Lap lambert academic publishing jan 2012 (Más de 3200 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The main purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate teachers¿ beliefs towards grammar teaching and their practices when teaching grammar in EFL classrooms. It aimed to collect evidence of their instructional practices and examine the relationships between their thoughts and actions. Furthermore, it attempted to stand on the probable contextual factors that influence the transformation of beliefs into practice. All the teachers involved in this study were Arabs, teaching English language in government preparatory schools in Sharjah. In the first stage of the study, 46 in-service teachers were invited to fill in a self-report questionnaire to elicit their beliefs and classroom practices regarding grammar teaching. In the second stage, two semi structured interviews were conducted with these teachers to gain deeper understanding of their personal opinions, beliefs and perspectives. The findings revealed that teachers undeniably have a set of multifaceted beliefs regarding the eight beliefs dimensions under study including the grammar role in learning, grammar approaches, grammar practising, error treatment, the use of grammatical terminology and students' first language.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The term money laundering brings to our mind those nefarious activities of criminals who provide an envelope to slush funds in order to exhibit those as genuine money. As per an estimate of the IMF, the aggregate size of money laundering in the world could be somewhere between two and five percent of the world s GDP. Money-laundering has acquired a global character that not only threatens security, but also compromises the stability, transparency, and efficiency of financial systems. Money-laundering techniques are becoming more sophisticated and complex with each passing day. Across the world, financial institutions such as banks, insurers, and securities are usually considered in the front line in the war against illicit money movements. Therefore, they are required to introduce and implement systems to prevent such anti-social elements from using banking channels for money laundering. As part of this process Ethiopia has promulgated a law against money laundering and this book has made an in-depth analysis of the laws in this perspective vis-a-vis international tenets. 132 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The main purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate teachers beliefs towards grammar teaching and their practices when teaching grammar in EFL classrooms. It aimed to collect evidence of their instructional practices and examine the relationships between their thoughts and actions. Furthermore, it attempted to stand on the probable contextual factors that influence the transformation of beliefs into practice. All the teachers involved in this study were Arabs, teaching English language in government preparatory schools in Sharjah. In the first stage of the study, 46 in-service teachers were invited to fill in a self-report questionnaire to elicit their beliefs and classroom practices regarding grammar teaching. In the second stage, two semi structured interviews were conducted with these teachers to gain deeper understanding of their personal opinions, beliefs and perspectives. The findings revealed that teachers undeniably have a set of multifaceted beliefs regarding the eight beliefs dimensions under study including the grammar role in learning, grammar approaches, grammar practising, error treatment, the use of grammatical terminology and students' first language.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The main purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate teachers¿ beliefs towards grammar teaching and their practices when teaching grammar in EFL classrooms. It aimed to collect evidence of their instructional practices and examine the relationships between their thoughts and actions. Furthermore, it attempted to stand on the probable contextual factors that influence the transformation of beliefs into practice. All the teachers involved in this study were Arabs, teaching English language in government preparatory schools in Sharjah. In the first stage of the study, 46 in-service teachers were invited to fill in a self-report questionnaire to elicit their beliefs and classroom practices regarding grammar teaching. In the second stage, two semi structured interviews were conducted with these teachers to gain deeper understanding of their personal opinions, beliefs and perspectives. The findings revealed that teachers undeniably have a set of multifaceted beliefs regarding the eight beliefs dimensions under study including the grammar role in learning, grammar approaches, grammar practising, error treatment, the use of grammatical terminology and students' first language.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Diesel fuel plays a crucial role in the prosperity and economy of the country. The application of diesel fuel additives is necessary, in order to improve the diesel fuel quality and to achieve the better performance from the diesel engines. The cetane number improvers which are available at commercial level include 2-ethylhexylnitrate (EHN) and di-tert-butylperoxide (DTBP) and lubricity improvers mainly consists long chain hydrocarbons and fatty acid esters. In present book the synthesis of dual functional diesel fuel additives from vegetable oils and animal fat has been demonstrated mainly using prepared heterogeneous catalysts. The prepared diesel fuel additives have been tested for their cetane number and lubricity improver properties.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The main purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate teachers' beliefs towards grammar teaching and their practices when teaching grammar in EFL classrooms. It aimed to collect evidence of their instructional practices and examine the relationships between their thoughts and actions. Furthermore, it attempted to stand on the probable contextual factors that influence the transformation of beliefs into practice. All the teachers involved in this study were Arabs, teaching English language in government preparatory schools in Sharjah. In the first stage of the study, 46 in-service teachers were invited to fill in a self-report questionnaire to elicit their beliefs and classroom practices regarding grammar teaching. In the second stage, two semi structured interviews were conducted with these teachers to gain deeper understanding of their personal opinions, beliefs and perspectives. The findings revealed that teachers undeniably have a set of multifaceted beliefs regarding the eight beliefs dimensions under study including the grammar role in learning, grammar approaches, grammar practising, error treatment, the use of grammatical terminology and students' first language. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Socially responsible performance of business activity is getting more importance and interest now-a-days. This paper explores the existing status and the key areas of corporate social responsibility practice in Bangladeshi business enterprises. An extensive desk study has been conducted to gain a detailed view of the current status and the key areas of CSR practices in the enterprises of Bangladesh. This study also focuses on the problems those are facing by the organization in performing CSR. Based on the secondary data the paper argues that social responsibility is inevitable for the success of Bangladeshi business enterprises. The paper concludes that Bangladesh lags behind in making the expected headway because of the existence of several obstacles. It also suggests some policy prescriptions for the success of business enterprises. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In Malawi, performance for the water sector has over the last decade not been very impressive considering the level of unsettled debts, growth stagnation, non payment of dividends to government and low level of new investments. The Public water utilities have been exhibiting poor financial performance through huge financial losses incurred. This study was aimed at assessing the financial performance of Water Boards with emphasis on operation efficiency, cost recovery, commercial performance, asset maintenance, current and quick ratios among other indicators. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations made. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Present study was conducted in District Gujrat to investigate the impact of the microcredit scheme of Punjab Rural Support Program (PRSP) on women s empowerment. Researches throughout the developing world have highlighted the impact of microcredit programs on women s empowerment. This research was divided into three main sections. First section deals with the status of women at housed level before taking microcredit while second and third sections deal with the impact of microcredit in raising women s awareness and women s empowerment after taking microcredit. In the second section information was analyzed that whether microcredit increased the awareness among women regarding their status, legal rights and importance of say at household level. In the last section a situational analysis of the women after taking microcredit is presented. The data analysis has shown that there is a positive impact of microcredit program introduced by PRSP in the rural Gujrat on women s empowerment. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Mortality tables play a very important role in planning for health care systems and in computing life insurance premiums. For the past few decades, there has been an increase in the number of studies about estimating and forecasting mortality tables as a response to mortality improvements. In the early 1990 s, the Lee-Carter model was developed and has been widely used for studies on mortality rate and has been subjected to some modifications for improvements. This paper utilized one of these modifications, which was proposed by Brouhns, et.al. (2002). The number of deaths, a count random variable, is said to be well-suited to the Poisson distribution. Thus, this makes the Poisson log-bilinear regression model appropriate in modeling and forecasting mortality. This book aims to be able to fit the Poisson log-bilinear model to the number of deaths for some northern European countries. A maximum likelihood estimation technique is used to estimate the parameters of the model with the aid of LEM program and SAS. A chi-squared goodness of fit test was performed to test significance and usability of model. Lastly, the deviance residuals for the estimated number of deaths were taken. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Endosseous dental implants have revolutionized the fields of implants and periodontics. During the last decade, a great deal of information has been generatedconcerning the effectiveness and predictability of endosseous implants. Implant placement is a viable option in the treatment of partial and full edentulism and has become an integral facet of periodontal therapy. The available implants are remarkably successful. However, there is no one ideal implant system. The following areas need further study: edentulous sites with inadequate bone for endosseous implants, splinting of implants to natural teeth, long-term effects of microbial and occlusal stresses, the prevention and treatment of peri-implant infection and disease, effects of implants on alveolar ridge maintenance, and routine maintenance protocols. Research on implant design for narrow ridges and atrophic jaws is ongoing, and the clinical efficacy of localized ridge augmentation and sinus floor grafts is being investigated. An area of research with future clinical significance is the use of growth factors and osteoinductive substances which may be applied locally or incorporated into the implant s surface. 56 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides a deep look of the functionality of the router and suggests a way to enhance the processing power to several Gigabits per second and provides a solution to the future high speed networks. Since, router's are key elements in computer networks so without enhancing there power nothing significant could be achieved in this field. So, my effort was one step towards supporting future data networks. 52 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Anthropometry provides scientific methods and techniques for taking various measurements and observation on the living being and the skeleton.Stature is one of the numerous data for identification.The stature prediction occupies relatively a central position in the identification necessitated by the medicolegal experts or medical jurisprudence and also in the anthropological research.This study was taken up with the aim of finding out whether there is any correlation between stature & finger length,and also to find out which finger is best to estimate the stature of an individual, in males and females individually. Till date, most of the workers on stature estimation have used the length of long bones such as femur, tibia, humerus, radius, etc. A meagre data is available on previous works done for calculation of height from finger length. Hence an attempt is made to fill this lacuna. In the present study it was found that there is a significant correlation between stature and finger length. Ring finger is best to estimate stature in both males and females. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Utilization of Family Health Services in a Tribal District of India is a study conducted to assess the status of maternal, child and family planning services in Dungarpur district. It highlights the variation in health indicators in tribal rural area to that of urban population in terms of immunization status, institutional deliveries, antenatal care, methods of contraception used by the couples under reproductive age group. The study reflects the inaccessibility and unavailability of health services to the people. It emphasizes the need of family planning provisions with convenient methods of contraception for them. Further, the findings of the study can be effectively used in designing focused delivery system for marginalized people inhabiting in remote areas. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The conventional method in medicine for brain MR images classification and tumor detection is by human inspection. Operator-assisted classification methods are impractical for large amounts of data and are also non-reproducible. MR images also always contain a noise caused by operator performance which can lead to serious inaccuracies classification. The use of artificial intelligent techniques, for instance, neural networks, fuzzy logic, neuro fuzzy have shown great potential in this field. Hence, in this project the neuro fuzzy system or ANFIS was applied for classification and detection purposes. Decision making was performed in two stages: feature extraction using the principal component analysis (PCA) and the ANFIS trained with the backpropagation gradient descent method in combination with the least squares method. The performance of the ANFIS classifier was evaluated in terms of training performance and classification accuracies and the results confirmed that the proposed ANFIS classifier has potential in detecting the tumors. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work describes the details of high voltage D.C. power supply whose output is 60 kV, whereas its input voltage is 1- 50 Hz 5 kV of sinusoidal waveform. This test set is suitable for field testing of high voltage cables, as a prime D.C source for very low frequency high voltage test, oscillating wave technique and impulse voltage charging unit due to its light weight and portability. In this study, we constructed a prototype high voltage power supply based on design, simulation and implementation of hardware work in laboratory. The simulation work has been done by using Mat. Lab. Version 7.0 software. This developed equipment will be very useful for field testing of HV cables of different voltage grade, as a prime DC source for VLF and OW testing set and charging unit of impulse generators. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Compression of digital images has been a topic of research for many years and a number of image compression standards have been created for different applications. The role of compression is to reduce bandwidth requirements for transmission and memory requirements for storage of all forms of data. While today more than ever before new technologies provide high speed digital communications and large memories, image compression is still of major importance, because along with the advances in technologies there is increasing demand for image communications, as well as demand for higher quality image printing and display. The evolution in image compression is mainly attributed to the need of rapid and efficient techniques for the storage and transmission of data among individuals. Color image compression using wavelet analysis is an emerging area of research. This book shows the applicability of wavelets over different color models for image compression.Postgraduates and researchers working or intend to work in areas of wavelet theory will find the book to be most useful. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Higher education institution is expected to play an active role in the socio economic and cultural transformation of the society. Specifically, these institutions are expected to produce graduates who are capable of bringing about desired change and improvement in the society. Nowadays,there is serious concern about the quality of teaching and learning that takes place in institutions.Therefore, effectiveness of the service being rendered in producing human power by these higher learning institutions is determined by the proper human resource planning, hiring, and entirely the management of this resource which is a main factor for the success and development of the institutions. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book conveys the process and outcomes of a transcendental, phenomenological, research study which generated a descriptive account of counselling and psychotherapy practitioners' meaningful lived experiences with spiritual symbols in their therapeutic work with clients. The study attempted to redress identified research gaps within the therapeutic field, and increase practitioner reflection and contemplation upon their own spirituality and their self-experience when engaging with their clients' utilisation of spiritually symbolic constructs. The study findings provide a rich narrative account of how the participants imaginatively engaged with their clients' symbols, developed affective and physiological responses to them and became aware of a deepened sense of presence or communion within the therapeutic relationship. Experiences were felt to be profound, transformational and mysterious, and most participants were unable to fully explain these client/practitioner 'intersect phenomena' by utilising a theoretical body of knowledge. This book will provide interesting reading to those within the field who work with clients presenting spiritual issues and material. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -John Kyaboona's Head teacher status: its influence is an in depth study of an intriguing question to many stakeholders in education as to whether the status of head teacher appointment has an effect on the administrative performance a head teacher exhibits in a primary school. The study particularly focused on the influence of substantive and non-substantive on the administrative performance of primary school headteachers. The study found out that the status of head teacher appointment did not influence administrative performance in motivating staff, establishing and maintaining community relations and completion of pupils in primary schools. The results of the study that are well elaborated in this book will act as a good guide to educational administrators, education policy makers, teacher trainers and trainee, human resource managers and researchers in the area of education. The book emphasizes that the motivation of the human resource is central in attaining organizational goals. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What is the position of translated literature in the literary system of target language Is there a possibility that translated literature can go from the periphery to the center According to Even-Zohar (Zohar, 1978), translated literature may go from the periphery to the center under three conditions : when a polysystem has not yet been crystallized, that is to say, when a literature is young or in the process of being established; when a literature is either peripheral (within a large group of correlated literatures) or weak or both; when there are turning points, crises, or literary vacuums in a literature. Among these conditions, the third one conforms to the historical facts of China during the May 4th span when there was a Literary Revolution to oppose the old literature and set up new modern literature. And then can the historical facts be used to verify the third hypothesis If it is true, then how much influence of translated literature can be exerted on the language, literature, culture, and even society of target language The author of this book attempts to answer these questions in her research. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Malaysian folk tales are rich with symbolic imagery which tells the story of a nation and its people the people of Malaysia. To further understand the psyche of the Malaysian people, some popular folk tales have been studied in this book using Jung s theory of archetypes. Reoccurring motifs, symbols and imagery suggest that Malaysian folk tales and Western fairy tales have much in common thereby subscribing to Jung s theory that archetypes are present in all human psyches. Jung further postulates that this is proof of the Universal Unconscious. The human mind does not exist independently and is fused to the Universal Unconscious thereby explaining why similar motifs, symbols and imagery exist in the oral literature of different cultures all over the world. However, these symbols and motifs are similar but never identical due to the concept of the collective cultural unconscious, a theory which was not acknowledged by Jung. This theory suggests that diverse cultures of people tend to subconsciously pass on set ideas of thinking, behavioral patterns and stereotypical images to the next generation. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -School language policies is a set of rules and regulation on language use by the learner in a learning institutions.Over the years there has been a growing interest for learners to acquire communicative competence in more than one language apart from their first language in order to meet the ever demanding job market needs.To this end The language in education policies developed by government agencies have developed policies which encourage learning institutions to educate learners to communicate in more than one language.The schools in turn drawing from national language policies and language in education policies have developed language policies aimed at improving learners communicative policies.school language policy is an important factor to second language acquisition because it affects learners opportunity to produce comprehensible output.The policies may affects learners attitudes and motivation towards a particular language.Some policies may violate learners linguistic human rights.This book provides insight on how language policies affects language acquisition.In addition it traces the connection between school language policies and national language policies. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study examined the household food security within Miambani region of the Kolping Organization of Kenya under the food security programme intervention activities. Food production compared with household food needs was taken as the measure for food self-sufficiency. Farm production of the three main food crops (maize, cowpeas and pigeon peas), livestock and family generating income activities were taken as the major contributors to household food self-sufficiency. The respondents were members of a farm household who performed most of the household activities and all were from Miambani region. The study sample was composed of 50 respondents both men and women. The study found that food self-sufficiency at household level depended on many factors like household size, farm size and family labour. It was found that the respondents kept livestock and used animal power and hand hoes as farm labour for land preparation. The oxen were either hired or privately owned. Farm size from an economic point of view is an important factor associated with farm production. In conclusion, the majority of the households depended on farming for their household food needs. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Testicular cancer is a deadly disease that affects a growing number of men worldwide each year. The disease strikes when men are young and in their most productive years. Testicular Cancer is the most common cause of cancer among men aged 15 to 35 years and it has been reported to be on the increase. Testicular Cancer is highly treatable and often curable once diagnosed early therefore all men should be aware of its symptoms. The main objective of the study was to determine the knowledge about testicular cancer, perceived risk for testicular cancer and testicular cancer preventive practices of University male students aged 18 years and above in Uganda. The study employed a descriptive cross sectional design. The study was conducted among Makerere University male students aged 18 to 32 years residing in Lumumba Hall, University Hall and Nkrumah Halls of residence. Systematic random sampling was used to obtain the 323 participants. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect quantitative data over a period of two months. Data was analyzed using SPSS 15.0 software package. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The most frequent accidental cause of household death in children under 6 years of age is the inhalation of a foreign body (FB). Delay in managements is blamed for death in cases of foreign body inhalations. The absence of a recognizable penetration syndrome complicates and delays not only the diagnosis but also the treatment of a FB. (1) Methods: We are presenting a review article about the magnitude of this problem, presentations, complications, managements using a review of the literature and some of our personal experiences. Results: We are presenting the results of some different authors plus ours. Conclusion: Early bronchoscopy is a paramount in any case of suspected foreign body aspiration. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The traveling salesman problem (TSP) is one of the most widely studied NP hard combinatorial optimization problems and has already solved in the semi-optimal manners using numbers of different methods. Among them, Genetic Algorithms (GA) is pre-dominating. In this paper I solve the problem with a new operator, Inver-over, for an evolutionary algorithm for the TSP. This operator outperforms all other 'genetic' operators, whether unary or binary, which was first introduced by Guo Tao and Zbigniew Michalewicz. I also propose a new algorithm for solving TSP and also introduced it modified version. To get a comparative idea of the performance of these algorithms I solve same problems with the two algorithms. The performance analysis shows that my proposed algorithm produces relatively better solutions in the case of the tour length every time. But when we increase the cities it takes more time to solve than the Inver-Over operator for TSP. 56 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One basic role of teachers in education is to promote academic performance. The success or otherwise depends solely on the many aspects which the school revolve, being in charge of daily running of the school academically. Schools can make a difference to students` performance and the teachers` input is one factor determining that success, hence it is important that the performance of a school is appraised against the performance of the teacher and vice versa. This book employs descriptive survey, the study population comprised 1650 respondents comprising 150 school principals and 1500 students drawn equally from the two areas, Multi stage stratified and simple random sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentage, means and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Five null-hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study reveals that the input of Youth teachers on secondary school students was close in the two distinct areas in Kenya and Nigeria and, as such students` academic performance was significantly related to teachers` Work Habit, General Ability, Resourcefulness, Personal Qualities and Mental Stability. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The low supply of medical doctors (MDs) was experienced over the last several years in most countries in the world, and the situation is worse in developing countries as it is the case in Tanzania. Though there are efforts done and some of the efforts are just on the progress in marshalling MDs to address this crisis, it has hit the brick wall. A study was conducted to identify the reasons for low supply of medical doctors specifically in the context of Tanzania as it was conducted within the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) system. There are standing causes of MDs shortage, but on top of that there were new causes of physicians shortage that reflect the ongoing shortage of MDs. The standing causes were factors included in the growing demand such as having a population growth, aging population, increased awareness, economic factors. Also a diminishing supply which consists of factors as fewer entrants, MDs migration, physician aging and attrition, changing practice styles and changing professions. The book also hints on new causes which are restraining forces considering the efforts placed by different stakeholders to embrace the situation. 68 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The General Education curriculum (GEC) with its focus on liberal education, lays the foundation for learning goals and activities of university education. With knowledge growing at unprecedented rates, higher education systems must equip students with the ability to manage and assimilate great volumes of information.The need to learn continues to provide valuable insurance to cope with the rapidly changing economic environment. For this reason the expanding GE program becomes the core to strengthen any curriculum. Thus assessing the status of the GEC would be a significant endeavor of the academe relevant to the thrust of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) among higher education institutions. Through this assessment, the weaknesses identified becomes the bases for developing an assessment plan and the strengths are the bases for decisions regarding accreditation.Hence the degree of compliance with CHED should be excellent to make it more responsive to quality education and to obtain level 111 accreditation. 120 pp. Englisch. …