lap lambert academic publishing sep 2012 (Over 2,600 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The main objective of present investigation was to study the dissolution pattern of most commercially available formulations of omeprazole in Bangladesh . Omeprazole magnesium is the most common antiulcerant in Bangladesh which are widely prescribed by the physicians for peptic ulcer & GERD. Ten national brands with reference brand of Omeprazole magnesium capsules were studied in stimulated gastric medium (pH 1.2) for first 2 hours and then in simulated intestinal medium (pH 6.8) for next 45 minutes using USP reference dissolution apparatus (Type 1 ) Among most of these locally manufactured Omeprazole brands showed compatible dissolution pattern & release kinetics compared with the reference brand. It was concluded from the study that most of the formulations were equivalent and there was no intra and inter variation between each and every formulation.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This work analyses the question of ¿Can the European Union (EU) continue as a global actor after being struck by the financial and economic crisis¿. The analysis is made with main focus on the impact on EU¿s role on the international scene. Our work considers the crisis through an analysis of the decision-making patterns of the EU, using historical, sociological and discourse-integration theories. Through the analysis of the three types of institutionalism and the economical reforms, this work will try to give an understanding of any occurring decisions and changes. This is suggested to be mirrored in the EU¿s role globally, and is argued to provide the context for to what extent the EU has been influenced by the financial global crisis. Through the Monetarists, Realist and Neo-liberal theories our work emphasises the development of the crisis and the Fiscal Compact. The economical foundation of the EU is evaluated to see whether it has enhanced the crisis impact.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Communication and IT contain huge potential particularly for growing nations and in there sustainable growth. India and Pakistan two growing nations of Asia pacific now a day doing great performance in the field of IT and have different advantages on each other in this field. Indian city Bangalore is known as Silicon Valley of India due to its great contributions in IT field of the country. Karachi city of Pakistan also well recognized in this field. IT industry of both cities working under different IT policies like Karnataka state of India in which Bangalore city is located has its own IT policy under through this industry is going on and Karachi city of Pakistan which is situated in Sindh province of Pakistan has no IT policy and IT industry of Karachi city is working under National IT policy of Pakistan. Study based on how Karachi and Bangalore contribute in the economic development of their respective countries through IT industry, what kind of institutional arrangements both cities have in respect of innovation system and to know whether there is National Innovation System, Regional Innovation System or they are Industrial Clusters.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Senior citizen is a rapidly expanding segment of population. Preference to single family has resulted marginalization and, in some case, complete abandonment seniors in many activities. The book has highlighted socio-economic status of senior citizens of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal, their health problems and need and interest. Senior citizens have Asthma and Hypertension as the major health problems and interest is to be religious.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The 2005 election was a historic opening of democratic space in Ethiopia.Since in power, the incumbent for the first time had to face a democratic challenge. Its fruit had a bitter taste though.CUD, the hardliner opposition, 'irresponsibility¿ discarded the Verdict of the public and EPRDF stick to irreconcilable politics. That led to election crisis accompanied by political deadlock and bloodshed.Now there is no way to allow things go back as they were in 2005. 'Repressive' laws were enacted; millions of youngsters were recruited through 'stick and carrot' strategy. All that curtailed the political space in the election to come; left little or no ground for the opposition to make any effective competition.The hate politics and splits within the major oppositions coupled by political intimidation against MEDREK, grand opposition coalition, the 2010 election was essentially failed.Contrary to that of 2005, where there was no clear cut winner, EPRDF now controlled 99.6 of the federal parliament;a situation that remind the country the last decade of the 20th century.The writer argues that the implication is Ethiopia has just joined the 'competitive/electoral Authoritarianism' camp.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Over the past 7 years, there has been a significant change in technological advancement around the world, particularly in the area of information and communication as within this period, communicating has been easier, compared with the last twenty years. One of the reasons for this ease of communication is the advent of Social Networking (SN) sites, a new form of media described as a virtual community with various platforms where audiences on the same communication channel come together for different purposes, most importantly to share information and to be informed. As a way of reaching out to the public, organizations have now adopted the use of different SN sites to propagate their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. This research focuses on how organizations(using a telecommunications firm as a case study) reach out to the public, some of whom are their subscribers', through the use of some SN sites(Facebook and Twitter), in disseminating information about their CSR activities and to know how effective they keep the public informed also in other areas through this new media channel and also recommend ways in which organizations can perform more effectively.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Often scholars hold the view that pastoral mode of subsistence by its nature has rooms for vulnerability to conflict;whereas sedentary farmers as the farthest thing from conflict. This study set out to probe the vulnerability or immunity of the above modes of subsistence to conflict among the Guji of Ethiopia.It has been found out that conflict has been and still is observed in pastoralist as well as farming Guji communities. The finding of the study proves that conflict cuts across modes of subsistence with varying degrees of intensity which are inversely related to the frequency of conflict. The other major finding, the size of property loss is inversely related to the capacity for mobility. In general, both farming and pastoralist Guji have been and still are vulnerable to conflict with other communities, conflicts that run the gamut from latent and manifest all the way to direct and bloody violence; with varying degrees; hence the differential vulnerability to conflict of the two Guji communities. The analysis should help shed some light on the two modes of subsistence vis ä vis conflict, and especially useful to professionals & practitioners in Peace and Security Studies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 168 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Access to sustainable energy services and an environmentally sustainable way of energy production and use are key priorities in achieving a secure energy future. However, our energy is produced and consumed in unsustainable ways. Nigeria, a country blessed with substantial hydrocarbon and renewable sources is over-reliant on its oil and gas sector for major energy needs and this has put the country at great risk. Thus with increased energy demand and import dependency, supply security of fossil fuels (especially oil and gas) in the country is becoming questionable. This book seeks to examine Nigeriäs current energy trend as regards to energy production and consumption and offers ways to change our consumption patterns and shift to a more sustainable energy system. Supporting energy policies if properly implemented can help end-use consumers shift to sustainable energy alternative sources while reducing environmental impacts caused by energy exploration.This book should be especially useful to professionals in the Energy Sector, or anyone else who may be interested in investing in the country's Energy sector.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The book examined the effect of Information communication technology on Nigeria Economic Development.It also assessed the nature of technologies driving information and communication technologies and appraised the status of ICT on technological infrastructure in Nigeria.The book concluded that ICT has contributed positively to the economic growth and development of Nigeria and the impact will also help to improve growth of the economy in the future with an increasing rate of ICT in the economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -With the increased awareness of environmental problems, the protection of natural environment has become an issue of high relevance. Businesses across all sectors start to implement practices and develop products in order to minimise environmental damage as a part of socially responsible strategies. Hospitality industry is not an exception. Consumers' changing behaviour and preferences towards environmentally friendly products and services has prompted numerous hotels to engage in green practices. These actions help them not only to decrease overall environmental damage, but also to create a competitive advantage and establish themselves in a niche for environmentally concerned consumers. The purpose of this work is two-fold: to explore individuals' attitude towards green practices in hotels and to identify whether attitude and social influence could be considered as predictors for the intention to visit hotels that implement eco-friendly practices. These analyses should be useful for professionals in numerous industries, whose goal is to reconsider their company¿s policies and regulations towards the protection of natural resources and targeting eco-conscious consumers.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA)- 2006 was enacted with the aim to provide quality food to the population of India. Under this act an institution called Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is created. It is empowered to regulate food industry, operations and trade. By the literal meaning and phrase of the name, Food Safety and Standards sound very interesting and gives an impression of quality food in Indian market. However on a closer and careful look at the provisions of this act indicates, that the main aim of this act is to control food business in the name of standards. The most surprising fact in this act is - its complete silence on the issue of food adulteration - which is a bigger concern amongst the Indian consumers. Food adulteration should have got prime importance in any food safety legislation, however in FSSA-2006, the key focus are on substandard and misbranded food items. It is more focused on packaging and printing rather than on quality. This act has failed to look at the ground environmental conditions while drafting the act. It squarely implies that any food related problems are mainly due to food processors and traders. This is factually wrong.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -In distribution logistics low-but-bulk quantity orders are being replaced by multiple-but-diminutive orders, which need to be executed in very tight time schedules. In manufacturing, there is a marked repositioning to lesser lot-sizes, point-of-use delivery, and cycle time condensation. The order routing challenge (ORC) concerns the evaluation of how to knot orders and then to assign them to order-loaders. This research argues that efficiency can increase in the order loading process in such environments by catering to a group of orders instead of exclusive orders. The essential issue is, hence, to determine the set of orders the order-loader should serve in one trip to minimize the mean throughput time of a random order. This research focus on the derivation of a simple but efficient algorithm for the establishment of an optimal load batch size for order-loaders in a typical Twin-block warehouse. Moments are defined applied to approximate the waiting duration of a random order based on the analogous batch service queuing structure. The optimal order batch size is then established in a straightforward pattern.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The increasing occurrence of natural disasters is creating enormous problems especially for developing countries. While vibrant state and market institutions in developed countries afford capacity to deal with shock effects, weak (state and market) institutions and slow developing economic systems common in most developing countries rather facilitate the transformation of shocks into disasters that often widens the already existing poverty circle. This book discusses the potential strength of combining informal and formal responses for managing aggregate shocks in developing countries. A novel multidimensional framework for analyzing shocks is introduced and supported with empirical evidence from a developing country. This book principally targets experts and students with research interest on (natural) risks and shocks in developing countries. It may also be beneficial for practitioners who wonder why established risk management approaches such as insurance have not been very successful in developing countries and what options or endogenous potentials exist for dealing with extreme events.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Study examines the positive association between ownership structure and dividend payout policy across firms in Pakistan.The study provides an overview of ownership structure of petro-chemical industry by looking at the shareholding categories and shareholding percentages. The ownership structures and dividend payout of firms were obtained from the annual reports. The study provides evidence of strong block holders in these major sectors of the economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The increasing power of the European Parliament has attracted interest representatives to more actively pursue their interests within the institution. Consequently, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have also become more significant players in lobbying the European Union. This work focuses on how MEPs from different national lobbying cultures perceive lobbyists and use resources from them in the policymaking process. The case selection of MEPs from Poland and the United Kingdom offers a rich comparison of perceptions from two different lobbying systems. Interview findings confirm that Polish MEPs are more reluctant to work with lobbyists on policy issues because of less familiarity and comfort towards lobbying and a general concern for transparency in the policymaking process.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The study was carried out to establish factors influencing women's political participation and decision making in Swaziland. Specific objectives included; (1) an investigation of the extent to which women participation in the political process of Swaziland, (2) Identify the factors that influenced the participation or lack of participation in politics and recommend strategies that would be helpful in encouraging women to participate in politics. The study used qualitative methods to collect data using semi structured and open ended instruments and these were administered to key informants from NGOs, government departments, male and female candidates who participated in the 2003 general elections and those who won,focus group discussions, and in depth individual interviews. Results of the study covered five broad themes as follows: voter and civic education, socio-cultural factors, women's human rights, elections and campaigns and women in parliament.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This book focuses on the accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as the key provider of services to Palestinian refugees. The key finding here lies in the existence of a two-sided accountability problem, referred to as the Palestinian dilemma: on the one hand, the long route of accountability, connecting recipients to providers through policymakers, is blocked by flawed information of refugees on the Agency, and by a structure-induced lack of motivation of the provider to orient itself to beneficiaries. On the other hand, the short route, directly linking recipients to providers, is inhibited by low power of recipients to opt out of UNRWA, and by their low participation to decision making. However, it is argued here that UNRWA has the power to solve the dilemma, as it can count on an educated and politically aware pool of beneficiaries, that the Agency itself - through its sharp focus on education, developed over more than sixty years - has been instrumental in creating. Drawing on a refugees' perspective on UNRWA's services, a set of suggestions are put forward by the author, for the purpose of maximizing the Agency's accountability to its recipients.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Food production will have to increase in the next 50 years to meet the demand from a growing population and changed food habits, as e.g. for higher meat consumption. The increased production will have to be based on rain-fed agriculture or more effective irrigation strategies, and will have to be mainly in the tropics, since further enhancement in productivity in the western agriculture is a slow process, if possible at all. Climate change will become a major threat to this demand/supply equation, since many new problems will hamper the productivity gain that otherwise could have been achieved. Simple movement of genetic material or management techniques (North ¿ South or South ¿ North) to overcome future climate change, are doubtful, since photoperiodic control of most tropical species are very strong. Establishing more local breeding programs in a wider number of tropical species than currently, is highly relevant for continuously adapting to changing climate. Apart from crop breeding, many new research areas within plant physiology needs further work.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Flood estimation is now at the time has lot of importance because the world been facing flood problems more frequently than ever. Moreover, while developing a project i.e. dam construction it is an important and basic thing to perform its flood studies especially for the design of spillway and for dam safety. So, this book provides some tools and methods for an accurate flood assessment. It describes estimations of peak flood discharges mainly by using HEC-HMS software and by flood frequency analysis to compare the results.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Air pollution in big cities gets headlines, but in many rural areas of developing countries indoor air pollution is an even more serious health problem. Poverty condemns half of humanity to cook with solid fuels on inefficient stoves. As a cause of ill health in the world, indoor air pollution ranks behind only malnutrition, AIDS, tobacco, and poor water/sanitation.Smoke in homes from these cook stoves is the fourth greatest risk factor for death and disease in the world's poorest countries, and is linked to 1.6 million deaths per year. Yet the international community has largely neglected it. This report calls for global action to fight the killer in the kitchen - smoke from cook stovesBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The ligand N-pyrazolylpropanamide and two biologically active complexes of Ni+2 and Cu+2 with N-pyrazolylpropanamide have been synthesized and characterized in the following way by Michael addition of pyrazole to acrylamide in the presence of trimethylbenzylammonium hydroxide (Triton B, 40% in methanol) as a basic catalyst. The synthesized ligand, metal salts and its complexes have been screened for their antimicrobial activities against two species of bacteria (Bacillus subtillis and Shigella) by agar diffusion method. The results showed that the metal complexes are more active than the ligand and metal salts alone against these bacterial species. In addition, the biological activity of the Cu+2 complex is more active than the Ni+2 complex against these same bacterial species.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Banana crown rot is one of most important postharvest diseases of banana that reduces the quality and postharvest life of the fruit. It affects export of fruits in all banana producing countries including Ethiopia. There is no adequate information in Ethiopia about the importance of banana crown rot, pathogens that cause the disease and suitable methods for its management. The objectives of this study were to assess intensity of banana crown rot, to isolate and identify fungal complex associated with banana crown rot, and to evaluate the integrated effect of inorganic salt, hot water and fungicide treatments as management options of this disease. Inorganic salt at two levels integrated with three levels of water temperature and fungicide at four levels were evaluated towards the management of crown rot. The experiment was laid out in CRD with factorial combination. There was a highly significant (PBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Cotesia plutellae (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) is a solitary endoparasitoid wasp that parasitizes the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Yponomeutidae: Lepidoptera). For successful parasitization, its symbiotic polydnavirus (CpBV) helps the wasps to attenuate host immune capacity and manipulate host developmental physiology. An analysis of CpBV genome sequence indicated the presence of one putative gene (CpBV-H4) showing a high similarity to histone H4. Histone H4, one of the four histone subunits along with H2A, H2B and H3, forms an eukaryotic nucleosome core. Along with H3, it plays a central role in nucleosome formation. CpBV-H4 showed expression in different tissues in parasitized P. xylostella. Transient expression of CpBV-H4 in nonparasitized P. xylostella resulted in significant impairment of hemocyte-spreading and decreased gene expression of host H4, while knock-down of the transient expression using double-stranded RNA interference recovered the immune capacity and gene expression.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -One digestibility and two performance experiments were conducted with broilers to compare the feeding value of Conventional corn (CC) with Nutridense corn (ND). In experiment 1, 288 chicks were assigned to 24 experimental pens consisting of two treatments with an inclusion of 92.25% CC and ND. At 18 days of age, birds were measured for energy and amino acids digestibility. Also, mature roosters were used for true amino acid and energy digestibility. Results in this experiment indicated a higher metabolizable energy value of ND over CC. However, for total digestible amino acids, ND registered no significant differences over CC. In experiment 2, for trial 1, 384 birds were assigned into 6 dietary treatments. Treatments 1, 2 and 3 provided 3084, 3108 and 3084 kcal/kg, and an inclusion of 56.69% CC, 56.69% ND and 55.00% ND, respectively. Treatments 4, 5 and 6 provided 2852, 2874 and 2852 kcal/kg, and an inclusion of 55.20% CC, 55.20% ND and 54.35% ND, respectively. For trial 2, 960 birds, were distributed through 4 dietary treatments that provided 3084, 2852, 2874 and 2852 kcal/kg. For both trials there were no significant differences in growth performance due to the type of corn.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Travel Patterns of the Physically Disabled explored most of the daily activities of the physically disabled especially their travels. Their trips to work, schools, their trips for shoppings etc. the problems they face especially how they are unable to use to use transportation means ond modes like every other persons who are not physically disabled.This study of the travel patterns of the physically disabled was carried out in Jos. The group of the physically disabled used include the blind, the crippled and the lepers. A combination of questionnaire administration, focus group discussion and direct observations was employed to collect all necessary data for analysis. The study took a sample of 206 physically disabled and the systematic and stratified random sampling techniques were used at various stages of the data collection processes. Most physically disabled (68%) were engaged in begging, 7.7% were civil servants, and about 55.3% of them were not formally educated. Generally though, the physically disabled also use other public transport means it was also gathered that the most popular means of travel employed by the physically disabled was walking on foot, 48.5% of them emplBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -The importance of biological control particular attention is given to Stem-boring Weevil, Listronotus setosipennis H. and Leaf-feeding Beetles, Zygogramma bicolorata P. in control of Parthenium hysterophorus L. in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It needs to implement integrated management where various control methods should be alternated. Among of these biological control seems to be the most effective control methods in parthenium weed. In this review other control strategies are also discussed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -There are many reasons people choose to chew gum, but it has not been extensively examined whether this has an effect on their subsequent food choices. This thesis is about two studies, one where participants chewed different flavors of gum or no gum and then played a food reinforcement game to win four food choices, and a second study where participants chewed gum before every eating occasion and kept a strict food journal.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Postoperative pain still remains an important contributor to various complications following midline laparotomies. This randomized trial highlights the added value of diathermy based incisions over knife based incisions on postoperative pain scores. Moreover, it clearly shows that diathermy based incisions are rapid to contemplate and associated with lesser blood loss. This book is intended for surgical community and research peopleBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Knowledge of coding techniques in wireless communication is an essential part for those who are much interested in this field of wireless communication. Now a days a lot of research is being conducted in this field to enhance the data rate and the reliability of wireless communication system. In this book, we have tried to explain about the space time coding and the topics related to this coding technique. Here focus is given on the Alamouti code and the performance is evaluated using Matlab simulation. Also, we have studied about the channel capacity of MIMO system using Matlab simulation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This study mainly focuses on how energy policies can improve the efficiency of new energy use. More specifically, this research addresses three major questions: 1) To what extent does California local planning addresses the new energy policies 2)Which policies have local jurisdictions adopted to directly improve new energy use, and which strategies have received the most and least attention 3) What methods or models can other place learn from California In the United States, California has established a successful new energy use system. This paper uses California as a study area. California has 58 counties. The study sample is 37 counties which have energy plans and have updated them at least once. To systematically evaluate new energy use in these counties, the author examines six policies from energy and general plans. After that, the paper describes the characteristics of the six policies. Then discussion part may provide some helpful suggestions. In addition, these six policies could be adopted in other places; the suggested location is Guangdong Province in China, which has similarities with California and is deficient in adoption of new energy plans and new energy use.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.