Scholars' press jan 2014 (254 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book investigated the effects of drug abuse in secondary schools in Garissa and Ijara districts of North Eastern Province, Kenya. This problem of drug abuse may be responsible for various adverse effects on students like the deterioration in academic performance in a number of schools and the indiscipline cases in form of school strikes. The problem of the effects of drug abuse by students in schools in Garissa and Ijara districts was not known since no such study had ever been done there. Therefore, this study focused on the objectives of finding out the sources and types of drugs abused by students in schools, causes and the effects of drug abuse on the students, schools, and the local community. Other objectives were to find out the factors contributing to failure to contain drug abuse and the possible solutions to minimize drug abuse in the two districts of study. The information was elicited by use of questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions. The findings established that abused drugs were mainly khat, cigarettes, and marijuana. In conclusion, urgent measures should be put in place in order to save the students from the dangers of drug abuse.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book investigated the effects of drug abuse in secondary schools in Garissa and Ijara districts of North Eastern Province, Kenya. This problem of drug abuse may be responsible for various adverse effects on students like the deterioration in academic performance in a number of schools and the indiscipline cases in form of school strikes. The problem of the effects of drug abuse by students in schools in Garissa and Ijara districts was not known since no such study had ever been done there. Therefore, this study focused on the objectives of finding out the sources and types of drugs abused by students in schools, causes and the effects of drug abuse on the students, schools, and the local community. Other objectives were to find out the factors contributing to failure to contain drug abuse and the possible solutions to minimize drug abuse in the two districts of study. The information was elicited by use of questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions. The findings established that abused drugs were mainly khat, cigarettes, and marijuana. In conclusion, urgent measures should be put in place in order to save the students from the dangers of drug abuse.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book investigated the effects of drug abuse in secondary schools in Garissa and Ijara districts of North Eastern Province, Kenya. This problem of drug abuse may be responsible for various adverse effects on students like the deterioration in academic performance in a number of schools and the indiscipline cases in form of school strikes. The problem of the effects of drug abuse by students in schools in Garissa and Ijara districts was not known since no such study had ever been done there. Therefore, this study focused on the objectives of finding out the sources and types of drugs abused by students in schools, causes and the effects of drug abuse on the students, schools, and the local community. Other objectives were to find out the factors contributing to failure to contain drug abuse and the possible solutions to minimize drug abuse in the two districts of study. The information was elicited by use of questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions. The findings established that abused drugs were mainly khat, cigarettes, and marijuana. In conclusion, urgent measures should be put in place in order to save the students from the dangers of drug abuse. 244 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Over the past decade, researchers and food manufacturers have significantly focused attention on polyphenols. The key reason for this interest is the recognition of the antioxidant properties of these substances, their great abundance in our diet and the probable role in preventing diseases associated with oxidative stress. The great class of polyphenols consists the phenylpropanoids glucosides, distributed in many medicinal plants, which are responsible for cytostatic, cardiac and hepatic effects. One of the major representatives of the phenylpropanoids glucosides is verbascoside, retrieved from different plants belonging to the Verbenaceae family and featured a rhamnose units linked to glucose, which serves as a bridge. The literature on the biological activity of verbascoside is very wide: it possesses an anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, cholesterol-lowering, cardiotonic, epato-protective effect, photoprotective, analgesic and neuroprotective activity. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research work involves a profile characteristics of Small and Micro Enterprises in Voi Municipality, Kenya. A thorough literature review was undertaken before coming up with research questions and hypothesis that was used to guide the research study. The main variables of the study were drawn from factors that affect the performance of small and micro enterprises such as social demographics, business ownership, business financing and government laws and regulations. It is evident that majority of Small and Micro Enterprises face similar challenges in both developed and developing countries. This study employed cluster random sampling which was found to be relevant due to the different types of business activities on which small and micro entrepreneurs are engaged in are unable to be reached out to by the diverse products offered by these microfinance institutions despite their notable presence in Taita Taveta County. The findings indicate that form of business ownership, nature of financing, government laws and regulations and socio-demographic factors such as gender, age, level of education and business location affect the performance of Small and Micro Enterprises in Voi. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Saffron, although one of the most important crops, has received very little attention from the scientific community. Particularly, no reports are available on the rhizosphere microbiology of the crop that would show the relationship between the corm and fertility management. The rhizosphere was evaluated by the use of different selective media. Isolates were characterized on morphological and biochemical basis. These isolated were screened for their growth promoting activities on the basis of production of ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, phosphate solubilization and production of Indole acetic acid. This study clearly indicates that bacteria associated with the rhizosphere of Saffron have beneficial effects on growth. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study was conducted to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal helminth parasites of equines existing in Mekelle town of north Ethiopia.The study was conducted from October 2010 up to March 2011.I declare that the information presented here in my book is my original work, has not been presented for degree in any other university and that all sources of materials used for the book have been duly acknowledged. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seismic risk management is concerned with complexity of diverse impacts and sorts of uncertainties involved in modeling, assessing and managing the earthquake risk. The way to handle uncertainty is a critical challenge in risk management and can mislead the overall decisions particularly in seismic risk mitigation programs where several projects are involved. Emergent complexity and uncertainties necessitate establishing a risk management system to address the risk in a reliable and realistic way. Current research proposes a heuristic model that combines both theoretically well-grounded system approach and risk analysis on a common framework. Hierarchical system approach is proposed to reduce the complexity of the risk inventory and turn it to set of manageable sub-systems. To capture uncertainties associated with observation and expert judgments, fuzzy modeling techniques was used. The applicability of the proposed models was tested over a group of retrofitting schools. Unlike conventional risk assessment methods, the methodology demonstrated more transparency and flexibility in practice. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chicken infectious anaemia is an immunosuppressive disease primarily of young chickens, but it also infects the chickens of all age groups. The loss due to CIAV infection are estimated to crores of rupees causing great economic hardship to the poultry farmers due to increased mortality, poor growth, poor feed conversion, reduced weight gain and increased condemnation rates at slaughter and the cost of antibiotics used to control secondary bacterial infections. Hence, the current scenario warrants the need for constant monitoring of this virus in the field for emergence of any new variants and consequent change in pathogenicity. Therefore, the need was felt to go for the detection and molecular characterization of CIAV circulating in the field, in order to emphasize the importance of CIAV in the state. This book, a part of M.V.Sc thesis submitted to the Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India explores the characterization of the CIAV at genome level, serosurveillance of CIAV in different breeder flocks and commercial layer birds, detection of CIAV infection in commercial poultry farms, and assessing CIAV contamination in different live poultry vaccines 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main aim of this work is to explore the gauge integrals over Metric Measure Spaces, particularly the McShane and the Henstock-Kurzweil integrals. We prove that the McShane-integral is unaltered even if one chooses some other classes of divisions. We analyze the notion of absolute continuity of charges and its relation with the Henstock-Kurzweil integral. A measure theoretic characterization of the Henstock-Kurzweil integral on finite dimensional Euclidean Spaces, in terms of the full variational measure is presented, along with some partial results on Metric Measure Spaces. We conclude this manual with a set of questions on Metric Measure Spaces which are open for researchers. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book dealt about the climate, climate change and its efect on insect species. This book gives breif information on the different responses of insect speceis to the weather parameters and climate change. The effect of rising carbon dioxide on the insect plant interactions were discussed as it is a great concern in the coming years. This book is highly useful for the people who are intersted to know the interaction between climate and insect species. This book can also help the UG and PG students to understand the behaviour of insect pests in the context of changing climate. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The purpose of this case study was to develop an understanding of the elementary principal s perceived role in creating and sustaining a collaborative workplace environment within their school. Collaboration among education professionals, when used effectively, is one strategy that has demonstrated improvement of instruction and student learning. As such, in this context the role of the principal becomes more complex and challenging. This study examined the perception of the elementary principal s role regarding the establishment and perpetuation of a collaborative workplace environment for teachers that is focused on improving student learning within their buildings. 84 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We live in a world full of different cultures and languages that meet and interact every day. Classrooms today consist of a variety of students with different needs, learning styles, interests, cultural and educational backgrounds and levels of knowledge. Mainstream teachers are expected to create and provide lessons that meet the needs of all of their students. ESL students can bring additional challenges to an already assorted group of learners. Part of the role of an ESL teacher is to be available to the mainstream teachers to offer additional support and strategies that can be implemented to best help the ESL students. This led to my question, What strategies do mainstream teachers need to in order to meet the needs of their ESL students This book discusses the research that I conducted in order to determine an answer to my question. I discovered what mainstream teachers already knew, and more importantly, what they felt they needed more information about in educating ESL students. Their feedback allowed me to determine what mainstream teachers wanted to know more about so I could provide strategies that they need in order to meet the needs of their ESL students. 100 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A research view of medical and mental healthcare clinicians working collaboratively for the benefit of the client, from the client's perspective. This grounded theory research generated the Envirotherafamilial Collaborative Care Paradigm (ETFCCP). This research discusses the benefits and outcomes from a generated grounded theory of all healthcare providers working integratively and collaboratively from a biopsychosocial model. 180 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this interdisciplinary work of Critical Theory, Philosophy and Art Practice, Frederick Young, closely and boldly exams current notions of Ethics as articulated by the French philosopher, Immanuel Levinas, as a place to question para-philosophcial and para-academic notions of animality, and conceptual art in order to re-think our notions of the political. Young provides a close reading of the French philosopher, Jean-Luc Nancy, to ex-pose a new relation of 'being-with' (mitsein) without the 'being.' Nancy's challenge to ontology opens up critical questions for Young regarding the notion of a city (or polis), which, in turn, becomes a radical reconfiguration of ''the political.' Although not explicitly stated, Young seeks to engage with Walter Benjamin's haunting question of what a 'politics of art' might look like, or perhaps, more precisely, how a 'politics of art' might, by means of transformative critique, produce inhuman materialities of a new concept of the political--a radical ethical turn without ontology, fundamental or otherwise. In the final chapters, Young turns to film and the controversial conceptual art collective Neue Slowenische Kunst, to suggest art practice. 180 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Apparel market has witnessed a tremendous change with respect to dressing pattern and style, use branded items, choice of fibres and awareness. Indian textile industry is one of the major employment generation sector, next to agriculture and it has provided employment to about 15 million people in urban and rural areas. A study was undertaken to investigate the customer preference towards apparels from Garuda and Forum Shopping Malls of Westside, The Trent Ltd., (Tata Group), in Bangalore city. A critical analysis was done to study the customer s awareness, buying behavior and preference towards the range of apparels of Westside, the reasons for their preference and their suggestions for improving and increasing the sales volume of apparels in Westside. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Online education has experienced exponential growth in American higher education, yet little research has been conducted on how online courses and programs are structured and governed in traditional colleges and universities. Employing a comparative case study design, this study examines the organizational aspects that have influenced three state-level virtual universities in their ability to sustain. An analysis of data collected from 43 higher education leaders, administrators and faculty members indicates that consortium is a viable approach to coordinating online education at the state level, but tremendous challenges remain. The lessons learned are of great use to higher education leaders in planning and running virtual universities and open universities. This study is also informative for students and researchers who employ qualitative inquiry in conducting research in education. 232 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Early HIV diagnosis has two major advantages: prevention of the progression of HIV infection through early initiation of antiretroviral medication; and reduction of the risk of HIV transmission. Despite these advantages, many individuals do not obtain an HIV test. African-born immigrants in the United States (U.S) are often diagnosed at a late stage of the HIV infection, and are more likely than the US-born persons to enter HIV care with advanced HIV. This unique epidemiological profile notwithstanding, few academic literatures exist on the HIV testing patterns of African immigrants in the U.S. U.S. surveillance reports often marginalize African-born immigrants and cluster them with U.S. born blacks. This book models a research framework to reach this marginalized, hard-to-reach immigrant population. Through a survey methodology, the book elucidated the HIV testing behaviors of African immigrants. Findings expounded in this book point in many directions for consideration by health professionals and by the African immigrant community. Interventions to enhance awareness of HIV risk and to expand HIV testing to meet the exact needs of this group of immigrants appears to be needed. 212 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Enterprises are complex systems constantly seeking to adapt to the shifting environment. This book develops and validates a Framework for Enterprise Systems Engineering (ESE), which guides the engineering of an enterprise throughout its life cycle and highlights that an integrated enterprise is a system that creates value for its customers. The framework serves to management and engineering in their requirement for new model-based methods that support this enterprise need for adaptation and change. The framework intertwines a definition for ESE, setting its boundaries with respect to other disciplines; a classification scheme that remarks the different areas of study that ESE needs to address and breaks down an enterprise system into four elements, viewed through four system facets; each element-facet combination is subject to an engineering process to achieve a pre-specified performance. The book highlights the need for extensive research in ESE if it is to grow as a field and become the source of concepts, methodologies and tools to design, improve, and redesign enterprises of the 21st century. 224 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The journey of nurse addiction comes as a surprise for most who experience it. This phenomenological qualitative study demonstrates that most nurses who become addicted never imagined addiction would happen to them, even if they have a strong family history of the disease! In this study, 14 nurse addicts in recovery were interviewed about their experiences and risk perceptions. Five themes were identified from the study: (a) Fear was a significant part of the experience of being a nurse who was addicted; (b) Shame and guilt were felt by nurses who were addicted; (c) Poor coping: Addicted nurses reported having underdeveloped coping skills; (d) Control: Addicted nurses felt an increased need to control their environments; and (e) A core problem inherent in nurses who were addicted was a belief that addiction would never happen to them. Discussion of the five identified themes is followed by a discussion about addiction risk, prevention, and suggestions for application in nursing education. Participants discussed their experience with nurse addiction in their nursing education experiences and offered suggestions for more effective ways to teach the subject in nursing school. 232 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Section 8(a) program has historically promised more in terms of a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to grow their business than it has delivered. Sunil Kolhekar explains why a few 8(a) firms have remained economically viable well beyond the end of the program while others have not; and how the operating principles these companies share mirror the structured approach known as Critical Success Factor (CSF) analysis an approach that any individual small business entrepreneur can use to develop a strong federally-focused company. Kolhekar combines an analysis of secondary data sources with survey-based and face-to-face interviews with entrepreneurs to illuminate the common barriers-to-entry and struggles to survive that all entrepreneurs face at various stages of the small business program. He then aptly validates his work that the activities of any 8(a)-certified entrepreneur when built on the CSF framework are likely to be more focused, develop better relationships, and lead to better outcomes. Another positive finding of his study is the advantage a company realizes from fully engaging in the SBA s mentor-protégé program. 248 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Amber Jackson examines pre-colonial Yoruba aesthetics through art and oral literature with the goal of examining the uses and value of beauty as a social tool of control and maintenance. In reinforcing and accepting socially selected beauty ideals, pre-colonial Yoruba society also reinforced acceptable patterns of behavior, gender dynamics, and gendered notions of success, making beauty an indicator of conformity and social belonging. By examining the ancient Yoruba people, this work presents a case study that sheds light on the sociological functions of beauty standards. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The researcher investigated the link between employee retrenchment and corporate performance using the company under study. The retrenchment exercise which saw almost half of the employees being laid off, did not significantly resulted in increased corporate performance since management had not seriously considered the concerns, perceptions and attitudes of remaining employees towards work, which therefore triggered employee survivor syndrome. The remaining employees are vital for new business, if the business is to successfully transform and survive. The researcher found that there is a significant relationship between retrenchment and corporate performance. Thus if management does not adequately address the survivors of retrenchment that are responsible for driving new business, there is a highly likelihood of employees being associated with survivor syndrome. It was therefore revealed that survivor syndrome is stemmed from stress due to increased workload, job insecurity, loss of teams and friends and also lastly work-family conflict since more time is spend at the work to achieve productivity targets which then affect work-life balance hence low productivity 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From last decades, liberalizations of markets is a major change in the European economy. This book explains strategies of a state-owned company, towards its market s overture. The concrete example of the study is the Hungarian company MVM. This work helps to understand how a state-owned company can and may react after liberalization of it's market. The overture of markets such as electricity generates strong structural changes for all actors. Electricity market is complex due to technical aspects and strong national state-owned companies. Studying this sector in Hungary is relevant thanks to current economic system and geopolitics situation of the country. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -It is universally accepted that birth may make us citizens by law of any country but in practice we need to perform as active citizen. The real Citizenship concept requires informed citizens willing to participate in the democratic and development processes at the local, national & global levels. In school social studies is taught to prepare informed participatory citizens. Citizenship education is required for the citizens to acquire desire knowledge, skills and dispositions as well as to have opportunities for civic engagement through different activities .The rationale of this study is, based on youth of Pakistan that how they can protect their citizenship rights by not only know about them, by learning , recognizing their power knowing their rights responsibilities, by overcoming their feelings of fear, and by mobilizing adequate support for their struggles. The researcher believes that Pakistani children growing up in a complex global environment so there is need to ' developed social studies textbook in a citizenship educational context. than we can prepared knowledgeable, tolerant, democratic, and active citizens who can function efficiently in Pakistan and in global world. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common hematological malignancy in western countries. It is characterized by the accumulation of monoclonal CD5+ B-lymphocytes in blood, bone marrow, and lymphoid organs, due to an imbalance between proliferation and cell death. It is a complex disease that remains misunderstood. This book, therefore describes globally this very common but extremely complex type of leukemia. Throughout this book the principal biological hallmarks of B-cells are compared with the principal features of CLL-leukemic B-cells. Additionally the current CLL epidemiology is indicated and the most common methods of diagnosis are discussed. Moreover, the principal prognostic factors of CLL are described, passing from a medical point of view to a biological description. The major characteristics conferring apoptotic avoidance of CLL cells and proliferation factors are detailed, such as the principal models for its in vitro and in vivo study. Finally, the leading conventional treatments and new therapeutic strategies against CLL are listed with their principal biological targets. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book deals with a comprehensive analysis of the results obtained from structural, optical, electrical and magnetic studies of differently treated ZnO. Discussions over the defect dynamics, generation, characterization and interrelation of defects with different physical properties in ZnO system have been explored in the various chapters of the book. Introduction of the book is given in Chapter One. The Chapter Two consists of descriptions of different experimental techniques employed for the present study. Effect of Mn doping on the structural, optical, electrical and magnetic properties of ZnO has been reported in Chapter Three. In Chapter Four, we report the mechanical milling induced modifications of structural, morphological and optical properties of polycrystalline ZnO powder sample. Modification of structural and optical properties and also change in defect configuration due to 1.2 MeV Ar ion irradiation on polycrystalline ZnO powder sample have been reported in Chapter Five. This book might cater to the needs of the researchers working in the field of defect and physical property characterization of II-VI and other semiconductors. 116 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Meaningful visualization of large scale biological data is the key for achieving new discoveries in system biology research. Typical types of biological data in research includes: biological pathways or networks, biological ontologies, and experimental data. Visualization tools used in these areas often fail to present a meaningful and insightful view of underlining data. We present a new interactive visualization tool, MetNetGE, which features novel visualization techniques for three kinds of biological data: pathway, ontology and omics data. For a given biological pathway, we proposed a novel 3D layout algorithm, aligned 3D tiered layout, which arrange the pathway nodes into different tiers to make the cross- layer connection patterns stand out. A user study with 20 participants to demonstrate the improved efficiency of MetNetGE over Cytoscape regards certain biological tasks. Although MetNetGE requires higher learning time (680 seconds vs. 350 seconds) on average, it helps participants quickly finish the tasks. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) are thought to have increased association with Metabolic Syndrome which represents a cluster of factors that increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. However, the extent of association of COPD with Metabolic Syndrome and its individual components are still an unsettled issue and it is likely to vary from population to population. Under the above context the present book was written to explore the association of Metabolic Syndrome and its components with COPD. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -While investigations of semiconductor nanowires (NWs) has a long history, a significant progress is yet to be made in silicon carbide (SiC) NW technologies before they are ready to be utilized in electronic applications. In this work, SiC NW polytype control, NW axis orientation with respect to the growth substrate and other issues of potential technological importance are investigated. A new method for growing SiC NWs by vapor-liquid-solid mechanism, based on an in-situ vapor phase delivery of a metal catalyst to the growth surface during chemical vapor deposition was used. This approached provided a opportunity to control NW density and examine NW orientation. The orientation analysis established that only certain orientations of the NW axes were allowed when growing on a SiC substrate. The ease of controlling the NW density enabled by the growth method developed in this work, combined with the newly obtained knowledge about how to grow well-aligned NW arrays, offer new opportunities for developing novel SiC NW electronic and photonic devices. 128 pp. Englisch.…