lap lambert academic publishing mrz 2011 (Oltre 1.400 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The entire study consisted of basically five phases. In the present investigation, the definition of standardization has been adopted as given by Roger T. Lennon i.e. here standardization means to determine validity, reliability and norms of the test. The definition is also mentioned in 'Measurement in Physical Education' by Donald K. Mathews (1978) The five phases are as follows: Phase I: Planning and preparation of a test set of 50 questions from Trigonometry for class IX. Phase II: Percentage of agreeability or content-cum-face validity with the help of subject experts and field experts. Phase III: Group try out for Item analysis. Phase IV: The final try-out to obtain reliability Phase V: Developing norms for the test. The above design of the study is also supported by Lee J. Cronbach (1984). 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since media, particularly television, are an important source of sex education, it is relevant to know what types of sexual messages are being depicted on television. This research examines what types and frequencies of sexual behaviors are found in Mexican telenovelas produced by Televisa, Mexico's largest television network, and how they have changed over time. This research and analysis should be useful to professionals in Communication, Sociology and Psychology, or anyone who may be interested in the portrayal of sexual behaviors in the media, in popular culture and television or in telenovelas and soap opera content. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Processing theories (Clahsen, 1984; Pienemann, 1997) have argued that the production of subordinate clauses is the last stage in the development of the second language learner. However, these theories did not refer to the relation between proficiency level and the production of complex syntax. Thus, more knowledge is required about the development of frequency and accuracy of complex syntax in EFL learners, and the relation between this development and proficiency level. Moreover, both second language and first language research (i.e. Salaberry& Lopez-Ortega, 1998) have revealed the impact of the discourse genre and task on the production of subordinate clauses, without adequate investigation of expository discourse. Hence, this book provides an exploratory study on the development of complex syntax across three proficiency levels of EFL learners through oral expository presentations. A number of syntactic indicators of oral development are revealed with different degrees of sensitivity towards the development of fluency, accuracy, and complexity. This monograph should appeal to English instructors, linguists, and professionals in oral assessment and linguists. 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the years, concerns have been raised regarding negative impacts of mining activities in mining areas. Some environmental and health problems have been found to be associated with mining activities. In response to this, several mining companies have sought to implement measures to mitigate negative impacts of their activities on the people living in mining communities. In Ghana, despite positive claims by mining companies, other researchers and stakeholders contend that the gains from the mining sector to the economy are achieved at significant environmental, health and social costs to the country. This book, therefore, examines the environmental and health impacts of Anglogold Ashanti's mining activities on the people of Obuasi, one of the famous mining communities in Ghana. Quantitative and qualitative methods were employed to analyze findings of the problem investigated. The analysis, findings and recommendations in this book are particularly valuable to mining companies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, development agencies as well as stakeholders in the mining, health and environmental sectors in the formulation and implementation of policies. 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is an academic dedication to one of history's greatest fashion houses. Coco Chanel and the 100 years anniversary of the brand have been a great inspiration for the authors. The book is based on a comparative analysis of four Chanel advertisements and examines whether Chanel's branding strategies have changed through the years and how. Furthermore, the book contains a discussion of possible changes in Chanel's branding and accounts for which group of segmentation the Chanel customers belong to. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Applications in languages like C have heavy pointer usage and it happens that a pointer p may point to operands of an expression, i.e., it points to operand of an expression along some path. If the value contained in the pointer variable is modified then it may or may not kill the original value of expression depending upon the path taken. Thus we see that there is redundancy along some path. To remove this redundancy we will try to make the expression completely redundant. But the node containing the modification of value of pointer p will inhibit hoisting the expression out of that node. So, to remove the redundancy along all paths some code duplication has to be performed. But the cost of duplication performed may exceed the benefit derived from removing the redundancy. Thus, to get benefit from duplication, we duplicate the code only if redundancy along some frequently executed (HOT) path is being removed. Here, we present an approach to perform code duplication only if the optimization opportunity exists along some HOT path. Profile based points-to analysis is used to explore such redundancies and thus remove them. 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Frequent use of multimedia in almost everywhere brings some new issues and challenges about its veracity and reliability. The use of digital media in court, military, and medical documents requires certain guarantees about its origin and veracity. Recent studies in multimedia forensics have begun to develop techniques to test the reliability and admissibility of multimedia. In multimedia forensics, there are two main challenges. First one is analysis and classification of specific multimedia characteristics related with the acquisition device. Such an analysis makes possible to establish a link from multimedia output to its source device, brand, or model. This is called source identification. The second challenge is investigating the veracity of multimedia using intrinsic or extrinsic methods. This is called tamper or doctoring detection. Considering these two issues, here we will introduce several forensic techniques for source class identification, source device identification, image tamper detection, and document copy detection. Each technique in this thesis will be presented and elaborated in separate chapters and substantiated with theoretical and/or experimental analysis. 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Decision makers, mainly the health sector are constantly faced with the problem of providing the best health care service for communities, regions and provinces all around the world yet they sit on very tight budget constraints. The number of ambulances to purchase and where to locate them which is one of the difficult decisions they have to deal with can be very daunting. The ambulance location problem has been under study for a long time and a lot of approaches have been employed in solving this very sensitive location problem. This book takes a look at the application of an interesting area of optimization, Genetic Algorithms, to the location of the ambulance in Ghana's second largest city. GA's prove to be efficient in handling such class of optimization problems that have been around for a long time. The area is relatively new but it can be efficient in dealing with this situation. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Clinical procedures that are conventionally guided by 2D x-ray imaging, may benefit from the additional spatial information provided by 3D image data. For instance, guidance of minimally invasive procedures with CT or MRI data provides 3D spatial information and visualization of structures that are not visible with x-ray. Since 3D imaging modalities may not be available during the procedure or require increased patient dose, it is desirable to use pre-interventional/preoperative 3D patient data for guidance that was obtained for diagnosis and treatment planning. To accomplish this, a relationship between patient and image data has to be realized. This relationship can be obtained by 2D-3D image registration. The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to evaluate the performance and limitations of 2D-3D image registration for diagnostic and interventional x-ray imaging, and to develop new methods to overcome these limitations. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research mainly focuses on the development of ISE Club Information System (ISECIS) based on Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern for ISE Club (ISEC). By applying MVC pattern architecture to ISECIS, it divides the core business model functionality from the presentation and control logic that uses the functionality. It studies the development of a web-based that gives researcher a better understanding about MVC architecture concept that separate an application into three major components which are; models that includes the main functionality, views that represent the user interface and controllers that control the updates to views. This research is as a solution to the problem occurs in disseminating the information and activities in ISE Club and other problems faced. The purpose of this ISECIS website is to be as an information center that provides the information for ISEC community. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -TThis comprehensive book with 338 references discusses on the development of analytical systems based on flow analysis techniques with the chemiluminescence (CL) detections. The application of different flow-based methodologies, including flow injection analysis (FIA), sequential injection analysis (SIA), multicommutation flow injection analysis (MCFIA) and multisyringe flow injection analysis (MSFIA) combined with CL reactions, has been discussed. Several CL systems, including those based on luminol, potassium permanganate, cerium(IV) sulphate and ruthenium(II) complexes, among others, are critically presented. The reported information in the papers published over the last 4 years have been classified in instrumental developments and application areas including food analysis, environmental analysis, pharmaceutical analysis, detection and quantification of DNA and other bio-related species, antioxidant assessment and miscellaneous. Following the review of the analytical application concepts, the mechanisms of the CL reactions are also briefly discussed. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Transit Signal Priority is an operational strategy that eases the movement of transit vehicles such as buses, light rail or streetcars, through traffic-signal controlled intersections. The benefits of TSP operations include better schedule adherence and improved transit travel times with minimal impact to normal traffic operations. In this book, a portion of the new Tide Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Norfolk, Virginia, USA is modeled and evaluated. In order to model and evaluate the TSP operations, a micro-simulation model for the network is created in VISSIM. By using the Ring Barrier Controller (RBC) emulator within VISSIM, the control logic for TSP and No TSP scenarios is created.The analysis and context of the book is helpful to the professionals and students, especially those in the field of urban planning and transportation engineering, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing TSP logic for learning and research efforts. As the book contains in detail experimental results analyses as well as real life field scenario implementation, it will be a drafting tool to gaining knowledge about transit signal priority. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the last few years, new application areas for databases like data warehousing and OLAP deploy the multidimensional data model in order to describe the application domain.Consequently, OLAP systems are represented by a multidimensional database schema to adequately reflect the application semantics.This book presents a new implementation scheme of relational table for multidimensional databases based on multidimensional extendible arrays. Data allocation is a key performance factor for MOLAP systems. This holds especially for data warehousing environments where huge amounts of data have to be dealt with. An efficient data allocation scheme is presented in this book. A new parallel implementation scheme of relational tables for multidimensional databases is presented. The scheme uses a new partitioning scheme based on the notion of subarray. The superiority of this partitioning comparing to other existing schemes is shown. Efficient MOLAP implementation to manage array extension by keeping track of the extension subarrays is presented. New data structure is developed to apply in OLAP applications. 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Open Access may increase both the visibility and impact of research results of a peripheral scientific community. This is the key message of the study of Open Access in Croatia. Croatia is a transition country on a small R&D budget, with low visibility of local journals and with high price barriers to the mainstream scientific information. Using the examples of Hrcak, the Croatian portal of scientific journals, and several repositories, the study illustrates the process of raising awareness and support for Open Access in the Croatian scientific community, among governmental bodies, publishers, scientists, libraries.' (Jelka Petrak, PhD) 'During the last decade, Open Access has become an important means of communication in science. The author discusses scientific communication, its history and development. and describes two ways of achieving OA. The most valuable part of this book is the study of OA in Croatia, which is the first exhaustive examination of the kind. The author concludes with constructive recommendations for further OA promotion in Croatia, involving publishers, libraries and governmental bodies.' (Ana Barbaric, PhD) 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A real-time system for defect detection and classification of web textile fabric is presented in this paper. Product inspection is an important aspect of modern industrial manufacturing. Compare every frame with the standard image. Compare it pixel by pixel. We are doing it in spatial domain. It take the pixel of standard image and match it with the pixel having the same location in the frame. If pixel value in the standard image does not match with frame pixel then over system will stop and show the image having defect. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Consistent with its aim to become a research university, the International Islamic University Malaysia introduced its online database system in 2000 as part of its e-library services. Factors such as perceived benefits, computer self-efficacy and satisfaction were hypothesized to be major barriers. To test the influence of these factors on students' adoption of the online database, an adoption questionnaire based on an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was administered. The questionnaire's reliability and validity were established through a RASCH analysis while the data were analysed using the Structural Equation Modeling. The results revealed significant influences of perceived usefulness and computer self- efficacy on postgraduate students' intention to use the database and their satisfaction in using it. In addition, perceived ease of use and intention to use were found to have a significant direct influence on satisfaction. The findings contributed to a better understanding of the TAM and technology adoption and satisfaction among postgraduate students. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -While recognizing the potential of genomics in improving health and the unprecedented advances in genomic science, plus its widely predicted revolutionary prevarication; as we look at these realities, how then can we present and apply this scientific knowledge to our global world In the same vein, while proffering solutions in some genomic problem domain via culminating a positive evolvement of human genome, where do developing countries (for example Nigeria) stand in this revolutionary emancipation The author addresses these concerns through excavating its fundaments in this compact manual and rekindles hope as he shares perspectives and infers possibilities, comparably, for advancement. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Construction of a tunnel is made by successive operations which must be good connected: striking down, mucking out, temporary supporting, final covering, finishing. The performance of a tunnel basically depends on the ground nature, underground condition, and overburden load. For economic reasons, transportation, communications and others purposes tunnel is boring with the largest section (full-face boring, boring with the shield, boring with the tunnel constraction such as TBM, NATM and Cut & Cover methods).The development in urban areas can be included the construction of shallow tunnels in soft or hard soils and rocks. The construction of tunnels in shallow depth causes the ground to displace. Monitoring in the before and after construction the project are used for controlling the stability of structures. In all methods of tunneling the maximum amount of the rock mass overburden loads are loaded and the distribution of forces are exit from the first condition, with having knowledge on the rock physical parameters can help to the tunnel designers. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -DC/DC converters provide stable output voltage and variable output current. It is used to maintain a steady, stable voltage as a power supply for semiconductor devices. DC/DC converters are a necessity for almost all electronic devices and are used to maintain a constant output voltage regardless of minor variations in input voltage or load current. Modeling and simulation is the instrument used to shape the system level analysis and obtain better performance of the converters.A better controller could be obtained if the experimental data is used to determine the load information. The aim of this work is to model the buck converter system of Ericssons BMR450 controller and develop a time-domain based system identification method to identify the capacitive load. The model is implemented in Matlab Simulink and is composed of simple circuits. The system is analyzed through excitation from the command input using binary signal, which include all frequencies of it. The sampled data are analyzed and preprocessed to estimate a mathematical model and validate it. The proposed method is able to identify the load parameter with good accuracy. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The first aim of this study is to evaluate the radiological impact of the oil refining process to obtain an extensive view to the radiological bidden of the petroleum industry in Egypt. The second aim is intended to set-up working guidelines for the workers in the companies and regulators with an understanding of occupational and environmental risks from TENORMs generated in oil refining facilities in Egypt beside the disposal of sludge without the treatment to environment. The last aim of the study is the recovery of the hydrocarbon content of the sludge using petroleum cuts and solves the problems of the disposal into environment The overall cost as well as time involved for recovery and the disposal of hydrocarbon residue has been decreased. Capillary gas chromatography was used to estimate the economic value and reuse of recovered oil. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Intelligent decision support System in diabetes eHealth care in order to improve the quality of life of Diabetes patients. This system will provide a 24-hour medical facilitates to patient and care providers at anytime and anywhere. Patient would be able to update his/her health status and can get basic instructions (diet, exercise) and prescriptions while staying at home. In the case of emergency, auto message will be sent to care provider e.g. doctors, relatives of patents and ambulance services. Due to this system patent can keep in touch with care providers and get the basic instructions regarding his/her health at home. 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides the top management in industry an accurate and quick tool to build the right decision regarding the mechanical structures facing potential problems caused by galvanic corrosion. The Integrity Management Plan (IMP) was utilized as a road map to provide the industrial management with all parameters that might affect galvanic corrosion in order to save time and in other word to save money by introducing empirical equations that convert corrosion from a scientific term to a tangible one. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Modern alloys appear and develop as complex multi- component systems with the aim of accomplishing demands of metallurgical engineering, material science and industry. Nowadays, many commercial software systems can be found in the market to perform complicated calculations, in order to obtain thermodynamic properties of materials. This work reviews the algorithms, procedures, formulations and calculations behind the most common approach used in computational thermochemistry, CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams). 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -All type of testing done in the Quality control (QC) Department of Pharmaceutical industries are necessary as they plays an important role in defining the quality of products manufactured in the pharmaceutical Industries. These different types of testing cited that whether the raw materials & the water used in the manufacturing of the Pharmaceutical products is right to use or not. Also plays an important role in determination of the different components of drugs in right concentration. HPLC technique is used most widely for the testing. This book gives a practical illustration of most of the Pharmaceutical Q.C. techniques followed in the labs including microbial limit tests, determination of total microbial count (TMC), total bacterial count (TBC), total fungal count (TFC), serial dilutions, tests for specified microbes, biochemical tests, chromatographic techniques (HPLC, Ion exchange chromatography, size exclusion chromatography, affinity chromatography etc.) with step wise directions for handling purpose. In this book we had also included some of the experiments practiced by most of the Q.C. labs, so that it helps students for better understanding the Q.C. practical works. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Digital signage is the new media advertising medium. It is defined as an out-of-home advertising and outputs information on electronic output devices like LCD screens, plasmas, large electronic panels. Digital signage has helped in creating new advertising techniques to get the message across in a way that static posters and billboards never could. It is the future of outdoor and indoor public advertising medium and will shortly replace the traditional advertising media. The displays can consist of text, images, animations or video with or without sound. The current systems have a player connected offline to the displays or a computer connected through a network to display digital contents. Content management is usually done from the main central server often referred to as the Network Operating Center (NOC) or the digital contents are manually updated on the players where offline modes are used. This work describes creation of business models for a subscription based networked digital signage system with digital content management made easier for customers to administer. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ayurvedic and herbal approaches for cancer treatment are very popular among Indian patients. Ayurveda is made of two Sanskrit words: Ayu which means life and Veda which means knowledge. Rasayanas literally means 'the path of juice' or 'juice incorporate' are group of complex herbal drug preparations widely used in Ayurveda to improve the general health of body. These have immunostimulatory effect. They are not directly cytotoxic to tumor cells but have shown to inhibit the growth of ascites and solid tumor in mice. Rasayans could increase survival. Rasayans also reduce myelosuppression in patients receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy. 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Moderate to high levels of seismic hazard are present throughout the Pakistan and numerous collapsed by Oct. 8, 2005 Earthquake verified the seismic vulnerability of building type present in the country. Seismic retrofitting of existing structures is one of the most effective methods of reducing this risk. However, the seismic performance of the structure may not be improved by retrofitting or rehabilitation unless the engineer selects an appropriate intervention technique based on seismic evaluation of the structure. Current codes (BCP 2007) do not address the evaluation of seismic resistance of existing building stock, not designed in accordance with the philosophies of current seismic provisions. The primary purpose of this book is to carry seismic evaluation of buildings in the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad and propose guidelines for Building Code of Pakistan. Owing to importance of the subject, various organizations in the earthquake threatened countries have come up with documents, which serve as guidelines for the assessment of the strength, expected performance and safety of existing buildings. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book (Concepts of Mathematics), having four chapters on diverse topics usually included in the mathematics syllabus of the first year Engineering class of most Universities. The first chapter deals with the Number Property Theory: Divisibility rules, Property, Ratios with suitable example. A brief discussion of Trigonometry is given in the second chapter. Trigonometry chapter include various points like Trigonometric Ratios, Trigonometric Identities, ASTC Rule, Arcs, Sectors, Segments, Trigonometric Graphs, Inverse Trigonometry, Range, Domain, Graph of Sin/Cos/Tan. The third chapter deals with the Coordinate Geometry and it includes coordinate plane, distance between two point, mid point, slope of line, equation of line, transformations, shifts (horizontal and vertical), stretches. Vectors are introduced in the fourth chapter and covered vector definition, addition, subtraction, unit vector, null vector, scalar multiplication, rank, dot product. Few questions are given based on vectors for practice in the last of fourth chapter. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The increasing interest in tungsten and tungsten alloys for the application as plasma facing materials in future fusion facilities like ITER and DEMO requires thorough investigation of the materials performance under fusion relevant conditions. Among others this includes the damage analysis in correlation with the response to high transient thermal loads and the determination of the thermal shock resistance. In order to launch numerical simulations that will help to verify and understand test results and to predict the behavior of the material a reliable database on a reference tungsten grade has to be established. In the course of this work a newly developed pure reference tungsten grade was investigated in its stress relieved and recrystallized state under ELM relevant conditions. This comprises multiple (x100) thermal shock loading in the electron beam facility JUDITH I at different power densities and base temperatures as well as subsequent analysis of the material damage related to the materials microstructure. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nurses who daily witness trauma and death are strangely silent about sharing their distress and are often divisive and unsupportive of each other. Nursing management, seemingly blind to the stresses and grief carried by nurses and unwilling to even recognize these issues. What lies beneath these behaviors and can nurses provide effective care for clients when their own intrinsic needs remained unrecognized These questions are explored in a participative research project with a team of 11 burnout community palliative care nurses. The group process begins with an exploration of the culture of nursing, revealing historical expectations of conformity and altruism still influencing expectations of nurses today. As the nurses' stories unfolded, the depths of caring and accumulated grief emerged. Embedded in the stories however was the realisation that their caring had been limited to their clients and was not extended to themselves or to each other. The resultant journey of healing transformed a burnout team to a vibrant, supportive community. This book will provide a template for nurse managers and educators in fostering a culture of empowerment and support within nursing teams. 104 pp. Englisch.