lap lambert academic publishing sep 2009 (176 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The current global recession and difficult economical situation threatens the competitive position of organizations. The Dutch economy is closely linked to the global economy resulting in a situation which forces Dutch companies having to take measures in order to reduce costs and to survive in the market. One of the strategies to reduce costs is downsizing. This thesis provides insights in the effects of downsizing on survivors and indicates which measures managers should take in order to reduce survivor syndrome. Downsizing is an emotional impactful intervention not only for laid off employees, but also for remaining employees. In many cases, organizations take good care of employees who have to leave. However, the surviving employees'' emotional feelings hardly receive any attention, which can lead to the development of ¿survivor syndrome¿. Organizations often forget that survivors are those who have to realize the organizational goals after downsizing process. Managers are able to influence the feelings of survivors and reduce survivor syndrome and voluntary turnover by providing open communication and increase the degree of perceived fairness.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work proposes some ideas of how synergies of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Sustainable Development (SD) can be realized. A process based change model for SD has been developed. Synergies between TQM and SD have been discussed in the literature but further important possibilities of synergies remain untapped. Process focus and process management are believed to be important for realizing these synergies. Even if process management has been shown to contribute to organizational performance, it seems that most organizations do not focus on processes. This seems specifically to apply to process management for SD. Descriptive and easy-to-use process models should be able to enhance the introduction of process management. The ability to identify, map and measure the organizational processes constitutes an important part of identifying opportunities for improvement. Process models could be used for both describing actual performance and the process to improve it.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -International HRD Consulting On Your Own: In a series of post-911 interviews, ten Human Resource Development professionals talk about their lives and work as independent international consultants. Averaging better than two decades abroad, they share the joy and excitement of working in exotic lands as well as the unpredictability, perils and loneliness of cultural isolation. Relive their tales of amazement and growth, as well as exhaustion and fear, through their own words. Finally, confront with them the shock of returning home to colleagues who do not understand the subtleties of foreign ways, organizations unwilling to embrace their hard-earned skills negotiating the labyrinths of cross-cultural interaction, and the corner desk now occupied by someone else. A must read for those who would work overseas in a changing business environment or for a non-profit global enterprise, by an author who has held both short and long-term engagements in exotic lands, and who has lived through two states of siege and a revolution, himself. The insights gained here will help you better prepare for both the rigors and pleasure that attend international work.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mary Wollstonecraft has been hailed by many within British feminist circles as revolutionary. Wollstonecraft's 'Vindication on the Rights of Woman' was the first major theoretical feminist work in history. However, although Wollstonecraft is largely praised as a pioneer by most British feminists, her critics still persist. Because rhetoric is a vital tool for reflecting and influencing cultural norms and values, any efforts to suppress Wollstonecraft's rhetoric stand to teach us some important lessons regarding what British culture values and condemns. When viewed through the lens of contemporary British culture, the rhetoric of Mary Wollstonecraft illuminates many of the continued gender inequities confronting British women today.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work tries to integrate and classify occupational values of two cities'' social work students and social workers'' by using both sociology and anthropological lens, informants come mainly from Beijing and Paris. The conclusion is that occupational value is the representation of definite cultural context and is closely connected with the always changing social policies and also one''s personal decision. Social work is both international and local; its international core value should be considered and practiced according to local situation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Several researchers have proposed that the moral aspects of risk provide a better explanation and prediction of risk perception than the psychometric or cultural model, neither of which accounts for moral concerns. This study is possibly the first to empirically assess if the moral, psychometric and cultural models can explain risk perception of agricultural biotechnology - in this case Bt eggplant - by farmers in a developing country such as India. The findings show that the psychometric, cultural, and moral models do not fully account for the risk perception of Bt eggplant by Indian farmers. In conclusion, the author proposes that any theory or model that purports to explain and predict risk perception of agricultural biotechnology in developing countries may need to include economic benefits, safety concerns and accountability as key variables.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Every organization needs to be in a good shape.Both profit and none profit organization.Productivity,Effectiveness,Efficiency and so on.are needed to make sure that they are on the right track. One important thing that it has to do with is committment. What are the factors What makes it work What to do with different levels of the employees regarding to committment.All these questions you can find the answers in this book .Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study examines the lives of the poor in relation to those more fortunate. In particular, it looks into the injustices the poor are forced to face when trying to escape poverty. It examines a common assumption made by prominent academics (Prahalad and Hammond, 2002; Gage 2004; Prahalad, 2005), that the cost of basic goods and services are significantly more than those more fortunate. The study uses both qualitative and quantitative means to prove this ¿poverty penalty¿.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this study, you can find out some theorical informations and practical implications of Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis. The project that has been evaluated in this study is, Internet Services over Cable TV Network in North Cyprus. This study deals with the construction of cable TV network in North Cyprus and discuss why the system is applicable to North Cyprus in terms of both technology features and its cost. Financial, economic, distributive, risk and the sensitivity of the project has been done. In the financial analysis, you can see how to construct the cash flow statement of a project where the difference between the receipts and expenditures are considered. Sensitivity analysis measures the sensitivity of the project''s outcomes to the changes in one or two of the inputs of the projects while assuming all other inputs being constant. Economic analysis aims to examine the project from the economy''s point of view to determine whether or not its implementation will improve the economic welfare of the country. Distributive analysis seeks to allocate the net benefits and losses generated by the project among stakeholders.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Although many had previously credited President Nixon and Dr. Kissinger with the key achievements in the U. S. - China rapprochement, this work argues that it was mainly because of the sound policy role played by the U. S. Department of State in dealing with China that allowed the President and Dr. Kissinger to be able to bring about the rapprochement with China. The State Department had been dealing with China diplomatically since at least 1954, through the Warsaw Talks and even had been formulating strategy in dealing diplomatically with Communist China at least since 1949.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study aims to find the best policy, which would induce the Indian coal-based power plants to abate particulate emissions in the most cost effective way. The empirical analysis of the power plants suggests that replacing the age-old boilers is of utmost importance along with switching to low-ash albeit expensive coal is cost effective. Installation of pollution control equipment in the form of an ESP or a baghouse depends on the target emission level. In the Indian scenario and ash tax can be considered the best policy instrument along with an emission tax to induce the power plants to adopt the cost efficient technology.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigates the relationship between stock prices and dividends in Taiwan stock market during the June 1991 to February 2005 period. We employ linear, nonlinear and panel techniques which provide a much stronger test to examine the relationship between stock prices and dividends. Our results suggest that there is a long-run nonlinear relationship between stock prices and dividends. We found that present value model is more suitable with time-varying expected returns provides an empirically valid description of Taiwan stock price behavior in the long-run, while short-run deviations of actual stock prices from present value prices are driven by rational bubbles. Compared to conventional cointegration approach this technique produces more convincing evidence of the time series properties of the dividend and price, the momentum threshold autoregressive (MTAR) method is flexible enough to capture non-linear adjustment patterns and support the existence of stock price increases relative to fundamentals in Taiwan stock market.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This document describes a software package for creating realistic simple human animations. The package uses the open source 3D modeling software Blender and the scripting language Python. The animations generated for several cameras ought to be used for testing and learning of tracking algorithms in the multi-camera system where the ground-truth data are needed. We made a human skeletal model and designed the way how to animate it by scripts with using motion capture data. The texture of 3D human model is obtained from captured images. Transformations between computer vision and computer graphics are discussed in detail. We designed our own algorithm for automatic rigging mesh model with the bones of the skeletal model. Steps of the design are covered in this work together with the usage of the software package.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -There is a growing need for additional research to determine what dose-response of exercise will be most effective in reducing and eventually preventing the risk factors associated with type II diabetes. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of illness and death among North Americans suffering from type II diabetes. As a group, people with type II diabetes have a significantly greater chance of developing CHD and stroke, along with many other co-morbidities. The purpose of this investigation was to determine if an intermittent or continuous walking program at either 40% VO2max or 55% VO2max would reduce the factors associated with CHD in type II diabetic patients.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Benign lesions of the larynx are a common problem that are encountered in day to day practice of an otorhinolaryngologist.It causes a wave of concern to the patient because voice forms a very important mode of communication to the outside world.Most of the lesions eventually present early during the course of the disease giving the ENT surgeon ample time to accurately diagnose the pathology associated with the condition and pinpoint the best management of the diseased state.The advances in the field of laryngology have been immense over the last few decades ranging from microlaryngeal surgery to the use of LASER''s for the treatment of the various pathological states.In this book we have tried to put in a nutshell,the necessary information about the benign lesions of the larynx that we have encountered, their incidence, their clinical presentation and their management. This book is the outcome of a 3 year clinical study on benign lesions of the larynx.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has always been an excellent model organism for studying conserved biological processes. This book presents several modern techniques in genetics, molecular biology, and real-time imaging to examine microtubule-related processes in yeast. Microtubule is a highly conserved protein assembly, and the results shown in this book have significant implications in neurobiology and cancer cell biology.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Milling provides an efficient method for accurate discrete part fabrication. However, successful implementation requires the selection of appropriate operating parameters. Balancing the multiple process requirements, including high material removal rate, maximum part accuracy, chatter avoidance, and adequate surface finish, to arrive at an optimum solution is difficult without the aid of an optimization framework. In this work a robust optimization algorithm that accounts for the inherent process uncertainty and surface location error sensitivity is developed. Two optimization criteria are considered, namely, surface location error and material removal rate under the stability constraint. The trade off curve of surface location error versus material removal rate is calculated for the mean values of input parameters, as well as for a confidence level in the stability boundary. The validity of the optimization algorithm is established by comparison to experiment.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) is an ubiquituous enzyme which in animals and in man takes part in the metabolism of biologically active or toxic catechols including catechol-structured drugs.The effects of endogenous catecholamines and catechol-structured drugs can be potentiated if the function of COMT is inhibited. This is likely to lead also to haemodynamic effects and changes in catecholamine metabolism.The first COMT inhibitors were toxic, unspecific and short-acting. Therefore the effects of COMT inhibition in man were widely unexplored in man before the intoduction of the second generation COMT inhibitors.The second generation COMT inhibitors entacapone and tolcapone have now established their role as effective agents in the treatment of Parkinson''s disease. This book summarizes a series of studies investitigating the effects of COMT inhibition on haemodynamics, catecholamine metabolism, including some interaction studies with drugs interfering with catecholamine disposition.This book gives also a short review of the literature on this topic and should be useful for professionals and students having interest in the COMT inhibition and COMT inhibitors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In 2005, the Health Service Executive took over total responsibility in the running of the national healthcare system in Ireland. The Irish Government believed that the old health board system of governance and management became a myriad of confusion, inconsistency and incoherence; it failed to enforce financial accountability, to provide clear and timely decision-making, and, most of all, in its central purpose of healthcare practice, to put the patients first. Two years on, this book examines the current status of governance and management in the Irish healthcare system, on grounds of autonomy and responsibility in patient care. Theoretically, the analysis of autonomy and responsibility in healthcare is considered from three viewpoints: (1) Irish medicine ¿ the Hippocratic Oath and its struggle for recognition; (2) Irish politics ¿ the irony of politically- commissioned reports; and (3) the politics of neo- institutional healthcare management ¿ the onset of a possible medical mutiny. The analysis should evoke a re-thinking of autonomy in the healthcare profession, and should be especially useful to professionals in the healthcare field.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Prioritizing software requirements helps to determine which requirements are most important, and the order in which requirements should be developed and tested throughout the development life cycle. By prioritizing the requirements, software engineers can put focus on a subset of all requirements, and implement these in a particular release. This work aims to analyze two ratio scale prioritization techniques named Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Cumulative Voting (CV) by a controlled experiment, conducted on software engineering/computer science master students. The experiment was designed to compare time consumption, scalability and accuracy between the two techniques. All these evaluation parameters are combined together to find out which technique is more suitable to use when prioritizing software requirements. The results of the experiment indicate that CV is less time consuming than AHP. It was also found that CV is more scalable than AHP. Furthermore, CV is regarded as more accurate than AHP when measured subjectively in post-test.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Diabetes mellitus is the fourth cause of mortality in the world, after cardiovascular disease, cancer and muscular-skeletal disease .Diabetes mellitus, is incurable and leads to death due to the long-term complications.This study was undertaken using qualitative approach ,to explore the patients'' perceptions about self-management of diabetes. The findings show that family-based strategies are more successful in the management of diabetes in Indonesia than are programs focusing on the diabetic person alone. In addition, most participants initially did not have adequate knowledge about self-management. This situation influenced their capability to manage the disease. Hence, family involvement is important as a strategy for developing diabetes self-management education. Therefore, this study clearly highlights family issues as a contributing factor in achieving better self-management in the Indonesian context.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The ¿MIS on Himalayan Database using GIS & DM Techniques'' is an end-user interface to visualize the managed information in structured way. The structure has been classified according to the three level of management science, viz. operational, tactical, and strategic. The object oriented programming techniques has been adopted using GUIs. The output (information) presents the results of managed data, and the data compilation process have not listed. Data sets used are either based or derived from secondary sources. The GIS Software (Arc Info/View) has been used to present the GIS models on SoI maps. The operational information presents the data in simple format (absolute, aggregated, and summarized) through browsing icon. The tactical information presents managerial inferences in the form of graph or map, while strategic information presents inferences using some statistical and quantitative techniques. The objective of the model is to provide useful information for better understanding of the present state of this under-developed region and future course of action, which could also be used for other region having similar kind of data.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -An analysis of direct-to-consumer drug advertisments can help us understand some of the issues surrounding the rapidly rising health care costs and the concern that this type of advertising may be influencing effective or efficient care. Through a rhetorical analysis of DTCA pharmaceutical product advertisements, this study demonstrates how the persuasive effects of content and visual images may promote perceived health knowledge which could be having a significant effect on consumer behavior. By combining the rhetorical visual analysis developed by Sonja Foss and the rhetorical depiction analysis developed by Michael Osborn, this study will reveal the persuasive and emotional processes for promoting pharmaceuticals through rhetoric which utilizes metaphors of nature, health, education and beauty to influence and create perceived health knowledge; an effect that is contributing to a cultural shift in consumer behavior related to health care. These results emphasize how DTCA both exemplifies and shapes a consumer-driven health care system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The ability to resolve reactions within a monolith spatially and temporally is key in developing reliable kinetic models, as well as in validating proposed reaction mechanisms. In this work, two techniques, IR-thermography and spatially-resolved capillary inlet mass spectrometry (SpaciMS), were used to measure temperature and gas-phase concentrations. Specifically, they were applied to monitor the axial distribution of temperature and concentration profiles during propylene oxidation over a Pt/Al2O3monolith-supported catalyst. Also, the effect of thermally aging the catalyst on the temperature and concentration patterns observed was investigated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the years, the use of computational engineering applications such as computer-aided design (CAD), computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and computational structural mechanics (CSM) has grown rapidly in the aerospace, automotive, electronics, biomedical, and many other industries. All computer-based design tasks commence with the use of CAD systems to create detailed geometrical models. These models serve as a basis for diverse analysis tools, such as CFD and CSM, which would require another process called mesh generation to generate discrete spatial points for CFD and CSM tools to use in performing analyses. The accuracy of the analysis depends on the geometrical fidelity, the quality of the meshes, and the accuracy of the mathematical models. Any of these steps can often become a hurdle that requires tedious user interactions and parameter modifications. This work is an effort to address this issue, primarily by designing, modeling, and meshing complex patterned and repetitive geometries, such as springs or cardiac stents, using parametric geometry design and template mesh generation approaches.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Bartok formed his compositional style from a synthesis of the folk music of Hungary and its neighbouring countries, and the art music of Western and Central Europe. This book provides an analysis of two of Bartok''s early piano works: The Ten Easy Pieces and the Allegro Barbaro to illustrate the extent of these influences. It also examines the relevance of Bartok''s musical training, and the influence of Nationalsim and Politics on the formation of his musical language. Bartoks''s performances of his works often differ immensely from the written score. The so called ¿sound world¿ of Hungarian peasant music is an elusive, yet integral element in the interpretation and performance of his works. This book explores Bartok''s piano recordings, his writings and letters, together with commentaries by his pupils and musical associates, as they provide an invaluable resource regarding the performance of his works.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Organisational communication satisfaction, organisational commitment, job satisfaction and intention to leave. An academic research which diagnoses the mediating relationship between an employee''s satisfaction with communication, their commitment and satisfaction, and their intention to leave the organisation. Retaining of highly skilled, and motivated employee''s is valuable to an organisation. Therefore, assessment of the variables that can influence an employee''s decision to leave an organisation can reduce the likelihood of an employee''s turnover intentions. The quality of communication in an organisation significantly affects how an employee is committed and satisfied wuth their job and organisation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study explores Asian ways of understanding the Christian doctrine of the Trinity presented by Jung Young Lee and Raymond Panikkar, who establish their respective trinitarian perspectives by means of Asian frameworks of nondualsim, i.e., the East Asian ¿yin-yang¿ conceptuality and the Hindu Vedantic notion of 'advaita.' In their respective trinitarian perspectives Lee and Panikkar attempt to reveal that the Trinity is not only a doctrine about God but also an underlying structure of all reality. This study compares the trinitarian accounts of Lee and Panikkar in their similarities and differences by employing three comparative categories: 'the apophatic dimension of God', 'the intrinsic relationality between God and the world', and 'the kenotic trinitarian dynamism'.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 344 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book seeks the possibility of explaining away the Socratic paradoxes by appealing to Socrates' irony. Socrates is presented as a paradoxical figure in the early dialogues of Plato. There are various interpretations on the nature of these Socratic puzzles and attempts to solve the riddles he presented in his dialogues with his fellow Athenians. This book analyzes the concept of Socratic paradoxes and the solutions suggested by different scholars. Related to his enigmatic nature Socrates is also associated with his ironical standpoint in the history of philosophy. In this work irony as a fundamental philosophical attitude in Socratic philosophy is discussed with reference to some of the major philosophers in the history of philosophy. This work also suggests the possibility of seeing philosophy as an ironic activity and it traces the etymology of the concept of irony in terms of its philosophical significance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.