lap lambert academic publishing aug 2011 (Over 3,300 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The present study examined attitudes towards mental illness between students in Syria and the United Kingdom using a survey design. Attitudes were investigated using the Opinions on Mental Illness (OMI) questionnaire (Cohen and Struening, 1959), where sub-scales within the questionnaire were used to measure five factors that underlie attitudes towards mental illness . It was found that there was a significant difference in overall attitudes towards mental illness between Syria and UK, with Syrian participants holding more positive attitudes than UK participants. Also, there was a significant difference in sub-scale scores between Syria and UK and a significant interaction between attitude and country. The study concluded that positive attitudes towards mental illness are driven by religious kindliness and moral beliefs; and negative aspects of attitudes are rooted in a conviction that mental illness is motivated. It is suggested that investigating the different factors that underlie attitudes would be useful in guiding awareness campaigns on ways to counteract stigmatisation of mental illness.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Nowadays, computers are widely used and have been integrated in almost all industrial, executive and academic sectors. Many sectors like transportation, health care, entertainment and even law enforcement rely on automated identification systems in order to enhance the security. Common methods of authentication like the use of passwords/PINs, ID cards do not provide a satisfactory level of reliability in this age of evolving information. Hackers can easily hack and crack systems with the probability of accessing important, confidential information. Biometrics is considered as an important and reliable authentication tool which can solve the above problems, amongst all, efficiently. The undertaken project points at designing and implementing a prototype face recognition system with respect to ageing. In this project, the ageing impact is taken as the main factor. The system tends to nullify the effect of ageing on the recognition of a person. The underlying technology used is the Eigen-based face recognition method. While designing the system, factors like inexpensiveness, user-friendliness and ease of integration were considered in the development of this software.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Africa's underdevelopment, it is believed, could be solved by using the catching-up process. That is, imitating the West through the transfer of information and knowledge concerning scientific; technological; social and economic development strategies into Africa, using education and its associated publication of reading materials.The transfer of the majority of these information and knowledge are, however, done in the adopted foreign languages that the majority of the people are not proficient in, thereby slowing the pace of development on the continent.It has been established that people understand information better when communicated to in a language that they are more proficient in- their indigenous language. The publication of reading materials in indigenous languages will, therefore, facilitate learning in Africa. However, the poor economic and complex language situation of almost all African countries makes it difficult for them to successfully educate their masses in their indigenous languages. This book stresses the history and current situation of indigenous language publishing in Ghana, and the benefits and challenges of publishing in native African languages.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -As organizations confront changes in their business environment, one of the big challenges confronting them is the ability to develop competitive advantage. The need to develop competitive advantage is not only limited to manufacturing firms but others as well as including firms which are involved in real estate activities. This study is an attempt to examine the perception of managers in real estate firms in Dubai with regards to competitive priorities and competitive advantage in their respective firms. More precisely, the study investigates the relationship between competitive priorities and competitive advantage in Dubai real estate firms.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -As organizations confront changes in their business environment, one of the big challenges confronting them is the ability to develop competitive advantage. The need to develop competitive advantage is not only limited to manufacturing firms but others as well as including firms which are involved in real estate activities. This study is an attempt to examine the perception of managers in real estate firms in Dubai with regards to competitive priorities and competitive advantage in their respective firms. More precisely, the study investigates the relationship between competitive priorities and competitive advantage in Dubai real estate firms.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - As organizations confront changes in their business environment, one of the big challenges confronting them is the ability to develop competitive advantage. The need to develop competitive advantage is not only limited to manufacturing firms but others as well as including firms which are involved in real estate activities. This study is an attempt to examine the perception of managers in real estate firms in Dubai with regards to competitive priorities and competitive advantage in their respective firms. More precisely, the study investigates the relationship between competitive priorities and competitive advantage in Dubai real estate firms.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Micro-milling is a precision milling technology where the cutting parameters are in micro scale. It has been increasingly applied to modern industry, from aerospace to bioengineering. Tool condition monitoring (TCM) in micro milling poses new challenges compared to conventional CNC machining, due to the high tool wear rate and high precision requirement associated with the features at micro-level. In this book, a generic noise-robust system is developed for the micro-milling tool condition monitoring. Mathematical tools such wavelet analysis and independent component analysis (ICA) have been applied to analyze the cutting force associated with different tool conditions. Continuous Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are adapted to model the tool wearing process and estimate the tool states based on the force features. Experimental studies on the tool state estimation in the micro-milling of pure copper and steel illustrate the effectiveness these approaches. This book serves as a valuable reference to the graduate students and the engineers engaged in the research in precision manufacturing, automation and control, and signal processing.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The present study examined attitudes towards mental illness between students in Syria and the United Kingdom using a survey design. Attitudes were investigated using the Opinions on Mental Illness (OMI) questionnaire (Cohen and Struening, 1959), where sub-scales within the questionnaire were used to measure five factors that underlie attitudes towards mental illness . It was found that there was a significant difference in overall attitudes towards mental illness between Syria and UK, with Syrian participants holding more positive attitudes than UK participants. Also, there was a significant difference in sub-scale scores between Syria and UK and a significant interaction between attitude and country. The study concluded that positive attitudes towards mental illness are driven by religious kindliness and moral beliefs; and negative aspects of attitudes are rooted in a conviction that mental illness is motivated. It is suggested that investigating the different factors that underlie attitudes would be useful in guiding awareness campaigns on ways to counteract stigmatisation of mental illness. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Africa's underdevelopment, it is believed, could be solved by using the catching-up process. That is, imitating the West through the transfer of information and knowledge concerning scientific; technological; social and economic development strategies into Africa, using education and its associated publication of reading materials.The transfer of the majority of these information and knowledge are, however, done in the adopted foreign languages that the majority of the people are not proficient in, thereby slowing the pace of development on the continent.It has been established that people understand information better when communicated to in a language that they are more proficient in- their indigenous language. The publication of reading materials in indigenous languages will, therefore, facilitate learning in Africa. However, the poor economic and complex language situation of almost all African countries makes it difficult for them to successfully educate their masses in their indigenous languages. This book stresses the history and current situation of indigenous language publishing in Ghana, and the benefits and challenges of publishing in native African languages. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Nowadays, computers are widely used and have been integrated in almost all industrial, executive and academic sectors. Many sectors like transportation, health care, entertainment and even law enforcement rely on automated identification systems in order to enhance the security. Common methods of authentication like the use of passwords/PINs, ID cards do not provide a satisfactory level of reliability in this age of evolving information. Hackers can easily hack and crack systems with the probability of accessing important, confidential information. Biometrics is considered as an important and reliable authentication tool which can solve the above problems, amongst all, efficiently. The undertaken project points at designing and implementing a prototype face recognition system with respect to ageing. In this project, the ageing impact is taken as the main factor. The system tends to nullify the effect of ageing on the recognition of a person. The underlying technology used is the Eigen-based face recognition method. While designing the system, factors like inexpensiveness, user-friendliness and ease of integration were considered in the development of this software. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -ICT has been identified as one of the most effective tools to bring about gender and economic development. ICTs in the form of multimedia community centres/telecentres, especially at the rural level can act as a nodal point for community connectivity, local capacity building, content development and communications, and serve as hubs for applications, such as distance education, telemedicine, support to small, medium sized and micro-credit enterprises, promotion of electronic commerce, environmental management, and empowerment of women and youth. Where such services have a pro-ultra-poor strategy, then the benefits of ICTs can be directed to them. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Circle of Justice is a state theory which has a major role in the formation of Ottoman social and political order, and it is also a key concept to understand the relations between the ruler and the ruled during the classical period. Although it was inherited from the Pre-Ottoman Turkish states, actually this theory goes back to Ancient East. The Circle of Justice makes the ruler and the ruled mutually dependant on each other with functional solidarity with the mediatory of the institutions like army and treasury. The Ottoman Empire employed this theory as an essential guide in their state practice. Also, it found an important place in the Ottoman political advice literature and turned out to be a common concept used by different genres. While in flourishing times it was used to maintain the ongoing system, in the later periods it became a tool to criticize the corruption and lack of order. Through the prism of the Circle of Justice, the study of the relations between the sultanate and the re yâ can sweep aside the modern wrong image which portrays this relation as of autocratic rulers and suppressed subjects, and supply with a clear and unbiased vision for further research. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book seeks to explain the dynamics of community development and poverty reduction in rural communities of Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It achieves its aim by researching a the impact of a World Bank project on the lives of locals in rural communities.The book is structured in five chapters. The initial chapter introduces the theme of the research and explain the objectives, hypothesis and theoritical framework of the research, the second chapter undertakes a literature review of the theme of the research 'Community Development and Poverty Reduction'. The Third Chapter explains the research setting, the fourth chapter documents the research outputs and the fifth chapter concludes the study by making recommendations.The book highlights the importance of participation in rural community development projects and recommends that poverty reduction projects should be implemented in a way that gives community the capacity to sustain projects even in the absence of donors. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Today our world is branded. Creating a strong brand is not only for consumer goods anymore, but also for places and countries. A country brand might be compared to a commercial brand of a large corporation. A corporation has its center of operations, a country has its capital; a corporation has its emblem, a country its flag.Brands are intangible possessions that can develop into value for almost everyone. From an organizational perspective, a profitable brand enables a product or service to preserve a high level of consumer tolerance, often in the face of significant competition Nandan. Identity is the signals that an organization or a country sends out to the environment. In the discourse of a certain country, the fundamental discussion is often based on the overall perception of the country. These perceptual factors might be situated in security, infrastructure, cultural norms or tourism. The countries we do have good experiences from we discuss in a good spirit and vice versa. The aim of this book is to develop a model in order to define country brand identity, not only for the Philippines but also, for all countries. 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The liberalisation policies implemented in the external sector during the 1990 s brought the Indian economy closer to the world economy. As a part of this liberalisation process, India shifted from the fixed exchange rate system to the floating exchange rate system. However, this made the Indian economy with the exports sector in particular, become more vulnerable to the changes in world economy and the foreign exchange market. Given this background, it is interesting to examine the effect of Indian exports to the changes in exchange rate. The book provides assessment of the effect of real and nominal exchange rate on the exports performance of India during 1993-94 to 2008-09.The effect of both real and nominal exchange rate on both the aggregate level exports and disaggregate level exports is given. The book puts forward a number of implications and suggestions that are relevant for the policy makers and the firms engaged in exports business. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Small-scale fisheries has been playing a great role in Tanzania in terms of household incomes. However, due to competition in the fishery industry, small-scale Nile Perch fishers have been the losers while the Gear owners in the industry have been the winners. The study has come with some mixed results showing different ways through which fishers are monthly paid in the two fishing beaches that were of interest in this study namely Kijiweni and Igombe fishing beaches. Fishermen in Kijiweni beach had an absolute advantage in income generation both during high and low catch seasons over Igombe fishing beach. But sill they were not getting higher income as their gear owners who employed them. This study intends to benefit all stakeholders that are involved in the fishery sector including fishers themselves, policy makers at both the central and local government levels with view to improving the performance of the the fishery sector in Tanzania and in particular the Small-scale fisheries. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The subject matter of this book is economics of technology diffusion. It gives a detailed case study from the Indian silk industry. Sericulture, the agricultural aspect of silk production has been an important rural occupation in India. In spite of being the second largest in the world, India s silk industry is struggling for its very existence, crippled by low productivity, price instability and import competition. These constraints stem from the poor quantitative and qualitative performance of the indigenous silkworm varieties. Unfortunately the superior 'Bivoltine hybrid silkworm' evolved to ameliorate them hasn t diffused well. This study examines its reasons through the economic perspective of technology diffusion. 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Uganda is among the top 10 countries with the highest fertility rates and the third highest rate of natural population increase in the world. Despite Uganda's rapid economic growth over the years, experts warn that the current population growth is not healthy for an economy. Despite various campaigns geared towards family planning and consequently a reduction in population growth rates in Uganda, these campaigns have been countered by conflicting messages encouraging Ugandans not to embrace any form of family planning. This book provides insight into the factors that influence people's family planning decisions. It also highlights reasons why family planning campaigns meet resistance and ways in which these campaigns can be more effective. Lastly, this book sheds some light into how media can be utilised optimally to enhance the success of family planning campaigns. This book should be especially useful for media practitioners as well as international organisations hoping to make an impact in health related fields in third world countries. 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -My father told me that nothing can be more valuable to earn than education . Although the challenges faced during the preparation of this study seemed at one point immense, however, my supervisor and mentor, Dr. Muhammad Rashid, has been a great supporter and provided me with the vision, knowledge, and guidance to successfully complete this study. The study aims at (1) to investigate the value of university education relative to high school education, and (2) to compare the value of a university degree from a private university relative to a university degree from a public university. Despite the paucity of data and other limitations which restrict generalization of the results of the study, this report has proposed a framework to comparatively analyze the value of education. Given time and adequate funding, a comprehensive study, based on the previously proposed framework, can be undertaken in the future. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Knowledge of volatility is of crucial importance in many areas. The Stock Market of Mauritius did not remain untouched. This paper explores the relationship between trading volume, volatility and leverage in the Stock Market of Mauritius. In contrast to other studies which examine the SEMDEX or the SEM by sector, we examine the relationship for 35 listed stocks on the SEM. Daily return, volume and the SEMDEX is used for the period 2005 to 2009. We also emphasize on the impact of trading volume. The analysis shows that there exist substantial ARCH effect and volatility shocks are quite persistent in the market. The impact of both recent and old news can be found. The study also finds evidence of leverage and asymmetric effect on the Stock Market. Consistent with the results of Lamoureux and Lastrapes (1990), our results shows that the persistence of volatility decreases after volume is included in the model. 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The rapid advancement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has had a profound impact on the banking industry and the wider financial sector over the last two decades and it has now become a tool that facilitates banks organizational structures, business strategies, customer services and other related functions that help to determine performance. This research work describes the forms of technology that are applicable in banks. It further states how these technological advancements can be used to enhance performance in a bank. The research uses a case study methodology to report the extent to which the customers of Oceanic bank really accept these changes. The variables under E-business which constitutes the independent variables are the uses of Computer, Telephone, Facsimile, Internet and Wireless Communication devices in a bank. Questionnaires were used in collecting primary data in addition to secondary data which will be drawn from sources such as journals, newspapers, textbooks, and the internet. Data collected was summarized using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0, this involves using computer in analyzing the collected data. 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -R& D decisions and their importanceResearch and Development decisions are a Universal phenomenon, central to the successful functioning of any organization. This commences from the very Natural habitat around us consisting of biological organisms, species, tribes, and in fact the entire Eco system evolves due to an innate R&D.Research and Development has long been acknowledged as central to the sustenance and growth of all entities, and most companies include R&D in their plan outlays. The study explores the need of R&D in businesses , along with the process adopted by different companies to reach their final product or service. The findings of this research illustrate the importance of research and development activities in companies. Carried out on a mix of companies representative of very varied segments that ranged from Retail store to Food processing, Apparel export to Oil and lubrication, and even Educational institutions, this study has revealed that certain different rationales may motivate different people for the performance of research and development activities, but there is absolute unanimity about the need for R&D itself. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Labeling image collections is a tedious and time consuming task, especially when multiple labels have to be chosen for each image. On the other hand, the explosion of Internet content has provided cheap access to almost unlimited amounts of data, albeit with a lower quality of annotations. This dissertation deals with the problem of automatically annotating images, by introducing a new framework that extends state-of-the-art models in word prediction to incorporate information from two sources, unlabeled examples and correlated labels. This is the first semisupervised multitask model used in vision problems of these characteristics. 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Choledocholithiasis is the presence of stone in the common bile duct . Various diagnostic modalities to support our diagnosis includes Ultrasonography, Computerized tomography scan, Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography, Magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography. The treatment options include open choledocholithotomy, laparoscopic technique, Common Bile Duct closure with T tube, Primary closure of Common Bile Duct, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography.The traditional indications for common bile duct exploration resulted in a large number of unnecessary manipulations of bile ducts, with the advent of newer modalities like laparoscopic exploration and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-pancreatography [ERCP] , which clearly demonstrates better surgical outcome in most of the patients. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Elections form the core of democratic society and, as such, are of monumental importance in democratic world. . In order for an election to remain truly democratic, it must uphold four critical properties: privacy, incoercibility, accuracy and verifiability. In this paper we analyze threats against these properties during the three phases of an election (voter registration, casting votes, and tabulating votes), highlight specific ways voting systems have been compromised, summarize the weaknesses of current voting techniques, and give assurance to voters to ensure their votes are handled properly in upcoming elections. For an election to serve its purpose in a democracy, it must guarantee four properties: Privacy voters have the right to keep their ballots secret. Incoercibility voters cannot reveal the contents of their cast ballots. Accuracy the final tally is the actual sum of all cast ballots. Verifiability voters can prove to themselves that their ballots were cast as intended and counted, and anyone can prove that the final tally is accurate. Violations of any of these properties, particularly in the form of security breaches, can disrupt the outcome of an ele 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present book is a comprehensive and methodological analysis of the services and information provided by the Libraries through website. The primary focus of the book is to examine, observe and analyze different search options and mechanism provided through Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of library. The book is also a comparative study of various university library websites. The book, due to its internationally acknowledged subject-matter and universally applicable outcomes has the potential of international relevance and universal acceptance. Hence, this book is an essential reading for library and information community across the globe. Scientific methodology, Observational approach and statistical analysis makes the book worthy for the scholars, researchers, academicians, students and others associated with the subject of library and information science. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Majority of the agents which are non-selective COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors, shares the undesirable effect to gastric and intestinal mucosa, resulting in erosion, ulcers and represent the major adverse reactions to the use of NSAIDs. The belief behind this book is to bring in one new method for upgrading solubility behavior by amino acid conjugation and thereby overcome general side effects of NSAID. Prodrug is a chemically modified inert drug precursor, which upon biotransformation lead to activation and produce pharmacological action. In this book prodrug approach stands for modification to overcome pharmaceutical barriers like solubility behavior. Even if the amino acid conjugates formerly classified under prodrug but it defeat the limitation of them such as formation of unforeseen metabolite and disagreeable side effects. Some conjugate has maximum water solubility than parent compound. The partition coefficient of the synthesized compound was found to be more than the parent drug. It indicates that conjugates synthesized with hydrophilic amino acid possess more water solubility. In future this approach can be applied to other NSAIDs having free carboxyl functional group. 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 21st Century has experienced many natural disasters such as floods, tsunamis, landslides as a result of the looming effect of climate change. This calls for innovative ways through which we can model and manage natural systems e.g. rivers, streams, lakes. The advent of GIS and Earth Observation (EO) in recent times provide us with endless possibilities for modelling, forecasting and predicting phenomena of water bodies in time and space with reasonable accuracy. ILWIS Open is free and open source GIS/EO software that presents us with some of these possibilities but however lacks water quality analysis of rivers and streams. This work, in contribution towards a solution, developed a plug-in ILWIS Open to handle water quality modelling in rivers and streams. The plug-in is based on the USGS Transient Storage Solute Transport (OTIS) and the USGS Full Equations (FEQ) models. The plug-in can stimulate hydraulic parameters that influence transient storage under steady and unsteady conditions. Professional and scientific interest for using this plug-in are already well noted with the Regge and Dinkel water board and 52°North . 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Communication is the most crucial part for every business, From Communication with customers to inner organization, communication play a vital role in the success of any organization. Here we specify the implication of virtual communication within an organization. The study will be carried out between two department with in an organization which are geographically separated, one department is in United Kingdom and the other is in Pakistan. This would be helpful for the organizations that are implementing virtual communication in their organization. This will also help them to understand the pros and cons of virtual communication and the ways to improve and enhance the communication capabilities. This can also be used as a guide to improve the interaction between the departments as well as the co workers. 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book attempts to address, carbon sequestration potential in Jnanabharathi campus, Bangalore University, India. The present study area has a total land of about 449.74 ha with rich vegetation sector and the total amount of both above ground carbon (AGC) and below ground carbon (BGC) was estimated an average of 54.799 t/ha with the total carbon worth of $4.92 lakhs is sequestered at present. The total amount of carbon dioxide assimilated into the trees in terms of both above ground and below ground biomass was estimated an average of 200.931 t/ha. In order to increase the carbon sinks it is necessary to carry out the afforestation and has to protect from the anthropogenic activities. 116 pp. Englisch.