sps sep 2014 (24 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Common Interest Groups (CIGs) are producer organisations driven by market requirements and consumer trends. The liberalisation of the dairy industry provided the rationale to form commercial-oriented dCIGs. The dairy market actors confirmed that producing dairy products that farmers can sell is the only pathway to sustain producer groups. The weakest link in the DVC was between dCIGs and processors, which attracted the entry of small traders to fill the gap, reducing profit margins for producer groups. The dCIGs dairy deliveries via contracts contributed a negligible amount of milk in formal markets, meaning dCIG members continue to deliver their milk as individuals instead of through envisaged collective procurement of farm inputs and disposal of dairy products. This works against their concept on commercial-oriented production and only sustains the exploitative small traders in the DVC business. The dCIGs can be a reliable source of increased rural employment and poverty reduction. The cooperatives are less competitive but the Cooperatives Act remains the most important legal instrument under which dCIGs must operate to achieve economic independence. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In medical field, a large number of diverse radiological and pathological images in digital format are generated everyday in hospitals and medical centers with the help of sophisticated image acquisition devices and digital scanners. Medical images are generally complex in nature and are used for diagnosis, therapy, research and education. A fundamental role of radiologists in clinical medicine is to provide physicians or specialists reports containing timely patient information obtained from image interpretation, together with appropriate recommendations for subsequent radiological investigations. Support of patient prior image references is critical to a radiologist s examination reading, providing a baseline essential for confirmation, comparison and/or evaluation of the suspicious radiographic signs detected on the current examination images. Such support is of clinical importance and may have significant effects on radiologists examination reading efficiency, work satisfaction and service quality. 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Chemistry is an expanding field and presently, medicinal chemistry branch has flourished at a tremendous rate due to active research in this area of field. Flavonoids are multifunctional components naturally present as plant pigments. However, medicinal chemists have used flavonoids as template to modify the basic structure and incorporate other active moieties to expand its therapeutic potential. Therefore, flavonoids have emerged as very important templates and at present these are shown to exhibit large number of therapeutic activities. The present book projects flavonoids as a key moiety with diverse therapeutic potential. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The regenerative properties of neurons in the adult brain are generally very poor. Nonetheless, few populations of neurons, like the object of this study, retains regrowth capacities in adult being. This book is focused on the regenerative properties of adult cerebellar neurons. This study exploit high energy pulsed lasers to dissect single neuronal branches. In vivo two-photon imaging allows monitoring the remodeling of the dissected neuron on the long term with subcellular resolution. We found that climbing fibers (a type of cerebellar axons) are capable of regrowing after laser dissection of single axonal branches and that the regrowth of new branches from the injured neurons requires the expression of a growth associated protein, GAP-43. Axonal degeneration and modifications in GAP-43 expression profiles are associated with a plethora of neurological diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, schizophrenia and Alzheimer s and Parkinson s diseases. In this respect, these results may be helpful in assessing and validating new therapeutic strategies to prevent degeneration and promote axonal regrowth. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Traditional analysis methods used in Structural Engineering are reliable and can be successfully applied by solving several numerical equations. Another alternative analytical modeling method is Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), which capture the numerical equations between its nodes and no formal formula is observable within the network generation. ANN system is an acceptable method in predicting experimental results. In this book, FBNN and GRNN are generated to predict the load-deflection analysis in the one-way non-strengthened and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strengthened RC slab. The GRNN was applied for situation where training data is insufficient for network generation. In addition, GRNN is also applied for the mechanical strength prediction of lightweight concrete and mortar. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Copyright is very important right. It is really interesting to go through the book. Each chapter in the book has been written in an uniform and lucid style with clear exposition of law. The book incorporates all the relevant laws on copyright specially copyright in digital age. The book is indeed a very useful and remarkable for its completeness. It is best guide and friend for those who want to understand copyright and law students. 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cell can undergo a signal response which is broadly classified as death and/or survival signal when insulted by toxicants. Each organ has its own critical limit, regulated by the preprogrammed signaling system. Metal exposure in our daily life occurs through natural sources like food or water. The liver is an essential detoxification organ that forms an important barrier between the gastrointestinal blood, which contains large amounts of toxins and antigens, and the body. Mercury is a ubiquitous hepatotoxicant that affects all the organisms deleteriously. Mercury is an element that occurs naturally in the environment, usually in combination with other elements as mercury compounds or salts. Mercury is present in toothpaste, mascara, lipstick, sindoor, painting materials which pose a risk of toxicity to humans at chronic low concentration of the metal. Considering the dearth of information on the nature of cytotoxicity of low concentration of mercury, the present study has revealed here the cytotoxic responses in rat hepatocytes at low level of exposure. 140 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ultra-small nanocrystals are nanoscale materials. Since the size of ultra-small nanocrystals is comparable to or even smaller than the Bohr exciton diameter of the materials, ultra-small nanocrystals exhibit significant enhanced physical properties, such as magnetic, optical and electronic properties. As the size of a nanocrystal becomes smaller quantum effects, increased astoichiometry, and defects can give rise to many interesting property transitions, including a metal to semiconductor transition, and a diamagnetic to ferromagnetic transition. Facile colloidal synthesis of ultra-small nanocrystals allows one to explore the interesting optical, magnetic, and electrical properties of these materials with extremely small sizes at the nanoscale. The research on the synthetic chemistry as well as the physical properties of these ultra-small nanocrystals helps to enhance the applicability of these nanocrystals in device applications. A necessary step towards the application of these nanocrystals is their uniform film assembly. The efficient film deposition technique, as presented in this work, facilitates greatly the application of the nanocrystals in device fabrication. 148 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Common Interest Groups (CIGs) are producer organisations driven by market requirements and consumer trends. The liberalisation of the dairy industry provided the rationale to form commercial-oriented dCIGs. The dairy market actors confirmed that producing dairy products that farmers can sell is the only pathway to sustain producer groups. The weakest link in the DVC was between dCIGs and processors, which attracted the entry of small traders to fill the gap, reducing profit margins for producer groups. The dCIGs' dairy deliveries via contracts contributed a negligible amount of milk in formal markets, meaning dCIG members continue to deliver their milk as individuals instead of through envisaged collective procurement of farm inputs and disposal of dairy products. This works against their concept on commercial-oriented production and only sustains the exploitative small traders in the DVC business. The dCIGs can be a reliable source of increased rural employment and poverty reduction. The cooperatives are less competitive but the Cooperatives Act remains the most important legal instrument under which dCIGs must operate to achieve economic independence.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A significant component of human life today is linguistic diversity. In multi-ethnic societies, it is a natural process that the speakers of one language acquire the other language(s) active in the social circles. This leads to code-switching between the acquired languages. From the sociolinguistic approach, the book deals with the socio-cultural motivations behind the age-old Mising-Assamese code-switching practiced by the ethnic Mising speakers living in the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam. Although it appears to be just a change of language during conversations, the switching of code has far deeper meanings and implications which the speaker exercises to serve various communicative purposes. Taking help of the Markedness Model of Carol Myers-Scotton which views linguistic choices as negotiations of self-identity and desired relationships with others, the data have been analyzed as 'marked' or 'unmarked' switches according to the prevailing socio-cultural norms under a given situation. As found in the study, this typical verbal behaviour not only signifies the self-perceived identity of the speaker, but also serves as his/her tool to step in or out of this identity as desired. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Heart failure (HF), a global epidemic of older adults, affects nearly 6 million people in the United States, alone. More than 600,000 new cases and over a million hospitalizations occur each year. Total related costs are expected to exceed US $160 billion by 2030. Hospitalization, itself, may mark a shift in the natural history of HF and predicts re-hospitalization within 1 to 6 months. Hospitals are scrambling to reduce costly readmissions. Meanwhile, regulators equate HF core measures with hospital quality of care and link compliance to reimbursement. Core measure HF1, related to patient discharge instructions, was essentially a proxy for HF self care education. Yet, as deployed, HF1 was inconsistent with current theory and science. This study suggests that, although intuitively compelling, the mandate for HFI compliance may have unwittingly encouraged wasteful gaming to achieve compliance, but did not impact readmission or cost outcomes. Rather, multivariate models demonstrated that other covariates, such as select co-morbid conditions and the type of nursing care unit during hospitalization may be associated with readmission. Core measure HF1 was quietly discontinued in 2014. 196 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In medical field, a large number of diverse radiological and pathological images in digital format are generated everyday in hospitals and medical centers with the help of sophisticated image acquisition devices and digital scanners. Medical images are generally complex in nature and are used for diagnosis, therapy, research and education. A fundamental role of radiologists in clinical medicine is to provide physicians or specialists reports containing timely patient information obtained from image interpretation, together with appropriate recommendations for subsequent radiological investigations. Support of patient prior image references is critical to a radiologist's examination reading, providing a baseline essential for confirmation, comparison and/or evaluation of the suspicious radiographic signs detected on the current examination images. Such support is of clinical importance and may have significant effects on radiologists examination reading efficiency, work satisfaction and service quality.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For durability analysis and economic design of structures made of concrete-like materials, modeling of cracking process and failure is essential. Unlike nonlocal models, there is no need to introduce an internal length in the constitutive law for lattice model at the mesoscopic scale. Actually, the internal length is not explicitly introduced but rather governed by the mesostructure characteristics themselves. The influence of the mesostructure on the width of the fracture process zone which is assumed to be correlated to the characteristic length of the homogenized quasi-brittle material is studied. The influence of the ligament size is also investigated. This book provides recommendations/warnings when extracting an internal length required for nonlocal models from the material mesostructure. The lattice model is then implemented into SOFA library for realizing the coupling with finite elements in order to deal with large-scale structures. An adaptive strong coupling is proposed. The analysis helps shed some light on this new and exciting multiscale simulations, and should be especially useful to professionals in computational mechanics of cracking of quasi-brittle materials. 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Libraries have always been repositories of learning resources. From earliest time, they have provided access to information for scholars and researchers. The constantly increasing amount of information been generated and published, the expanding formats of information storage and retrieval, and ever changing education and research needs of library users make it difficult for any library to be an effective learning resources. Application of ICT in Libraries has become inevitable in an era of information explosion and widespread use of digital information resources effective application of ICT in libraries helps in performing their operation and services most efficiently, Libraries subscribe for e journals , CD ROM database online database, web based resources and variety of other electronic resources. 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this intimate family ethnography, Douglas MacDonald tells the story of the DiVolis and their relatives three generations of Italian-Americans, together negotiating the changes and challenges of 20th-century life in a small Northeastern American town. Through interviews and participant observation, the author examines the structural and interactive nature of familial bonds that continue to tie the DiVolis, Pucillos, and other relatives together across geographic, generational, and historical space.In his inductive exploration of what family ties are and how they operate, MacDonald elaborates them as a three-fold typology: ties of shared experience, ties of attachment, and ties of obligation. This is the story of how those ties have changed and endured. 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Despite the vast research on the area of corrective feedback, little is known about the views of Non-Native Mexican teachers and learners about this issue. The overall picture that emerges from the literature is fuzzy since research on the efficiency of corrective feedback has been inconclusive and the factors that affect the provision of feedback are numerous. Although teachers and learners have been the focus of this controversial area of research, there seems to be a discrepancy between teachers and learners views and expectations concerning corrective feedback. This book includes two case studies carried out in the Mexican higher education context of English language learning and focuses on teacher and learner beliefs about corrective feedback. Each case study included seven English teachers and twenty one of their students. One of the outcomes of this research was a series of teacher meetings where the participants explored the literature on corrective feedback and shared their views and corrective feedback practices. This book may be especially useful for latin american teachers and researchers interested in corrective feedback in general. 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The regenerative properties of neurons in the adult brain are generally very poor. Nonetheless, few populations of neurons, like the object of this study, retains regrowth capacities in adult being. This book is focused on the regenerative properties of adult cerebellar neurons. This study exploit high energy pulsed lasers to dissect single neuronal branches. In vivo two-photon imaging allows monitoring the remodeling of the dissected neuron on the long term with subcellular resolution. We found that climbing fibers (a type of cerebellar axons) are capable of regrowing after laser dissection of single axonal branches and that the regrowth of new branches from the injured neurons requires the expression of a growth associated protein, GAP-43. Axonal degeneration and modifications in GAP-43 expression profiles are associated with a plethora of neurological diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, diabetic neuropathy, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. In this respect, these results may be helpful in assessing and validating new therapeutic strategies to prevent degeneration and promote axonal regrowth.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Copyright is very important right. It is really interesting to go through the book. Each chapter in the book has been written in an uniform and lucid style with clear exposition of law. The book incorporates all the relevant laws on copyright specially copyright in digital age. The book is indeed a very useful and remarkable for its completeness. It is best guide and friend for those who want to understand copyright and law students.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Cell can undergo a signal response which is broadly classified as death and/or survival signal when insulted by toxicants. Each organ has its own critical limit, regulated by the preprogrammed signaling system. Metal exposure in our daily life occurs through natural sources like food or water. The liver is an essential detoxification organ that forms an important barrier between the gastrointestinal blood, which contains large amounts of toxins and antigens, and the body. Mercury is a ubiquitous hepatotoxicant that affects all the organisms deleteriously. Mercury is an element that occurs naturally in the environment, usually in combination with other elements as mercury compounds or salts. Mercury is present in toothpaste, mascara, lipstick, sindoor, painting materials which pose a risk of toxicity to humans at chronic low concentration of the metal. Considering the dearth of information on the nature of cytotoxicity of low concentration of mercury, the present study has revealed here the cytotoxic responses in rat hepatocytes at low level of exposure.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 140 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -A significant component of human life today is linguistic diversity. In multi-ethnic societies, it is a natural process that the speakers of one language acquire the other language(s) active in the social circles. This leads to code-switching between the acquired languages. From the sociolinguistic approach, the book deals with the socio-cultural motivations behind the age-old Mising-Assamese code-switching practiced by the ethnic Mising speakers living in the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam. Although it appears to be just a change of language during conversations, the switching of code has far deeper meanings and implications which the speaker exercises to serve various communicative purposes. Taking help of the Markedness Model of Carol Myers-Scotton which views linguistic choices as negotiations of self-identity and desired relationships with others, the data have been analyzed as 'marked' or 'unmarked' switches according to the prevailing socio-cultural norms under a given situation. As found in the study, this typical verbal behaviour not only signifies the self-perceived identity of the speaker, but also serves as his/her tool to step in or out of this identity as desired.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Libraries have always been repositories of learning resources. From earliest time, they have provided access to information for scholars and researchers. The constantly increasing amount of information been generated and published, the expanding formats of information storage and retrieval, and ever changing education and research needs of library users make it difficult for any library to be an effective learning resources. Application of ICT in Libraries has become inevitable in an era of information explosion and widespread use of digital information resources effective application of ICT in libraries helps in performing their operation and services most efficiently, Libraries subscribe for e - journals , CD ROM database online database, web based resources and variety of other electronic resources.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This work examines theoretical aspects of rhetoric used in the creation and dissemination of Nazi radio propaganda in Germany and abroad throughout the duration of World War II, 1939-1945. Rhetoric is described in terms of 'organization' putting emphasis on the ontological nature of the rhetor. The 'agency' of radio provides narratives in the form of news, entertainment, and political address. Radio is seen as the key in the suspension of disbelief; it removes the visual element forcing a subliminal reconstruction by the imagination. The search becomes one of locating the dialectical tension between reality/truth and ideology/falsehoods. The language of National Socialism is seen as a necessity. The crucial role of language regulation of the media is explored as well as the effects of Nazi propaganda broadcast into American homes via shortwave radio.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Despite the vast research on the area of corrective feedback, little is known about the views of Non-Native Mexican teachers and learners about this issue. The overall picture that emerges from the literature is fuzzy since research on the efficiency of corrective feedback has been inconclusive and the factors that affect the provision of feedback are numerous. Although teachers and learners have been the focus of this controversial area of research, there seems to be a discrepancy between teachers' and learners' views and expectations concerning corrective feedback. This book includes two case studies carried out in the Mexican higher education context of English language learning and focuses on teacher and learner beliefs about corrective feedback. Each case study included seven English teachers and twenty one of their students. One of the outcomes of this research was a series of teacher meetings where the participants explored the literature on corrective feedback and shared their views and corrective feedback practices. This book may be especially useful for latin american teachers and researchers interested in corrective feedback in general.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In this intimate family ethnography, Douglas MacDonald tells the story of the DiVolis and their relatives - three generations of Italian-Americans, together negotiating the changes and challenges of 20th-century life in a small Northeastern American town. Through interviews and participant observation, the author examines the structural and interactive nature of familial bonds that continue to 'tie' the DiVolis, Pucillos, and other relatives together across geographic, generational, and historical space.In his inductive exploration of what 'family ties' are and how they operate, MacDonald elaborates them as a three-fold typology: ties of shared experience, ties of attachment, and ties of obligation. This is the story of how those ties have changed and endured.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 288 pp. Englisch.