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 -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.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The impact of Oil on relations between any country's foreign policy toward the Middle East is a hotly debated issue. Indeed, the world's fixation and need for this fossil fuel will no doubt lead to a race to consume all existing oil reserves. This book looks at the EU's policy towards said issue, to assess whether it is indeed acting to achieve the illusive Middle East Peace. The seldom used Quantitative Content Analysis method is employed to test this hypothesis, to further its understanding and to shine a different light on the 'problem'. A Neo- Realist lens is adopted in order to set the parameters of the Content Analysis, as it colludes most with the three elements concerned with this study, being: Security, Energy (Oil) Demand and Power/Influence. Whilst the findings of this analysis are not deeply delved into in this study, more of an emphasis is rested on the formulation of the method, so as to create a greater understanding of the discourse of the results, which in turn adds to a more effective/representative method. Therefore gauging the interest of anyone interested in Middle Eastern policy, as well as those engaged with political research methods. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study assesses the use of two fiscal impact analysis (FIA) approaches for estimating the fiscal impact of land use changes in the City of Harrison, Ohio. The objective of the study is to validate two average cost FIA methods, the Per capita multiplier method and the Service Standard method, as a basis for estimating the fiscal impact of land use changes in Harrison. Based on a comparison of the outcomes of the average cost FIA methods with actual fiscal changes from 2000 to 2006, the estimates of fiscal impacts were found to be different for each of the average cost method. Further, the estimates from each method differed from the fiscal changes actually experienced. Finally, this study suggests ways to improve the accuracy of the Per capita multiplier and Service Standard average cost methods if they are to be used to estimate the fiscal impact of proposal land use changes. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the world, where crimes and accidents rule the roost, the investigative measures and techniques should be competent enough to bring the culprit to book. In this context, Forensic investigative methods need to be underlined in red. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process.Reconstructing the biology and behavior of past populations relies on accurate determination of sex.The existence of sexual dimorphism in human skeletons and its importance in medico legal investigations has been acknowledged since years.Skull is one of the most easily sexed portions of the Skelton.Radiographic cephalometric methods make it possible to describe 3-dimensional characteristics of skull on a roentgenogram that present 2-dimensional image as they provide architectural and morphological details of the skull, thereby revealing additional characteristics and multiple points for comparison From the results of the present work it can be concluded that the Radiographic Cephalometric technique is a useful technique to determine sex from skull and seems promising in sex identification. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Water scarcity in terms of quantity and quality leads to increase cost of supplying water to users. The major concerns faced by the water industry are low tariffs that result in insufficient revenue to cover the costs of supplying water and cheap water that discourage water conservation. The cost of water production from surface water and groundwater sources are different whereas the cost also depends on whether the Deep Tube Wells (DTWs) are run by electricity or diesel. Full cost recovery is essential for successful management of water supply. Hence, financial water pricing model is used in this study to generate appropriate water tariff that enables water utilities and regulatory bodies (DWASA) to balance the benefits and costs of water usage, and to ensure sufficient revenue for the long-term financial sustainability of the water supply business. 120 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 -Timberland ownership in the United States has changed dramatically in the past several decades. Integrated forest products firms have been divesting their timberlands, whereas timberland investment management organizations (TIMOs) have been active acquirers. Timberland return has three drivers, the biological growth, timber price, and land price. Biological growth can be consistently estimated, land price is correlated with inflation, while timber price remains most unpredictable. The first part of this book models and forecasts timber prices in 12 southern timber regions via different time series models. The second part examines the financial performance of private- and public-equity timberland investments in the US using both parametric and nonparametric asset ricing approaches. The last part investigates the option values of investment, mothballing, reactivation, and abandonment in a hypothetical southern pine plantation using the contingent claims approach. The results can help investors better understand commercial timberland assets in the US. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study aims to understand the level of citizens' satisfaction with municipal services and thereby examines their perception regarding the service quality after the implementation of Citizen's Charter. It is based on nationwide survey data of Nepal collected from 988 service users of 10 municipalities. Within institutional trust, especially, the officials' responsiveness and friendliness to citizens are found more influential to have impact on satisfaction with municipal services. In the institutional performance, cost of services has revealed negative correlation, .i.e. more costly the services lesser is the extent of satisfaction. Within socioeconomic background, the level of education has significant but inverse impact on level of satisfaction i.e. higher the level of education lower is the level of satisfaction with municipal services. While the other identity based variables like gender, economic class and family size are less significant. The concluding remark is that citizen's charter is not a myth for improving the service quality at the local level rather it is a realistic approach to improve the productivity of municipal service provisions. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Despite receiving large quantities of aid, many developing countries, especially the Least Developed Countries, have remained stagnant and became more aid dependent. This grim reality provokes vigorous debate on the effectiveness of aid. This study analyzes the effectiveness of aid on education and health sector of Pakistan over the period 1973-2008. This study focuses on the health and education sectors in the light of two Millennium Development Goals; achieving universal primary education and reducing child mortality. We estimate two separate econometric models. One to test the short run and long run relationship between foreign aid and gross primary enrollment in the education sector and the other model test the short and long run relationship between foreign aid and infant mortality rate in the health sector. Our results proved the short run as well as long run relationship between foreign aid and primary school enrollment in the education sector and also proved the short run and long run relationship between foreign aid and infant mortality rate in the health sector. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book contributes to answering the question whether or not there is a chance to successfully prevent the eruption of violent conflict in Zimbabwe by taking preventive diplomatic action. In order to do so, it first defines the concept of preventive diplomacy and discusses its viability and strategic value. Next, it develops a theoretical model outlining and weighing situational conditions perceived to be either essential for, or contributing to, successful preventive diplomatic intervention in interstate disputes. After having analyzed the political situation in Zimbabwe, the thesis comes to the conclusion that the chance for successful preventive diplomatic intervention is slim at best. Despite clear international willingness to engage in and support preventive diplomatic efforts, combined with ample availability of sufficient financial means and information, Mugabe s corrupt patronage systems and other domestic pressures to preserve the current situation still manage to diminish virtually any chance to prevent the situation from worsening in Zimbabwe. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alliances can be seen as unstable organisational entities. Estimations of alliance failure rates range up to 60%, often due to problematic situations caused by changing internal or external circumstances. The likelihood of alliance failure increases when partners do not respond to these situations in the desired way. Hence, it has become necessary to develop a useful instrument to measure possible responses to specific problematic situations in alliances. In this work, a circumplex representation of the seven response strategies (exit propensity, opportunism, aggressive voice, creative voice, considerate voice, patience, and neglect) is used in combination with single item measurement to develop and test a new practical measurement tool. Three different tools are tested and compared on their reliability, validity and practicality. The scenario manipulations and analyses used in this work demonstrate that the new tools are valid, reliable and useful. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -It is widely acknowledged that FDI plays a significant role in economic development worldwide. FDI brings to the host country not only capital inflows, but also modern technology and know-how. By recognizing the advantages of FDI to the host economy, governments in many developing and transition countries have established IPAs on both national and sub-national levels. This study investigated the role of IPAs in transition economies in attracting FDI. The research focused on Dutch FDI in Russia. The study evaluated the promotional strategies of Russian IPAs to identify their role in attracting Dutch FDI. The research data were collected from the interviews with the consultants to Dutch MNEs and the web survey of major Russian IPAs. Based on the findings, it was identified that Russian IPAs act as the intermediaries of FDI flows between the host country and foreign investors rather than as one of the determinants of FDI. The same conclusion was applied to the role of IPAs in transition economies in attracting FDI. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Due to the use of advanced technology the new media applications are widely adopted all over the whole society, which has accelerated the development of advertising with the more efficient channels provided by the new media. Public advertising which is the essential tool to arouse the common will or awareness should be explored under the environment of new media applications. This book illustrates the definition of public advertising as well as an initial development process. After an overview of the development and existing problems in China's public service ads, a case study was conducted which provides insight into the current situation of China's public service ads and suggestions were then given. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the past decade there have been significant changes in the world order. Arising terrorism, possible nuclear arms race, escalating regional conflicts, state failure and organised crime are considerable factors in the global world. The European Union has to answer for these challenges, by the recent enlargements, representing the population of the rest of Europe. The Common Foreign and Security Policy, and the relatively recently born European Security and Defence Policy are the tools for the EU to act, to prevent and to fight against these problems. . In the widened European Union, the decision making procedures are more difficult, reaching a common consensus is even harder. In my work I look over some problematic questions regarding the future prospects of the EU. In the negative wave of the constitutional referenda, questions emerge: what are the possibilities for the ESDP/CFSP in order to not to be stopped in their developing process The disagreement in the future institutional reforms will have a break on the development of the EU 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The text examines the current developments in the automobile industry brought about by the nascent sector of electric cars. It looks into a combination of factors that made the advent of electric cars possible now and focuses on the global struggle for natural resources. Also, uncertainties brough about by the electrification of motoring are addressed in relation to the world economy and politics. Part II presents reflections on the practice of doing a journalistic research. It addresses the constraints which an industry journalist faces in his/her work. Namely, such issues as the complexity of the industry and constraints of the media environment are examined. The discussion is put into a perspective of available academic research and a case for journalist's self-reflexivity is made. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The main idea behind this paper is to highlight the background and current movements of International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) toward convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Subsequent to introductory chapter the second chapter discusses the historical perspectives describing the various events that shaped the IASB and FASB current efforts towards convergence of IFRS and US GAAP. The third chapter describes the strategies policies and procedures adopted by the IASB/FASB to achieve the goal for international accounting convergence. The focus is on the maintainability of investors' interest and integrity of capital markets that can only be achieved by observing methods required for high quality accounting standards. Fourth chapter identifies the substantive differences and similarities between IFRS and US GAAP and catalogue those differences in which a specific accounting treatment is permissible under one basis of accounting standards but not permissible under the other. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Surely, the superhero movie contains certain intrinsic narrative structures and regularly offers an embodied cinematic experience with which it intends to determine its success, but this thesis proposes another influential factor. The traumatic event of 9/11 has undoubtedly shifted the world into another zeitgeist, which consequentially alters our thoughts, our emotions and our state of minds. America has a long history of dealing with these kind of national traumas through their popular culture. It is through film, comic books, music and television that the American people seem to find catharsis in times of fear, anger and despair. This thesis intends to illuminate and explain the superhero movie hype by projecting its success against the post-9/11 zeitgeist, the war on terror and all that this new timeframe entails. This thesis endeavours to clarify how these superhero movies appeal to the post-9/11 public, how they connect with their interests and how they reflect what is on their minds. To support this research, the Spider-Man trilogy will function as case studies throughout the three chapters. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Guava (Psidium guajava L.) being soft skinned fruits is subjected to various post harvest diseses and physico-chemical changes during storage,therefore, become unfit for consumption with in short duration. It is mostly marketed locally resulting in glut during season leading to low selling price and heavy losses to the producer. So, minimizing these losses one can increase their supply without merging additional area under cultivation, therefore, reduction in post harvest losses and to enhance the shelf life of guava without much deterioration in quality became vitally inportant.All the PGRs and chemicals under study increased the shelf life of guava. Amonst treatments pre and post harvest application of calcium nitrate and calcium chloride were found to be most effective for maintaining all the physico- chemical chracterstic during storage. As PGRs and chemicals reduced the respiration rate with other degradative activities of fruit resulting in maintaining the consumptive quality of fruits with acceptable qualitative characteristics and better shelf life. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions worldwide and affect over 300 million people. Strategies of weight management include lifestyle modification, medical treatment and alternative therapy. The role of diet in weight management and how it compares with other interventions is reviewed in this thesis. Alternative strategies are also discussed. Modifications in diet and physical activity are crucial at all levels of management. A high-carbohydrate, low-fat, high protein and high fiber energy-deficient diet is a potentially effective dietary strategy. Physical exercise alone is more effective at preventing weight regain than promoting weight loss. Classic and cognitive behavior therapy commonly complement diet and physical activity. Pharmacotherapy is indicated for overweight patients with concomitant comorbidities and obese individuals. Bariatric surgery is efficacious for weight loss for class 2 obese patients with serious comorbidities and those with class 3 obesity. Dietary patterns, low GI and low energy-dense diets as well as other novel medicines need consideration as alternative strategies for weight management in future. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Oral cavity of humans is, but a reservoir of micro- organisms .' Candida albicans and related species are the most common fungal opportunistic pathogens. In the oral cavity this microorganism is found more on the dorsum of the tongue and the buccal mucosa. These organisms are widely known to cause oral candidosis and denture stomatitis. Failure to maintain adequate hygiene of the prosthesis has been shown to be associated with a high level of oral Candida colonization, with surface roughness of prosthesis providing niches in which the micro-organisms are protected from shear forces and oral hygiene measures, thus, allowing the entrapped microbial cells enough time to attach irreversibly and penetrate into the prosthesis surface. This book evaluates the in-vitro adherence and penetration by Candida albicans into three different denture base materials and consequently might aid in decreasing the occurrence of oral Candida associated denture stomatitis in denture wearers. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Demand for medicinal plants increasing in developing and developed countries due to growing result of natural products as they are not narcotic and have no side effects. These are easily available at affordable prices and sometimes this is the only source of health care for poor people. In modern medicine, plants occupy a very significant place as raw material for some important drugs. During the last two decades considerable changes have taken place in the medicinal system all over the world.Because of the general awareness of the widespread toxicity and side effects due to long use of synthetic drugs and antibiotics, the western society prefers the drugs from natural sources than the synthetics. Medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata is commanly known as Kalmegh or Kirayat meaning 'King of Bitter' belonging to Acanthaceae family. It is very effective in liver disorders and in malarial fever. Here it has been introduced with more traditional medicinal properties.Few secondary metabolites viz. diterpenes and diterpenoidal glycosides has been isolated from whole plant (except root) and were identified by interpretation of different spectroscopic data. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The unsteady flow in aircraft and industrial combustors limits fuel-lean operation and influences flame-stability characteristics. Flame instabilities in the combustor can lead to significant performance degradation, reduced combustion efficiencies, unburned hydrocarbons (UHC), possible blow out, structural vibration, lift-off and even catastrophic failure. In Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC), flame is independent of the main flow and therefore potential disturbances in the main air flow do not affect the stability of the flame. Combustion stability in TVC is achieved using recirculation zones so as to provide continuous source of ignition by mixing hot products and burning gases with incoming fuel and air. Swirl vanes, bluff bodies, and rearward facing steps are commonly used methods to establish recirculation zones for flame stabilization. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Feature selection as an area of interest within pattern recognition, deals with selection of a subset of attributes used in construction of a model describing observations. The purpose of this stage includes reducing data dimensionality by removing irrelevant and redundant features, reducing the amount of learning data, improving predictive accuracy and comprehensibility of a classification hypothesis. This book introduces Feature Usability Index (FUI) as a measure for evaluating classification efficacy of features and its application in feature selection. Experimental applications presents optimal feature subset selection through ordering based on FUI, use of FUI for ranking and selection of feature extraction techniques for a specific linguistic feature, and Color Usability Index as a measure for predicting performance of image segmentation algorithms. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -AIDS has been known to have a wide variety of systemic manifestations but the associated psychiatric problems go undetected by the treating physicians. Out of the 100 patients assessed, 36% patients had neurological manifestations, with 47 neurological events. Meningitis was most common (19 patients) followed by mass lesions in 6. Psychiatric symptoms were seen in 78%. Depression was most common (45 patients) , followed by anxiety in 25 and adjustment disorder in 6. These AIDS related mental disturbances could be attributed to the psychological reactions to systemic illnesses, effects of psychosocial stressors associated with the disease or opportunistic infections of the central nervous system. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The applications on handheld devices are involved in some critical information exchange. This thesis report investigates which concepts exist to shelter software from modification and how the communication of these applications running on a handheld device over public mobile network can be made more secured. This report highlights how a smart card can facilitate to enhance the security of the software running on it particularly for handheld devices. It also discusses the issues and threats to smart cards. Furthermore it proposes a solution based on the specified scenario. The security of the software comprises on two layers; one layer is for the analysis prevention which makes hard to understand the behaviour of the program both at static and dynamic levels. The other layer is responsible to verify the integrity of the software to ensure that it is not modified. Furthermore, the software is installed on smart card which acts as an extra security layer. The communication relies over the security features of the public mobile network with some enhancement. The border based VPN is deployed between the public mobile network and the remote server. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study described in this book was conducted in Pemba Island, Tanzania. Pemba has a relatively high rate of newborn mortality. The study investigated infant feeding within the context of newborn care. In the first part of the study, I interviewed a small sample of mothers to whom no prior instruction or advice about infant feeding had been provided. This part of the study allowed a description of women's beliefs about the vulnerability of the newborn, and the implication of these. In the second part of the study, a small sample of Pemban mothers who were provided with in-depth, personalized information about exclusive breastfeeding using an approach inspired by the Trial of Improved Practices were interviewed. The study results highlight the practices that women found most difficult to adopt following recommendations for behavior change and those that fitted well with local cultural understandings. 96 pp. Englisch. …