Lap lambert academic publishing okt 2009 (616 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is the first full treatment of the life and cinema of American film director Paul Thomas Anderson. Beginning with his entry into filmmaking, this work spans each of his first four feature films - Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love - and follows his rise to the pinnacle of the indie circuit. As a major filmmaker in the studio independent filmmaking scene of the 1990s, Anderson has proven himself to be an exceptional storyteller and technician in the art of cinema. This work examines the continuity and similarities that exist in each of Anderson's films - his themes, his vision of life and his depiction of the self. It focuses primarily on how the filmmaker uses structural elements - e.g. cinematography, music, lighting, dialogue and tone - as methods of communicating his vision. A must-have for anyone interested in his work, and a great read for those who like independent cinema! 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The master thesis is devoted to an analysis of equilibrium or reaction-function models in illiquidity markets which was suggested by K. Ronnie Sircar and George Papanicolaou. The main equation is a nonlinear equation which is a perturbation of Black-Scholes model. By using Lie group analysis to determine the symmetry group of this equation. We present the Lie algebra of the Lie point transformations, the complete symmetry group and invariants. We use these invariants to reduce the PDE under investigation to ordinary differential equations (ODE). Solutions of these ODE's are subgroup-invariant solutions of the non-linear Black-Scholes equation. For some classes of those ODE's we find exact solutions and studied their properties. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The aim of the study is identify the main determining factor when consumers decide to go for a mortgage loan. No previous study has been carried out in this field and therefore results obtained out of the project will be communicated to the Barclays Bank, where I belong. This paper presents an analysis of customer choice criteria in the home loans market in the following markets of UK, US and Mauritius. In particular, the study investigates the relative importance of choice criteria according to consumers and also analyses differences in the importance of choice criteria with respect to a number of demographic and related factors. Analysis of the date obtained from the survey carried out on a random population of 300 respondents from the telephone directory shows that choosing a home loan institution on the basis of professional advice is the most frequently cited choice criterion on the UK, followed by brand loyalty for the US market and finally for the Mauritian market, the most important factor comes to pricing. The analysis was done by focusing on the three main elements in terms of Focus, Differentiation and Cost Leadership. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Previous study shows that value-to-price ratios (V/P) predict future stock returns. This empirical regularity is consistent with the notion that stock prices converge to fundamental values over time for mispriced securities. However, the existing evidence on price convergence is indirect and incomplete. This book examines the extent to which price convergence to fundamental value explains the success of V/P trading strategy. In addition, evidence is provided to show the effects of analyst forecast, price momentum and earnings announcement in the convergence process. An ex ante model is developed to predict what types of stocks are likely to exhibit the tendency of price convergence to fundamental value. The analysis should help shed some light on the debate on capital market efficiency, and should be useful to anyone who may be interested in equity valuation, fundamental analysis and stock trading strategies. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book investigates how state laws and institutions may contribute to global warming. The hypothesis generally forwarded here is that state laws and institutions can have an enormous impact on the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from a state s energy generation decisions. Public service commissions have an immense amount of power over the generation decisions of electric utilities. However, this power is not always equal among PUCs, nor always used in the same manner throughout the United States. State laws and institutions provide the basis from which public utility commissions regulate electricity generation in ways that inadvertently affect climate change. Therefore, differences in these laws and institutions can and do impact each state s contribution to the amount of carbon dioxide emitted annually. Three separate studies are used to investigate the importance of laws and institutions in shaping a state s carbon emissions profile. The research findings indicate that some state laws and institutions have made a significant difference in halting states carbon dioxide emissions, and without a doubt political determinants play a role in a state s emissions profile. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Enterprises financing is a core issue in all economies as the access to any financing source asks for the preliminary study of financial performances. Information provided by analyzing financial performances is at the basis of decisions taken by investors, shareholders, banks and crediting institutions, insurance societies and even contracting authorities that grant non-reimbursable funds. The enterprises studied in this monograph are acting in the building sector, for which we tried to achieve an aggregate index of financial performance. Modelling the financial performance offers the possibility of ordering of enterprises acting in the building sector, in accordance with their financial performance, based on the financial-accountancy data in previous years, but also financial performance prevision for an enterprise in the case in which we can make a prevision as real as possible of the financial rates that constitute the model variables. The analysis should be especially useful to professionals in Finance and Financial modelling fields, to practitioners in the enterprises or anyone else who may be interested in the enterprise financial performance analysis. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book discusses a study that explores spirituality and its potential impact on health conditions of persons with diabetes. For people who have diabetes, spirituality may be significant as a part of their management of the disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether persons with diabetes in Eastern North Carolina who use spirituality as a coping mechanism have better health conditions. The objectives of this study were: To study the impact of the use of spirituality used as a coping mechanism on health conditions of persons with diabetes in Eastern North Carolina; To study other explanatory variables that may potentially influence health conditions in persons with diabetes; and Disseminate beneficial knowledge of diabetes management to current and future persons with diabetes, their family members, and health care providers in an effort to provide better health outcomes for persons with diabetes. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The significant social problems that confront immigrant families that have immigrated to Western countries have been described in the literature. However, these investigations have not focused on how the situation of these families can be improved. Therefore, Dr. Alireza Moula conducted an intervention study involving Iranian families in Sweden. After the empirical study, Dr. Moula initiated a two-year intervention program. This program was carried out within the Swedish Organization for the Rights of Children (BRIS) and used communication technology such as live local radio lectures and a telephone help-line to provide support. RAHYAB (Moula Empowerment Model) was used both in educative radio programs and in the help- line conversations. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dimensions of the well-Being of nations Economic research on what determines the well-being of nations is one of the most active inquiries. Yet, while tremendous progress has been made with respect to the effects of economic factors and forces on the well-being of nations, both economic theory and practice continue to treat lightly non-economic determinants of well-being across countries. The overemphasis on economic factors and forces is troubling as it leaves a knowledge gap in understanding and advancing effective policy. This little book identifies indirect measures of non- economic determinants, and estimates their effects on the well-being of nations. Measuring well-being by the human development index, analysis reveals important relationships between well-being and investment in physical capital, national symbols, national identity, and even holidays - relationships that represent economic and non-economic dimensions of the well-being of nations. In the end, the book makes a significant contribution to both policy and further research. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Participatory Budgeting is an experience of direct democracy inspired by the Paris Commune. It promotes the participation of people in local decisions. Notwithstanding that the participation is restricted to the government budget, its tremendous social importance comes from the process of educating people about how they can be active members in the social collective they are part of. This expanded engagement in social activity develops the participants themselves in two ways. First, it develops their awareness and understanding of the entire social environment they are presently part of, far beyond only budgetary matters. This understanding of their subordination and of the block that capitalism imposes on their human goal of self development then serves to motivate them to end their subordination, and to do with the system of capitalism that subordination is an essential part of. Second, this activity begins to develop the social and technical skills necessary for self-governance in a nonhierarchical society. Activity such as participatory budgeting thus can serve as the foundation for both the desire and ability to create a different future. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The potential effects of wood chip mill harvests on forest management practices of NIPF landowners in North Carolina were analyzed. The study estimated the impacts of changes in timber market returns to NIPF owners. Economic welfare effects of producer and consumer surpluses attributable to market adjustments were also calculated. Potential savings from reduced site preparation costs from cleaner harvests were estimated. Additionally, the potential changes in financial returns to growing timber with wood chip markets were estimated using discounted cash flow analyses of typical forest management returns. A second component of this research involved the analysis of archival tax data on the North Carolina Use-Value Property Tax Program. An analysis of the effects of property values, property taxes and population density on landowner decisions to sell, subdivide, or withdraw their properties from the use-value program in North Carolina was conducted. Parcel level tax data from nine counties representing the three geophysical regions and urban levels of North Carolina for the period 1987 through 1999 were collected and analyzed using logistic regression. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research explores the progression of the Cuban American community from an ethnic enclave to a social movement. The Cuban American community of Miami, Florida, is currently the largest concentration of Cuban Americans in the United States, and had been selected for this study due to its cohesiveness and the high political activity at the local, state, and national level. Moreover, I utilize the resource mobilization perspective as a framework to investigate the political progression and assess the influence upon the political arena within Dade County, Florida and its effect on local and national politics. A major focus of the resource mobilization is to trace the development of the interlocking socio-political organizations such as the Cuban American National Foundation (herein after referred to as CANF) and the Cuban American National Council (herein after referred to as CNC), and analyze the effect these networks and alliances have on movement growth and internal dynamics. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Econometrics has been a rather intimidating academic subject that both undergraduate as well as postgraduate students come across in courses of mainly economic nature. In spite of the daunting element attached to it, econometrics can be a rather exciting subject for both teachers and students. Complicated issues that individuals, businesses and policy makers are trying to address can be investigated thoroughly providing quantitative answers to important quantitative questions. Econometrics provides a platform on which complicated relationships are exposed, driving hence key players in the economy to base their decisions. An Introductory Note on Econometrics is a supplementary book that primarily aims at presenting key themes in econometrics in a rather concise and effective way. It can be perceived as an effort to brush up the memory of students who have been taught econometrics before and/or enable the mere tyros to this subject to gain an insight into the basic concepts that pervades the world of econometrics. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Modeling land degradation & food import This research develops a soil conservation model for smallholder farmers who apply little or no fertilizer. Empirical results drawn from northern Tanzania imply that ignoring the fertility mining problem in model specification leads to overestimation of profits for farms that apply little or no fertilizer. Wheat cultivation in the Hanang wheat complex, northern Tanzania erodes an average of 11 mm of soil each year. The rate of soil fertility mining averaged 22.2 kg of nitrogen/ton of wheat. Consequently, wheat yields in HWC have been decreasing. Part II of this research examined the international trade for foods with uncertain quality attributes. It is shown that enforcement is the most effective instrument for reducing importation of poor quality foods. This implies, for the government of Tanzania to check the current upward trend of importation of poor quality foods, it needs to increase its current efforts of enforcing the quality of imported foods. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The FDI is a kind of long term commitment on behalf of foreign countries and MNE s together that brings significant benefits for the hosting countries in the shape of economic growth and reduction of external vulnerability. Pakistan has tremendous GDP growth and notable FDI flow during last few years. The industrial growth and increasing demand of energy from the consumers has disturbed the supply and demand of energy. The country categorizes a power shortage despite of having tremendous abundant energy resources, prices of oil and gas has surged because of international prices and more and more demand from the consumer. The country has potential abundant sources of energy and the Government Of Pakistan is trying to attract the private investor to made contribution to meet the future energy needs. This book highlights the some historical and recent Foreign Direct Investment flows and policies related to FDI. The focus of this book is particularly related to potential investment opportunities in the energy sector with the evidence of projected future energy needs and required investment. 48 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -National security discourses have a significant impact on migrant, refugee and immigrant communities. This publication will address the impact that national security legislations have on vulnerable ethnic communities using the Tamil community in Canada as a case study. In highlighting concerns about rashly buying into the dominant discourses of terrorism and security, critical insights into how laws and policies impact community groups and society as a whole will be raised by exploring the discourses of fear and victimization. In particular, two important questions will be addressed. Firstly, how does the dominant discourse on fear of terrorism in national security legislation impact on the victimization of community groups, such as Tamil-Canadians And secondly, what methods should be employed by communities so that the cycle of fear and victimization can be broken to enable the community to act with agency and resist these dominant discourses 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Brazilian ethanol fuel program (Proalcool) is the world's largest biomass to energy program. The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of the Brazilian experience with ethanol as a substitute for gasoline and analyse its future prospects in both Brazil and the world market. Initiated in 1975 as a response to the first oil crisis and the resulting sharp increase in worldwide oil prices, the program has experienced prolonged periods of both splendour and gloom. Early success was followed by a period during which the program came under intense criticism on economic grounds due to low oil prices and high ethanol production costs. On the verge of collapsing, Proalcool was only lately revived due to a multiplicity of socioeconomic and environmental reasons. In recent years there has been renewed global interest in biofuels and a rapid expansion of biofuels markets. This book will therefore be of great help to policymakers, academics and business people curious to learn how was Brazil able to create the competitive assets that made Proalcool a success in terms of developing institutional and technological capabilities for using a renewable fuel in large scale. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Poverty reduction is the foremost important development goal in Mozambique. In spite of tremendous strides in reducing poverty over the last 10 years, the majority of the population is still poor, particularly in rural areas, making the study of poverty dynamics important. Using a unique nationally representative panel data set from rural Mozambique, this book, therefore, addresses 3 questions: how have the incidence of poverty and the distribution of income changed what factors are associated with rural household income change and what factors are associated with moving out of or into poverty in the short-run The analysis should help shed light on poverty dynamics, and should be especially useful to professionals in international development, or any stakeholder working in rural development. 96 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Myocardial infarction is the single most common cause of death in the United States. The best assessments of standard risk factors still fail to identify most incident cases. Few studies have examined unconventional risk factors such as religion and its influence on myocardial infarction. According to Emile Durkheim, religion has life- preserving functions that impact health and well- being. Both religion and the incidence of myocardial infarction have been found to have a significant impact on the lives of the elderly. The elderly report that religion is of significant importance in their lives, and their rapidly growing population will inevitably contribute to the increasing incidence of this disease. This book is the first to examine the association between religion and the incidence of myocardial infarction among the elderly population in New Haven, Connecticut. Results from this work would help physicians and health organizations tailor appropriate treatment plans for the elderly, given that religion affects health by influencing attribution of symptoms, healthcare-seeking behavior, and compliance with medical regimens. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this study was to examine sport reporters perceptions of the effectiveness of sport public relations practitioners influence tactics. This examination explored how sport reporters perceive sport public relations practitioners tactics using the components of Cialdini s influence model. In particular, the following research questions were investigated: (a) How do Korean sport reporters perceive sport public relations practitioners tactics, based on the principles of Cialdini s influence model and (b) How do Korean sport reporters change their news content due to the sport public relations practitioners influence tactics The findings indicated that among the sport public relations practitioners influence tactics, reciprocation was used as the usual method to determine the effectiveness of sport public relations practitioners influence practices in Korea. In this study, all sport reporters commented they had received gifts, dinner invitations, golfing, or drinks in order for sport public relations practitioners to affect their publication of sport articles.The responses of interviewees indicated different influences. 132 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Knowledge management processes, taken from the process capability view, enable employees to create, capture, share and leverage their collective knowledge to improve performance, and thereby add value to the organization s intellectual capital and performance. Indeed, knowledge management is not a product that can be bought but rather a capability that is built over time and become translated into intellectual capital. As such, interactions among KM processes contribute significantly to the creation of IC. IC value increases as a result of knowledge flows among human capital, structural capital and social capital. Through effective knowledge management processes, which include knowledge acquisition, conversion and application, a knowledge asset can be identified and important knowledge can be exploited for value creation purposes. Value creation occurs through knowledge management processes during which an employee s knowledge is transferred into organizational knowledge or practices that can then be passed on to customers in the form of products or services. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Paper was invented in China about 2000 years ago. Since then it has spread worldwide, affecting the lives of billions of people. The value of paper has been based on its usability: paper made it possible to deliver information from one place to another, from the past to the future. Paper today has a very similar function in society to what it had a thousand years ago: it is used to distribute and store information. However, during the last ten years, ICT has developed and spread quickly in the developed countries and competition over information distribution has increased. This book provides a new viewpoint and method for projecting the long-term consumption of magazine paper. It is probable that earlier econometric models, which project paper consumption, will be proven too historically oriented and therefore will not be able to predict the future consumption. Therefore, new projection models are needed. The impact of this new media on information distribution, consumer behaviour and thereby the whole medium of print can be very significant in the long term and change the whole industry structure around the medium permanently. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In today s world, there is a growing interest in graduate employment and how to enhance graduates employability. It is widely accepted that tertiary education is an important instrument of economic competitiveness in a global economy that is knowledge driven. People vary in the amount skills and knowledge they have available to spend in the work place and education is an important predictor of occupational success. Using the more recent career paradigm of the boundaryless career, this book therefore provides a view on the influence of aspects of the learning experience on the boundaryless career success of young applied science graduates. Concepts derived from Eby et al. (2003) and Vermeulen and Schmidt (2008) are used to analyze graduates between the ages of 20-29. This analysis helps to create more insight in the early career success of the workforce and is particularly interesting for professionals in Education and Human Resource Management fields, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing the learning experience of students for career enhancing efforts. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Though marriage and close family ties are the backbone of selection in U.S. immigration law, families are the least studied area in immigration research. This is because of assumptions that immigrants assimilate completely into U.S. culture, especially after they marry and have children there. However, recent studies show that immigrants, especially those of Latin American, Asian and African descent, are retaining their original cultural values and even passing them on to their children. In fact, it appears cultural values are retained as far as the third generation in immigrant groups. This book examines the strength of African culture in African immigrant families in the United States. Specifically, the book discusses the challenges African fathers face in raising children in the United States, the conflicts cultural values and norms cause in their families, and how intercultural communication can help fathers and children manage conflict. The book also discusses ways immigrant families can have better ommunication and better understand the different cultural perspectives that exist in their families. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although human Rights and development aid have a common goal the realization of human freedom, their conceptual compatibility cannot be taken for granted, and needs to be articulated in a clearer and more profound way than is attempted by extant formulations. An effective linkage of human rights and development aid at the theoretical and practical levels must take into account coherent set of conceptual parameters around which to link the two phenomena is, therefore, a precondition to their application in a more effective and mutually reinforcing manner. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the wake of the adoption of the SADC Code on Social Security of 2004 and the imminent adoption of the SADC Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons of 2005, it is imperative that coordination of social security is prioritised in the SADC. currently, people who move from one country to the other loose their social security rights as they cross borders, more so for the workers who would have contributed to the social security systems in their countries of origin or their host countries. They loose their insurance periods, which are crucial in the determinations of entitlement to social security benefits, as well as their social security benefits accrued in the countries where the person crossing the border would have worked. This Monograph, therefore, outlines some of the issues which should be addressed at the very early stages of coordinating social security in the SADC and it suggets priority areas for setting afoot the proposed coordination. It suggests that long-term benefits including old age, invalidity and survivors pensions should take a lead. Lessons are drawn from the European Union particularly on how coordination works. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Transport is an inevitable part of today s life. Load carried on vehicles is exposed to dynamic forces which tend to change its position on a loading platform. This change can influence vehicle driving properties or cause a fall from a vehicle, thus endanger road traffic safety. To prevent this movement load securing equipment is necessary. Web lashings are the most frequently used lashing devices for load securing by lashing. Top over lashing presents the most commonly used lashing method in practice. Securing of load by top over lashing is influenced by pretension in lashing. Pretension is influenced by many parameters. Standard Tension Force measured in laboratory conditions for manufactured lashing devices with tensioner was defined as standard pretension. This work offers measurement results, theoretical background and parameters influencing pretension in lashing for commonly used 50 mm two-piece web lashing with ratchet tensioner. It should be especially useful for professionals such as lashing manufacturers, testing institutes and educational institutions or anyone else, who works with load securing. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Vehicles with an internal combustion engine, as single power source, have for a long time dominated the market. However more energy efficient alternative powertrains, like hybrid powertrains, become more and more attractive. The major reasons are the reduced cost of electrical components and the risk of higher fossil fuel prices. Many design options are present when it comes to powertrain design. The powertrain components can be configured, chosen and sized in numerous ways. The most cost effective choice depends on factors like fuel price, application and interest rate. Especially in future when many powertrain concepts will be offered, it will not be clear for a customer which powertrain to choose. In this thesis a method for transforming prerequisites to cost effective powertrains is presented. Powertrains are ranked by evaluating the life-cycle cost. Fuel-, capital- and component wear cost are included in the life-cycle cost. In one case study a powertrain is adapted to a city bus route in Sweden. It is indicated that new powertrain technologies can be competitive from a cost perspective, in some applications, already at present time. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Three dimensional (3D) face recognition is a frequently used biometric and its performance is dependent on registration. Registration aligns two faces and makes a comparison possible between the two surfaces. In the literature, best results have been achieved by a one-to-all approach, where a test face is aligned to each gallery face separately. To overcome the computational bottleneck of this approach, we examine registration based on an Average Face Model (AFM). To improve the registration, we propose to group faces and register with category-specific AFMs. We see that gender and morphology classes exist, when faces are categorized with the clustering approach. As another factor causing diversity in the face space, we explore expression variations. To reduce the negative effect of expressions in registration, we divide the facial surface into logical segments, and for each segment we create an Average Region Model (ARM). Registering via each ARM separately, we examine regional recognition performance. Even though some regions are less affected by expression variations, no single region is sufficient by itself and the use of all regions is beneficial. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Oneida Lake formed as a relict arm of glacial Lake Iroquois near the Pleistocene-Holocene transition (13-8 ka). As the southeastern portion of the Lake Ontario Basin settled into its Holocene drainage patterns during the Younger Dryas period (11-10 ka), Oneida Lake receded, leaving a series of exposed beach ridges on the southeastern lacustrine plain. The easternmost ridge of Oneida Lake, having been previously dated at 10.7 14C ka BP, marks the limit of the area under investigation; the western limit is the modern Oneida Lake shoreline Verona Beach. This demarcates a study area of 2.25 km2. With ground-penetrating radar, AMS shell dating, and sediment analysis I support the conclusion that the ancient beach deposits at Oneida Lake record earliest coastal development at Oneida Lake in the form of two consecutive series of beach-ridges representing (1) a cold, wet Younger Dryas phase and (2) a drier post-Younger Dryas phase. 108 pp. Englisch.…