scholars' press jul 2016 (138 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -It has been a pleasure working with Eric Sim on his research through the years. His dedication and tenacity to his work, accompanied with enthusiasm and insight has finally brought the work to a publishable state, for the world to enjoy. I hope you, the reader, enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed working on it through the years. I first met Eric through the University of South Australia and the IGSM, where I was an Adjunct Professor for many years while serving as Acting Dean/Deputy Dean of one of their many campuses. During my appointment as Visiting Full Professor at the Singapore Management University, our children would play together in the park while we pondered calculations of complex data analyses and his wonderful ideas for applying these innovations in what are now well known fields of data mining and data analytics. He is currently completing his doctoral studies at UniSA in the IGSB. Sincerely, Prof. PardoVDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Shortly before retiring as a world authority on ion implantation into diamond, Johan Prins discovered an unexpected electrical phenomenon while extracting electrons from diamond. Further experimentation led to the remarkable conclusion that this behavior must be superconduction at room temperature. This conclusion follows impeccably from well-established Solid State Physics which successfully models electronic devices. When Johan tried to engage the physics community, the 'experts' on superconduction refused point blank to consider this discovery unless it conforms with their dogma. No physicist in this field of endeavor even tried to engage Johan rationally. They blocked him him from further publication of additional data, and subtly barred him from their conferences. Even his peers in the field of diamond physics would not engage him. They cowered behind the excuse that they are 'not experts on superconduction'. This surprisingly dogmatic response challenged Johan to re-examine the accepted interpretations of modern physics. This book is the result. It shows that modern theoretical physics is largely based on mysticism and it attempts to direct this physics back to reality.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 552 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is a qualitative research study focusing on the barriers parents face when they play the key role of a caregiver in the lives of their young adult son or daughter with autism. This study talks about their stress and hopelessness, and their unmet needs. This study is also an effort to expand on the social capital theory in the light of investing in relationships and networking those relationships in times of need.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In mid-2014, the US, the EU and several other advanced economies introduced financial sanctions, restricting foreign borrowings for Russiäs largest state-owned banks and companies. On July 1, 2016 EU sanctions were extended until January 31, 2017, while sanctions by other countries also remain in place. How can the losses for the Russian economy from these sanctions be estimated What are the main channels for the sanctions¿ impact on capital flows in and out of Russia What is the cumulative effect of sanctions on GDP, investment, consumption, and budget revenues How do the consequences of financial sanctions and falling oil prices compare Authors are trying to answer all of these questions in the book.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The presented work studies the state as a holistic object. It takes as determining for its behavior neither properties of elements, nor sums of them, but a new quality of properties existing only in a holistic object. These properties describe status of an object and its heading. This is an analogy with a living organism. Connected with holistic properties are holistic functions, existing not on a level of elements and realizing intended goals of an object. A division of functions happens in the object, where one part solves interest of elements and the second one the interest of the object as whole ¿ of the new quality. Structure of the state is discussed on basis of knowledge of analogical structures. At the same time an instrument for its objective monitoring and control is submitted ¿ a structural model of events.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A research study completed twenty years ago in 1996 has been analyzed and assessed. The objective of the analysis is to ascertain whether subsequent developments in the economy and the political arena resulted from decisions in which a few or no women participated. Women participation in decision making is a manifestation of a society emulating progressive traditional philosophies and cultural practices, the development of objective and accommodative strategies in the home, education system, church, community, nation and global village, as well as the implementation of gender mainstreamed legislation supported by continuous gender research, discussions and literature, thereby facilitating the attainment of gender equality.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cyclone ¿Sidr¿ extensively damaged many coastal resources of Bangladesh in 2007. This book focuses mainly on development strategies for the improvement and diversification of agricultural production in the affected areas. During the pre-cyclone period, various crop diversification programs were found successful, although the failure of diffusing technologies in the area was not uncommon. Many government and non-government organizations developed various strategies for the improvement of crop production including salt-tolerant HYV and salinity management technology. Unfortunately, many of the technologies have not been adopted due to various reasons. Therefore, some potential technologies, especially for the saline environment, have been identified and recommended. Interestingly, mechanization of agriculture is in progress in the area, and cropping systems are rapidly changing due to increased demand for vegetables, cash crops, and shrimp farming. Therefore, some important recommendations for crop diversification have been made considering the suitability of resources, the availability of production technologies, farmers existing resource-based and market potential of the products.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Transition metals are known to form Schiff's base complexes and Schiff's bases have often been used as chelating ligands in the field of coordination chemistry. Their metal complexes have been of great interest for many years. It is well known that N, O and S atoms play a key role in the coordination of metals at the active sites of numerous metallo-biomolecules. Schiff's base metal complexes have been widely studied because they have industrial, antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer, antiviral and herbicidal applications.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Creative writing is based more on manifestation rather than on expression. It does not inform rather reveals, so it bears no reference. The present book is the outcome of creative writing meant for lay readers. As such free style is the methodology adopted so that pleasure of reading can be enjoyed by the common mass. As you know well that Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the immortal essayist, wrote many essays and notably, Of Love, Of Friendship, Of Ambition, Of Studies, etc. The myriad-minded genius rightly pointed out that all the words of the dictionary can be the themes of essays one can write. But little has been done, in this regard since his death, in order to finish his unfinished monumental works. In fact Bacon's way of presentation i.e., his unique style kindled the imagination already in me and encouraged me as well to write essays, in the light of creative writing, thus to get relief through catharsis.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Serials constitute a major part of all university libraries' collections and typically account for more than half of their expenditure on library resources. For effective access to and use of serials, proper management is essential. It is generally acknowledged that serials play important role in research. The generation, dissemination and applications of research output and findings are the basis for industrial innovations and improved productivity and competitiveness at the organisational, societal and national levels. This book focuses on the elements of serials management in the libraries. It addresses the extent to which serials are accessed and used. It also appraises the influence of serials management, access to serials and use of serials on publications output of lecturers in universities. Very few studies have been carried out on the comprehensive management of serials and the influence of serials management, access and use on publications output of lecturers in universities. This book was written to fill the gap. This book is quite a valuable companion for librarians, serials librarians, researchers, lecturers, students and others in the area of serials librarianship.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -London, New York, Prague or Budapest. Who would not like to live in a successful city To such places we associate high incomes and living standards, and good labour force conditions. Of course it is not only economic aspects that make a town or a village successful, as liveable residential environment, the meaningful possibilities of passing leisure time, learning, culture, sport, trade or good health services are parts of our lives just as well. And there are other things we have to mention, like well-functioning public transportation, public services at reasonable prices and of reliable quality, the infrastructure endowments in the background of this, and so many other things as well¿VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In today¿s economies, while the first income resource of governments is taxes, the second important income resource is borrowing. While governments primarily meet their expenditure they make i.e. public services they provide for individuals, from taxes, in the periods, when taxes are not enough and, depending on this, in the conditions where the budget has deficit, the finance of these services are met by borrowing. Government provides this debt from the domestic and foreign resources.The traditional finance officers oppose borrowing. According to them, borrowing reduces national capital and savings of individuals. The traditionalists argued that the primary income resource of government was taxes and that meeting public services via taxes and, thereby, borrowing was a burden on the next generations. In contrast to the traditional finance, modern finance officers viewed borrowing as an ordinary income resource and argued that it was obligatory, when the economic and social conditions require.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -After reading this book, you will be able to: 1- Understand the psychological side related to human resource at work. 2- Draw an effective strategy to handle with human resource issues at work. 3- Follow up updating issues of human resource management. 4- Use human resource effectively in organizations. 5- Motivate human resource for excellence. 6- Keep your human resource moral. 7- Achieve excellence in performance. 8- Know what your human resource expect from you. 9- Gain competitive advantages in changing business world. 10- Check forefront in business world.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book consists of three main self-contained chapters that all deal with estimating the non-market economic values or benefits of proposed biodiversity conservation programs in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Chapter 2 makes an effort to estimate the total economic values of proposed biodiversity conservation program in U Minh Thuong National Park using the approach of Contingent Valuation method, while Chapter 3 evaluate biodiversity attributes of proposed biodiversity conservation program in U Minh Thuong National Park using the approach of Choice Modeling. Finally, Chapter 4 applies the method of Choice Experiment to identify consumer preferences for agricultural products considering the value of biodiversity conservation in Tram Chim National Park.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Big Data and Social Technologies such as Social Media, Cloud Computing and Mobile Technology are proliferating at an incredible pace. One area of increasing adoption is Business settings where practitioners hope that these new technologies will help enhance their decision-making techniques. BDMOT offers the possibility of a fundamentally different type of decision making. Using fine-tuned insights and controlled experiments, practitioners can test hypotheses and analyse results to guide investment or strategic decisions and operational changes. In effect, experimentation can help managers distinguish causation from mere correlation, thus reducing the variability of outcomes while improving financial and product performance. In the current study, the role of BDMOT is investigated in terms of operational, tactical and strategic decision-making impact. A practitioner and a research model have been developed to highlight the influence of Big Data on decision-making.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Ghana is a country of contrasts; spectacular wealth exists side by side with devastating poverty. How does one make sense of this reality Scholars from various disciplines have propounded various theories to account for this paradox; but religious beliefs are generally dismissed as irrelevant in such discourses. This book explores the notion of poverty and its interaction with the prosperity gospel among Ghanaian Neo-Prophetic adherents. Taking the seed faith element professed by many believers ¿ ¿Give and you will receive¿ - as the underlying theory required for economic success, the research argues that the prosperity gospel in Neo-Pentecostal Accra is fraught with ambivalence. On the one hand, the doctrine seemingly embodies facets that have the potential to drive positive attitudes towards poverty alleviation; on the other hand,the same doctrine is eclipsed by religious rites that are clearly counterproductive to the socio-economic transformation believers themselves seek. This ambivalence, it is argued, partly explains the insignificant transformation experienced by many adherents in Neo-Pentecostal Accra.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In today¿s knowledge era, knowledge management is increasingly considered the best strategy for improving the labor productivity of an enterprise. However, the effectiveness of KM on labor productivity is not known exactly. Despite the growing interest in KM research, there are knowledge gaps, especially in the context of a developing country like Vietnam, in implementing a KMS successfully for improving the labor productivity. So, it is necessary to do research on this subject. Besides, the labor productivity of Vietnam is currently at a very low level. It requires a new management method for improving the labor productivity for sustainable development towards a knowledge society. In order to successfully implement a KMS, a technology readiness, especially ICT maturity, is a requisite. Recently, SNS has been considered not only a popular technique for communication and collaboration, but also a suitable platform for implementing KMS. Therefore, this research tries to apply KM based on SNS to improve the labor productivity of Vietnamese enterprises, especially SMEs, because of its important role.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The results obtained from the study shows that buyer should not only think about supplier development practices but also work for relationship practices. Together these practices with consideration of supplier¿s perspective will help to make buyer more competitive and will also enhance the trust between buyer and supplier which will eventually influence the supplier to provide better quality. Finally the study concludes that Supplier Development Practices and Buyer Supplier Relationship Practices together improve the relationship between buyer and supplier and this improved relationship leads for competitive advantages followed by profitability.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Managing Human resource is a great challenge for all Organisation.Efficient management starts right from manpower planning, which can be used as a double edged weapon, if it is used wisely. Surplus or shortage of labour shall be avoided. Right man for right job assures right performance at the right time. In this process, Training becomes an indispensable activity for enhancing the skills of employees. Training and learning have to be continuous in order to keep the human resources updated. Worker participation has to be encouraged to make them the real owners in managing the critical parts of the Organisation.In the whole process, career planning of the employee cannot be ignored.Once an employee joins an Organisation, his career path has to be planned well merging with the strategic growth of the Organisation.In today's world, managing generation Y becomes very complex, for which this book will help a lot to the managing community and budding managers. This book is also designed for students across the country and line managers who have to deal with HR issues. This book can make the readers to understand the HR Concepts and can apply in real life situations to solve HR issuesVDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 320 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Achievements of the study: This is the first survey of AG-groupoids. Enumeration and classi_cation of AG-groupoids up to order 6. Enumeration of AG-monoids up to order 8. Computational enumeration of AG-groups up to order 12. Algebraic enumeration of AG-groups of every order n. Enumeration of Jordan loops up to order 9. Proving that C-loops of certain order do not exist. Discovery of at least 24 new classes of AG-groupoids. Discovery of a new class of groupoid which we call Bol\* groupoid. Discovery of a new class of semigroup which we call AG-groupoid semigroup. of a new class of quasigroup which we ca1Discovery ll Bol\* quasigroup and which is a generalization of AG-group. Burmistrovich's theorem for AG-groupoids. Construction of AG-groups, AG-monoids and Jordan loops to obtain them manually. We de_ned Smarandache AG-group. We studied AG-group as a generalization of abelian group. We studied AG-group as a generalization of loop and as quasigroup. We studied AG-group as a subclass of right Bol quasigroup. We studied Multiplication group and inner mapping group of AG-group. We did a sort of application of AG-groups in geometry. A GAP Package, AGGROUPOID CONSTRUCTED.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Is it religious dynamism and internal power of the religion which shapes the humans lives Or this is social pressure and different catastrophes which play a crucial role in the change of people¿s beliefs and behaviors.In every society of twenty first century including Japan, people¿s lives are shaped exclusively by religion and it plays a significant role on individual and collective levels.Seemingly Japan is not a country where people tend to be religious.However, there are strong evidences which show that in spite of Japanese people¿s apparent ¿indifference¿ towards the religion, they are religious in many ways as evident in this study. The religiosity in Japanese society was prevalent since the ancient times facing many challenges, accepting and digesting many foreign religious or spiritual themes, has been and also seems that it will most probably remain intact in the future.This research endeavors to present a description and analysis from a religious perspective of the current status of religions (Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity and Islam) in the Japanese society and various factors and forces that have shaped and continue to form the modes of thinking in Japan.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Invitation à écrire est un outil d'apprentissage qui tient compte des recherches effectuées dans le domaine de l'écriture chez les apprenants en FLE (Français Langue Étrangère). Pour cela, il met l'accent sur le travail en groupe, la révision et l'apprentissage en étapes qui permettent de démystifier l'écrit dans une langue étrangère.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Invitation à écrire est un outil d'apprentissage qui tient compte des recherches effectuées dans le domaine de l'écriture chez les apprenants en FLE (Français Langue Étrangère). Pour cela, il met l'accent sur le travail en groupe, la révision et l'apprentissage en étapes qui permettent de démystifier l'écrit dans une langue étrangère.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this Book Dr. A. SIVANANDA REDDY analysed the Socio ¿ Economic and Political scenario in Andhra Pradesh prior to 2004 Assembly Elections, Studied performance of major Political parties such as INC, Telugu Desam, TRS and PRP, assessed the impact of Padayatra of YSR on 2004 elections, evaluated election manifestos of INC, TDP, TRS and PRP, examined the performance of political parties in 2004 and 2009 Assembly Elections, traced the sociological factors for the success of the Congress Party and Y.S.R role in 2004 and 2009 Elections, highlighted various Social Welfare Programmes initiated by Congress Government from 2004 to 2009 and their impact on 2009 elections and also analysed the perceptions of the selected voters.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -There is little doubt that writing is one of the most challenging skills, both in L1 and L2 settings. Understandably, writing, especially in an L2 context, involves a degree of apprehension. Still, writing apprehension varies from person to person, partly due to personality factors like motivation, attitude, feelings of self-efficacy, and so on. This book discusses writing related traits like writing self-efficacy and writing apprehension in relation to personal traits like extroversion/introversion, attitudes, motivation, etc. Apart from a relatively rich literature review, it also contains the results of an empirical investigation of the topic, followed by the discussion of the results and the implications that the findings can have for researchers and practitioners.So, this book may prove useful for language learners, teachers, researchers, and materials developers.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study intends to identify the determinants of Internet financial disclosure (IFD) and Internet environmental disclosure (IED). Seven groups of variables are empirically tested which are management structure, dominants personality in board committees, company characteristics, corporate governance, type of industry, company performance, and type of audit report. The study also examines the association between IED and IFD.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The work combines community social networks, social trust, community participation, community autonomy and Chinese democracy in a coherent framework for analyzing the present political conditions. The manuscript represents empirical evidence on the actual practices and outcomes of Chinese urban community construction based on extensive fieldwork in Nanjing China, and concludes that the Party-State has strong grassroots standing, which questions the applicability of liberal-democratic theory as it applies to China.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 300 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The invention of the Internet is a revolution. It challenged traditional copyright concepts, especially that of transmission. First, traditional transmission such as broadcasting or wire diffusion does not include reproduction. However, Internet transmission inevitably distributes copies of a work to other computer systems, therefore reproducing the work. Secondly, traditional transmission is intended for simultaneous reception by the public, whereas the Internet reaches the public asynchronously or simultaneously. Therefore, transmitting a work over the Internet raises questions regarding the legal characterisation of transmission of a work. Is the transmission of the work over the Internet a distribution, a communication, a reproduction, a display or otherwise This book analyses the relationship between transmission over the Internet and the exclusive rights, and examines all exceptions, such as fair use, sui generis rights, library and archive exceptions and educational use exceptions.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Medical Tourism is multifaceted in nature as the versatility offers many variants to different segments that come from diverse backgrounds. India to mull over for Value creation in a networked healthcare environment and also building professional competency through healthcare managers. There is an enormous potential for Indian healthcare system to reach out with its services beyond frontiers. The purpose of the study necessitates the role of hospitality sector in promoting medical tourism in coordination with the hospital sector. Considering all these factors there is an imperative need to undertake the present study of the various independent variables impacting the growth of medical tourism in south India. This is derived from the differing socio-economic determinants, tourist arrival from different geo-political regions; and demand generated. The dynamics of medical tourism, however, is much more intriguing beyond a naive representation. The research was undertaken keeping in mind the need of the study as mentioned below.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The importance of disclosure is justified by agency theory, political economy theory, stakeholder theory, institutional theory and signaling theory. The agency theory states that mandatory disclosure in corporate annual reports is one of the fundamental elements for reducing information asymmetry between insiders and outsiders. These theories provided reasons for corporate disclosure, which is important for gaining investors¿ confidence, developing efficient markets, creating good corporate governance, protecting minority interest, ensuring an investment friendly environment, harmonizing international accounting standards to cope the national market and economy with the challenges of globalization and for protection of investors. Disclosure is made for giving good signal of firm as justified by signaling theory. More importantly, disclosure ensures transparency, accountability, fairness and responsibility of corporations to stakeholders. Realizing the facts, the different regulatory bodies of a country always put pressure on the listed companies to disclose adequate information in their annual reports as stated by institutional and stakeholder theory. Corporate mandatory disclosurVDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 256 pp. Englisch.