lap lambert academic publishing nov 2012 (Over 2,500 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -India is one of the top producers of yarns and fabrics in the world. Textile industry is an independent and self-reliant industry with great versatility and diversification. Textile is an important entity of human livehood and there is tremdous growth in term of production and research in the last a few decades. Enormous literature have been produced in filed of textile but these lituerature is scarred, it is, therefore, there is an urgent need to conduct biliomatric study of these litureature to know different aspect of textiles research in global era. This present study deals with bibliomatric study of 1336 artciles published during 2000 to 2015 in two renowed Journals of Journals of Textile Association and Journal of the Textile Insititute in SCOPUS database has been used to extract data on textile. The study covers different perspective of textile research including article distribution pattern, authorship pattern, geographical distribution, document type, length of articles and citation analysis etc. Paper concludes that a total of 1336 documents were produced during 2000 to 2015 in select aforesaid journals Journal of the Textile Association Manage have contributed highly arBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Today, when majority of the former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe are summing up the results of transition, especially from privatisation process, some countries, e.g., Kosova, are only now dealing with ownership issue and privatisation. Thus, it is important to be aware, that this process represents a very complex task, but at the same time, this could be advantage because we can drew lessons from the privatisation experience of other transition countries that underwent this process. This Book will present a brief background on privatisation and will try to cover experiences, goals, challenges, and method of more than one decade of privatisation in CEEs, with an aim to understand and learn lessons for Kosova for its future (successful) implementation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Wood fuel is the most important energy source and forest product on which people depend for cooking, lighting and space heating. It is a renewable carbon-based fuel as long as harvesting does not exceed the rate of biomass replenishment. This study was aimed at assessing wood fuel demand and supply management practices in Debark Town. To achieve this objective, descriptive research design was used. The data was collected from a randomly selected sample of 167 urban households and purposive interviews of 5 governmental officials, 10 wood fuel sellers as well as 30 peri- urban farmers. The survey was administered using questionnaires and interviews to obtain quantitative and qualitative data. Wood fuel supply was estimated at established check points to measure the amount of wood fuel inflow into the town. The findings revealed that eucalyptus globules and olea africana contributed the lion¿s share of fire wood and charcoal consumption respectively. Eucalyptus globules was the most preferred tree species for tree growing to Consumption of wood fuel above supply implies the existence of wood fuel crisis which in turn leads to social , economical and environmental impacts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This work depicts the state of development of a village in Cameroon called Matoh. The main activity in Matoh Village is the cultivation of cocoa cash crop which is demanded both nationally and internationally. Despite the time dedicated by the farmers to their farms, it is regrettable that most of them are still poverty stricken. Moreover, the area is almost unreachable during the heart of the rainy season due to the poor state of the roads. This, therefore, hinders the convey of chemicals to the farmers and also hampers the transportation of farm produce to nearby markets. Worst still, the enclave nature of the area has dampened the chances of the farmers being exposed to modern farming techniques. This work therefore, addresses the challenges faced by this agricultural community and call upon development stakeholders and people of good cheer to make their valuable contributions such that these farmers could valorise their farm produce and thus improve their well-being.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The book focuses on the vision of education of sufi school of thought. Sufi school has performed a vital role in promoting peace and education. In the Indo-Pak subcontinent,a number of sufis promoted the cause of education and, through their magnetic personalities, changed the ruined lives of countless people.The Sufis focused on the teaching learning process in Islamic perspectives. The objectives of education were to prepare the students in all dimensions and to bring them in a position to face the incoming challenges.Sufis paid special attention on the acquisition of education. The sufi traditions in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent always promoted the process of teaching and learning to enhance the wisdom in Islamic perspectives to explore the mysteries of nature and to become nearer to Allah.For this purpose, they established the education institutes, formulated the objectives and content of education. Their was a specific criteria for getting admissions in the Sufis institutions of learning. Sufis had wonderfully discussed the characteristics of good teachers and students and explained the assessment procedure for students.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The twentieth century has been a century of unprecedented economic development and environmental change. Extensive debate has been on the relationship between development and environmental degradation in the past few years. Industrialization has provided for better economies and has sustained human development. However, this industrialization and development has occurred unevenly with increasingly destruction of world¿s natural resources. In this context, the question about the impact of industrialization and degraded resources is most relevant for developing country like India. During the last few decades there has been phenomenal increase in industries in India. Besides, India supports its population with only 2.3 percent of the world¿s land area. Taking into account the total land resources including hills, mountains, lakes, rivers and lands of all description, the availability of land per head in India comes to only 0.58 hectares and area of cultivation has been considerably reduced by the industrialization.Hence there need to analyze the degradation of land resources and prevent the lands for sustainable use.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -It is without doubt that foreign owned SMEs are doing exceptionally well in the business environment despite the many challenges that they face. While challenges differ from one small business to the other, the most common challenge that foreign owned SMEs face is lack of funding from either the local government or the banking sector. This is largely due to the fact that most owners of foreign small businesses enter the country illegally and do not have the necessary documents to apply for bank loans. But, even with the necessary documents, local banks do not offer loans to foreigners because most foreigners do not have collateral security.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Currently, there has been little research from a Health Economics as well as a Public Health perspective, which looks at the Economics of HIV and AIDS, and Risky Sexual Behaviour of Young Females in relation to poverty. Consequently a hot debate has resulted. This book uses dataset from the first wave of a study on young female adult (YAFAs) done in Balaka district in Malawi, by the University of Pennsylvania under the Tsogolo La Thanzi (TLT) project. The sample size was 1493.The decision to indulge in risky sexual behaviour is modeled as a choice model and estimated using a probit model. Among other things, the study shows that income, wealth status, HIV and AIDS knowledge, are insignificant in determining risky sexual behaviour. However, perception on condom uses, education, and employment status are found to be predictors of risky sexual behaviour. The conclusions drawn so far have far reaching implications for Health Economist and Public Health specialists as the results seem to be diverting away from the conventional beliefs, given the Malawian scenario.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This research seeks to answer whether civilian intervention produces a more tangible outcome in terms of challenging the status quo around secessionist conflicts than traditional mediation given specific background conditions involved. The mediation (and observation) ¿ the method traditionally employed by the OSCE and the UN - appears to be more intrusive, involves direct physical presence on the ground in the conflict zone, is more high-profile and involves sensitive political and politico-military issues, and produces increased competition and power-based mediation on the part of an involved major regional player interested in sustaining the status quo. The civilian approach to conflict management employed by the EU, by contrast, entails a less intrusive, more low-key, piecemeal instruments facilitating conflict prevention or conflict management. As such, it is able to alter the context around the conflict, thereby challenging the status quo. The author ultimately concludes though that the impact produced by civilian approach to conflict management diverges in space due to the different types of security issues involved in different conflicts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) is unique among UN agencies. From the creation to till now, the UNHCR has been central off to the international debates about human rights and international responsibility, conflict resolution, mutual diplomacy as well as delivery of humanitarian assistance. Though the UNHCR has had many successes over the past 50 years, it has also many failures too. Since, its inception in 1951, the UNHCR has sustained remarkable growth in its budget, staff and expansion of its mandate. But for the contemporary demand, there have been insufficient to establish a more effective UNHCR. This paper shows how world's refugees are being treated with regard to their creeds and castes, international relations, interest of the world dominating countries, in particular in Asia, Africa or some parts of Europe too.This research work understands the global financial crisis that had been affected the UNHCR. This book also uses the concepts of financial innovation, current budget imbalances, as well as to find the roots of the crisis. At the same time it emphasizes the need for international recognition, especially at a time of global recessions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Asian sub communities in Tanzania, despite their heterogeinity, share a common pattern that differentiates the Tanzanian Asian community from other Tanzanian ethnic communities. One such pattern is what reflects the perception of the Asian community towards spousal abuse. The purpose of this research was to look into the problem of the meaning attached to spousal abuse in order to understand the perception and experience of abuse in the Asian community. Findings reveal that Spousal abuse is perceived to be private affair between the married couples; it is shameful; forms of abuse vary in regard to class, caste and social status; certain forms of abuse are gendered.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Gender Based Violence (GBV) is not only a violation of women's fundamental human rights but also poses a huge challenge to countries committed to achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 as well as targets set in the national plans of action. We undertook this baseline study because we value generation of empirical evidence as a basis for developing proactive strategies for meeting the needs of communities and addressing GBV. Through this research, we sought to understand the GBV situation in Kibera by checking community awareness of GBV and the Sexual Offenses Act; establishing the extent of GBV; understanding the causes and pre-disposing factors; identifying the existing interventions by the community and other actors; and establish the gaps and challenges slowing the efforts to eliminate GBV and how to address them. We hope that the findings of this research will be beneficial to organizations and development partners and will form a base for best practices that would aid in mitigation of GBV. Let us move away from gender violence on women and open avenues for empowerment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Traditionally, people, physical evidence and process (3Ps) have gained widespread acceptance in the services marketing literature. The soft Ps (3Ps) together represent the service and provide the evidence that makes services more tangible. However, these unique soft Ps of services marketing are argued to be within the control of the retail businesses that offer physical products as well. They influence the customer¿s initial decision to purchase a product, customer¿s level of satisfaction and repurchase decisions. Retailers are encouraged to rely heavily upon servicescapes, dramaturgy and blueprinting to enhance the provision of product quality to acquire and retain their customers for more revenue.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The Iraq war is the Third Gulf War that was initiated with the military invasion of Iraq on March 2003 by the United States of American and its allies to put an end to the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein, the fifth President of Iraq and a prominent leader of the Baath party in the Iraqi region. The chief cause of this war was the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) that George W. Bush declared in response to the attacks of September 11. The events of this war were both brutal and severe on both parties as it resulted in the defeat of the Iraqi army and the depose and execution of Saddam Hussein, in addition to thousands of causalities and billions of dollars expenses. This book discusses the overt as well as the covert reasons behind the Iraqi war, in addition to its different objectives. It also discusses the course of the war and its aftermath including the consequences of the war on the political, economic, social, and humanitarian levelsBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The textile industry of India has an economic significance at present,especially in the context of global market. In India the textile industry is the largest,next to agriculture, in terms of employment generation. Indian textiles as a whole have a major role in the economy in terms of its contribution to the industrial production, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. This is book is an attempt to analyze the organisation, management and production process of powerloom industry.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This publication explores Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies and comparative role of Faith Based Organizations in the promotion of rural household food security. The comparison is made against the valuable work by the government Satellite Committees that offer similar services. Disasters are essentially the work of hazards that meet vulnerable conditions or status and further amplified by low or none existent capacity levels. This publication therefore ascertains the efforts, motivations and impacts of different stakeholders in Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies at community level through a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The adoption of Strategic Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS) allows firms to supplement financial metrics with a diverse mix of non-financial performance measures to enable better monitoring of strategic progress and success. As climate change continues to dominate regulatory policy changes, many companies are now extending their SPMS to incorporate the three dimensions of sustainability: the 3P¿s-Planet, People and Profit. This SPMS extension is commonly referred to as Sustainability Balanced Scorecard (SBSC). This book examines the extent of SPMS and SBSC usage and disclosure among Australiäs Top100 listed firms. It also explores the sustainability commitment level of firms using the Reactive-Defensive-Accommodative-Proactive model. The aim is to identify the SPMS/SBSC disclosers and to gain meaningful insights from exemplary examples of companies displaying high commitment to sustainability through proactive initiatives.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Being a Colombian, it becomes a priority to deeply analyze the situation of my Country in respect with the global economy changes that have been taking place, and how the Extension of the Panama Canal will be a key factor in the infrastructure development challenges Colombia needs to assume in order to compete properly in the international trade market. This book attempt to analyze the current and future situation of the main ports in the Colombian coasts (Caribbean and Pacific) in the context of the Panama Canal extension project on 2014, in order to develop and integrate the Caribbean and Pacific corridors as the key successful factors of the logistic chain in the country, so that they can serve strategically the export and import trade markets connected with the different maritime routes the country have access to.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Does resistance training for sports have to be performed at the same velocities the respective sport is played at The specificity of training principle indicates that we should match our training with the sport we play as much as possible. In contrast, a lot of resistance training programs incorporate high loads at low velocities while participating in high velocity sporting activities. Is there any benefit to the offseason/preseason heavy slow lifting or does this training have a negative or neutral effect on sports performances at high velocities This dissertation addresses and analyzes these very questions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This work delves into the history of celibacy and how it has been practised over the ages. As a human endeavour in the service of the divine, the practice of celibacy carries along with it both values and challenges. The work examines in detail the values of celibacy to the society in Africa and the work, and at the same time pays considerable attention to the challenges celibates face in the society especially in Africa which a high value is place on childbearing. This work promises to be an interestin piece as at it involves an active participation of the celibates at arriving at its results.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In advent of county governments in Kenya, the author did a project study among workers at Nairobi City Council on their satisfaction in relation to service delivery to the residents of Nairobi. The aim was to establish whether recruitment, manner of handling workers and their salary levels influenced their performance. Guided by Arderfer¿s ERG theoretical framework the study used simple random sampling techniques to gather primary data on water, social services and environment department of Nairobi City Council. The study found a significant correlation between service delivery and satisfaction therefore recommended fair recruitment, handling and good remunerations that would take good care of the family for the worker to be productive.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Developing countries and Africa has witnessed the increasing emergence of chronic diseases particularly non communicable diseases yet the health system infrastructure remains weak and mostly incapable of managing and treating such diseases when detected at clinical stage. Early detection has proved to be effective in reducing morbidity and mortality rates of chronic diseases. England, Wales, Denmark, Norway and other countries have recorded declines in cancer deaths on account of increased check up. In Africa however, check up levels are low due to demand and supply side constraints. A study on factors influencing demand for medical check up among staff of Africa Medical and Research Foundation and Kenya Medical Training College in Nairobi, Kenya found that less than half reported to have gone for check up at least once in a year prior to the study. Main motivation was knowledge of benefits of early disease detection and main hindrance was lack of knowledge of early detection of diseases which again emphasizes need for awareness.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Chapter one (1) is a presentation of the background to the study. Here, the statement of the problem, rationale of the study, research aims and objectives have been explained. Chapter two (2) examines the available literature on breast cancer and related issues. Chapter three (3) is where the background to the study district is presented. There is a detailed description and analysis of context-specific information relating to the UER where the KND is located. Chapter four (4) presents a discussion of the research methodology adopted to gather empirical data for this study. The researcher¿s assumption as an interpretivist and constructionist is explained. Based on this, the necessary research design and strategy developed to select the study district, research participants and the methods used to gather empirical data have been explained. Chapter five (5) discusses the results of the empirical study as obtained from the focus group discussions (FGDs) and the in-depth interviews with the research participants. Chapter six (6) is the discussion and analysis of the findings of the empirical study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The book applies the theories of Structuration and reflexivity to the Internet in Amman, Jordan, to argue how the Internet can challenge authority as embedded in kinship social formations. In the first place, the Internet can be an empowering agent by challenging authority; at the same time, kinship¿s social and moral codes can structure the reflexivity, Structuration, and agency that users derive from the Internet. This book argues that there is a symbiotic relationship between the Internet and kinship. Situating Internet usage within kinship would challenge technological determinism. Furthermore, the book explains how and why an anthropological approach to media, including the Internet, would be especially suitable for exploring the Internet¿s functions in users¿ lives. Finally, the book uses an interview of an Arab woman student (who was in the University of Texas in Austin at the time of the writing) to support its argument.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This manual is divided into three sections. In the first part, Cognitive Neuroscience was introduced which was followed by Four major Techniques in Cognitive Neuroscience Research- Computer modeling, Experimentation Techniques with animals, Structural Imaging of Neurological Damage and Converging Methods. In the second part, electrophysiology in awake-monkey was discussed. In last part, several limitations and some suggestions to overcome those were discussed. Finally a wish list for future cognitive neuroscience research was presented.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Coverage of this contains as meaning of NLP, Morphology, Stammer, Language importance with the integration of Computer. The main description is the Natural language processing (NLP) which is a subfield of artificial intelligence and linguistics. It studies the problems of automated generation and understanding of natural human languages. Natural language generation systems convert information from computer databases into normal-sounding human language, and natural language understanding systems convert samples of human language into more formal representations that are easier for computer programs to manipulate. Machine translation is a very important application of Natural Language Processing (NLP). Machine translation is throwing up many challenges and opening up many opportunities for doing work. Some of the problems relate to grammars; others pertain to word analysis, bilingual dictionaries, language, generation,Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This book describes a new technique for compressing cartoon images by taking advantage of the distinct color regions in an image and applying a spatially-based compression algorithm. The method for storing these regions involves a combination of Binary Run-Length Encoding and Huffman Encoding. The compression of cartoon images presented here is a lossy compression scheme that removes artifacts and antialiasing before encoding the image, and upon decoding the image, uses an edge-restricted blur filter in an attempt to smooth the edges of the decoded image. Algorithms to support gradient detection, their application, and storage are also described. With these algorithms and the proposed file type, on average the test images were 13.75 times more compact than the corresponding PNG file and 7.45 times more compact than the corresponding JPEG file, with a best bit per pixel ratio of 0.00987 bpp.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Solving real life problems are often very time demanding due to the high sensitivity of the system such as Bio medical devices which are actually used to get data which represent the critical state of a human or animal body. There are some important indicators of human health those include ECG, SPO2, Temperature and Blood pressure. By monitoring those indicators the current state of any human health is possible to determine and hence necessary steps can be taken. This is why a Real Time monitoring of the health indicators signals has massive importance in Bio medical Engineering. In our approach we have experimentally proved and did the signal processing of important health indicator using Windows and Linux OS. For Linux we have used RT Linux which is a hard real time operating system. The data acquisition system of the signals has been done through a data acquisition card and interfacing of the system to computer has been done both in a general operating system as Windows and a Hard real time operating system RT Linux which coexists with Linux OS to make a comparison between the time dependency of signals in different operating system under multitasking environment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Artemisia annua is a highly demanded medicinal herb. It is a crop for the production of artemisinin, an important natural sesquiterpene lactone with anti-malarial effect against susceptible and multi-drug resistant Plasmodium species. A-3 is a hybrid cultivar that has been organically grown on ANAMED farm in Germany and contains 20 times more the usual content (0.01-0.42% of dry mass) of artemisinin in wild type. It is especially important for the natural treatment of malaria, because it is adapted for the warmer climates where malaria is endemic. This book could serve an indispensible input to advanced students in the field of Plant Bio-technology, Botanical Sciences, Horticulture etc. and commercial growers as well as pharmaceutical firms as it provides the reader with efficient and reproducible in vitro techniques and procedures (protocol) that enables large scale production of plant materials true-to-type for anamed (A-3) cultivar of A. annua. Packed with compelling pictures and tables it offers up to date comprehensive information on origin and distribution, botany, medicinal importance and propagation (conventional propagation and micropropagation) of the plant.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Friction stir welding is the process in which metal does not melt before making a joint.it is a solid state joining process which is widely used for joining for aluminium alloys in ship manufacturing, aerospace, and automobile industry. This is an eco-friendly welding technique because of no welding consumables used, and no harmful emission to the surroundings. In this study friction stir welding was performed on vertical milling machine with AA6070.tool was prepared on lathe with different pin length. manageable process parameter that affect the quality of weld joint are rotational speed(RPM),traverse speed (mm/min), pin depth (mm).and these parameters should be optimized to obtain a sound weld joint. In this study optimization process parameter was done for getting mechanically sound weld joint. It is observed that, during the friction stir welding, deformation takes place at the nugget zone only and the evolved microstructure which strongly affects the mechanical properties of the joint. The aim of present study is to understand the effect of process parameters on mechanical properties of the friction stir welded joints.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.