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 -Banks face various risks due to the dynamic nature of the modern financial markets and these risks prohibit the banks to operate to its optimum. One such risk is credit risk that includes default and portfolio risk. The total loans and advances form a major chunk of banks' assets, and failure to maintain the quality of such assets has proven to be disastrous for the banks as well as to the economy. In long run the success of banking sector depend on how well the bank can manage the credit risk and maintain its quality of assets. Therefore, the extent of Non-Performing Loan (NPL) assumes critical importance for the overall stability of a bank. The level of NPL of a bank reflects the quality of assets, credit risk and efficiency in the allocation of financial resources for productive purposes. This paper establishes the nature and the extent of NPL in Bhutanese banks and analyze the causes of NPL and its consequences on the performances of the banks. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Success in law school is hard work and results from a combination of factors; such as, Memorization of Rules of Law, Application of FIRAC, Analytical Reasoning, and Diligence, Perseverance and Commitment. In this series, you will learn the FIRAC technique, the fundamental and foundational black letter rules of law for the first-year law school subjects, and the keys to sound analytical reasoning techniques. In law school civil procedure your primary focus is on the substantive principles of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It is important to remember that in law school civil procedure the goal is not to teach you the practical principles of civil procedure but to teach you to think about issues and memorizing rules of law so that you can excel on law school exams, and ultimately the Bar exam. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A switched parasitic array with 360 degrees of coverage is described. This antenna makes efficient use of the entire aperture for each beam position to produce a set of shaped azimuth sector beams. A fed element excites a field of parasitic elements which serves as an artificial dielectric lens. The challenges of optimizing large parasitic arrays are discussed, and a successful method of dealing with the issues is described in detail. Beam scanning is accomplished by switching the feed element and reactive loading on some of the parasitic elements. Prototype test results are provided. This antenna provides a low-cost, compact alternative to mechanically-scanned or phased array systems with comparable gain. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alkaline Surfactant Polymer (ASP) process is a tertiary method of oil recovery that has promising results for future development. It has already been implemented in different areas of the United States such as Wyoming, west Texas, also in Canada and China. The success of this process depends on the proper combination of alkali, surfactant, and polymer and their compatibility with a reservoir. Therefore, the main objective of the proposed research is to identify chemical interactions between ASP chemicals and reservoir fluids and rock. I hypothesize that testing different alkalis, polymers and surfactants will result not only in getting different profiles of rheological properties of ASP system, but also analyzing compatibility degrees of chemicals with formation fluids and rock properties such as rock wettability, oil mobility and sweep efficiency which will be affected by the designed ASP system. In this paper the results of chemical interactions between ASP chemicals and reservoir fluids are presented and the phenomena occurred are described. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Wireless ad-hoc networks, especially sensor networks, are increasingly being used for data monitoring in commercial, industrial, and military applications. Security is of great concern from many different viewpoints: ensuring that sensitive data does not fall into wrong hands; ensuring that the received data has not been doctored; and ensuring that the network is resilient to denial of service attacks. This book studies the fundamental problem of secure neighbor discovery, which is critical to protecting the network against a number of different forms of attacks. In wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks, neighbor discovery is one of the first steps performed by a node upon deployment and disrupting it adversely affects a number of routing, MAC, topology discovery and intrusion detection protocols. It is especially harmful when an adversary can convince nodes that it is a legitimate neighbor, which it can do easily and without the use of cryptographic primitives. This book discusses a secure neighbor discovery protocol, SEDINE, for static multihop wireless networks, and extensively analyze its performance. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There has been an unfortunate tendency among most of the empirical econometricians to ignore model adequacy diagnostic checking, indispensably required to verify the empirical validity of the residual whiteness assumptions underlying the model. Most of these studies have also failed to account for possible non-stationarity in the data series and to benefit from an analytical framework for a meaningful long-run equilibrium and short-run causality' in a cointegrating space of error correction. Again, these studies, by adopting a methodology suitable to a developed power system in advanced economies, have sought to correlate the less correlatables in the context of an underdeveloped power system in a less developed economy. The present study, while casting scepticism on the validity and value of the results of these studies, also finds that cointegration approach is superfluous given the model adequacy criteria; if the regression model is adequate, then it is as valid as supported by a residual-based cointegration! 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Various (putative) generalisations of the Contraction Mapping Theorem in metric space theory in the literature are considered. In particular, generalisations due to Kannan and Suzuki are studied, as is a result of Merryfield, Rothschild and Stein with interesting links to Ramsey theory. The main subsequent business is a question of Stein about when there is a finite family of maps of the metric space, at least one of which contracts any particular pair of points: does some composition of members of the family have to have a unique fixed point The answer is shown to be 'yes' in the special case of two commuting continuous maps of the metric space, but to be 'no' in general, by the counterexample of Austin based on combinatorics on words. Thus in complete generality the Generalised Banach Contraction Conjecture is proven false. Relevant background on metric spaces is also developed. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At present, little can be proven under the definitions of modern cryptography. To prove that a cryptosystem is secure, one would first have to prove that P does not equal NP. This book is devoted to cryptographic constructions that can be proven secure in a weaker sense. We cover three topics in the book. Complete one-way functions are one-way if there are any one-way functions at all. Feebly secure cryptographic primitives can be proven secure in the strongest classical model of computation, namely general circuit complexity, but security guarantees are only constant. Finally, algebraic cryptography provides examples of noncommutative constructions that are secure against provable break, i.e., against an adversary who can present encoding examples for the messages he deciphers. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nowadays the importance of environmental logistics is increasing while organizations are trying to pay more attention to their transport activities. Since PNL is a famous logistics company in Nordic countries and transport activates are done by sub contractors they intend to make sound environmental choices by assessing their suppliers from environmental performance in order to identify the best suppliers which is comply with the PNL environmental policy. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Africa has suffered and is still suffering from the adverse socio-economic effects of malaria caused mostly by Plasmodium falciparum. The popular treatment to malaria is chloroquine, which has become largely in effective as the parasite has grown resistance to it. Therefore, there is a huge need to discover and validate new drug or vaccine targets to enable the development of new treatments for malaria. Genomics has the promise of ushering new generation of drugs and possibly vaccines. In-silico analysis has recently been a useful tool in helping life science to speed-up drug and vaccine discovery pipeline. In this work we have built a publicly accessible database, afriPFdb, developed mostly with computational data derived from in-silico tools. We hope that the results that will be obtained from our data will drive work in malaria research and quicken the discovery pipeline of drugs and vaccines. 88 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Due to the development of internet and mobile communication technology, E-Commerce is becoming popular. Because the crime is thriving, how to against malicious behavior and protect the victim's property becomes an important issue. In this paper, we present two novel E-cash transfer system against blackmail. One is applied in the mobile devices. The other is applied with the signature of subliminal channel. The problematic account which is designated by the criminal is able to be traced under the blackmail. And the transfer is still running not alert the criminal. After the transfer is finished, the problematic account will be frozen. However, the criminal doesn't know the designated account has to be frozen. Therefore, when he/she goes to withdraw the money, he/she will not gain his/her purpose. The subliminal channel is the most popular method which notifies the designated receiver for the blackmail. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Defects in the duodenal wall caused by trauma, giant perforation and duodenal fistula are technically difficult to repair and associated with high morbidity and mortality. Usually the defect can be closed primarily but in above mentioned conditions large defects are difficult to repair. Majority of duodenal perforations are closed best by omental patch. At such times, one has to use other techniques of managing the problem. In such cases various technically demanding operations have been proposed. Apart from more challenging surgical procedures, the pedicled flap of rectus abdominis muscle along with peritoneum (RAMP) for repair of duodenal defect may be an alternative in the treatment of high-risk patients. This flap is easy to construct and can cover large defect in the duodenal wall without any serious complications. Flap contains adequate blood supply, which help in healing of duodenal wall defect with excellent results. With these considerations in mind we investigated the results of RAMP flap for repair of large duodenal wall defect. This book is useful for trainee as well as practicing surgeons. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book address individual and family level child death clustering in Orissa by using national family health survey II data set. Proportional hazard model and binomial model have been employed to examine the effects of various socio economic, environmental, maternal and demographic factors on child survival. Though death clustering heavily occurs among the families of illiterate and low socioeconomic background, the question arises, why do some families have experience this distressful and not all Is genetic frailty an important cause of child death clustering Are there any differences in the mother's behavioural approaches in child caring The case studies in selected villages on the basis of case and control indicate that mother's competence and husband's role regarding childcare are two important factors influencing child survival and assimilated genetic factors, are also part of the reason. 76 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 study demonstrates the techniques of achieving sustainability in the construction industry focusing on waste utilisation by re-use and recycling. Construction sector can be a potential consumer of these waste materials by incorporating them in building material. This dissertation summarises the implementation of multiple binder mix comprising industrial waste such as PFA, GGBS, WSA and minimal amount of PC is investigated to manufacture cost-effective and environment friendly concrete blocks and bricks using other waste material as aggregates such as Quarry Dust , Brick Dust and Filter cake powder. To achieve this purpose, three mixes of binder: aggregate ratio consisting 1:5, 1:8, 1:15 were chosen at various moisture content and Quarry dust was selected as target material.According to the test, It was concluded that multiple binder mix can be an excellent alternative of traditional binders on the basis of performance and cost- effectiveness. This report also initiated the utilisation of 50:50 mixtures of Brick Dust and Filter Cake Powder in accordance with multiple binders for manufacturing BDFC bricks. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present investigation was performed to evaluate the effect of acid pretreatment, bonding condition (wet or dry dentin) and the application technique (single application or double application)on resin/dentin bond strength and the morphology of the resin/dentin interface using two self-etching adhesive systems. The results showed that the type of the adhesive had a significant effect on the resin/dentin shear bond strength, followed by dentin condition. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For the present work two types of rockfill materials viz. riverbed (from seven project sites) and quarried (from three project sites) have been considered. These materials have been modeled to three smaller maximum particle sizes (dmax). Drained triaxial tests have been conducted on these modeled materials at four confining pressures. Breakage factors have been determined at the end of each triaxial test. For all the modeled rockfill materials, stress-strain-volume change responses have been plotted and phi-values have been determined. Various index properties viz. unconfined compressive strength (UCS) and uncompacted void content (UVC) of the rockfill materials have also been determined in the laboratory. The UCS represents the strength of the particles and UVC represents grading, size, shape, angularity and surface texture of the particles. The behaviour of the rockfill materials has been explained in terms of these index properties. A method has been proposed to relate the basic characteristics in terms of UCS and UVC of the rockfill materials with the shear strength parameter. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Brushless permanent magnet (PM) motors can be divided into the PM synchronous AC motor (PMSM) and PM brushless DC motor (PMBDCM). The former has sinusoidal airgap flux and the back EMF, thus has to be supplied with sinusoidal current to produce constant torque. The PMBDCM has the trapezoidal back EMF, so the rectangular current waveform in its armature winding is required to obtain the low torque ripple. Generally, the magnets with parallel magnetization are used in the PMSM while the magnets with radial magnetization are suitable for the BDCM. The interior PM (IPM) synchronous machine is being studied as a promising candidate for high-power starter/alternator in future internal combustion engine vehicles. The other many popular applications of IPM machine are traction, machine tool, spindle drives, air conditioning compressors and electrical vehicles. Torque ripple minimization in PM motors is conventionally obtained by either good motor design or appropriate control strategies. In design optimization programs, a reliable and detailed analysis of the torque and back-EMF of the machine should be performed. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work demonstrates the multidimensional facets of student loan programs in the United States and analyzes in detail the strengths and weaknesses of different kinds of loan programs. It also compares loan programs in the United states with loan programs in other nations, mainly the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, as applicable. Finally, recommendations are offered that may help policy makers to deal with the issues discussed. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The author is already dead and the narrator is not reliable anymore, in the contemporary fiction. Then, is the reader alone while re-creating the narrative during the process of reading. Is s/he supposed to remain the only humanistic subject during this process or do we have the character as another living subject within the text This book explores Ray Bradburry's Fahrenheit 451 and Paul Auster's Book of Illusions in order to find an answer to these questions. The characters of both of the novels are in the quest of saving the books and/or movies from being burned down. And while trying to save the works from the consuming power of the flames, they themselves are captured by the consuming power of the text. And apparently it turns out that after the author and the narrator, the character betrays the reader and leaves him/her alone with the text as the only living subject. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -UK urban state schools have recently experienced increased pressure to improve their performance levels. This has been manifested through various campaigns to change the public perception of these schools while making improvements to the physical school environment. However, punitive policies on problematic' pupils also appear to be increasingly used to sustain this image. Consequently, many are unofficially excluded' and referred to off-site educational provision (OSEP) where they receive reduced timetables and unchallenging courses, and this reduces their chances of gaining a solid education. Based on ethnographic fieldwork with 20 excluded young people in one south London borough in the UK, this book will discuss these issues in greater detail. The book shows how exclusionary processes, to which some urban young people are exposed, have implications for their identity, self worth and lifestyles, and makes them increasingly vulnerable to crime and victimisation. Moreover, their life options become truncated despite efforts they may make otherwise. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study looks at the effects of cognitive coaching (CC) on Initially Licensed Teachers (ILT). Specifically the study examines if CC increases an ILTs level of self-efficacy and if it increases a teacher's intentions to remain in the field of education. Using Bandura's 30-item Teacher Self Efficacy Scale ILTs rated their perceived self- efficacy. The ILTs also completed a Teacher Intentions Survey. The mentors completed an assessment to measure their current knowledge of cognitive coaching which was compared to the ILTs level of self efficacy. Lack of valid data made it impossible to compare mentor knowledge and ILT intentions to stay in the field. However, a relationship was found between the ILTs level of self-efficacy and the mentor's knowledge. A follow-up focus group was held to further understand ILTs opinions of the cognitive coaching process and induction program. Analysis revealed several themes from the focus group dialogue. These themes indicate that teachers value the actual cognitive coaching process, but teachers hold many concerns about the time, effort, and relevance of mandated meetings and paperwork. 72 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 -AN EARTHQUAKE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN The book called We Know What to Do, We Are Not Afraid of the Earthquake! includes an earthquake education program with parent participation prepared for 5-6 age group children receiving preschool education. The book aims to introduce the earthquake to preschool children and to promote developing a point of view to take measures related to the earthquake. In addition, with parent participation activities, it is aimed to provide parents with experience related to how they are able to explain a current but an abstract issue like earthquake to their children. The first chapter of the book touches upon the importance of teaching preschool children about earthquakes, and talk about the related studies carried out so far. The second chapter of the book consists of an earthquake education program. There are classroom activities to be carried out at preschool education institutions and parent participation activities listed within the scope of the program. In the final chapters of the book there are recommendations for teachers and parent, in an effort to increase the functionality of the programme. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Most studies that consider the heterogeneous nature of Hispanic cultures outside of Spain focus on Latin America. Nevertheless, the breath of Hispanic cultures covers Africa as well. This work undertakes a transatlantic study of writings by Donato Ndongo (Equatorial Guinea), Mayra Montero (Cuba and Puerto Rico), and Luis Goytisolo (Spain). It underscores the kind of post-colonial criticism that subverts Eurocentric discourses of power-as manifested in religious, scientific, and economic contexts-not merely by outright rejection but by engagement, coercion, and appropriation. We argue that the encounter between the European and the African was not a mere overpowering of one culture by another. The process of engagement, negotiation, and signification that invariably arose produced some very subtle modes of resistance. It is this very subtle mode of resistance to discourses and practices of power, which we define as 'composite post-colonialism', and its effectiveness as a tool for subversion that we bring to the forefront in the texts we study. 120 pp. Englisch.…