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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This research explores the relation between subsidies for Dutch feature film production and box office revenues, in the context of policy objectives that have been formulated since 1997. The objectives were predominantly focused on: the increase of production volume; the improvement of quality and commercialization of film; entrepreneurship among producers; and attention to the audience. The main goal was to establish an economic viable film sector. Incentives managed to help increase the production volume of Dutch films, as well as the number of commercial films, but these successes were short-lived. In the end, the Dutch film sector did not become self-sufficient. Policy was focused too much on production and failed to implement measures specifically for demand. However, shifting the emphasis in policy to demand does not guarantee a better result, because all that is certain in the movie business is that nothing is predictable.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Botswana''s average economic growth rate of about 8 per cent during 1985-2005 is one of highest in the world. A major contributor of this growth was mining which, in 2005/06, had a 41.4 per cent share of GDP. Various government welfare and empowerment programmes indicate that redistribution of the mineral wealth is widespread in Botswana. In this book, we will show that the pattern of livelihoods in a typical rural village has changed and provide new perspectives regarding the main sources of livelihood in rural Botswana as a result of the rapid developments following the 1980s. In particular, this book will show that contrary to expectations, agriculture is not a major source of income to the rural economy for many poor households, but income transfers from out migrants'' members of rural based households is now very important. It will also be shown that the proportion of the poor among the rural population that depends on agriculture is smaller than the non-poor, as is that among the recipients of government transfers. This study has revealed no evidence that suggests transfers to rural areas are invested in productive activities.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this book is to examine problems of accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by non-state actors such as individuals, armed groups (rebels, insurgents, belligerents, national liberation movements, rebel groups, armed opposition groups, unrecognized insurgents, parties to an internal armed conflict, successful insurrectional and other movements) and corporations and to analyze content of legal responses available under two branches of international law: human rights law and criminal law. In this context, it will also take a look at the practice of European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Form , Function And The Concept In Architecture. This sketch book is showing the principle of architect Hassan Abeida through his work in Different types of projects , and how the main architecture concept can lead the form and the function . the concept can be about Environmental , political philosophy , habitual .etc , the form and the function must follow it, to achieve the main message of the architect.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Sentence processing reflects the influence of a variety of linguistic and psychological factors. Scholars have discussed both crosslinguistic universals of structural properties and the linear order of surface constituents as possible explanations of parsing preferences. Based on data from an experimental study of Korean adults'' relative-clause comprehension and on a review of previous studies with Korean children and those with adult English speakers, this book addresses the independent and interacting effects of morphosyntax and prosody on parsing, the development of the parsing mechanism, and crosslinguistic similarities and differences in parsing. As sentence processing is the meeting point of linguistic competence and performance, the discussion should prove useful to students and researchers in psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this monograph, some new techniques are developed to define derivation on a Beurling algebra. Moreover, the amenability, weak amenability of a Beurling algebra and amenability of its second dual are discussed. Also, it is shown that if G is non-discrete, then the Banach algebra M(G,w) is not weakly amenable. Finally, the conjecture of H.G.Dales and A.T.M.Lau about 2-weakly amenability of a Beurling algebra is proved with an additional condition which is weaker than almost invariance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The design of efficient Micro heat Pipes requires efficient heat transport capability. In this work steady-liquid flow and heat transfer in a micro heat pipe with triangular, rectangular and advanced capillary shaped grooves have been closely examined, to study the maximum heat transport capability of cooling devices such as micro heat pipes. A lubrication-type model of liquid flow and heat transfer under negligible gravity and small capillary number is considered. The adiabatic region plays an important role in determining the flow rate. The flow rate could be controlled by changing the shape of the cross-section. Heat transport capability of different groove structures is compared. The comparison has significant contribution in selecting the best groove structure for designing and improving performances of micro heat pipes. Practical applications of the results are discussed in relation to the design and optimization of micro heat pipes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Online newspapers are often viewed as the answer to a long tradition of dissatisfaction regarding the limited one-way communication focus of the mass media. Nevertheless, these newspapers have been slow in recognising that the fundamental condition for effective web communication is interactivity. While the industry has been given some cause for optimism, online newspapers still offer only limited interactive options on their sites. This book provides a description of the use of this technology by six selected Indonesian online newspapers. A content analysis of these sites reveals that they do not optimally utilise the interactive elements at their disposal. There is therefore, a similarity in the nature of their news delivery to printed newspapers. Consequently, interactive technology has not transformed the limited one-way communication process of the traditional newspaper into an interactive communication process. For mass communication students and researchers, this book gives an idea for conducting further research on online newspapers and online journalism in particular, and on the internet in Indonesia in general.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A company's quality of operations and products has become increasingly important as a crucial competitive factor in today's business world. Through high quality the company can achieve competitive advantages, which enable the growth of its market share and more open competition. Additionally, the need of continuous improvement in quality is highlighted in objectives to lower the internal costs of companies and reduce work dissatisfaction caused by poor quality. These internal and external requirements force the management to commit to quality. The challenge is ¿ how to lead the quality from operational threat to strategic opportunity. This book is useful for companies' management planning to implement and improve the quality related culture inside their organisations. The way of how TQM as quality culture is implemented has to be planned carefully, surveying first the values the company needs to influence in the existing quality culture in order to improve it. The existing culture in an organisation is the biggest factor hindering the implementation of the TQM as a quality culture.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated on the impact of microfinance through the concept of Self Help Groups on women empowerment in Puducherry (Tamil Nadu), India. The first part of the research consists of a literature study comparing the existing evidence on the effects of microfinance on women empowerment. The second part, a field study, was performed by comparing two groups of microloan receivers from Indian NGO Prime Trust, consisting of 66 women in total. The first group was at the time of measurement in the process of repaying their first loan, while the second group was in the process of repaying their second loan and had already completed their first. The women were compared on their empowerment scores with a questionnaire, measured with eight indicators created by Hashemi, et al. (1996). The research concluded that microfinance has a significant positive influence on women empowerment, in particular on women's economic security, their involvement in major decisions and their relative freedom from domination by the family.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Academia and practice have shown high interest in Customer Relationship Management systems and their implementation for years. However, implementing such a system successfully has often remained an illusion with project failures rates as high as 70 percent. Various studies have tried to identify factors salient for a successful implementation and develop frameworks and models that could enhance the understanding for successful implementations. So far no unifying and integrating academic framework has emerged and each study so far has only addressed parts of the topic. Therefore, we present the 'e-CRM star' framework integrating success factors out of the areas strategy, people, business processes, technology, and organisational culture. In a single- case study in one of the largest banks and IT user in New Zealand and a leader in CRM applications, we found that the 'e-CRM' star is indeed a useful theoretical tool to analyse salient success factors and why they are important.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is based on academic research that links Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) with Human Resource (HR) Consulting. It explores the interrelationship between Human Resource Professionals and Human Resource Consultants in the context of adding real value to an organization. Two Finnish organizations from different industries participated in the research to bring empirical evidence to the research subject. The book is ideal for people working in the area of Human Resources and for anyone else interested in the Strategic Human Resource Management.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book demonstrates an investigation to distinguish what factors make premium packaging more premium than that of the mass products. The following questions were used to lead the work: 1. How much influence does packaging have on a consumer''s decision 2. What specific techniques are used by the premium packaging products 3. Which of the techniques are most effective in making the packaging premium 4. How can these techniques be measured empirically Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this book, I have tried to discuss, analyse and evaluate the problem of Land in Buganda. Buganda which is situated in the central region of Uganda is strategically located and most productive area in Uganda, because of its location it is grossly embroided in wraggles all centred on Land which might in future if not properly dealt with lead to a civil war within this region. Governments togethor with the donor community have in the past tried but with limited success to deal with the problem by enacting Laws, reforms and policies. Now with the New Legislation and the fight to eradicate poverty in Africa, will the redistribution of this vital resource bring some hope to Uganda and Buganda in particular Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Volatility is one of the biggest topics in finance today. It is the most important measure of risk and plays a crucial role in the valuation of derivatives. Volatility estimations are therefore essential in most financial decisions. However, it has been proven extremely difficult to model and forecast the volatility one witnesses in time series. This book compares two volatility models, their properties and their performances. The models compared are the GARCH model and the Markov Switching Multifractal model, two models that rely on completely different assumptions. This book assesses how both models perform in replicating financial time series. The model parameters are estimated on historical returns and option prices. The results are used to produce volatility forecasts which in their turn are evaluated in a Value at Risk setup. The analysis done shows some unexpected conclusions and promising leads for further research. This book provides a step by step manual on how to estimate various volatility models and how resulting estimates can be used for derivative pricing. This is extremely valuable for practitioners and others interested in modeling volatility in financial markets.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -With rising complexity of products, and thereby a need to target the product relevant segment a new concept, termed as psychographics, has evolved. Psychographics is believed to visualize segments through very colorful lifestyle constructs facilitating the product delivery more in line with consumer needs. Therefore, this thesis primarily relies on psychographic make-up of consumers. In the thesis, first and foremost, theoretical background attempts at outline of prevailing conceptual issues in lifestyle studies. Next, methodological section describes sequence of steps to be pursued when conducting a marketing research and last but not least, provides a theoretical treatment of relevant multivariate statistical techniques. Final chapters demonstrate the practical use of lifestyle information on example from apparel industry, its organization within positioning maps, targeting and possible projection into advertising message. This analysis shall serve as a departure point for managers when carrying out lifestyle segmentation in practice, especially in marketing, product development and communications fields.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Intrauterine growth restriction, with a prevalence of 5-10% in newborns, is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. This work describes how intrauterine growth restriction induces primary cardiac dysfunction and remodelling in utero that persists postnatally which could explain the increased predisposition to cardiovascular disease in adult life. This opens new opportunities for cardiovascular monitoring and intervention in newborns and children affected with this condition.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This paper attempts to make a review of the concept of contract adaptation, touching also a question of contract renegotiation, more precisely ¿ renegotiation clauses, which are one type of adaptation clauses; these clauses are subjected to several problem issues. Contracts are mainly concluded because of their predictability character ¿ parties can or at least believe they can rely on contract, their expression of will is based on the notion that their contractual rights will be honoured. The cornerstone of contract law is pacta sunt servanda principle which is recognized all over the world. At the point where there occurs a change in circumstances the original purpose of the contract might be questioned. Parties can always terminate the contract, however not always it is the most desirable solution. Therefore there is alternative ¿ the contract adaptation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated the effect of demographic factors on employee commitment by making a comparison between different groups belonging to one single demographic factor. These demographic factors were age, gender, marital status, years of service in an organization, and the level of education. Participants were 60 full time university teacher, randomly selected from four public universities, located in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Findings of study suggest that the importance of these factors should not be ignored in retaining employee, decreasing employee turnover intention and earning employee loyalty.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This paper studies the relationship between electricity consumption per person and income (measured as GDP per capita in Current US$ and GNI per capita in PPP). It follows the latest methodology researched in the literature and tests for distribution equality, correlation, outlier detection, fixed effects and the addition of new variables. An inverted U-relationship could be found for GNI per capita in all the tests, but not for GDP per capita in all specifications. Data was subject to outlier detection and adjustments for fixed effects for both cross-section and period. Furthermore alternative specifications were analyzed, illustrating how the inverted U- relationship can be explained with the addition of GNI per capita into the general model up to the fourth power without losing its shape, showing a turning point in electricity consumption at a level of $38,630, with a 95% confidence interval of ±$123.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work examines whether Indiana physicians'' choices to practice in medically underserved areas of Indiana are associated with select physician characteristics. Analysis was limited to primary care physicians currently practicing, whose birth city and/or state were known (if American born) and whose current practice location could be matched to an Indiana ZIP Code. The underserved areas and physician data were mapped using ArcGIS. Chi square and logistic regression analyses were performed to identify significant associations between the physician characteristics and practice location. The results, when compared with other studies that have found physician hometown to be a predictive factor, seems to confirm and strengthen the argument that factors in a physician''s past, including social and economic setting of his or her upbringing, influence choice to practice in underserved areas.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Quality of Working Life (QWL) refers to a relationship between workers and working environment. Job satisfaction is a measure of QWL. Present study was undertaken with a view to measuring overall QWL and job satisfaction of shift workers of textile mills in Bangladesh. A sample of 60 shift workers were drawn from two textile mills. Major findings based on data are: Significant number of respondents had higher perception of QWL. There was no significant influence of personal factors on QWL, on performance or on job satisfaction. Overall QWL was positively correlated with workers'' performance and job satisfaction, and negatively correlated with absenteeism and accidents. Job satisfaction was positively correlated with performance. There was no joint effect of shift system and type of industry on perception of QWL. There was no joint effect of shift system and type of industry on job satisfaction. Perception of QWL and job satisfaction were significantly higher among private sector workers than those of public sector workers. Important causes of low QWL, low performance and low job satisfaction were poor salary, lack of adequate bonus system, lack of recognition for good work.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Financial intermediation provides the means by which funds are mobilised from within and outside an economy and reallocated to productive sectors. Financial intermediaries such as banks, insurance companies and microfinance institutions help to deepen the intermediation process. The level of economic activities, foreign direct investment inflows, savings culture of citizens and in some cases the religious belief of the people can influence the financial intermediation process significantly. Gini and Herfindahl indices have shown downward trend ,indicative of improved competition in the Ghanaian banking industry, hence deepening the financial intermediation process.The monetary and fiscal policies of Ghana as well as general improvement in economic activities and increase credit to the private sector are signs of improved financial intermediation process in Ghana.The enactment of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Law to revolutionalise the development trajectory of the three northern regions of Ghana is also significant.The question that should provoke national discourse is whether Islamic banking is needed to further deepen the process Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Starting from the premise that strengthening procurement capacity in developing countries is critical to improving social and economic well- being, it is sought to unearth views about the factors and elements driving capacity-building in procurement. Regardless of the evidence linking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool usage to effective procurement from the existing literature, the purpose was to unearth views about the role of TCO tool usage in procurement capacity-building in a developing country, with particular focus on the procurement of ICTs for education.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Epistemic modality is one of the three kinds of modality, which expresses a judgment about the truth of a proposition (whether it is possible, probable or necessarily true). The term ¿epistemic¿ was borrowed from Greek and means ¿knowledge, understanding¿. This study may be helpful both for students who study English and French as foreign languages (to apply the grammatically correct ways of expressing epistemic modality ¿ modality of judgment) and researches that use scientific vocabulary for writing scientific papers (they will be probably interested in the sub-chapter describing impersonal constructions used in scientific prose mostly). The comparative study is performed on the basis of more than 500 examples that range from fiction, articles to scientific proceedings, aiming to present epistemic modality in nearly all styles. The work clearly shows that only the integral analysis of minimum two languages permits to make a unique and precise investigation of modality, this polisemantic, multidimensional, multi-functional - the most controversial phenomenon of English and French grammar.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Innovation can be argued to have an important part in economical policies of both the EU and its member states. In this research innovation and its policies is studied from a European and Dutch perspective. Due to the large importance for modern nations economies, the service sector and especially the ICT services are the focus of this research. The policies from the European Union are largely appointed towards technology and manufacturing innovation. However significant parts of the EU economies are dependent on ICT and Service industries. There is a gap between the reality in the market and the existing innovation policies. In this thesis this gap is studied.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a Comparative study of Islamic Banking and Interest based Banking in Islamic Countries. Islamic banking as in Islamic countries is more popular than any other type of banking. Whereas on the other hand interest based banking relates to the more operated in the whole world. This books tells about the significance of Islamic Banking over Interest Based Banking and covers all the basic facts and figures of Islamic banking and interest based banking.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The molecular spectroscopy which works in the wavelength regions of UV-Vis have various applications. For quantitative determination species in mixtures, characterization of pure compound, identification of the presence or absence of a particular species in a mixture or certain functional groups in a compound. It also used to study self-association, hetero-association and thermodynamic properties of compound.Thus, in this research, the contents of caffeine and chlorogenicacids in coffee beans have been investigated by spectroscopic and theoretical methods.In addition, the optical transition properties of caffeine, caffeic and 5-caffeoylquinic acids were determined in different solvents by integrating the absorption coefficients. Moreover, the concentration dependent self-association of caffeic, 5-caffeoylquinic acids and their hetero- association were analyzed by dimer model and Benesi- Hildebrand approaches. The thermodynamic parameters, enthalpy, Gibbs free energy and entropy of dimerzation reactions were calculated from van''t Hoff equation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Human Sacrifice in Uganda has become rampant in the recent past. Headlines of ritual killings have become a common sight in the local newspapers and have made news on the local radio and TV stations on almost a daily basis.The primary victims are children below the age of 13 years. This study is therefore an anaysis of child ritual murders in Uganda. It is relevant in fully comprehending the idea of child sacrifice. It investigates who the perpetrators are and what their motivation or justification is. The socio-economic and cultural factors which are responsible for the prevalence of the practice and a review of the current legislation and policy framework on the subject. The study suggests strong recommendations which would best rid the country of ritual murders or in any event curtail the rate at which they are committed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.