Lap lambert academic publishing jan 2011 (Más de 2000 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The study of EU foreign policy has devoted over the last years great emphasis to the conceptualization of the role of the Union as an international actor. This paper critically analyzes two overarching narratives - realist and interpretivist - about the role of the Union as an international actor employing insights from critical theory. By such narratives, it is meant those perspectives that have been developed in scholarship and have sought to answer questions about how the EU behaves in the international system and how it should behave. The method of critical reading implies uncovering the premises on which the international role of the EU was constructed within the two narratives, then underscoring their consequences and juxtaposing them to their founding principles. This endeavor highlights the purpose behind the different types of foreign policy constructed and promoted by the two narratives. Simultaneously, the study enquires into the shared commitment between the two narratives for the creation of a common foreign and security policy for the EU.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The study of EU foreign policy has devoted over the last years great emphasis to the conceptualization of the role of the Union as an international actor. This paper critically analyzes two overarching narratives realist and interpretivist - about the role of the Union as an international actor employing insights from critical theory. By such narratives, it is meant those perspectives that have been developed in scholarship and have sought to answer questions about how the EU behaves in the international system and how it should behave. The method of critical reading implies uncovering the premises on which the international role of the EU was constructed within the two narratives, then underscoring their consequences and juxtaposing them to their founding principles. This endeavor highlights the purpose behind the different types of foreign policy constructed and promoted by the two narratives. Simultaneously, the study enquires into the shared commitment between the two narratives for the creation of a common foreign and security policy for the EU.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The study of EU foreign policy has devoted over the last years great emphasis to the conceptualization of the role of the Union as an international actor. This paper critically analyzes two overarching narratives - realist and interpretivist - about the role of the Union as an international actor employing insights from critical theory. By such narratives, it is meant those perspectives that have been developed in scholarship and have sought to answer questions about how the EU behaves in the international system and how it should behave. The method of critical reading implies uncovering the premises on which the international role of the EU was constructed within the two narratives, then underscoring their consequences and juxtaposing them to their founding principles. This endeavor highlights the purpose behind the different types of foreign policy constructed and promoted by the two narratives. Simultaneously, the study enquires into the shared commitment between the two narratives for the creation of a common foreign and security policy for the EU. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The work of Peter Greenaway poses a complex challenge since it ranges from films to artworks and forces the limits usually accepted for both domains. The themes of his work, such as death, violence and sexuality, mixed with games and different kinds of measuring, can be polemical. Furthermore, the treatment that they are given eschews well-known solutions, thus impelling the viewer to play an active role. The Baroque is proposed as a key to relating different aspects of Greenaway s work that would otherwise seem chaotic and incoherent. The term Baroque refers to a historical period, but also to a topic that has been given attention by both art and film critics who do not limit it exclusively to the 17th century. This book identifies the basic strategies of Greenaway s work that resulted in different formal and thematic manifestations related to what has been conventionally qualified as a Baroque aesthetic. Film and artwork are analyzed together, with intention of showing how similar conceptions of an idea can be translated to different domains. The book ventures to decipher Greenaway s puzzles while assuming that critical writing can be an engaging game. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Managing stable macroeconomic environment is a critical challenge to many developing countries. The gap both in theoretical and empirical knowledge about macroeconomics in the context of developing countries only aggravated the problem. This book tries to narrow the gap. The relationship among three important macro variables in the Ethiopian economy - GDP, price and money is investigated. The empirical estimates are based on data covering the period 1964-2005. Longrun neutrality test results from bivariate SVAR models depend on identifying assumptions. The CVAR approach applied to the data suggests that the longrun path of output has been independent of the monetary shocks. Moreover, money stock is found to have a significant effect on the longrun price level. However, the hypothesis that every nominal shock will ultimately result in a proportionate increase in the price level is rejected. Impulse-response analysis is carried out to assess the dynamic impact of monetary shocks. Shortrun dynamics matching the regularities in previous studies on developed countries are uncovered. Potential explanations are offered focusing on the structure of the Ethiopian economy. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although equal access to Education for all children is a basic human right and an effective way of eradicating poverty, especially for girls, several barriers still hinder girls' full educational participation in Uganda generally. This book provides an analysis of the intersection of poverty, geographical location and socio-economic factors with gender on the experiences of girls who enrolled in Primary School in Arua District of Uganda under the UPE Program. The book concludes that although girls are more disadvantaged than boys in as far as gender equity in Education is concerned, the best way to address this is not to halt the one that has an edge but rather to remove everything that serves as an impediment to the freedom and equal opportunities of all children. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book explains the concept of International human rights regime and the movement of human rights norms which also review the concept of international human rights norms. Indonesia compliance's on human rights covenants under different regime of the Presidents in the stage 1945 to 2007 which is in the scope of international human rights regime which has long been faced human rights development and obstacles is the center of this book discussion. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book contributes to the better understanding of different stages of biodiesel production in the Brazilian Amazon Region, showing the linkages between the oil seed activity and the social inclusion, income generation, food security and climate change. The factor analysis was applied to support multidimensional assessment of linkages between oil seed production and the inclusion of poor farmers in the biodiesel chain. Scenarios comprising the current and potential food production were established to estimate the impacts on local food security. The impacts of oil seed production on farmer's income were also estimated. Moreover, scenarios were also established to estimate the impacts of oil seed activity on climate change, mainly through CO2 emissions due to deforestation of native forests. The biodiesel production can now be better gauged in other parts of the Brazilian Legal Amazon region since the book highlights one of the most discussed topics about biofuels: oil seed production taking precedence over the sustainable development. 116 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis aims to explain the choice of capital structure in the times of crisis (2007-2009) for the U.S.A. real sector companies. The two main theories used are the trade-off theory and pecking order theory. The essential of the pecking order theory is that manager's capital structure decisions are influenced by the market perceptions of managers' superior information. The trade-off theory provides support for manager's trade off between benefits and costs of debt. The conventional model is also used in the analysis in order to increase the robustness of the results. We find that the dynamic partial-adjustment model of the trade-off theory seems to explain better the choice of capital structure in the analyzed period than pecking order theory 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -World malaria report 2008 estimated 247 million cases and a million deaths due to malaria globally, in year 2006. Report indicates the endemicity of malaria in 109 countries of the world. National vector borne disease control programme of India reported 55000 cases and 46 deaths due to malaria in Rajasthan in 2007. Malaria is known to be an exclusively local phenomenon, whose transmission, prevalence and distribution are determined by local malariogenic conditions. Identification of the factors associated with disease in local context is a demanding area of research. Detailed analytical epidemiological study to find out the association status of different personal, household and environment related factors including role of Prosopis juliflora, an exotic and invasive plant in India, has carried out in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Knowledge on the associated factors of malaria provided in this book may guide the programme planners to target the affected or susceptible groups for better impact and enrich the understanding of malaria among medical research scientists and scholars as a whole. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main objective of this research is to price temperature-related weather derivatves independent of location and payoff structure. We use historical weather data to make distributional forecasts for 10 different weather locations in Germany. Error terms of our forecasts are bootstraped from the empricial distribution to incorporate the non- normality of weather surprises. Explicit pricing dynamics of our model are analysed, along with a discussion on indifference pricing. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Information technology (IT) over the years has become important not only for business but also for governance, research activities, and personal use. The convergence with communications technologies to form what is now known as Information and communication Technology (ICT) has not only altered the way people live, work and play but has also created a new infrastructure for business, scientific advancement and social interaction. This revolution has fuelled the proliferation of new media and the globalization of business and finance. It has brought about complex issues that transcend national boundaries including the emergence of the digital divide among nations, between races and communities. Although all nations, irrespective of race and creed are expected to draw from the numerous benefits ICTs offer, however events in the sector have proven to be the converse. While the developed world forge ahead with building knowledge societies, African countries are grappling with daunting social, political, economic and infrastructure challenges. This publication is a survey on the few accomplishments in the research sector of the Nigerian economy. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Fortification of our diet with certain gut flora components is a popular current aspect of functional food sciences. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are normal components of the healthy human intestinal microflora, are commonly used as probiotics added to food products mainly because of their supposed health-promoting activities. Probiotics are live microbial additions to the diet; prebiotics are foodstuffs that have a selective metabolism in the hindgut, whilst synbiotics are combinations of the two approaches. Developments in the application of probiotics as potential therapeutics i. e. treatment of infections, for controlling HIV and as novel vaccine delivery vehicles. This text recapitulated findings and safety issues related to LAB are promising biological agents that can be used as probiotics. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Wound healing still remains a major problem in surgical practice, because of our inability to accelerate the process of healing. Abscesses are an extremely common problem in surgical clinics of India. Incision and draining along with systemic and local antibiotics are necessary elements of treatment of these abscess cavities. However some cavities are reluctant and slow to heal and lead to prolonged morbidity. Although it has been known for about 50 years that phenytoin can accelerates wound healing, very few authentic documentation of utility of phenytoin in wound healing as a standard procedure is available. Therefore the present study is conducted to evaluate the role of phenytoin in healing of abscess cavities. 56 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -International human rights documents impose on the states direct and immediate responsibilities for arranging educational process. In the light of hardships that some states still face while providing every child with access to school, educational contents and settings are not always given due attention and assessment. Gender stereotypes which dominate in most of the cultures get an easy reflection both in official curricula and behaviors of school teachers and students. Eventually in resulted in the development of prejudices on learning abilities of girls and boys. In own turn, this gave a division to 'female' and 'male' job spheres, almost worldwide. The given analysis discusses the harmful effects of stereotypes in school settings which divide students based on gender. It also brings on the spotlight some examples of already implemented projects which aimed at revealing the fullest potential of both boys and girls through the introduction of innovative teaching methods. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This brief study focuses on three basic issues raised in the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945): (1) The concept of the 'weakness of God as strength' present in the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, and ultimately exemplified in his life and death; (2) A return to Jesus' initial and long forgotten message of freedom from the concept of religion; (3) A world that has finally 'come of age' heralding a time of intellectual honesty and mutual trust for the benefit of both believers and non-believers. An enlightened critique of religion, even a call for its dismissal, does not mean joining the 'death of God' school, and the current demise of traditional institutions is not the end of a healthy faith. Granted, we are going through difficult times. Our newly discovered 'freedom in maturity' has given rise to much spiritual and moral instability. Indeed, 'The blood-dimmed tide is loosed upon the world. . The best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.' Consequently fundamentalisms flourish. A few more generations of struggle and adjustments will be needed before the wolf ultimately lies down with the lamb. But lie down it will. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book, addressed to researchers and students interested in interacting particle systems, is a study on the application of a law of large numbers and stability criteria to understand the asymptotic behavior of particle systems. The aim is to investigate the limiting behavior of a stochastic interacting particle system both as the size of the population N grows to infinity,being the time t fixed,and t grows to infinity,being N fixed. The limiting behavior as the size N grows to infinity is achieved as a law of large numbers for the empirical process associated with the interacting particle system,while the long time behavior is characterized in terms of the convergence of the particle distribution to an invariant distribution. By applying the same criterion for the convergence to the invariant measure to the continuum time version of the Minority Game, an upper bound for the asymptotic behavior of the waiting time for reaching the stationary state is obtained. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents a lexical and phonological description of the Spanish dialect spoken in the town of Noanamito, Lopez de Micay, Colombia. The people who live in this community are mostly of African descent and their speech is characterized by lexical and phonological patterns that differ from the rest of the country. The following phonological features are illustrated: a) /s/ deletion and aspiration; b) the cluster /ao/ (pronunciation variant that occurs at the end of words ending in /ado/); c) final /d/ deletion; d) phonological reduction of inflected estar be'; and e) fricatives /s/ & /f/ shifted to [h] word initially. Some lexical features that are characteristic of this town are also described, such as: the use of the word potrillo (to refer to a canoe) or the word papiao (to refer to someone who has just eaten). 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This paper reassesses the syntactic and semantic analysis of unergative verbs with inanimate subjects. Two main problems are present: First, what component of meaning predicts their unergativity Contra Reinhart 2002, this paper argues that inanimate unergatives involve a causal implication, hence their subject merges externally without further ado. Second, a subset of inanimate unergatives exhibits transitive alternates (e.g. The doorbell buzzed / The postman buzzed the doorbell). How is the alternation formed This paper shows that the process involved here is a productive, non-derivational pattern, which has been independently attested. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Following the economic crisis that hit most developing countries in the early 1980s, public deficits and the stock of foreign debt in Cameroon consistently grew over the two decades to the beginning of the 21st century. While it has been argued that foreign currency debt and widening budget deficits are impediments to economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, the differences in socio-economic conditions across these countries make generalisations about them inadequate. This book provides an insight into the particular case of Cameroon by assessing the relationship between its external debt and economic growth rate. The in-depth analysis of the country's debt profile, contained in this book, would be useful for both scholars and policy-makers who seek a better understanding of the debt-growth nexus. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The widespread of drug resistant Plasmodium falciparum has led to a rise in malaria-associated mortality most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In-vitro,molecular and prevalence studies were carried out in order to determine the resistance pattern of P. falciparum to antimalarial drugs and some local antimalarial herbs in Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria. Structured Questionnaires were administered to patients or/and parents of infants to determine the factors that could lead to the development of drug resistance by the parasite in the study population. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study of EU foreign policy has devoted over the last years great emphasis to the conceptualization of the role of the Union as an international actor. This paper critically analyzes two overarching narratives realist and interpretivist - about the role of the Union as an international actor employing insights from critical theory. By such narratives, it is meant those perspectives that have been developed in scholarship and have sought to answer questions about how the EU behaves in the international system and how it should behave. The method of critical reading implies uncovering the premises on which the international role of the EU was constructed within the two narratives, then underscoring their consequences and juxtaposing them to their founding principles. This endeavor highlights the purpose behind the different types of foreign policy constructed and promoted by the two narratives. Simultaneously, the study enquires into the shared commitment between the two narratives for the creation of a common foreign and security policy for the EU. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Numerous development projects are implemented in developing countries to attain economic and ecological development. However, in most cases, the encouraging results observed during the implementation phase terminated with the project period, raising concerns on these projects'' sustainability after the project period has ended. This book focuses on this sustainability issue of the ecodevelopment project in India. Econometric analysis of the data justified a new approach for sustainable management of commons. This book presents a study that is first of its kind. In this study, the impact of institutions on both the economic development of villagers and the ecological development of forests that have to be preserved to maintain biodiversity has been analyzed in the presence of microfinance tools. Moreover, this book uniquely combines the analysis of institutions, economic development, microfinance and forests preservation towards better management of commons along with poverty alleviation. This book will be useful to forest planners, policymakers, governments, donors and scientists who are interested in institutional, environmental and economic sustainability. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Slovakia is an example of the many Central and Eastern European countries that have suffered from the legacy of media subordination to communist governments. The Slovakian media scene has come through a difficult developing process. In the past several years more and more Slovaks have turned to blogs, which are frequently modified Web pages containing dated entries listed in reverse chronological sequence. Blogs, within a short time period, have gone from relative uncertainty to enormous popularity not just because they enable easy, inexpensive self-publication of content for a potentially unlimited audience on World Wide Web. But indeed they enable Slovaks to open up new frontiers to negotiate the right to alternative sources of information and offer them new spaces of expression and deliberation that did not exist before. In this book, the author examines the phenomenon of blogs in Slovakia to uncover and analyse the unprecedented changes that are occurring within the Slovakian media landscape. This book is for everyone who thinks the media belong to masses not to the individuals. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this paper, the impact of power interruption on capacity utilization is considered and investigated at Kality Food Share Company. Interview was conducted to different line managers of the company and officials of Ethiopian electric Power Corporation. The result reveals that power interruption was the prominent problem of the company for the last three years. During these three years EEPCo was using power rationing scheme extensively. The company's production cost and profit level were highly influenced by power interruption. To alleviate the problem and to reduce the possible costs of power interruption the management of KFSC has taken different measures. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Georgia was the most multi-ethnic country when it declared independence from the Soviet Union. With more than 80 ethnic groups represented in Georgia, the issue of national minorities is considered to be very delicate and politically risky. Georgia's Azeri and Armenian minorities are underrepresented in almost all official decision-making structures and remain considerably alienated from the socio- economic and political life of Georgia. These minorities exhibit a poor knowledge of Georgian language and it effectively hinders their access to higher education, information, representation in public affairs, especially government. The bloody conflict experiences in South Ossetia and Abkhazia have created fears among Georgians, who think other minorities also seek further disintegration of Georgia and have hidden nationalist cravings . President Saakashvili has indeed taken some steps to improve the lives of minorities, but the reforms are mainly half-hearted and insufficient when a significant part of the population still does not speak the same language and feel alienated. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research investigated the extent to which the Decentralization Policy of Ghana which has been implemented since 1988 conforms to international best practice, the degree to which the policy lends itself to achieving its objectives and the extent to which the implementation has achieved policy objectives. The research has revealed that the policy falls short of best practice as prescribed by the World Bank and USAID and which has been implemented by other countries which have been successful in achieving the intent and objectives of decentralization and local governance . It has also been discovered that implementation deviates widely from the policies that are supposed to guide the practice. The analysis was done under the three main types of decentralization: Political, Administrative and Fiscal with recommendations for improvement given under each type of decentralization 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What specific opportunities and risks do immigrants face in a labour market oriented towards flexibility How different are their experiences depending on origin country, legal status, gender, or socioeconomic background Building on first-hand empirical research in three cities of the Netherlands, the life and work stories of migrants coming from Brazil are compared and discussed. Attention is paid to the particular case of domestic and care services, their recent expansion in the European Union and their bonds with transnational labour. By bringing together the voices of migrants and some very influential contributions from social theory, Manuel Abrantes addresses important questions regarding the actual operation and consequences of territorial, organizational and citizenship borders. The concluding suggestion is that borders are dividing not only the origin and destination countries of migrants: they are also dividing migrants themselves based on their specific position in legal and social structures. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Transnational corporations are the most powerful actors in the socio-economic scenario. And in the recent years these companies are getting more powerful. Their high mobility has provided Corporations with a power that they never had. These expanded powers allow them to significantly affect a nation-state's actions and direct them as they want. That is why their activities' impact on the world is continuously discussed and debated. 56 pp. Englisch.…