally, guidelines can be developed to equate cost per life-year saved across different cancers. 64 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Autoencoders are feedforward neural networks which can have more than one hidden layer. These networks attempt to reconstruct the input data at the output layer. Since the size of the hidden layer in the autoencoders is smaller than the size of the input data, the dimensionality of input data is reduced to a smaller-dimensional code space at the hidden layer. However, training a multilayer autoencoder is tedious. This is due to the fact that the weights at deep hidden layers are hardly optimized. The research work has focused on the characteristics, training and performance evaluation of autoencoders. The concepts of stacking and Restricted Boltzmann Machine have also been discussed in detail. Two datasets, namely ORL face dataset and MNIST handwritten digit dataset have been employed in these experiments. The performances of the autoencoders have also been compared with that of PCA. It has been shown that the autoencoders can also be used for image compression. The compression efficiency has been studied using DDSM dataset (mammogram dataset). Since image patches were used for training, it was possible to compress and decompress mammograms of different sizes. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Discover Topology Using Connectivities A distributed coordinate-free topology aware algorithm called Triangular Mesh Self-organized self- Healing (3MeSH) is introduced to detect boundaries of coverage holes using connectivity information, and recover such holes by activating the minimum number of redundant nodes using a distributed iterative process. A routing hole can be detected in almost the same way as a coverage hole, therefore routing holes, jamming holes, sink/black holes and worm holes may also be detected or avoided using exactly the same algorithm (3MeSH). A probabilistic model is also introduced to calculate the probability of triangulation for any position in a randomly deployed sensor network given the node density. Another mathematical model is introduced to calculate the mean size of holes. Based on these models, the expected number of holes and the probability of complete coverage are formulated for a sensor network with any node density and target area. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The ongoing fast pace research in hardware and software technology has resulted in memory devices efficient and faster than ever before. However, the issue of security of the contained data is rarely discussed. There is an evident capability of these devices to retain data even when it is erased. In this thesis, a study is conducted to qualitatively analyze the extent to which data deletion is important and why secure deletion should be applied. Afterwards, following the sequential exploratory procedure, this paper presents an analysis of methods used to recover the data after being deleted in addition to the techniques used to securely delete this data. Based on this study, some recommendations are made to ensure the safety of data. 72 pp. Englisch.…