Lap lambert academic publishing sep 2009 (422 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this book is to examine how the governments in the Commonwealth of Independent States used the Internet to promote foreign investor relations and communicate with foreign investors at the earliest stages of the 'online government' phenomenon in 2002. The study also researches the degree of effectiveness of government Web sites created for communication with foreign investors. The research suggests the developing area of investor relations on the Internet in post-Soviet republics in 2002 was underdeveloped and therefore ineffective. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There is plenty of evidence to suggest that companies in some parts of the world are increasingly diversifying the geographic scope of their business activities in the pursuit of competitive advantage. Although geographic expansion comes with a set of benefits, different phases of cost may diminish the performance benefits of internationalization. In this study, we extend geographic diversification research to a new context (Taiwanese-based) and tried to explore internationalization-performance relationship at difference expansion phases. We tested our new theoretical model with a longitudinal data set comprising 214 Taiwanese electronic industries during 2000 to 2007 periods. This sample captured Taiwanese electronic manufacturing substantially involved in internationalization activities and their relationship with performance, which was necessary to discover their different changes in our study. Further, the moderating effect of host countries political risk and psychic distance are key variables that should not be underestimated. 76 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mary Wollstonecraft has been hailed by many within British feminist circles as revolutionary. Wollstonecraft's 'Vindication on the Rights of Woman' was the first major theoretical feminist work in history. However, although Wollstonecraft is largely praised as a pioneer by most British feminists, her critics still persist. Because rhetoric is a vital tool for reflecting and influencing cultural norms and values, any efforts to suppress Wollstonecraft's rhetoric stand to teach us some important lessons regarding what British culture values and condemns. When viewed through the lens of contemporary British culture, the rhetoric of Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates many of the continued gender inequities confronting British women today. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work tries to integrate and classify occupational values of two cities social work students and social workers by using both sociology and anthropological lens, informants come mainly from Beijing and Paris. The conclusion is that occupational value is the representation of definite cultural context and is closely connected with the always changing social policies and also one s personal decision. Social work is both international and local; its international core value should be considered and practiced according to local situation. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This paper will focus on how growth has been allocated among the people in Brazil, during the years of 1976 and 2003. Poverty and inequalities are investigated along with poverty reduction, thus if growth has been pro poor. In addition, the regional differences - the southeast and the northeast - are analyzed separately in order to see if there is any difference in the two regions in the agricultural and the industrial sector respectively. This is done to see if there is any correlation between growth and poverty reduction. Using to the theory by Arthur Lewis who developed a two sector model - the agricultural and industrial - the 'Lewis organizational dualism'. This model was later modified by Gunnar Myrdal and Nicholas Kaldor, who blamed the current situation of the society on 'historical accident' where, because of an upward spiral of cumulative causation, urban areas grew and regions in the periphery stagnated. Data collected from Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada between the periods 1976 - 2003 was used and showed that the income in the poorest part of the population seemed to grow at a much slower past than of the rich. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An organization's success and even survival depends on its ability to fulfill its customers' expectations. Thus, understanding customers' expectations and especially the variables that influence these expectations are fundamental for any organization. The service marketing literature has given considerable attention to a wide variety of variables that influence customers' expectations. However, only limited attention has been given to customer demographic characteristics and personality. The purpose of this work is to explore these influences. Specifically, this work examines the influence of four personality traits (positive and negative affect, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and optimism/pessimism) and four demographic characteristics (age, gender, level of education, and income level) on two levels of customer expectations - desired and adequate. This book fits both practitioners and academics audiences. Executives and managers can use this work to better understand what their customers want. Professors and students can use this book to gain in- depth knowledge to the area of customer expectations. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many rural and northern communities have experienced population deline as a result of changing economic and social conditions, which were ushered in by industrialization, modernization and, more recently, globalization. In Canada, youth related-programs focusing on keeping young people in the rural and northern communities have been suggested and, to an extent, implemented. It is of importance to know if these programs are addressing the major factors of youth out-migration and how effective these programs are in Manitoba. This project examined the nature of youth-related programs implemented in rural and northern communities in Manitoba, (b) investigated the extent to which these programs directly address the major factors responsible for youth out-migration, and (c) makes recommendations for youth retention and return migration toward policy and better youth programming in rural and northern Manitoba. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines the identity formation and the roles of translation, embodiment and migrancy in women s writings in Japan and North America - more specifically in English Canada, Québec - in the 1980s and 1990s. The participation of women and minorities in culture has historically been neglected. Since the advent of second wave feminisms and of civil and minority rights movements - particularly since the 1980s and 1990s - women and minorities have been both visible and vocal, claiming for themselves a speaking position at the very centre of mainstream culture. My analysis also posits that the work of these migrant and minority women writers allows readers to question their own identities in a postmodern and multicultural society. 136 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this book, the focus is on media ownership of the news media and the effects this might have on news media reporting. We will focus on two relatively recent historical events relevant to what is here described as 'democratic practice,' i.e. the actual state of a functioning democracy. These events, Watergate and Iran-Contra, are used as test cases to detect possible variations in reporting on the part of the corporate news media in the United States, including ABC news, NBC news, and CBS news. It is often suggested that media consolidation and monopolization has had an adverse effect on the news medias ability to be objective, and or to represent democratic structures presupposed in pluralist notions of a demcoratic society. As we will see, the ability of the news media to function as a watch dog for the public has been seriously compromised, consistent with recent notions of a monopolizing media. This book deals with the consequences of this during political crises in the United States. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Every organization needs to be in a good shape.Both profit and none profit organization.Productivity,Effectiveness,Efficiency and so on.are needed to make sure that they are on the right track. One important thing that it has to do with is committment. What are the factors What makes it work What to do with different levels of the employees regarding to committment.All these questions you can find the answers in this book . 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Failed states no longer function as bordered regions with a government providing for its people border security, political stability, transparency, economic development, cultural independence, supportive infrastructure, and a judicial system based on rule of law maintaining order effectively. A subset of the failed state perspectives developed and defined in this research project is the limbo state model. While displaying traits of statehood, such as having a border, an infrastructure, economic development, and a functioning government, the limbo state is controlled by a major state in the military, economic, and political realms. Four empirical explanatory concepts define the limbo aspects of this model and are (briefly): 1) patterns of invasions by and political and administrative domination by a state occupying the limbo state; 2) patterns of weak leadership; 3) patterns of settlers immigrating to the occupied limbo state; and 4) patterns of complex and paradoxical responses expressed by the population. Northern Ireland and Jammu-and-Kashmir are model examples of limbo states. The final task of this study is review of current and future usefulness of the limbo state model. 300 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In recent years, the issue of child participation in armed conflicts has captured the attention of the world. Cruel images of child soldiers are broadcasted around the globe in the hope to provoke an international strive against the growing numbers of children involved in and affected by conflict. Although the world is responding, the goal of bringing the involvement of children in or children being affected by war to an end is far from being reached. Especially when it comes to healing the wounds of war. The ultimate goal of this book is to work towards a possible strategy to reintegrate child soldiers into their former environment as part of their healing process. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a general introduction to the work of significant women's historians concerning some of the main problems of the field of women s history. The questions explored are some of the central issues in women's history today. They include the problem of defining feminism; exploring whether sisterhood was powerful across the boundaries of class, ethnicity, and race; the uses to which women put the Cult of True Womanhood ; the question of solidarity between men and women; the problem of women s protective labor legislation; the problem of occupational sex segregation; how woman suffrage triumphed; the dilemma of post-suffrage feminism; and the problem of ideology in art. Anyone who wants to understand what the new women's history is all about will find this short guide useful. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Prior research demonstrates that the use of decision aids by auditors can influence jurors' assessments of liability for audit failure. This study extends such research to tax preparation, investigating how tax practitioners' use of decision aids influences jurors' evaluations of liability. Participants included 226 qualified jurors responding to a hypothetical lawsuit against a tax practitioner for alleged negligence. Results suggest that the use of decision aids, regardless of reliability, influences jurors' assessments of liability for tax return failure, decreasing liability if the aid's recommendation is implemented and increasing liability if the recommendation is overridden. This study also tests the influence of firm size, firm fees, and demographic characteristics on jurors' damage assessments. Consistent with prior research, this study finds that jurors are more likely to assess damages against a large firm. Contrary to prior research, this study finds that neither firm fees nor demographic characteristics are significantly related to jurors' damage assessments. 96 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this study, you can find out some theorical informations and practical implications of Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis. The project that has been evaluated in this study is, Internet Services over Cable TV Network in North Cyprus. This study deals with the construction of cable TV network in North Cyprus and discuss why the system is applicable to North Cyprus in terms of both technology features and its cost. Financial, economic, distributive, risk and the sensitivity of the project has been done. In the financial analysis, you can see how to construct the cash flow statement of a project where the difference between the receipts and expenditures are considered. Sensitivity analysis measures the sensitivity of the project''s outcomes to the changes in one or two of the inputs of the projects while assuming all other inputs being constant. Economic analysis aims to examine the project from the economy''s point of view to determine whether or not its implementation will improve the economic welfare of the country. Distributive analysis seeks to allocate the net benefits and losses generated by the project among stakeholders. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although many had previously credited President Nixon and Dr. Kissinger with the key achievements in the U. S. - China rapprochement, this work argues that it was mainly because of the sound policy role played by the U. S. Department of State in dealing with China that allowed the President and Dr. Kissinger to be able to bring about the rapprochement with China. The State Department had been dealing with China diplomatically since at least 1954, through the Warsaw Talks and even had been formulating strategy in dealing diplomatically with Communist China at least since 1949. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study aims to find the best policy, which would induce the Indian coal-based power plants to abate particulate emissions in the most cost effective way. The empirical analysis of the power plants suggests that replacing the age-old boilers is of utmost importance along with switching to low-ash albeit expensive coal is cost effective. Installation of pollution control equipment in the form of an ESP or a baghouse depends on the target emission level. In the Indian scenario and ash tax can be considered the best policy instrument along with an emission tax to induce the power plants to adopt the cost efficient technology. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The fountain of youth has not been found yet; the human s dream of immortality maintains its current interest. The current rejuvenation endeavor of the humans reoccurs around a specific popular topic: Anti-Aging . This study presents that recent anti-aging discourse includes certain perceptions and assumptions about living and keeping alive which are peculiar to late modern times and innocent-looking suggestions of this discourse determine the ideal borders of aging body. It argues that anti-aging discourse redefines the meaning of age, transforms the aging process into a performative sphere and reinterprets human temporality by narrating aging process with certain metaphors and represents the aging as a merely biological and controllable situation. To find out the peculiarity of the present war against aging, the author combines Foucauldian theory on the power over life and Sontag s approach to the metaphorical representation of illness . Under the light of these theoretical sources the work presents a compelling cartography of the anti-aging s new body and lifestyle project which transforms our experiences and perceptions concerning our aging bodies. 92 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The continued failure to devise and implement a sound and sustainable immigration policy weakens America's economy and threatens its national security. Many prominent economists believe that the United States needs a profound change in its immigration laws and practices. This volume tackles the issues of legal and illegal immigration in a rigorous manner using econometrics analysis and provides clear policy recommendations. Topics discussed also include outsourcing in a context of unionized oligopoly. The author's empirical evidence demonstrates that large scale amnesties that provide legal status for illegal immigrants should be avoided, as they create unhealthy stimulus for future illegal immigration. The empirical evidence presented also suggests that recent legal immigrants from Mexico facilitate the flow of illegal migrants from Mexico. With respect to legal immigration, the author shows that higher index of Economic Freedom is associated with increased migration flows. The book will be found highly illuminating to immigration theorists and practitioners as well as to students and researchers interested in immigration and outsourcing. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -International HRD Consulting On Your Own: In a series of post-911 interviews, ten Human Resource Development professionals talk about their lives and work as independent international consultants. Averaging better than two decades abroad, they share the joy and excitement of working in exotic lands as well as the unpredictability, perils and loneliness of cultural isolation. Relive their tales of amazement and growth, as well as exhaustion and fear, through their own words. Finally, confront with them the shock of returning home to colleagues who do not understand the subtleties of foreign ways, organizations unwilling to embrace their hard-earned skills negotiating the labyrinths of cross-cultural interaction, and the corner desk now occupied by someone else. A must read for those who would work overseas in a changing business environment or for a non-profit global enterprise, by an author who has held both short and long-term engagements in exotic lands, and who has lived through two states of siege and a revolution, himself. The insights gained here will help you better prepare for both the rigors and pleasure that attend international work. 104 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The current global recession and difficult economical situation threatens the competitive position of organizations. The Dutch economy is closely linked to the global economy resulting in a situation which forces Dutch companies having to take measures in order to reduce costs and to survive in the market. One of the strategies to reduce costs is downsizing. This thesis provides insights in the effects of downsizing on survivors and indicates which measures managers should take in order to reduce survivor syndrome. Downsizing is an emotional impactful intervention not only for laid off employees, but also for remaining employees. In many cases, organizations take good care of employees who have to leave. However, the surviving employees emotional feelings hardly receive any attention, which can lead to the development of survivor syndrome . Organizations often forget that survivors are those who have to realize the organizational goals after downsizing process. Managers are able to influence the feelings of survivors and reduce survivor syndrome and voluntary turnover by providing open communication and increase the degree of perceived fairness. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Based on Christina Reid's five Plays,the aim of this study is to put under discussion the idea that the sectarian conflict between the two ethno-religious communities in Northern Ireland is maintained deliberately and a national identity unique to the people in this country cannot be constructed at least in the near future. Both factions try to adhere themselves to a national identity through their communal ideology.The Protestants claim that they are part of Britain,while the Catholics claim that they are members of Irish Nation. This situation has led to reluctance in both communities to stop the conflictual circumstances encouraging both groups to tether to their traditions more intensely,to contribute to the otherization process reinforcing their social identity and to impose their working ideology on their new members whose divergence from traditions will definitely pose a threat to their identity.Also,in this country the forgetting/remembering process is orchestrated by the two communities to enlarge the intercommunal chasm through the narration of the old stories and memories,creation of stories,commemoration activities and museumizing certain objects. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work proposes some ideas of how synergies of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Sustainable Development (SD) can be realized. A process based change model for SD has been developed. Synergies between TQM and SD have been discussed in the literature but further important possibilities of synergies remain untapped. Process focus and process management are believed to be important for realizing these synergies. Even if process management has been shown to contribute to organizational performance, it seems that most organizations do not focus on processes. This seems specifically to apply to process management for SD. Descriptive and easy-to-use process models should be able to enhance the introduction of process management. The ability to identify, map and measure the organizational processes constitutes an important part of identifying opportunities for improvement. Process models could be used for both describing actual performance and the process to improve it. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Milling provides an efficient method for accurate discrete part fabrication. However, successful implementation requires the selection of appropriate operating parameters. Balancing the multiple process requirements, including high material removal rate, maximum part accuracy, chatter avoidance, and adequate surface finish, to arrive at an optimum solution is difficult without the aid of an optimization framework. In this work a robust optimization algorithm that accounts for the inherent process uncertainty and surface location error sensitivity is developed. Two optimization criteria are considered, namely, surface location error and material removal rate under the stability constraint. The trade off curve of surface location error versus material removal rate is calculated for the mean values of input parameters, as well as for a confidence level in the stability boundary. The validity of the optimization algorithm is established by comparison to experiment. 204 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is an ubiquituous enzyme which in animals and in man takes part in the metabolism of biologically active or toxic catechols including catechol-structured drugs.The effects of endogenous catecholamines and catechol-structured drugs can be potentiated if the function of COMT is inhibited. This is likely to lead also to haemodynamic effects and changes in catecholamine metabolism.The first COMT inhibitors were toxic, unspecific and short-acting. Therefore the effects of COMT inhibition in man were widely unexplored in man before the intoduction of the second generation COMT inhibitors.The second generation COMT inhibitors entacapone and tolcapone have now established their role as effective agents in the treatment of Parkinson''s disease. This book summarizes a series of studies investitigating the effects of COMT inhibition on haemodynamics, catecholamine metabolism, including some interaction studies with drugs interfering with catecholamine disposition.This book gives also a short review of the literature on this topic and should be useful for professionals and students having interest in the COMT inhibition and COMT inhibitors. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -3-D GPR data tested stratigraphic and structural imaging of the near-surface. These data were integrated with geologic data to characterize a reservoir analog. GPR reflection times and amplitude distributions were used to generate a geostatistical model of sedimentary structures. Fluid permeabilities were assigned to sedimentary structures and were constrained by borehole and outcrop data. Reservoir properties were analyzed and petrographic analysis produced data on porosity, lithology, and cementation. Clay fraction, permeability, porosity, and water content were predicted from electrical properties. Permittivities were predicted by effective medium models. Dissociated phase models and coated grain models inverted for water saturation and water permittivity. Effective permittivities are lithology dependent and porosity influences permittivity sensitivity. Permittivity from the Maxwell_Garnett (M-G) theory and the differential effective medium (DEM) theory were compared with a finite-element (FE) implementation of multipole theory. M-G model predictions in a porous medium are inadequate for multipole polarization. Permittivity predictions for DEM and FE models are very similar. 176 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This lab-top monograph is developed for new as well as experienced microbiologists to help them in finding all the day to day information at one place to minimize the labour of searching the needed information from pages of voluminous editions of microbiology books. The monograph encompasses information on procedures (standard as well as short cuts) for biochemical tests, making buffers, antibiotic solutions, media and dye solutions (indicator solutions) for characterization of bacteria through conventional and modern methods. Conventional and special staining procedures, sterilization methods and preservation of microbes are described in simple language. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Disasters cause great human suffering and inflict catastrophic destruction and death. As humans, nurses experience all the emotional, psychological, and physical responses common to all victims of disasters. However, because of their unique position in the health care system, they often are asked to contain these personal responses while providing care for others. Hurricane Katrina, a Category Four hurricane, made landfall on August 29, 2005, along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Louisiana. Health care workers and patients were stranded in hospitals, where they experienced extreme environmental conditions. Nurses heroically provided care to patients in these extreme conditions even when they feared death, watched patients die, had their lives threatened, and some eventually became patients. Because of their love and loyalty to others and the profession of nursing they went to work not knowing that the experience would be what they imagined nursing in hell would be like. This book includes firsthand accounts of the experiences of nine nurses providing care to patients during and immediately following Hurricane Katrina before evacuations were completed. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research presents results of an integrated approach including geochronology, paleomagnetism, petrography, x-ray diffraction analysis, depositional environment and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of Oligocene-age continental rift basin sediments. It provides a convincing analysis of the sedimentary and structural processes involved in the evolution of an Oligocene rift basin and offers inferences for both modern and ancient rift basins. The Chilga rift basin is located in northwestern Ethiopia, and it is a continental rift basin with isolated outcrops of sedimentary and volcanic basin fill separated by faults related to rift processes. Continental rift basins, such as the Chilga basin that contain outcrops which can be correlated with marker beds and that can be dated with a suitable dating method provide a unique opportunity in understanding the tectonic and stratigraphic evolution of rift basins. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of this continental rift basin was made using correlation of marker ash beds, radioisotopic and paleomagnetic age dating, depositional environment interpretation, sequence stratigraphic interpretation, and structural analysis. 352 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Realistic human face rendering is a difficult task in computer graphics due to complexity of facial geometric shape and light reflectance properties of human skin. In recent years, many techniques have been introduced to render realistic faces, with various degrees of complexity and realism. Image based rendering technique, which uses images instead of polygons to render faces has been proposed to enhance realism of 3D-face model. In this book, the design of a system of color rendering of human faces under variable lighting is described. The systems synthesize a color image of face under an arbitrary lighting condition given an image of face and a bootstrap set of images. The book covers basic knowledge and algorithms for developing the color face rendering systems, as well as detailed discussions of color adjustment and quality of the rendered color faces. 100 pp. Englisch.…