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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 - 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 -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 - 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 -For over centuries, the role of the construction industry has been recognized in enabling social, economic and industrial development. Likewise, the construction in Botswana has been a great pillar in transforming the nation. However, like any human endeavour, various challenges have started diminishing its capacity to efficiently and effectively deliver projects. The book uses findings of a study undertaken in the construction industry of Botswana to describe the nature of the industry and its associated challenges. In particular, it describes the challenges associated with the delivery process of public construction projects. The book singles out three major factors as contributing to the problem, the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of clients and service providers and a non-conducive business environment. It discusses in detail the theory, practices, and findings along the three themes. The book is highly suitable for policy makers, service providers of the industry (consultants, contractors and input suppliers), clients, students, researchers and those who have an interest in the construction industry. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study tries to provide an interpretive framework for understanding communication practices in the Chinese criminal courts. Using ethnographic research methods, it describes culture-specific patterns of communication in Chinese criminal trials and interprets their culture-specific functions. In particular, it points out that Chinese criminal trials are used to convince defendants to admit guilt and to confess in court, to educate the public about law, and to prevent the public from committing crimes. The persuasive functions of cultural concepts such as face and shame are also examined. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although several country-level studies have investigated the impact of access to credit on various outcome variables, few of these have looked at the full effect of membership in a credit programme. The study in this book was conducted on a Malawian dataset that was collected through a household rural finance survey. The study differs from others in that the operative explanatory variable is not monetary credit but credit programme membership. Contrary to findings in other related studies, this book finds that the effect of membership does not depend on the gender of the household head. Credit programme membership, regardless of the gender of the household head, was found to make households better off, as manifested by the significantly lower food shares of member households. Female-headed households, irrespective of their membership status, were found to spend significantly more on food than their male-headed counterparts. This book should add to the discourse on the welfare effect of microcredit programmes and be of interest to development economists, or policymakers assessing the benefits of improving credit access to households. 68 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This longitudinal study gave an overview of the 47- year coverage of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a news magazine Time and a popular science magazine Scientific American through a content analysis. It found the coverage in both magazines increased over the time period and shared some similarities in topic selection and types of CAM covered, depicting the path for the prevalence of these non-conventional therapies in the United States. However, only the coverage in Time was consistent with the prediction of the diffusion of innovation theory. The two magazines were also different in framing these therapies due to their discrete readerships. Time focused more on the social connotations of the subject, while Scientific American showed more interest in the research value of these therapies. Time included more varied sources, while Scientific American relied heavily on academicians. Finally, the study attempted to establish an agenda-setting relationship between the two magazines and five top medical journals in their CAM coverage but failed to find statistical significance. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Being an antisocial is a trait few people will want to be identified with. Abdul-Mumin. The benefits, both material and non-material, known conventionally to be ingrained in social interactions are pervasive. Social interactions shape largely human behaviour and enhance personality development. Yet, there are inhibiting variables that stifle interactions among humans, especially intergroup interactions. Such variables are both endogenous and exogenous. By exploring the interaction-stifling variables among college students, this book aims to draw their attention and to reinforce their ability to forge a united front against these variables, thereby enhancing interactions, particularly across religious divides in university campuses. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An evaluation of biocompatibility is one part of the overall safety assessment of a material before coming to the market.Researchers and scientists should concern the needs of biocompatibility testing of new materials before allowing for medical use,mutagenesis systems to exclude cytotoxic or mutagenic/genotoxic properties are applied worldwide.The aim of this study was to determine the genotoxicity of locally produced bovine pericardium(BP) by Tissue Bank,Universiti Sains Malaysia.In this study,BP was incubated with mutated Salmonella typhimurium.The test evaluation was based on the number of revertant colonies.Four tester strains(TA 98,TA 1537,TA 100 and TA 1535) were used both with and without metabolic activation (S9).Results showed the average number of revertants colonies per plate treated with BP were less than double that of the negative control at all concentrations which indicated that BP was non- mutagenic under the present test condition. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this quantitative survey study was to identify if nurse practitioners would prescribe an antibiotic for a known viral symptom of purulent nasal discharge. This is a relevant issue, given the misuse of antibiotics for viral infections and its contribution to antibiotic resistance. A researcher adapted, mailed-out, force-choice questionnaire was sent to a random sample of 500 nurse practitioners from a registry list was used. The response rate was 56%.The chi-square test revealed that there was a relationship between an antibiotic prescription and purulent nasal discharge. Practice implications include minimizing antibiotic resistance and maintaining safe, effective, and appropriate health care. Nurse practitioners need to be aware of practice guideline, resistance patterns, diagnostic techniques, and up-to-date information on antibiotics. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work is an attempt to fill the gap between high level image analysis and low level feature detectors for volumetric imaging data. It proposes both a representation model and an extraction technique for 3D spectral features. This approach is not limited to a multiresolution decomposition, but it goes a step further, rearranging frequency bands to group correlated information together. The whole process is based on minimal assumptions, inspired in theories about the human visual system. The method is completely data-driven; no prior information is used. The performance of the method is tested in a variety of volumetric imaging applications: 3D medical image segmentation (MRI and SPECT), and analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) data and Tagged Magnetic Resonance (TMR) image sequences. The methods presented in this book can be of interest for researchers in the field of image processing in general and, in particular, for scientist and engineers working in analysis of volumetric data of any kind. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mining causes massive damage to landscape and biological communities presenting a very rigorous condition for its growth. Coal has been heavily extracted in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, India and many parts of it have been converted from original lush green landscape to mine spoils. The main aim of the study is to find out the spatial relationship between vegetation and coal mining and to assess its impact on land use/cover. The book consists of five chapters. Chapter I deals with the historical perspectives of coal mining in the district, and details about physical, social and coal aspects are described in Chapter II. Impact of coal mining on land use/cover pattern using multi-temporal remote sensing data is analysed in Chapter III. Chapter IV is concerned with the impact analysis for floristic composition and species diversity. Chapter V critically analyses the threat of coal mining and suggests measures for eco-friendly mining and restoration of soil and vegetation. This book will immensely help the Remote Sensing and GIS fraternity and the environmental science research. It should help the environment conscious people for sustainable utilisation of natural resources. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Any microbial life extant in the top meters of the martian subsurface is likely to be held dormant for long periods of time by the current permafrost conditions. In this potential habitable zone, a major environmental hazard is the ionising radiation field generated by the flux of exogenous energetic particles: solar energetic protons and galactic cosmic rays. The research reported here constitutes the first multidisciplinary approach to assessing the astrobiological impact of this radiation on Mars. A sophisticated computer model has been constructed to characterise this complex subsurface ionising radiation field and explore the influence of variation in crucial parameters such as atmospheric density, surface composition, and primary radiation spectra. Microbiological work has also been conducted to isolate novel cold-tolerant bacterial strains from the Dry Valleys environment of Antarctica, an analogue site to the martian surface, and determine their phylogenetic diversity and survival under high-dose gamma-ray exposure frozen at -80°C, a temperature characteristic of the martian mid-latitude permafrost. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Recently, many firms are transforming themselves from vertically integrated organizations into digitally enabled organizations. As firms become more innovative in their technical infrastructures and more competitive in respective industries / verticals, their extended enterprise models include using their previous enterprise resource planning (ERP) investments as foundations for prioritizing additions and for longer-term strategies. The key issue for many firms is how to leverage their ERP implementation to become better partners and collaborators by enabling digital options to exploit business opportunities. This paper examines under what contextual conditions ERP system implementation have the greatest impact on digital options adoption intentions. Using empirical data, this study finds that the impact of the extent of ERP implementation on digital options adoption intentions is moderated by a firm's digital resource readiness. For information systems (IS) practice, this study suggests that firms should view ERP divisibility as option value generator for supporting new customers and revenue opportunities. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The success or failure of this process is based on identifying the relevant stakeholders and discovering their needs as well as the quality of requirements. The quality of the requirements is greatly influenced by methods applied during requirements elicitation process. Only complete and structured requirements make these projects more reliable. The common challenges that analysts face during elicitation process are to ensure effective communication between stakeholders as well as the acquisition of tacit knowledge. Mostly errors in the systems are due to poor communication between user and analyst, and these errors require more resources (time and money) to correct them. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Requirement elicitation is a critical activity in the requirement development process and it explores the requirements of stakeholders. Mostly errors in the systems are due to poor communication between user and analyst, and these errors require more resources to correct them. The understandability problems during elicitation process of large web projects can lead to requirements ambiguous, inconsistent and incorrect. Different methods are available to deal with the problems during requirement elicitation process. The challenge for analysts is to select an appropriate method or set of methods and apply them for the clear, consistent and correct requirement gathering. This study based on the results of interviews conducted to the professionals, who have industrial experience in development of web systems. The elicitation problems that are identified in literature and interview along with applicability of elicitation methods for requirement gathering in large web projects development are documented in this report. 68 pp. Englisch.…