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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Phase transitions belong to the oldest known problems in physics. The first microscopically correct descriptions of the phenomenon, however, only materialized at the beginning of the 20th century and the modern theory of phase transitions relies heavily on methods of quantum mechanics and statistical physics. This work considers i.a. gas-liquid, magnetic, and structural phase transitions between different crystal structures. In these applications a realistic modeling of the many body problem in general and correlation effects in particular become important. It turns out that the behavior of physical observables in the vicinity of the critical point remains universal, i.e. independent of the thermodynamic system being considered. The book is aimed at postgraduate physics students and scientists working in the field of Solid State Physics. 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although melanoma in children is uncommon, his incidence is increasing by a mean of 2% per year. Continuous advancements in the field of molecular imaging and technological development have enabled to convert Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (SLNB) in the most effective technique for obtaining an accurate lymph node staging with high efficiency to diagnose metastasis. Pediatric age implies greater technical difficulties being forced to develop specific protocols. New hybrid imaging modalities allow us to obtain an exquisite anatomical delineation of the findings, leading to a carefully surgery planning and lower morbidity. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -.Processes of Creating, Maintaining, and Believing in 'Home.' This text offers a glance at the interplay of globalization, migration, and the agricultural economic sector of North Carolina through the lens of 'home.' Immigration is often considered in terms of cost/benefits to the society or nation; statistics and theory easily sterilize and negate the humanity of the very immigrants that they describe. The stories within this text were gleaned during a time when immigration was rapidly increasing in the Southeast; North Carolina, specifically, was within the top five states with the highest percentage increase of Latinos in 2009. In providing these stories, interviews with North Carolina migrant farmworkers and the head of a farmworker aid agency, the bare bones of data are fleshed out and a point of unison between domestic and immigrant cultures is identified: the quest, desire, and sacrifice of and for 'home.' 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Ground water is one of the most important source of fresh water today's world. This source of water widely used in agriculture as because of crop intensification for more production to feed the enlarged people and also utilized in industry and human purposes as well. For wider use of ground water, its level is lowering day by day as a result create direct threats to agriculture to be reduced crop production, arable land and affect on irrigation systems. Now at this moment, sustainable use of ground water is essential to face the future threat. So, management of ground water is important to overcome this situation. Climate change threat to fresh surface water as like as ground water by impacting on quality parameter of the water thus leads to the environmental degradation. The study showed the ground water level fluctuation and its impact on irrigation at Jessore of Bangladesh. There are many limitations but the small endeavors may lead to thinking of sustainable use of ground water. 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Post Reformation polemics between Protestants and Catholics were still evident in nineteenth-century England. Protestants and Anglicans minimized all Marian expression and devotion by saying less about Mary. Catholics maximized Marian doctrine and devotion, thereby saying more about Mary; hence the title of the book: 'Mary More or Less'. As an Anglican John Henry Newman had a personal devotion to the Virgin Mary, but he restricted it and his Marian sermons to the places in Scripture where Mary is specifically mentioned. As a convert to Catholicism Newman found deeper theological insights about Mary as the Second Eve in the Church Fathers. He called the Second Eve doctrine the rudimentary doctrine because of the insight it gave him into the principal Marian doctrines which he tried to explain to Anglican friends, especially Edward Pusey. This book will be of interest to anyone with a historical, theological and philosophical interest in Newman Studies, Teachers and students of Mariology, and Ecumenism will find a starting point for further study. The anticipated audience of this book is: clergy, religious, seminarians, graduate and under-graduate students, and all Friends of Newman. 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What is the role of Russian Orthodoxy in modern Russian history Has it been a progressive or regressive force Sergei Bulgakov's answer, conceived amid the prevailing winds in late Imperial Russia, is as relevant today as it was a century ago. Bulgakov's call for an open public square represented an attempt to reconcile opposing forces in the Russian Empire on the eve of war and revolution: imperial officials, the revolutionary intelligentsia, Russian Orthodox prelates, and the provincial parish clergy. On one hand, their challenge was to sustain an ongoing conversation about religious liberty, modernist cultural trends, and political and ethnic pluralism. On the other, the empire spoke with an inflection shaped by centuries of centralized power and eastern Slavic folkways. It was caught between tradition and modernity, as is twenty-first century Russia. Bulgakov's insights into this dilemma, examined comprehensively in this book, are a rich, largely untapped resource for navigating that journey today. 252 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Even though, women constitute half of the world's population, their contribution to measured economic activity, growth, and well-being is far below its potential. Besides, employment of women in economic sectors has important effect on their life, family and the country at large. However, the gap between women and men in paid employment remains wide in many parts of the world. These issues of women encompassing determinants and consequences of unemployment on them are not well articulated. Additionally, these problems are rampant in developing countries compared to developed countries. Accordingly, this book examines the socio-cultural and demographic determinants of employment status of women and the consequences of unemployment on them in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia. Hence, this book is help full for policy makers, governments as well as non government organizations, activists and other bodies for taking appropriate measures so as to allow women to be active participants and beneficiaries of development outcomes. Author: Wubante Ayalew Dessie, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book uses statistical approaches to assess adaptation of health information systems from first-to-third world contexts. Using real HIV and AIDS program reports, you will quickly learn how to combine theoretical with statistical constructs to answer research questions, interpret results and arrive at informed policies. The Authors Denis A. Bwesigye, Dr.PH, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Makerere University School of Public Health - Uganda. His Dr.PH (2014) is from University at Albany, School of Public Health - U.S.A and his MA (2005) is from Mahidol University, School of Public Health - Thailand. Barry R. Sherman Ph.D, is Associate Professor, Health Policy, Management, and Behavior and, Director, Doctor of Public Health (Dr.PH), University at Albany, School of Public Health. His BA (1974) is from Harvard, MA (1979) and PhD (1982) from University of Chicago in Social and Organizational Psychology. Barry M. Loneck, Ph.D, is Associate Professor, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany. He has a BA (1976), MS (1978), and PhD (1985) in Social Welfare from Case Western Reserve and a BS (2010) in Mathematics from University at Albany. 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is divided into four core themes. The first one is both a theoretical and experiential background information on Public Private Partnerships(PPP) as applied globally, regionally and in Kenya on water governance and management. The second theme is about the nature and scope of PPPs in the water sector in Kenya by identifying various manifestations of PPPs in water service provision. This leads to an assessment of how each of the identified forms of PPPs actualizes themselves in each Water service provider in terms of organizational and managerial strategies as means of encountering the challenges of providing water as a service to the public. Finally, in its last theme, the book assesses the impact of the strategies adopted by different forms of PPP arrangements on service delivery in the water sector in terms of access, distance, quality, affordability and time taken to reach the targeted public as consumers. The book will be of interest to both undergraduate and post graduate students of Public Administration in general and of Public Policy, Water Governance, Policy and Management. Development practitioners and Policy implementers will also find it useful. 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -.Processes of Creating, Maintaining, and Believing in ¿Home.¿ This text offers a glance at the interplay of globalization, migration, and the agricultural economic sector of North Carolina through the lens of ¿home.¿ Immigration is often considered in terms of cost/benefits to the society or nation; statistics and theory easily sterilize and negate the humanity of the very immigrants that they describe. The stories within this text were gleaned during a time when immigration was rapidly increasing in the Southeast; North Carolina, specifically, was within the top five states with the highest percentage increase of Latinos in 2009. In providing these stories, interviews with North Carolina migrant farmworkers and the head of a farmworker aid agency, the bare bones of data are fleshed out and a point of unison between domestic and immigrant cultures is identified: the quest, desire, and sacrifice of and for 'home.'VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents advances in additive manufacturing techniques, the utilization of plasma chemistry to enhance surface functionalization, and manipulation of photo-polymerization to investigate new approaches to assemble cell-laden microfluidics. Specifically; studying of SU-8's potential to serve as a bio-compatible material for the development of microfluidic chips with enhanced cell attachment and proliferation. Utilizing a digital mirroring system with a multi-nozzle biologics deposition system to assemble cell-laden microfluidics. Exploring a freeform micro-plasma system for the development of a three-dimensional cell-laden microfluidic chip. Develop and characterize an additive fabrication system which utilizes; a multi-nozzle biologics head, a micro-plasma head, an ultra-violet component, and a photo-polymer material delivery component to fabricate 3D micro-architecture. Develop and characterize a cell-laden microfluidic chip to investigate drug metabolism and deliver chip that produces a microfluidic environment which facilitates co-culture of cancerous cells. 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book covers all the basic fundamental experiments and results needed to build the platform for development of an Electronic Nose. It also discusses about the challenges faced by researchers during fabrication and characterisation of Organic Field Effect Transistor. It gives the exposure about the possible uses of polymer composites useful to form sensory layer in OFET and which can be used for explosive vapour detection. 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -EFFECT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST THEATRE INSTRUCTION ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS KNOWLEDGE OF HIV, AIDS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR (Vol.1) is a project which stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to identify, develop and implement new improved strategies and techniques of imparting knowledge to students in all academic levels (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, etc), but with a special focus on Secondary School Students in Nigeria. 160 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The study of Youth has received much interest in recent years and a variety of scholars from diverse scientific backgrounds seek to understand the concept of youth and youth development. This dynamic period of transition and how their potential can be utilized through their engagement in various fields such as development, governance, and such other issues. The dynamic and short period of time (youth) provides social scientists with a host of fascinating research questions that lend themselves well to both in-depth, singular case studies and comparative analysis. I posit that such research provides valuable theoretical insights while encouraging a plurality of approaches that seek to comprehend, unpack and seek to analyze the potential of youth engagement in various activities in the society. Although there are voluminous studies which focus on peace building, there is a need for a book that will assist researchers as they navigate the burgeoning new research on youth engagement in peace building. Thus the aim of this book is to provide scholars, graduate students, researchers and policy-makers with a comprehensive understanding of how youth can be engaged in peace building. 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We use Martin Heidegger and Manuel Castells' theories to study how the concepts of time and our awareness of time are affected by the development of digital technologies. We try to discuss the relations between time and technology. Firstly, we give a historical review on the development of the concepts of time. The history indicates that our consciousness of time is changing in digital age with the development of technology. It is our destiny to meet technology; we are in the technology of 'enframing'. Both danger and power saving are coming together with modern technology, it's impossible to avoid. Even if we are not meeting 'digital technology', there will be 'other' kinds of technologies waiting for us. It seems that digital technology is an inevitable product; we cannot refuse it, so we have to do a self-examination so that been lost in the 'timeless time' 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The above stated facts reveal the rich representation of Artsakh rug weaving culture and multiform manifestations of its influence on other rug weaving centres. Actually, Artsakh an exceptional area presenting the gorgeous and unique rug weaving culture of Armenia. It comprises all aspects which completely capture this sphere of Armenian historico-cultural heritage. Still, the types of rugs presented in this study do not provide the comprehensive picture of rugs typical of Artsakh rug weaving centres. To avoid uncertainties we have not included tenths of types for the lack of distinct historico-ethnographic data. Several types studied by us before, are not included due to deficiency of required photographs. The portrayal is not all-inclusive also because all types have a great number of varieties, characterized by key features. These testify to the infinite wealth of Armenian as well as Artsakh rugs. We hope very much that in due course, further thorough research will provide possibility to publish the types missing in this study for identification of the consummate picture of Artsakh rugs. 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Ground water is one of the most important source of fresh water today's world. This source of water widely used in agriculture as because of crop intensification for more production to feed the enlarged people and also utilized in industry and human purposes as well. For wider use of ground water, its level is lowering day by day as a result create direct threats to agriculture to be reduced crop production, arable land and affect on irrigation systems. Now at this moment, sustainable use of ground water is essential to face the future threat. So, management of ground water is important to overcome this situation. Climate change threat to fresh surface water as like as ground water by impacting on quality parameter of the water thus leads to the environmental degradation. The study showed the ground water level fluctuation and its impact on irrigation at Jessore of Bangladesh. There are many limitations but the small endeavors may lead to thinking of sustainable use of ground water.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Political cartoons are considered as the most extreme form of expression in newspapers, as they are not committed to any norm of journalistic objectivity, or even the domain of objective reality. The function of political cartoons lies in making a real change in a society in favor of suppressed classes through criticizing the status quo and unjust practices in political life. As cartoons are viewed as methods of communication, pragmatics is also concerned with determining the elements of communicative content, which are essential to interpretation. This study tries to cover the aspects of the implicit meanings in the language of political cartoons. The importance of the study is obviously shown by shedding light on the role of the language that can be employed to convey explicit and also implicit meaning by pragmatic devices. Moreover, this study underscores the importance of the distinction between language use and linguistic meaning. Besides, it asserts a parallel distinction between speaker's reference and linguistic reference, which provokes the assumption to what extent linguistic expressions refer independently to speaker's use of them 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines climate change information dissemination, access and usage for adaptation purposes by small-holder communal farmers in Matobo district, in south western Zimbabwe. It also investigates whether and how the interface of climate change related indigenous knowledge information systems with meteorological based climate forecasting information systems assists farmers in the creation of adaptation portfolios. This empirical analysis is anchored on two conceptual frameworks, namely, Ribsey et al.'s (1999) climate change adaptation framework and Hansen's (2002) five prerequisites to beneficial forecasting. The study finds that climate change information availability (and accessibility) in Matobo district is very limited. 'Well-to-do' households had greater access to information sources such as radio and television and were therefore more knowledgeable about climate change compared to poor households. Poor households with limited climate change knowledge were thus less equipped for informed adaptation decision making. Poor smallholder farmers primarily use indigenous knowledge climate forecasting systems as their knowledge frame for climate change adaptation. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines the transformation of the United States Army between 1946 and 1960 as it shifted its approach to warfare from massive mobilization to deterrence based on forces-in-being. In particular it examines methods used to develop managerial characteristics and skills in its officer corps. Throughout the latter part of the 1940's the U.S. Army struggled to comprehend and adapt to a changing environment. Ultimately the creation of large, peacetime, forces-in-being resulted in a need for the Army to change not only its approach to warfighting but also its methods of training its managerial cadre-the officer corps. This book traces the changes the Army experienced prior to the Second World War and ties those changes to the Army's post World War II transformation. Also, the legislative underpinnings of the Department of Defense and the key geo-political events of the time are examined and placed into an evolutionary flow. This book will appeal to those with a passing interest in the early years of post-World War II American history, global geo-politics, and the U.S. military as well as those conducting scholarly research in any of these areas. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Given that the Growth Employment Strategic Paper for Cameroon calls for the vocationalisation of education at all levels, this book had its focus on the kind of vocational orientation that could be provided by the general secondary school curriculum. In order to enhance students' orientation towards specific vocations in Cameroon general secondary schools, there is the need for the integration of certain teaching and learning activities in the curriculum. 304 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -What is the role of Russian Orthodoxy in modern Russian history Has it been a progressive or regressive force Sergei Bulgakov's answer, conceived amid the prevailing winds in late Imperial Russia, is as relevant today as it was a century ago. Bulgakov's call for an open public square represented an attempt to reconcile opposing forces in the Russian Empire on the eve of war and revolution: imperial officials, the revolutionary intelligentsia, Russian Orthodox prelates, and the provincial parish clergy. On one hand, their challenge was to sustain an ongoing conversation about religious liberty, modernist cultural trends, and political and ethnic pluralism. On the other, the empire spoke with an inflection shaped by centuries of centralized power and eastern Slavic folkways. It was caught between tradition and modernity, as is twenty-first century Russia. Bulgakov's insights into this dilemma, examined comprehensively in this book, are a rich, largely untapped resource for navigating that journey today.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 252 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The above stated facts reveal the rich representation of Artsakh rug weaving culture and multiform manifestations of its influence on other rug weaving centres. Actually, Artsakh an exceptional area presenting the gorgeous and unique rug weaving culture of Armenia. It comprises all aspects which completely capture this sphere of Armenian historico-cultural heritage. Still, the types of rugs presented in this study do not provide the comprehensive picture of rugs typical of Artsakh rug weaving centres. To avoid uncertainties we have not included tenths of types for the lack of distinct historico-ethnographic data. Several types studied by us before, are not included due to deficiency of required photographs. The portrayal is not all-inclusive also because all types have a great number of varieties, characterized by key features. These testify to the infinite wealth of Armenian as well as Artsakh rugs. We hope very much that in due course, further thorough research will provide possibility to publish the types missing in this study for identification of the consummate picture of Artsakh rugs.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -We use Martin Heidegger and Manuel Castells¿ theories to study how the concepts of time and our awareness of time are affected by the development of digital technologies. We try to discuss the relations between time and technology. Firstly, we give a historical review on the development of the concepts of time. The history indicates that our consciousness of time is changing in digital age with the development of technology. It is our destiny to meet technology; we are in the technology of ¿enframing¿. Both danger and power saving are coming together with modern technology, it¿s impossible to avoid. Even if we are not meeting ¿digital technology¿, there will be ¿other¿ kinds of technologies waiting for us. It seems that digital technology is an inevitable product; we cannot refuse it, so we have to do a self-examination so that been lost in the ¿timeless time¿VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book examines the transformation of the United States Army between 1946 and 1960 as it shifted its approach to warfare from massive mobilization to deterrence based on forces-in-being. In particular it examines methods used to develop managerial characteristics and skills in its officer corps. Throughout the latter part of the 1940¿s the U.S. Army struggled to comprehend and adapt to a changing environment. Ultimately the creation of large, peacetime, forces-in-being resulted in a need for the Army to change not only its approach to warfighting but also its methods of training its managerial cadre-the officer corps. This book traces the changes the Army experienced prior to the Second World War and ties those changes to the Army¿s post World War II transformation. Also, the legislative underpinnings of the Department of Defense and the key geo-political events of the time are examined and placed into an evolutionary flow. This book will appeal to those with a passing interest in the early years of post-World War II American history, global geo-politics, and the U.S. military as well as those conducting scholarly research in any of these areas.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Given that the Growth Employment Strategic Paper for Cameroon calls for the vocationalisation of education at all levels, this book had its focus on the kind of vocational orientation that could be provided by the general secondary school curriculum. In order to enhance students¿ orientation towards specific vocations in Cameroon general secondary schools, there is the need for the integration of certain teaching and learning activities in the curriculum.VDM Verlag, Dudweiler Landstraße 99, 66123 Saarbrücken 304 pp. Englisch.