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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Modern concordance cosmology is faced with two tasks: Accounting for the abundance of the known constituents, and determining the nature of the unknown components - dark matter and dark energy. The initial conditions which led to structure formation pose another important question. This work studies the potential of weak gravitational lensing to determine the nature of dark energy through its equation of state and its evolution, and to advance our understanding of the distribution of the primordial density fluctuations. We show how a future all-sky tomographic weak lensing survey in conjunction with expected results from CMB anisotropy probes could provide constraints on the dark energy equation of state as well as neutrino and primordial power spectrum parameters. We also examine how the parameter precision depends on the cosmological model used in our calculations, and discuss the significance of our results to survey optimisation. This work should be helpful to astrophysicists working in the field of weak lensing, and to the wider community of observational cosmologists.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This research explores the relation between subsidies for Dutch feature film production and box office revenues, in the context of policy objectives that have been formulated since 1997. The objectives were predominantly focused on: the increase of production volume; the improvement of quality and commercialization of film; entrepreneurship among producers; and attention to the audience. The main goal was to establish an economic viable film sector. Incentives managed to help increase the production volume of Dutch films, as well as the number of commercial films, but these successes were short-lived. In the end, the Dutch film sector did not become self-sufficient. Policy was focused too much on production and failed to implement measures specifically for demand. However, shifting the emphasis in policy to demand does not guarantee a better result, because all that is certain in the movie business is that nothing is predictable.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Online newspapers are often viewed as the answer to a long tradition of dissatisfaction regarding the limited one-way communication focus of the mass media. Nevertheless, these newspapers have been slow in recognising that the fundamental condition for effective web communication is interactivity. While the industry has been given some cause for optimism, online newspapers still offer only limited interactive options on their sites. This book provides a description of the use of this technology by six selected Indonesian online newspapers. A content analysis of these sites reveals that they do not optimally utilise the interactive elements at their disposal. There is therefore, a similarity in the nature of their news delivery to printed newspapers. Consequently, interactive technology has not transformed the limited one-way communication process of the traditional newspaper into an interactive communication process. For mass communication students and researchers, this book gives an idea for conducting further research on online newspapers and online journalism in particular, and on the internet in Indonesia in general.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Starting from the premise that strengthening procurement capacity in developing countries is critical to improving social and economic well- being, it is sought to unearth views about the factors and elements driving capacity-building in procurement. Regardless of the evidence linking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool usage to effective procurement from the existing literature, the purpose was to unearth views about the role of TCO tool usage in procurement capacity-building in a developing country, with particular focus on the procurement of ICTs for education.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this modern era of marketing, brand management is the widely discussed topic and has proved its importance in the 21st century. In the past, brand value was mainly associated with the customers only. However, recent researchers identified its importance into non- customer areas. Brand equity and brand value terms are discussed with special emphases on their relation with the relevant stakeholders. The main idea behind this research is to reflect stakeholders¿ relations and their role in the brand value creation for the energy companies in Pakistan. For this purpose, we have used Richard Jones (2005) ¿Stakeholder model of brand value¿ which shows that brand value is not only created by the customers but also by the all other relevant stakeholders.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Advertising has become a main force of socialization. It takes a significant part in the construction of identities and therefore, a critical examination of its communicated messages is mandatory. The present research is the first to compare Israel and Germany in the context of women''s identities'' representations. With the help of quantitative, semiotic, and narrative research methods, the advertisements in popular women''s magazines are critically analyzed regarding their cultural values, their meanings, and their constructions of femininity. In the quantitative part, around 500 advertisements are analyzed for each country. The emerging similarities and differences are the basis for a critical exploration of feminine identity representations in both societies. The emerging results reveal that despite the increasing globalization of advertisements, local representations of women''s identities account for significant differences. The findings can serve as a basis for further research regarding women''s identities'' representations in advertising as well as for implementations in policy-making and marketing decisions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Over the last five to six decades, the influence of mass media on children and adolescent has been alarming due to the diverse impact its has on them. It has been argued in the literatures that that the negative influences surpasses the positive ones. Hence, this book pinpoints the several ways in which mass media can be used positively to better the future of our children and adults in general. The book also emphasized sharply that media such as internet when explored properly leads to learning and inculcating knowledge that will enhance educational development. Therefore this book project is recommended for both children and adult to harness educational and social developmentBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There is an ongoing research for a more effective communication of product information in the online context. Communicating effectively such information has major influence over consumer¿s behavioral intentions and it becomes a challenge for academia and online retailers when it comes to experience goods. This research paper aims to better understand and identify the patterns that will enhance the information communication towards consumers, by reinforcing their trust, their informational satisfaction and their intention to purchase the good. The findings are of major managerial importance and academic significance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This research analyzes the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Mexican retail. To do so, the US company Wal-Mart is studied in relation to its impact on three major Mexican retailers. Over the last twenty years, Mexico''s economy has experienced substantial changes. During the 1980s, an Exports-Oriented Industrialization (EOI) model replaced the Imports-Substitution model that Mexico followed for several decades. According to the rationale of the EOI model, FDI should be seen as a key element that provides access to new technology, organizational upgrading and capital to the receiving economy. In sum, FDI has been critical for the Mexican economic model in recent years. For retail, the findings of this research indicate that Wal-Mart''s entry into the Mexican market has led to the modernization of the sector. However, Wal-Mart''s entry also reinforced the elimination process of many Mexican retailers and suppliers. Crucially, there is no substantial evidence that foreign participation in Mexican retail has triggered significant benefits for the Mexican population in terms of lower prices and better jobs in the industry.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this book is to focus on our current ecological Aspects, especially when it comes to our lifestyle, consumption and identity. These are new phenomena to the entire discourse of our current environmental crisis. This book consists of six different aspects: Human Being as a commodity: In relation to our environmental crisis., Rethinking the concept of ¿consumer¿ and our way of consuming., A study of religious aspect, consumer desire, food system and climate change., Cooking a chicken Curry by traveling all over the world: An ethnographic observation of consumption and ecological aspect., Climate Change and Global Consensus: A critical analysis of climate change issues., The quest for a new narrative: A case study of Bangladesh from COP 15. This book will provide knowledge for those who intend to work on Human-Environmental relationship, and Human Ecological aspects.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The United Nations is the major international organization empowered with the mandate to ensure respect for fundamental human rights for everybody everywhere. It has an obligation to combat terrorism from the standpoint of international human rights. However the fight against terrorism cannot be won by the UN alone. Therefore, there is the need for cooperation between states and the UN. States are faced with the challenge of responding to the threat of terrorism on one hand and upholding international human rights standards on the other hand. One of the fundamental rights mostly affected in the fight against terrorism is due process rights. The detainment of terrorist suspects at the US naval base, Guantanamo Bay has generated a very heated debate in the international community. This work will reveal whether detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have been given access to the due process of the law by the US government. It also provides an overview of how the UN handles terrorism. It concludes by providing policy recommendations for governments and scholars for consideration in combating terrorism.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Despite the many researches made on emergent strategies and project portfolio management, one can hardly find studies on the link between them. It can easily be assumed that emergent strategies and market dynamics have considerable effect on the project portfolio in organizations and, supposedly, give rise to emergent projects. This book will show the distinct characteristics and strategic impact of emergent projects, those untypical or irregular projects outside the mainstream of the current project portfolio, in large organizations. Justification for the distinctive nature of emergent projects will be based on a model taken from a previous study made on project categorization (Crawford, 2006). The model will be used to show the distinct nature of emergent projects and to find the possible category for them before trying to justify the need for identifying the characteristics of 'emergent projects'. The analysis will shed some light on how to manage ¿emergent projects'' and should be useful, first of all, to project managers and executives of every kind and to those studying the effects of market dynamics on the application of project management in large organizations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book will evaluate the performance of fundamental indexation, relative to traditional indexation, in the South African context. A key research question is how much of the (excess) return of the fundamental indices is due to factor exposure, and how much above this is added by the technique of fundamental indexing. We then move to a more granular level of evaluation, as we shift from a market level of observation to sector level ¿ we examine fundamental indexation in the resource, industrial and financial sectors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This particular book aims to highlight the rivalry between ethical and unethical food marketing to children.Various case studies have been supplemented to elucidate how marketing ethics have been compromised by the advertisement agencies to gain profits.For this purpose basically the children have been made the target audience because of the mere fact that they are the ones who are more or less the doers of gullible acts of innocenceBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book estimates the competitiveness level of the UK beer market. In order to achieve this task, the model of Bresnahan (1982) and Lau (1982) is employed to determine the short term competitiveness while the model offered by Steen and Salvanes (1999) is used to determine the level of competition in the long-run. The findings show that the beer industry in the UK is perfectly competitive both in the short-run and in the long-run.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book examines the problems and challenges which the menace of Time Robbers; Financial-sector Mis-managers; Politico-religious and Socio-economic Militancy pose to the fabric of development of many nations across the world. It focuses on the Nigerian state by examining the catastrophic interruptions in her national development. The authors identify some critical concepts ¿ development; political development; national development; management and mis-management; time; time management; time robbers and militancy ¿ the non-understanding of which by the Nigeria''s political gladiators continues to contribute to the venomous potency of the menace of these anti-development problems. The authors conclude by recommending an efficacious tackling of the problems of corruption, lack of accountability and arrested development. They contend that this can be done through a real commitment to the catechism of accountability which, on its own can be enlivened through the revamping of the anti-corruption institutions of ICPC and EFCC both of which must be insulated from the unwarranted primordial emotions of ethnic, religious and geo-political considerations of Nigerians as a people.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The main aspects investigated in the present work are the distribution and concentration pattern of the major tribal groups (Boro, Rabha, Karbi, Dimasa, Deori, Mising, Tiwa and Sonowal kachari) residing in the state of Assam; the pattern of inter and intra- tribal variations in respect of development and social change; the pattern of socio-cultural characteristics, more particularly among the female section; and the main causes of their socio-economic backwardness. In addition, the pattern of social change among the women belonging to major tribal groups is assessed through direct observation in the field and available secondary data. The book altogether has seven chapters. The first two chapters give a theoretical framework of the study and geographical background of Assam. The third chapter presents the distribution pattern of the selected tribal groups.The fourth, fifth and sixth chapters discusses the prevailing social, cultural and economic characteristics and pattern of social change among the tribal women of the state. Finally, a synthesis of the whole work including a few suggestions have been presented in the last chapter.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This work explores identity formation among refugees from the ethnic group of Karen from Burma, in camps along the Thai-Burmese border, with a specific focus on youth and women. Using a combined theoretical framework of nationalism, power, structure, agency and gender, this work aims at pointing to complex relations between a militarized and masculine understanding of power; forceful social transformations related to life in refugee camps; and changing gender relations in a refugee situation; at the intersection of which we find the subjectivity formation of Karen refugees. The role of powerful organizations in the area is discussed, as well as aspects of marginalization, powerlessness and hopelessness on the one hand, and agency, hope and meaning-making on the other. The overall argument is that Karen representations of themselves, their homeland and their own situation and prospects seem to be characterized by ambiguity.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study centers on the effect that participating in a voluntary association has on its members'' general level of trust, proposing that not only a direct effect exists, but that the relationship is moderated by three specific characteristics of an association: its goals, the diversity of its composition, and the outside contacts that the association provides its members. Thus, associations proposed to create conditions fostering the spillover of personalized trust to others in society were those with the following characteristics: a) engage in activities that go beyond the attainment of its members'' self-interested goals, seeking public goods beneficial to society as a whole; b) congregate dissimilar people in terms of demographic characteristics¿age, education, sex, regional provenance and social class; and c) foster frequent interaction with outsiders who are not similar to the members of the association.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Since the democratic transition in 1994 the South African government has committed to take on the challenge of acting as a moral agent architect for its citizens. The book is written through the lens of a feminist analysis on land tenure security. It is a well narrated and research project. It includes an analysis of various acclaimed academic authors who hold the knowledge concerning land, gender and tenure security in South Africa. The book has insights on customary law, traditional authority and the conflict and challenges that arise due to the allocation of land to woman, challenges on woman¿s rights to own and administer land spark a lengthy debate. The government need to build a relationship regarding indigenous traditional customs and western models of democratic systems and create institution that will be dedicated to gender related issues. Women rights should be protected and recognised especially concerning land tenure. security.The government of South Africa should critically assess its land reform policies and needs to constantly create harmony between what has been a divided society, even in their modern policies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Does Central Banks loose their control on Monetary Policy The main scope of the book is to test the empirical validity of enriching money demand function with derivatives using the new monetary aggregates. As a result it is concluded that monetary policy has lost some effectiveness after the introduction of derivative instruments to the financial markets. In the application part time series models are used for modeling money demand and supply.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This text book presents the application of time series econometrics methods in economics. The main focus of this book is to describe the main principles of time series models and show how they can be used to understand the process of macroeconomic variables and the way they interact each other. In this book, the autoregressive models (ARMA), vector autoregressive (VAR) models, error correction models together with the cointegration analysis, and a well explained econometric modeling procedure are described; with application in modeling and forecasting the inflation process in Rwanda as a country whose economic activities is processing so fast after the 1994 genocide. This text book is very useful for undergraduate students whose specialization is economics, econometrics, statistics and mathematics, and for postgraduate students in the fields mentioned above.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book focuses on a specific issue of the former Yugoslavia''s dissolution, on the recognition of new states particularly on the long-awaited independence of Kosovo, which has been declared on 17th of February 2008, when 109 Kosovo''s parliament member signed the Declaration of Independence and proclaimed Kosovo as a state. When Serbia in 2008 filled the request before the ICJ on whether, the unilateral declaration of independence by the of Kosovo was in accordance with International law, many authors were sceptical. The ICJ delivered its advisory opinion on 22 July 2010, that ¿the declaration of independence of the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law.¿ The author hails as many of the countries argued defending the Kosovo''s recognition that in international law there is no rule that prohibits the declaration of independence, or secession. The author gives strong arguments as the most of the countries that already recognized Kosovo are hailing the decision of ICJ and saying it was ¿unique¿ and does not set a precedent. As of 30 September 2010, seventy states have recognized formally Kosovar declaration of independence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -To date, in the Azerbaijan Republic mountain tourism is regarded as the industry can create a multiplier effect in the development of regional industry, and in some areas form the basis of socio-economic development. The development of tourist and recreational complex and its parts, mountain tourism, accompanied by a number of both positive and negative results, which requires the creation of an improved management of development, taking into account the specificity of tourism as a complex interdisciplinary, integrating, generating and supporting the development of several sectors of the economy. This book focuses on urban development research of mountainous area in the village Laza,Gusar region in Azerbaijan Republic, in order to create a modern Olympic Ski Town. This book provides detailed material on the physical and geographical description of Gusar region. As result, in this book, based on studied material was offered one example of urban planning and organization Mountain Olympic Ski Town.This book will be especially useful for architects, designers, urban planners.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -During 1970''s and 1980''s, Pakistan has experienced a massive outflow of Pakistanis migrating to work in other countries particularly in Middle East. This has resulted in significant financial inflow in form of remittances. The remittances have become a valuable source of foreign exchange for economic development of Pakistan.In this research, we attempted analytical analysis of important economic issue of workers remittances effect the economic growth in Pakistan. So, those who are interested in the economic growth of Asian Developing countries must read this book and get to know real situation of economic stability and instability drawn from this pure piece of research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Surgical training has recently undergone significant changes, driven by patient safety and the reduced training time imposed by the European Working Time Directive. There is an educational gap to the current training framework in the UK and raises the question are we training our surgeons effectively and appropriately for the role they are to perform This book explores the diverse accounts of surgeons in training through their lived experiences of operative training and maps them to the expectations set out by the Royal Colleges of Surgery in the UK. Different approaches to training and relative success of such strategies as perceived by trainees are discussed. Great concordance in experiences exists with cognitive and social constructive theories of learning. The analysis underlines the importance of learner responsibility and the trainer to effective operative training and that learning achieved through social engagement within a community of learners should not be neglected. These findings and discussion will be of use to both surgical trainees and trainers to enhance the learning experience in the operating theatre both inside and outside the NHS.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There are very few testing tools on the market today that combine testing and coverage. The tools that do combine these two element use a very simple coverage metric. This book contributes an extension to an automated testing tool called T2 that enhances it with a more sophisticated coverage measurement based on prime paths. This solution crucially relies on byte code instrumentation. However, a more elaborate instrumentation scheme is now needed. This is solved by combining it with a programming paradigm called Aspect Oriented Programming. Although a widely accepted paradigm, Aspect Oriented Programming has not been used eminently in software testing. T2 generates sequences of tests and randomly creates values as input to these tests. Due to T2''s random properties, it cannot guarantee a high code coverage. To address this, the extension also adds active strategies to improve T2''s coverage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A novel methodology has been described, employing the Ramberg-Bäcklund rearrangement to synthesize C-glycosides. The Ramberg-Bäcklund sequence to provide C-glycosides includes three intermediates: thioglycoside, sulfonyl glycoside, and exo-glycal. Thio-glycosides can be easily made using different methods. Sulfone formation was routine with MMPP. The one-pot Ramberg-Bäcklund reaction of sulfone was done using C2Br2F4 , t-BuOH and KOH/Al2O3 under reflux to afford an exo-glycal intermediate. The belta-C-glycosides can be made by hydrogenolysis of exo-glycals using H2 and Pd/C. The alpha-C-glycosides can be made stereoselectively from exo-glycals via intramolecular ionic hydrogenation as the key step. Some of the C- glycerolipids that have been prepared exhibit strikingly similar in vitro antiproliferative effects to those of O-glycoside analogs.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Global teleconnections have significant effects on regional climate, economy and society around the world including India. The long-range forecasting of the seasonal rainfall anomalies associated with teleconnections is of paramount interest for monsoon prediction and other associated climatic risks. Scientific investigation entitled, ¿Regional monsoon dynamics and teleconnections¿ was carried out for the meteorological sub-division comprising of the provinces of Haryana, Delhi and Chandigarh. The annual mean rainfall ranged 402.3 mm at Sirsa and 1122.4 mm at Chandigarh. Contribution of monsoon season was maximum (77 to 82%) in annual rainfall. Strong relationship between teleconnections and all India monsoon rainfall was observed. But, this significant association was missing at different locations. The regression models developed for prediction of location specific monsoon rainfall overestimated the rainfall. The knowledge allows the linkage between the regional monsoon rainfall anomalies, normal rainfall cycle, and the circulation features associated with teleconnections for fine tuning the prediction system for sustainable agricultural development.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Metallizing is a technique of coating metal on the surface of non-metallic objects. Because a non- metallic object tends to be a poor electrical conductor, the object''s surface must be made conductive before plating can be performed. Vacuum metallizing is one method of metallizing which involves heating the coating metal to its boiling point in a vacuum chamber, then letting condensation deposit the metal on the substrate''s surface. Vacumm metallizing was used to deposit aluminum on the large glass mirrors of reflecting telescopes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.