lap lambert academic publishing mai 2014 (473 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A shortage of effective leadership qualities among top managers in the United States has been documented by numerous research studies. With a 17% decline in golfers over the last decade and a 19% turnover rate among golf facility managers, the golf industry is no exception. The purpose of this study was to determine the attributes of an effective organization and its leadership team in the golf management industry. The research defined ¿effective leadership¿ from an integrative perspective that included traits, behaviors, style and method. In addition, the study viewed ¿organizational effectiveness¿ from a multidimensional approach which included Five Pillars: Financial, Environmental, Philanthropic, Customer Satisfaction, and Employee Satisfaction. The research indicated significantly different leadership attributes by job title between managers of effective and less effective golf facilities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -For the last two decades, dental implants have been regarded as a predictable means of achieving oral rehabilitation. In retrospect, this seems to be due to three main factors: the biocompatibility of titanium, the design and surface of the implants and the receptivity of the host. Since the 1990s, two other elements have been added to the list and have been changing constantly: surgical technique and load conditions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A locally fabricated Brake Pad Test Rig was successfully used to evaluate the wear rate and braking effectiveness of two samples of automobile disc brake pads at various speeds and braking forces. Detailed design analysis of the test rig, which was also used to determine the average stopping time at a constant pressure of 10bar, and subsequently, at a constant speed of 980rpm, is presented in this work. Results obtained from the performance test carried out on the rig show the functionality of the test rig.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -China is experiencing the boom of western opera. Due to the great support from the government, and the need of the ¿High Art¿ from the public, more and more grand opera houses and performing centers have shown up. At the same time, an increasing number of audience members are buying tickets to the opera performances, although it is absolutely an imported art form to the Chinese people. Various marketing problems, such as the lack of audience demography tracking and professional arts administrators, are facing the opera companies in China. But the National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Shanghai Opera House and the Guangzhou Opera House are doing well in audience development. Their strategies, including educational outreaches, membership programs, social events, corporate partnership, and managerial models, can be lessons for the other opera houses and performing centers in China.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Galway City Castle Trail is a book that highlights the cultural, touristic and economic potential of the city¿s ten castles that are still fully or partially in existence. These castles have been fundamental points of reference throughout the centuries in the history of this city and were active parts of every Galwegian¿s life in many different ways. While not just detailing each castle¿s structure, this book also tells of the stories that make each of these castles part of the local history and worthy of preservation. Hopefully, the information contained within can be of assistance to those interested in promoting these structures for the enjoyment of local people and visitors alike. Unfortunately, the majority of these buildings are not properly preserved and are not accessible, for different reasons, to the public. The author analyses the different causes of neglect and lack of improvement, and proposes possible ways to make these structures and their history more available to the public.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -My interest in local communities in the East End was developed during the MA London Studies course at Queen Mary University of London studying at the Geography Department 2008-2010 as a part time student while working in the heritage sector. I wanted to examine the use of oral history in documenting and recording of people lives in recent times in the East End of London. I have chosen to look at how a museum in East London uses oral history to represent individuals and local communities in the East End of London. The V&A Museum of Childhood launched a new temporary gallery telling the stories of the East End¿s diverse communities. This temporary gallery was devoted to telling local stories, of children and communities of London¿s East End. It opened in 2005 at the V&A Museum of Childhood to tell the childhood stories of diverse communities of East London past and present using objects, photographs, audio, film and interactive games. A temporary gallery was devoted telling stories, of children and communities of London¿s East End as a World in the East End. I wanted to know if it had succeeded according to the people who were involved.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the study of Japanese politics, New Komeito tends to be overlooked despite its political influence. It has been 50 years since the establishment of the party and its significance in Japanese politics needs to be re-examined in an academic manner. To this end, this book sheds light on the influence of New Komeito on Japan¿s foreign and security policy. By applying a theoretical classification, this study categorises New Komeitös pacifist policy as ¿anti-war pacifism¿, ¿realistic pacifism¿, and ¿international pacifism¿. Based on the theoretical perspectives, the author argues that New Komeitös anti-war pacifism has been consistent, that the party has recognised Japan¿s right to self-defence based on realistic pacifism, and that it has supported Japan¿s contributions to international peace operations based on international pacifism. To substantiate the main arguments, this book investigates the foreign and security policy of the party in the Cold War, post-Cold War and post-9/11 period. Finally, the book explores New Komeitös stance on constitutional revision, especially Article 9, the so-called ¿peace clause¿, which is crucial to the current debate in the politics of Japan.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is an action research reflection from Bangladesh on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and community-based peacebuilding. Following the Action-Reflection-Action Cycle, this piece of experiential research deals with the widely used ADR method-mediation (locally known as shalish)- in Bangladesh and explores how much it really can transform local disputes sustainably. In doing so, the researcher explored the limitations of mediation through in-depth interviews, interactions with rural communities, mediation committee members and practitioners; and at the same time applied counselling technique for making the mediation method more transformative and effective. Following the learning and reflections, required modification was made and reapplied for testing and eventually developing a theoretical stand. The book concludes stating that introduction of counselling, which should be simple and non-technical, can enable the mediation process in addressing the sub-system and system level underlying causes of conflict which are critically important for resolving any grassroots level petty disputes through peaceful transformation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -To date, business enterprises both small and large, are challenged to internationalize and operate on a global scale. This phenomenon is manifested by a growing number of Multinational Enterprises and emergence of global order and culture. Nevertheless, globalization has not led to fundamental convergence and therefore, national institutions and culture still play pivotal role in international business. Reckless negligence of culture results in devastating consequences for many Multinational Enterprises. This research demonstrates the impact of cultural clash in business within cross-border context on the example of a real-time project, which involved two culturally remote organizations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a result of a research conducted to assess the magnitude and impact of medical brain drain in Zimbabwe's Government Health Institutions since 2006. Zimbabwe like many other African countries loose most of its brains due to mismanagement of human resources at times with the asumption that they will return or will find life difficult wherever they go and will be compelled to return home. Evidence shows that this is not the case, once people relocate they start a new life even if it means doing unprofessional jobs as long as they earn a living. Lives continue to be lost due to inadequate health professionals in hospitals. Zimbabwe continue to be a training ground for other countries. Of late they froze recruitment completely which means most graduate doctors and nurses go on a job hunt beyond our boarders. It calls for concerted efforts to curb further loss of medical professionals which continue to hit hard on ordinary people when they go to seek health care services in hospitals that are operating below scale.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A new adaptive filter is proposed for the turbo decoding on Rayleigh fading channels with noisy channel estimates. In this book, by using the soft extrinsic information after each iteration of decoding, we re-estimate the channel and the minimum mean square error (m.m.s.e.) and further update the channel reliability factor and decision variables at each iteration. Simulations show that signal to noise (SNR) gain is improved by up to about 1dB at bit error probability of 3.5X10^4. Based on this research, it would be more interesting for further researchers to develop an adaptive filter that uses the extrinsic information of both systematic bits and parity bits.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The main idea of this work is that the role of clusters in regional competitiveness depends on the economic development stage of the concrete region. In the first chapter of the work, the origin of the notion of region and its competitiveness is studied; the theoretical and methodological basis for the process of economic regionalization is given. In its second chapter, the notion of cluster is conceptualized, and the role of clusters in regional competitiveness is empirically proven using M.Porter¿s, M.Enright¿s, D.Stark¿s and the World Economic Forum¿s methodologies. In its third chapter, foreign research and practical experience in regional economic clustering, as well as the opportunities of its application in Latvia are studied; Latvian experience of cluster formation and state support is analyzed. In its fourth chapter, cluster identification methodology in Latvia is probated, the author¿s approach to define an economic region is offered and substantiated, as well as the role of clusters in competitiveness of Latvian regions is determined. In addition, the author¿s elaborated study course ¿Cluster Development¿ for High Schools is given.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book surveys the effects of privatization on productivity of Tabriz electric power distributional company. Statistical population of this research is the subscriber service units of the Tabriz electric power distributional office.¿¿¿ In this ,four factors that each constitutes several factors: 1.Post sale services improvement. 2.Energy sale improvement. 3.Reduction of costs. 4.Branch sale increase. that affect productivity are studied and their effects are explored.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In order to fight climate change and achieve sustainable development, renewable energies must take precedence over fossil fuels. Insurance companies can play an important role in the proliferation of renewables by offering risk transfer solutions that make investment in clean energy more attractive. Weather insurance protects against the unpredictable availability of natural resources (e.g. wind, sun and water). This book assesses if weather insurance can be a business opportunity for insurers while simultaneously improving the financing of renewables. To answer these questions, different business strategy frameworks are used to assess the attractiveness of the weather insurance industry. A demand and availability estimation of weather insurance is given, as well as a hypothesis for a market growth pattern. Finally, a theoretical explanation of the positive impact on renewable energy financing is presented. The conclusions and analyses in this book should be especially useful for investors, lenders and insurers of renewable energy projects.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Energy management is often neglected in the industry as it comprises a low cost when compared to raw materials or labor. Nonetheless, in this book it is shown that the savings obtained through energy efficiency improvements, in one single mid-sized plant, reach hundreds of thousands of euros per year. This book describes the methodology to achieve such savings and describes the actual work performed in a factory operated by SONAE Indústria ¿ one of world leaders in the production of wood board products. It is aimed at professionals or academics who want to obtain state of the art knowledge on how leading enterprises deal with the energy management topic. As an outcome of the project described in this work, it is demonstrated that the energy efficiency measures chosen to be implemented led to savings of around 12.000MWh/year, which translates into savings of around 330.000¿ per year.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a handbook for students that offers concise information on digenetic trematodes and cestodes that infect domestic and wild animals. It is useful particularly for undergraduates in the fields who have taken or are currently taking Parasitology or Zoology course, and for the general audience who have interests in Parasitology. It is not intended to be a comprehensive textbook in the field of Parasitology. It is hoped that this text will be helpful to understand the outline of the parasites and their diseases.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Limitations of electrical wires result in distortion and dispersion of the signal for long distances. That have emerged optical communication as the only way of communication for long distances. For medium distances optics can support the high data rates required by the latest applications. Optical networks are becoming the dominant transmission medium as the data rate required by different applications increases. The bottleneck for implementing optical instead of electric networks for medium distances, like local area network, is the cost of the optical components and the cost of replacing the existing copper network. This book will discuss the possible cost benefits that come from the use of different materials like plastic optical fiber instead of silica fiber or Si, Si/Ge instead of InP or GaAs for the transceiver as well as the trade offs between the performance and cost when discrete transceiver is replaced by the monolithically integrated transceiver, by using a process based cost model.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In March 1973, a new Irish coalition government took office in the midst of a complete breakdown of society in Northern Ireland. Further escalation of the situation was threatened both within Northern Ireland and further south in the Republic. The British Government had just announced its intention to attempt to resolve the crisis, with the participation of the Irish Government and the northern political parties, including the nationalist S.D.L.P. Initial frosty relations between Dublin and the S.D.L.P., both on a personal level and on a policy level, threatened to thwart both from achieving their objectives in the upcoming negotiations, which were to take place at the end of that year. However, necessity compelled them ultimately to co-ordinate their strategies, resulting in an effective and beneficial partnership. This book analyses and presents the development of that dynamic relationship during that significant period, March - December 1973, and demonstrates how important it was for both the Irish Government and the S.D.L.P.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The concept ¿survival¿ is mainly used in the case when a person is in a special situation in a natural environment: a plane crash, lost in the woods, extreme tourism etc. The truth is that these situations happen rarely or not at all while it is true that each child, each individual is constantly connected with society ¿ his life is bound to social environment. Often the biggest obstacles occur here. Capability to communicate with other people and build relationships is the vital factor for survival in the modern society. Therefore it is important for the young people who enter adult life to acquire these skills necessary for everyday life. Non-formal education gives young people the possibility to develop their values, skills and competencies not in a conceptual but in the real world. However the modern education system is focused more on acquiring knowledge, not skills. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for the dominance of boys in the early drop-out from the school system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Studying a second language is often obligatory in schools. However, the interlanguage levels of the individual students can vary greatly. This could be caused by a multiplicity of factors, such as motivation, language learning aptitude, and/or the amount of exposure to target language input outside of the classroom. This study explores the effects of the latter, namely the influence of the amount of language input that is received from the media on the second language acquisition process.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The fourth Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia (1985) adopted a statement entitled ¿The Uniting Church is a Multicultural Church.¿ This declaration is aspirational and is still in the process of being realised. In the practice of ministry frequent subjects that become the focus of attention are sharing property, managing cross-cultural conflict, and performing cross-cultural worship, weddings and funerals. Other subjects are not discussed either because they are not perceived as important aspects of the church¿s life, or assimilation has already happened and the diversity is lost. The issues of leadership and discerning what makes for cross-cultural competency have not been explicitly explored. What might such cross-cultural leadership look like What criteria might be used for the sake of discerning competency This book is the first attempt to wrestle with these kind of issues in an Australian context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The main reason why the Catholic Church continues to exclude women from the priesthood is that Jesus chose only men as his apostles. The author argues that the culture, custom and law of the Jews at that time, did not allow women to speak in public, exercise any public function, or leadership role. These were precisely what Jesus sent his apostles to do. That was why he chose only men to be his apostles. If he had included women among them he would have violated not only Jewish culture and custom of that time, but a Jewish law as well, which forbade women to speak in public, exercise public function or leadership role. So he could not have included women. But times have changed, the status of women has improved now, especially in Modern times. women now exercise public functions, the professions, including the priesthood in some Churches, play leadership roles along with their male counterparts everywhere. If Jesus had lived in our time he would have included women among his apostles because the culture and law that forbade women to exercise public function at that time no longer exist. The Catholic Church will eventually change and ordain women priests. It is a matter of timeBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Using a panel dataset of bilateral flows of foreign direct investment (FDI), we study the determinants of FDI in transition economies, with particular reference to Macedoniäs performance. Even though Macedonia has been introducing extensive fiscal and business sector reforms, so far it has been lagged in attracting foreign investment. Following the empirical approach used in previous studies and the theoretical discussion presented in Chapters 2 this study specifies both static and dynamic models. The static models, both fixed and random effects, do not give the best specification. The empirical work confirms the expectation of the positive feedback effect of past FDI onto current FDI. The negative and significant coefficient of distance indicates that FDI is determined by gravity factors. In addition, GDP of the host country, unit labour costs, trade openness, English language are also important determinants of FDI in transition economies. Our suggestion is that the econometric findings on the determinants of FDI in transition economies using small dataset and static models should be accepted only with caution.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -People of all cultures experience liminal, or transitory, states. However, some subcultures exist almost exclusively in liminality. This work explores the protracted liminal state experienced by homeless men in Cleveland, Ohio. Many contemporary views of homelessness were established in the early part of the twentieth century, during the Great Depression. These views have given rise to a set of archetypes used to attempt to classify the perceived chaos of the liminal state. By comparing historical data with contemporary fieldwork, this work demonstrates how these archetypes have and haven't changed in the last seventy years, and gives a glimpse into the lives of some of those who live in the liminal.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Organisations continue to struggle with increasing gender diversity in management leaving few women in higher echelons of management positions. Feminists have tried to explain this phenomenon in terms of the unequal power relations and fundamental inequalities existing between the sexes in society. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) seems to employ a significant number of women in Ghana. Yet women¿s access to upper management positions is limited. The study focused on finding out the opinions of a cross-section of employees of GHS as to why women do not progress into senior management positions. It was also to explore how employees interpret the lack of women in senior management positions. The study was a qualitative one based on feminist ideology and methods for data collection. A telephone interview of middle level women managers was conducted to obtain qualitative data, which was analysed using content analysis. The findings suggest that the absence of women in senior management positions within the GHS is as a result of several factors, which may include constraints imposed on women by society, the family, organisational structures, and women themselves.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The change in tastes and the need to keep the environment safe, especially in developed markets as contributed to the rising trend in the demand for quality products through product standards. However, the stringency of these standards has effects on trade, particularly for Africa. The effects usually influenced their attainment of the development aspirations, especially employment, poverty reduction and sustainable growth. To this end, this study investigated the food export effects of the EU standards for Africa using the two-step Helpman et al. (2008) for two high value food products. In all, 52 African countries were considered in the empirical analysis from 1995 to 2012. This study finds that product standards for fish are trade enhancing at the extensive margins, but not the case at the intensive margins. However, standards are trade inhibiting at both the extensive and intensive margins of exports of vegetable. Thus, these findings suggest that the impacts of standards on exports are product ¿ specific. Hence, Africa must ensure adequate standards compliance through improvement in science and technology not only for the EU market, but in all its export markets.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In last years, it is intensified the processes of trade concentration in the countries with developed market economy, which resulted by high degree of retail concentration. Therefore, this study aims to investigate and present the intensity of the trend of concentration of distributive trade in the world, in countries that concentrate most of the global distributive trade. In the first part, the study shows the concentration of trade network, then the concentration of the retail turnover in the world, and the concentration of turnover of leading global retailers. In the second part, the study shows the regional analysis of concentration of trade (the European Union, the USA, Japan, China and Russia). Anaysis of the concentration of trade network shows the trend toward reducing the number and increasing the size of the trade enterprises and stores. Analysis of the concentration of retail turnover in the world shows that the degree of retail concentration, measured by market share of leading retailers, is much higher in developed countries with a network of larger and more modern retail formats.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this study the emphasis is placed on renewable energy sources with reference to the energy derived from the wind. The advantages and disadvantages of wind energy exploitation are presented here. In order to exploit the energy from the wind, wind power plants are required which consist of one or more wind turbines to produce energy. The district of Bjelovar-Bilogora Country was explored for the purposes of selecting the best location for a small wind power plant project. The AHP - Analytic Hierarchy Process - method was used to select the best location for the installation of the small wind power plant. It is based on a mathematical model and is used in choosing among multiple alternatives and delivers flexibility in decision making. The risks that may occur during the construction of the small wind power plant are also presented. There are many of them, as in every project, but they must be taken very seriously in order to complete the project successfully.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Shrinkage characteristic of US 413 cast aluminium alloys has been discussed in the present study. The reduction in specific volume leads to shrinkage in castings and it can be visualised as a casting defect. The shrinkage characteristic has been studied using finite difference-based casting process simulation software and it is quantified using mathematical formulae. CAD has been used for construction of three-dimensional model of the shrinkage defect. Shrinkage characteristic has also been quantified through experimental validation studies and compared well with casting process simulation. Shrinkage characteristic study and control is essential for producing defect-free castingsBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Natural bamboo fibre-reinforced composite are biogradable, lightweight and non-corrosive. They have good temperature resistant and low environment pollution. These advantages placed the natural fibre composite among the high performance composites. The compounding and the volume fraction of these materials will determine the performance and hence the acceptability to these composites as an engineering materials. This book covers the extraction of fibre strand from bamboo tree, fibre treatment, arrangement of fibre chopped strand into random mat and formation of laminate. The effects of fibre length and volume fraction on the mechanical properties were investigated. The possible modifications to improve the fibre wettability and decrease moisture absorption were considered. The analysis presented in this book should be useful to professionals in manufacturing and building industries. Material engineering students and anymore interested in material science will treasure this book.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.