lap lambert academic publishing dez 2017 (975 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mysteries of life have always challenged human mind. What is this universe How did it come into existence Who am I What is the purpose of human life Does God exist If so who created Him These are perennial questions. Some sort of divine presence emerged as a human answer to these unintelligible riddles of our existence which were interpreted and named differently by different societies giving birth to multiple religions and scriptures. Ironically these very religions also promote blind faith and intolerance impeding human quest for the truth. In this volume I have made an attempt to rise above these narrow religious walls and rituals to explain the spiritual - a profound science that enables us to understand the power of the insensible and unintelligible. Most of these thoughts form part of the ancient Vedic writings of India. Given growing religious intolerance, mad race for consumerism, degradation of environment and ever-increasing mental stress and ailments these thought are more relevant today than ever before.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The basic difficulty in the calculation of thermoelectric batteries is to consider temperature dependences of the thermoelectric parameters of the materials: i.e. electrical conductivity, the Zeebeck coefficient and thermal conductivity. In this monograph, one of the approaches to the considering of temperature dependences of thermoelectric materials is regarded, viz. the method of accurate thermal balances, with effective values of thermoelectric parameters being used. To provide the best conditions for the operation of thermoelectric devices it is always necessary to optimize them by some parameters. The offered method permits to use for the optimization of thermoelectric devices the entire well-known arsenal for temperature-independent thermoelectric parameters. In this book the methods of optimization of different thermoelectric cooling and generating battery are presented. The book can be used by designers of thermoelectric batteries and devices, which exploit them.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In development of the modern theory of control the keen interest in problems of robustness and roughness of systems is watched. That interest in which attract problems of robustness and roughness in different fields of science and technology and not only in the theory of control, but also in ecology, synergetics, etc. is connected to the fact that these concepts belong to the most important properties of the systems considered in case of their real functioning. The solution of questions robust stability first of all is connected with fundamental works of V.L. Kharitonov in which issues of robust stability for interval polynoms are resolved.This book is devoted to questions of a problem of robust stability of interval dynamic systems. Are considered robust stability of linear interval dynamic systems both in continuous, and in discrete time. Methods of both the algebraic, and frequency direction of researches of a robustness of systems are presented. The original results received by the author for continuous and discrete linear interval dynamic systems, called the 'Algebraic method of robust stability' are presented in chapter III of the present book.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The publication suggests some new approaches to assessing the risk of hereditary diseases based on analysis of genotypes of candidate genes. The proposed methods are not based on the principles of data mining or machine learning, instead, certain statistical tools are used, including a posteriori distributions and hypothesis testing. The mutual influence of genes in assessing the risk of disease is fully taken into account. The results of calculations based on simulated and real data confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Tourism has become the leading economic sector in Bali Province of Indonesia. However, the economic impacts of tourism have not been convinced to be fully beneficial for Balinese community. One of the reasons is tourism leakage that occurs when the industry imports both products and services to support tourism industry in Bali. So far, the amount of tourism leakage in Bali has not been calculated yet. Therefore, there is a need to ascertain the current amount of leakage in Bali tourism. The results show that based on the micro analysis, the highest tourism leakage of accommodation sector in Bali is at 4&5 Star-rated chain hotels (51.0 %), followed by 4&5 Star-rated non-chain hotels (22.7 %), 1,2&3 Star-rated hotels (12.0 %), Non-star rated hotels (8.8 %), and with the average leakage of 18.8 %. Strategies for minimization tourism leakage are optimizing the potential of local products, develop agriculture and livestock; reduce the use of imported products for tourists, improve quality of local products and human resources, empower community, urge government to develop and implement supporting policies in minimizing leakage, establish policy on restriction of foreign investment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Modern cryptography mostly relies on mathematical problems commonly trusted as very difficult to solve, such as large integer factorization or discrete logarithm, belonging to complexity theory. No certainty exist on the actual difficulty of those problems, not even the truth of the famous P¿NP conjecture. Furthermore, most of them are not resistant to quantum computing, which should make them useless in the next decades. In this work, a new idea is presented to design secure communication protocols capable to resist to unlimited opponents. Those protocols use a new form of randomness, called « Deep Random », capable to hide its probability distribution to the observers, and thus to prevent them performing Bayesian inference over public information to estimate the private information. The theoretical foundations are established, and an example is presented with its proof of security.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -For many purposes, it is useful to determine whether, or to show that, a nation¿s per-capita real consumption, balance of payments and fiscal accounts are on financially-sustainable medium-term trajectories. This User Guide describes the Excel workbook DoMQ.xlsm, a ¿basic¿ multiannual macroeconomic programming exercise for the Dominican Republic. Part A introduces the exercise and describes its purpose. Part B briefly summarizes what the user needs to know to ¿get started.¿ Part C describes the workbook¿s overall structure and its various worksheets. Part D describes an illustrative sensitivity analysis. The essential point is that useful, credible multiannual macroeconomic projections can be formulated using straightforward techniques. Similar projection exercises could be developed for other economies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The focus of this study is the concept of cleanliness among the Mari, a people speaking a Finno-Ugrian language living in the Volga region of Russia. I personally had a chance to carry out ethnological expeditions in the Mari Republic and in the Mari villages of the Bäkir, Tatar and Udmurt Republics, as well as the Kirov and Perm regions from 1981 until recently. In this book, I discuss the concept of hygiene of Mari women and the changes it underwent from Soviet times until today. I explore cleanliness as a discourse and practice as traditional morality in addition to being a concept of hygiene adopted by Soviet mass culture. How has the propaganda of health and hygiene influenced the practices of everyday life What connection was made between the traditional concept and the government propaganda Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sex-typical body shape (a man¿s muscular physique and a woman¿s hourglass figure) is an outcome of evolutionary adaptation in reproductive fitness because it conveys information about health, gene quality and fertility, which are important elements for mate selection. If sex-typical body shape serves as a visual cue of quality and reproductive success, it should be related to other physical traits indicating genetic and phenotypic quality. However, there is little empirical evidence concerning the relationship of objective measures of sex-typical body shape and quality indicators, although there is substantial information in several independent studies. This book, therefore, provides comprehensive information about sex-typical body shape and physical traits that are thought to signal health, gene quality, and hormonal profile and their role in potential reproductive fitness. In this book, I represent data that bear on body components (combined factor scores of both upper and lower body shapes) in addition to waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and shoulder-to-hip ratio (SHR) that are predominantly used in the literature.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In recent years, more and more attention has been paid to ethical issues in the context of protection of health of population. In particular, this issue has acquired special significance after the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. The paper considers the ethical aspects of public health as well as the modern development of public health in Azerbaijan, legislation and policies in this field and the reflection of bioethical principles in it.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This analysis aims to determine how under the Russian aggression Ukraine can ensure its military security and sovereignty. To achieve the goal, this paper studies the possibility of ensuring Ukraine¿s military security through participation in international organizations with the help of bilateral and multilateral international agreements, and by strengthening the defense capability of Ukraine. The neutral (or non-aligned) status, as yet another way to counterbalance military threats faced by Ukraine, has also been considered in this paper.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Analyzing the influence of human capital on the achievement of the career success has a crucial role for each individual in the turbulent environment of the labor market. Banking sector also is human capital intensive and plays a critical role for the banks in meeting their goals and offering services to its clients. Today, the fast progress of technology, globalization and ¿knowledge economy¿ progress principles are ruling. This is the reason for any individual that is building his own career to think about how to be the best and how to improve his work quality. Thus, here could be recognized the increasingly competitive labor market, which eliminates 'weak players' since their inability to adapt the modern trends and staff needs. The book determines that human resource management (HRM) in banking sector must embrace strategic human resource planning programs with all banks strategies. This underlines the essential meaning of designing an effective recruitment policy with these strategies as formulation and implementation of active reward policy. Also, banks should include more active training and development for employees.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -If communication is a process of creating shared understanding- why has discourse around eradicating female genital mutilation had little to no impact in the past 15 years Although FGM may have moved up the political agenda with more media coverage, girls around the world continue to be subjected to this dangerous practice. What is the common thread And how can eradication be tackled more effectively This book sets out a basis to consider FGM through the personal account of a circumcised woman, in addition to the lens of cultural identity politics. By considering how people reproduce concepts of ¿identity¿ via history and cultural practices, it is possible to determine why FGM continues to thrive in spite of legal and social policy encouraging eradication. I suggest a fresh approach using modern marketing and communication techniques to devise an eradication narrative that effectively engages across audiences including ¿men¿ as key players and influencers within the socio economic power structure that drives this medieval practice.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Use of multiple single tuned filters in power supply systems has increased rapidly over the past decade. This trend is associated with increasing use of power electronic and electric arcing devices in industrial power supply systems. The book presents concern of transients in filter circuits under typical switching events in power system supplying industrial loads. The manuscript analyzes methods of selecting filter circuits involving multiple single tuned filters on the example of an arc furnace power supply system. The methods is based on existing IEEE Standards and simulation data of transients within the power supply system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This paper is focusing on the review of mass concrete (MC) specification with specific reference to the evaluation of 20MPa temperature control concrete requirements for the construction of MC hydro-dam implemented in Malaysia. The experimental hot-box and coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) tests were conducted to ascertain the adiabatic temperature rise and thermal strain development on 20MPa MC using granite aggregate. A two-pronged approach consisted of laboratory hot-box and CTE tests, including British oriented CIRIA C660 thermal model were carried out to determine the concrete peak temperature, maximum placing temperature, early-ages adiabatic temperature rise characteristics, adiabatic hydration curve, and maximum core-surface temperature differentials on 20MPa MC using Portland-Fly-Ash concrete under semi-adiabatic conditions. These consisted of submitting granite concrete block samples instrumented with thermocouples and vibrating wire extensometers to temperature measurements and thermal shocks.The developed CTE values facilitate the validation of actual maximum permissible critical temperature differential limits in preventing early-age concrete cracking.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Photosynthesis process considered the powerful process in the nature in which microalgae as photosynthetic organisms use sun power. Microalgae are promise sources for many types of biofuels as bio-hydrogen, bioethanol and biodiesel. Microalgae are not compete for land or water like plants. Due to their small size they have more photosynthesis efficiency than higher plants. They have lipids more than 50% of their weight. This book focuses on biofuels produced from algae and biodiesel produced from some types of microalgae. The book includes two main parts; first part about theoretical concepts; titled new prospection for algal biofuel production, and second part discusses cultivation systems used for Chlorella sp., Desmodesmus quadricaudatus and Oscillatoria sp. to optimize their biomass productivity, lipid content and lipid productivity to enhance biodiesel production.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Wilms' tumor (WT) is the most common primary renal tumor occur in children. Around 6% of all childhood cancer corresponds to WT. Current treatment guidelines include nephrectomy, combination chemotherapy protocols, and in some cases, with an additional radiation therapy. The aim of this retrospective study from a war-torn country in the Middle-East, is to evaluate the clinical presentations, staging distribution and the survival outcomes of WT in Zhianawa Cancer Center and Hiwa Cancer Hospital in ten years (2007 to 2017). As a conclusion, our survival outcomes (in Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq) showed an improvement in comparison to the local results reported previously at another institution in Iraq, but still they are lower than the treatment outcomes in developed countries. Obviously, we need more efforts to improve our oncology care to get better results for our patients with WT.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is designed both veterinary surgeons or clinicians and practitioner veterinarians who need and desire accurate and clinically useful information in a timely manner. In addition, practicing veterinarians and veterinary students are continuously interested in information on surgical diseases of digestive system in calves. This book is intended to be a guide to quality surgical diseases of digestive system in calves; however, none of the procedures should be carried out without appropriate instruction under the direction of an experienced veterinary surgeon. The format is designed to provide the reader with easy access to understanding of the surgical diseases of digestive system in calves. It is not intended that this book is taken as an absolute, but used as a guide for practical information in terms of surgical diseases of digestive system in calves.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book shows a sustainable energy development option inspired by the paradigm of local development, where it is committed to achieve the use of indigenous resources, based on the preservation of natural resources and environmental respect. In five chapters, several alternatives aimed at empowering the territories and localities of their energy destination through the use of renewable energy sources are exposed. It starts from protecting the conceptual base related to sustainability; the territory of the province of Manabí and its energetic relations are characterized; the functionalities of geographic information systems are shown as an instrument for territorial planning; some alternatives associated with sustainable energy development are exposed from the local scheme; Some examples of energy management are shown in rural areas of Canton Chone and the parish of Colón, the latter belonging to the canton of Portoviejo; Some issues related to distributed generation, artificial intelligence and smart micro networks are addressed. The results are shown in maps and data tables.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Developing countries of the world has a lot of nutritional challenges, ranges from malnutrition, hunger and starvation. The Nigerian based complementary food (Ogi) developed from rice, bambara nut and rice malt is intended to offer nutritional solutions of infants, school children, adults and geriatrics. Rice physical and nutritional significance was reviewed extensively and evaluated. The physicochemical, functional, microbial and sensory properties of blends evaluated, would be useful not only to research students in their fields of Basic and Applied Sciences. But also to other research institutions and infants foods manufacturing industries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In his famous thought experiment, Schrôdinger(1935) imagined a cat that measures the value of a quantum mechanical observable with its life. Since Schrödinger¿s time,no any interpretations or modifications of quantum mechanics have been proposed which gives clear unambiguous answers to the questions posed by Schrödinger¿s cat of how long superpositions last and when (or whether) they collapse In this book appropriate modification of quantum mechanics is proposed.We claim that canonical interpretation of the wave function ¿=¿1¿1+¿2¿2 is correct only when the wave function supports ¿1 and ¿2 essentially overlap. When these ones have separated supports we claim that canonical interpretation of the wave function ¿ is no longer valid for a such cat state.Possible solution of the Schrödinger¿s cat paradox is considered. We pointed out that the collapsed state of the cat always shows definite and predictable outcomes even if the cat also consists of a superposition:|cat>=¿1|alive cat>+¿2|death cat>.Using new quantum mechanical formalism the EPRB-paradox is considered.We find that the EPRB-paradox can be resolved by nonprincipal and convenient relaxing of the Einstein¿s locality principle.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work makes use of SFLA as a training algorithm to train multi-layer Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Next, The SFLA-ANNs are used for channel equalization. In this way, this book introduces a novel strategy for training of ANN and also proposes one novel approach for channel equalization problem. The proposed strategies are tested both in time-invariant and time varying channels and interestingly yields better performance than contemporary approaches as evidenced by simulation results.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Massive transfusion is defined as blood transfusion in quantities equal to or greater than the estimated patients¿ blood volume over a relatively short period of time (3-4 hours). The study was aimed at analyzing the application of chemotherapy in treatment of patients with acute massive bleeding and evaluating the results of hemostasis and platelet counts screening tests in the patients receiving massive transfusions. In our study we have confirmed the pathophysiological mechanism shown in the available medical literature that after transfusion of a large red blood cell concentrate volume, dilutional coagulopathy develops, caused by a sharp drop in platelet count and the significantly reduced activity of unstable coagulation factors in the patient's circulation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The monograph shows the effect on the body of a chemical substance - sodium fluoride in very small concentrations and the role of regulatory mechanisms in the development of damage to hepatocytes and the brain in the dynamics of intoxication. Sodium fluoride is found in everyday human life as a part of underground (drinking water), in chemical production as a catalyst for chemical processes, for the strength of dental prosthetic materials, in toothpaste, as part of polyethylene food packaging (for example, a lid for yogurt). Important correction of metabolic processes aimed at neutralization and elimination of toxic products, which provides a high-quality diet containing substrates for the antioxidant enzymes of the body. The monograph contains 41 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables. Recommended for therapists, pediatricians, biochemists, biophysicists, gerontologists.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Today, technology affects every single aspect of modern society. There is no discipline or an industry out there that has not been affected by the technology. Specifically, whether we are talking about transportation, communication, security, banking or healthcare, they all rely on technology in one way or another. For this reason, this book, ¿Health Care Transformation and the Promise of Mobile Health (m-Health)¿ is very timely in our community.Technological breakthroughs are revolutionizing the way healthcare is being delivered. Modern technology has changed the structure and organization of the entire nursing field. And this book is designed to provide a brief introduction to the potential of m-Health in healthcare transformation. To achieve an increase in the coverage of health care to the distant, rural, small or sparsely populated region and cost reduction, mobile health technologies have the potential not only to reduce costs of care, but also to improve access to care, facilitate patient-provider communications, and remove unnecessary barriers. I encourage us to join hundreds of millions of individuals using these devices globally to monitor and manage their health.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Unsurprisingly, the subject of dementia has been a rising matter of public health concerns as people now live longer. World Alzheimer Report 2015, estimate that about 46.8 million people worldwide have dementia. These numbers are projected to almost double every 20 years, reaching 74.7 million in 2030 and 131.5 million in 2050. The modality for treating agitation and other behavioral symptoms in dementia patients has been a challenge. Many years on, there has been no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy in treating dementia-related agitation. This review discusses the current knowledge of non-pharmacological interventions and analyzes the risks and benefits of pharmacotherapy in the management of dementia-related agitation, as well as providing an anecdotal of the author¿s clinical experience. This research aims to provide opportunity for increase awareness for clinicians, particularly those with no specialty training in geriatrics medicine but see dementia patients with agitation and other behavioral symptoms from time to time.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -High-entropy alloys (HEAs) form a new class of materials, and show great promises for various demanding engineering applications. Since 2004, many experimentalists worked on HEAs to understand their microstructure and the mechanisms behind the observed excellent mechanical behavior. Ab initio calculations have demonstrated their power in modeling and designing functional materials. Despite of that, the search for new HEAs has still remained heavily dependent on experiments only due to the complexity of modeling multicomponent solid solutions from first principles. Starting from year 2011, Tian et al. used an efficient ab initio alloy theory formulated within the exact muffin-tin orbitals method, to investigate the fundamental properties of HEAs. Their goal is to predict new HEAs with optimal characteristics and identify potential application areas.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this book are presented the results from research on alternative approaches towards the synthesis of 4- aryl-l,2,3,4-tetrhydroisoquinolines as synthetic analogues of the alkaloid cherylline. Optimal conditions for the synthesis of the required 2,2-disubstituted ethylamine precursors are found. The Schotten- Baumann method for amide synthesis is then successfully applied and the synthesized amides are used in an intramolecular ¿-amidoalkylation reaction to obtain 4-substituted 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines. An eco-friendly procedure utilizing PPA/SiO2 catalyst for the intramolecular ¿ -amidoalkylation is developed. Microwave-assisted variant of this eco-friendly procedure is also successfully developed. By the Bischler-Napieralski method are synthesized five new 1,4- disubstituted-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines. These are potential inhibitors of DHODH. It is found that the reduction of 1,4-disubstituted 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines leads to formation of diastereoisomers. The diastereoisomers are successfully separated by preparative column chromatography and 2:1 (cis:trans) ratio is determined. This ratio is not affected by the temperature at which the reaction is carried out.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -After over 10 years of work in field of maxillofacial trauma it's time to share the experiences. A collection of secrets on how to provide best treatment for mandibular fractures. The clinical tips and images help the undergraduates and postgraduates to better understand the topic. Recent advancements and controversies with up to date references are there to help young plastic and maxillofacial surgeons.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book raises concerns about English as foreign language (EFL) teachers¿ perceptions of task-based language teaching (TBLT) and the impact on their classroom practices to identify challenges and possibilities in TBLT implementation. From the data collected in the survey of 80 secondary school EFL teachers from 30 different secondary schools of Bangladesh, the findings indicate that most EFL teachers hold positive attitudes toward TBLT execution but that there exist constraints like the large-sized class and difficulty in evaluating students¿ task-based performance. As such, implications are proposed based on the findings to help teachers administer TBLT more effectively in the future. To identify the perception of task based language teaching and ways to implement it in second language learning is the main aim of this study. Like many other methodological innovations, Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) has been applied to many English language curriculums across Asia.This book reports of an in-depth case study into the perception and implementation of a group of secondary English teachers in regard to the innovative national curriculum in Bangladeshi secondary schools.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.