Lap lambert academic publishing jun 2009 (294 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study is a qualitative analysis that focuses on how agencies in Saskatoon define youth gang activities and behaviours. The agencies involved constitute community based organizations, permanent and part-time holding residences, justice and city officials. Grounded theory analysis was utilized to maintain the original interviewees own voices from interviews to the final product. The final analysis is divided into three sections that focus on: characteristics of Saskatoon youth gangs, implications of defining, and programming. By analyzing these themes we begin to see that defining youth gangs becomes a very political issue and that agencies who work with youth have difficulty in coming to terms in creating a common definition or criteria to assess youth gangs for Saskatoon. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The issue of Foreign Direct Investment has elicited international attention in recent times, mainly because of the growing awareness of the economic explioitation of millions of Africans. Some of the Leaders of the African continent, along with their governments, have equally placed the lack of FDI high on their agendas. This awareness has generated sustained debates within governments, international organisations and the private sector, to try and formulate policies aimed at addressing the problem regarding the lack of FDI. FDI has a clear and distinct effect on Africa and its economies; it therefore should be seen as the most positive approach that should be followed to address the problems listed below. The dominant debates around Africa are those concerning poverty alleviation, sustainable development, infrastucture development and economic stability. The lack of a collaborative approach within Africa with reference to economic integration, and the effects FDI has with specific reference to investment flows and the role of rating agencies, places Africa in a negative position. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Zimbabwe is a republic without a homegrown democratic constitution.The absence of a people's constitution that dictates a democratic electoral framework, formation of legitimate government, observance of human rights, and good governance has led to the country's deepening crises of political dictatorship, violent electoral conflicts,state violence against citizens,economic collapse, financial corruption, social disintegration,and international isolation.These tragedies have left the country without a currency of its own.This book, based on a study on Constitutionalism in Zimbabwe, provides the people of Zimbabwe with a constitution-making process that should lead to the creation of a multiparty constitutional democracy in the country as a permanent solution to the nation's serious problems.The central role that people should play in the constitution-making process is analyzed. Obstacles to a people-driven constitution-making process are identified and analyzed.The analysis should result in empowering individuals,political parties, civil society bodies, government,and the international community with information that may make them more effective in fulfilling their mandates. 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The decision-maker is a crucial actor from the point of view of management accounting studies and management studies in general, but usually the human actor isn't dealt with as such at all. We suggest here that understanding the basics of the behaviour of decision-makers would be aided by a comprehensive view of the human actor. Our view covers both the way of functioning of the human brain and the philosophical dimensions of human actor. This aim in mind, we analyse and combine the so-called 'holistic individual image' (by Lauri Rauhala), and a brain model called the 'theater metaphor for conscious experience' (by Bernard J. Baars). On the basis of the resulting combined model, we assume the reader would understand better than before some basic characteristics of the decision-maker in a firm, in particular, in an accounting context. We assume that our results would be potentially useful for understanding human behaviour also in other fields of management studies, and indeed, in all disciplines dealing with human actor. In addition, the practitioners in these fields would also gain in knowing this model on human behaviour. 60 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Because it is a chronic process that includes the proliferation of multiple stressors, chronic illness can lead to significant psychological distress. Within the framework of a stress proliferation model, chronic illness is a significant predictor of such distress. The 1996 National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) was utilized for this secondary analysis. There were 4242 adult respondents surveyed by phone on physical health, midlife development, and social support. Chronic illness was reported by 2095 (71%) respondents. Chronic illness, mediated by perceived control, was a significant predictor of depression. Social support and healthcare discrimination were also significant in the likelihood of depression. The current analysis supports the premise that chronic illness is a stressor that not only leads to poor mental health outcomes but is associated with the emergence of other stressors, such as distress from discrimination. The book highlights the significant impact personal agency and quality support have on dealing with stress from chronic illness. 120 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Everybody Learns English' has become a national movement in China. From TV to teashops, English has thickly infiltrated the everyday lives of the Chinese populous and they are crazy about it. Through ethnography this book examines how this cultural appropriation of the foreign - English language - in the names of 'Nationalism' and 'modernization' is affecting the younger urban people (ages 18-25) of contemporary China. The book unfolds as a series of vignettes on English-speaking urban residents from either Sichuan province or Chongqing municipality during 2001-2002. More than just amusing, this book should be insightful for those interested in contemporary Chinese culture, development, and globalization. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Whilst tourism development has brought economic prosperity for many people on Phuket (Thailand), it has also confronted the local population with the very negative impacts. Especially for the people 'excluded' - the locals not actively participating in tourism and unable to take advantage of the development - the negative impacts in the environmental and socio-cultural sphere are extremely evident. Also in economic terms, the development of tourism has often worsened the situation for these 'excluded' since the costs of many everyday goods have increased. As is the case in many developing countries, tourism development has led to the reinforcement of socio-economic inequalities on Phuket. This study indicates and analyses the opportunities for Phuket to increase the participation of the locals 'excluded' from the tourism development process, in order to combat the socio-economic inequality within the local population at the destination. 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study explores the emergence of the profession of public relations in the recently democratic Russian Federation. The significance of this research is embedded in the need to understand the status of public relations in Russia, where few studies about public relations have been conducted. The purpose was to identify whether public relations practitioners in Russia practice Grunig and Hunt's (1984) models of public relations; how public relations has contributed to the political and economic transformation in Russia; and how the former communist propaganda has affected contemporary public relations. This book represents a contribution to the global body of knowledge about public relations. The Russian perspective augments this knowledge concerning a country where prior research has been scant. The goal of this study is to detect patterns that could guide future research involving Russian public relations. Additionally, principles discovered from this study could be meaningful to business entities desiring to mount effective PR campaigns. 92 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present doctoral thesis provides insights into two conventional labeling techniques used in the studies of microbial metabolism - the 13C and fluorescence labeling. Application of both methods on yeast as a model organism is illustrated by two individual research topics, such as metabolic modeling and visualization of stress response by expression of GFP-tagged heat shock protein Hsp12p, respectively. The dissertation begins with a review of the yeast metabolism and metabolic network, discusses the technical details of the respective labeling experiments and concludes with analysis of the experimental results. Special emphasis is given on the set-up of advanced continuous cultivation techniques (D-stat and auxo-accelerostat), used in the respective labeling experiments. The text is for academic researchers and students in microbiology and molecular biotechnology field. 64 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With the rapid growth of data and computational needs, distributed systems and computational Grids are gaining more and more attention. Grids are playing an important and growing role in today networks. The huge amount of computations a Grid can fulfill in a specific time cannot be done by the best super computers. However, Grid performance can still be improved by making sure all the resources available in the Grid are utilized by a good load balancing algorithm. The purpose of such algorithms is to make sure all nodes are equally involved in Grid computations. This research proposes two new distributed swarm intelligence inspired load balancing algorithms. One is based on ant colony optimization and is called AntZ, the other one is based on particle swarm optimization and is called ParticleZ. 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This study concerns with designing bus routes network and determining bus frequencies, while the total passenger travel time, including in-vehicle travel times, waiting times, transfer times and transfer penalties, is minimized. An iterative heuristic algorithm, modified from Lee (1998), with integrated routing and frequency setting is applied in this study. To process the significant amounts of data that are involved in the procedure and to provide graphical presentation of the resulted routes, the heuristic algorithm is embedded with the Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The procedure gives a potential result that has less total travel time of the network when compared with other studies. The algorithm has been applied to the case study, one operation zone of the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority, Bangkok, Thailand. The study area consisted of 23 zones. Compared with the existing bus network, the algorithm produced less numbers of routes and buses. The resulted routes of this study satisfied all demands within the study area, while it is not the case with the existing network. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Pharmacist-physician collaboration has been shown toimprove the safety and cost-effectiveness of drug therapy,however, it occurs relatively infrequently in the community setting,with respect to drug therapy management. This book provides information regarding family physician attitudes towards andreadiness to collaborate with community pharmacists on drugtherapy management. We developed a survey instrumentutilizing the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour Change, andadministered it to a random sample of 848 family physicians in Ontario,Canada. We found that collaborative relationships betweenpharmacists and physicians were generally underdeveloped.System-related barriers, including pharmacists' lack of patient information,were highlighted by physicians as particularly problematic forcollaborative relationship development. Our analysis sheds light onthe predictors of physician readiness to collaborate withpharmacists, and provide direction for policy makers and health professionalsinterested in developing collaborative working relationship withphysicians. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an emerging tick-bornepathogen of humans, horses, sheep, dogs, andwildlife. In humans, granulocytic anaplasmosis (GA)may be associated with pyrexia, headache, myalgia,nausea, and ataxia, organ failure, susceptibility toopportunistic infections, neuritis, or respiratorycomplications with a case fatality rate up to 5% insome areas. The putative reservoir for A.phagocytophilum in the western United States is thedusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes). Evidence toimplicate the woodrat as the reservoir includes highPCR- and seroprevalence in enzootic areas, frequentinfestation with the tick vector, Ixodes pacificus,and results of experimental infection studies thatshow woodrat infection persisting for 1-8 months.Unlike in the eastern United States where a singlevector species and a dominant reservoir host speciesmaintain a sylvatic cycle, in the western US, thereare multiple ecologically significant reservoir hostsincluding gray squirrels (Sciurus griseus) andchipmunks (Tamias spp.). The goal of this researchwas to identify the role of a number of abundant butpotential reservoirs for A. phagocytophilum in theWestern United States. 52 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Purposes: To analyze the low weight gain (WG) from birth to the sixth week of life as a risk factor for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). Methods: A prospective cohort study comparing incidence of ROP and WG after preterm birth. Were included infants with birth weight (BW) 1,500 grams and gestational age 32 weeks at birth. Main clinical outcome were development of any stage and severe ROP. Main variable was the proportion of WG to the BW at the sixth week of life. Prevalence of ROP was determined and chi-square and Student-t test were used to compare data. Logistic regression was performed and the accuracy of WG for the development of ROP were evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curves. Results: Of 317 studied preterms, 98 (30.9%) developed ROP in any stage. Adjusted logistic regression in Group 1 indicated 1.055 OR for ROP (P0.001) and Group 2, 1.031 (P=0.007). The area under the ROC curve for any stage ROP was 0.67% (P0.001) and for severe ROP 0.63% (P=0.037). Conclusions: Low WG measured by the 6th week of life was an independent risk factor capable to predict the development of any stage and severe ROP. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Buildings typically hide a large and cost-effectivepotential for saving carbon dioxide through energyefficiency improvements. However, numerous barriersmake the opportunities for energy saving in buildingsdifficult to capture. The project-based mechanisms ofthe Kyoto Protocol do not seem to adequately coverenergy efficiency activities in the building sector.Green Investment Schemes (GIS) as an innovativeinstrument offer promising solutions but the mainquestion is how they could be practically designedfor this purpose.The work examines the applicability of GIS withrespect to energy efficiency projects in buildings.First, it looks at the prospects of GIS as a policymitigation instrument in Bulgaria and identifies theexisting barriers to energy efficiency in theBulgarian building sector. Then it discusses thepossibilities for GIS to cover energy efficiencyactivities in buildings, and particularly how certainelements of GIS can overcome the specific barriers toenergy efficiency in this sector. The book concludeswith recommendations for possible GIS design options.It should be especially useful to professionals inclimate change and energy efficiency fields. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book covers the development of a power system for an autonomous self-sufficient agricultural robot. The robotic system, designed for precision agriculture applications, was augmented with a new power system, to accommodate a solar energy source for recharging the batteries. The power system consists of a custom-made solar panel, a maximum power point tracker (MPPT), and power monitoring sensors. To increase the whole robotic system energy efficiency, the power system was programmed to monitor the intake and output, and to optimize its power usage accordingly. The robotic system was tested in field conditions, simulating the performance of useful tasks with its actuator. The tests were performed in order to demonstrate the improved run time of the system between manual battery recharges. This book presents the augmentation of the new robotic power system, the tests performed on the robotic system, the results of the performed tests, and a discussion of the results and possible improvements that can be made to the system. 80 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Security issues in Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) mainly come from attacks. In general, the attacks in WSNs can be classified as external attacks and internal attacks. In an external attack, the attacking node is not an authorized participant of the sensor network. Cryptography and other security methods can prevent some of external attacks. However, node compromise, the major and unique problem that leads to internal attacks, will eliminate all the efforts. Knowing the probability of node compromise will help systems to detect and defend against it. Although there are some approaches that can be used to detect and defend against node compromise, few of them have the ability to estimate the probability of node compromise. Hence, we develop basic uniform, basic gradient, intelligent uniform and intelligent gradient models for node compromise distribution in order to adapt to different application environments. These models allow systems to estimate the probability of node compromise. Applying these models in system security designs can improve system security and decrease the overheads nearly in every security area. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This research discussed the relationship of organic material characteristics and thermal maturity versus hydrocarbon potential. The purpose is to establish the reliable indices of synthetic assessment of organic matter in the evaluation of petroleum potential. In addition, it is to present new guidelines for improved assessment of the kerogen type, generative potential and thermal maturity using Rock-Eval parameters. The analytic results indicate that petroleum generation potential is completely exhausted at a vitrinite reflectance of 2.00-2.20% or a Tmax of 510-520°C. A decline in BI signifies the start of the oil expulsion window and occurs within the vitrinite reflectance range 0.75- 1.05% or a Tmax of 440-455 oC. The petroleum potential can be divided into four different parts based on the cross-plot of HI vs. %Ro. The area with the highest petroleum potential is located in section B with %Ro=0.60-1.00%, and HI100. The start of the oil expulsion window occurs within the %Ro range of ~ 0.75-1.05%Ro or the Tmax range ~ 440-455° C and the total oil window extends to %Ro = ~ 1.25- 1.95 or Tmax = ~ 465-525°C. 152 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present book describes the oral health and treatment needs of adult Iranians according to socio-demographic status, smoking, and oral hygiene. Dental plaque was a pervasive finding. Dental caries experience was higher among women. Decayed teeth dominated in DMFT among young adults and missing teeth among the middle-aged. The majority of max Community Periodontal Index scores consisted of calculus and deepened periodontal pockets. Having deep pockets was more likely among those with a low level of education than it was among well-educated individuals.Prosthodontic rehabilitation was associated with older age, female gender, urban residence, and low level of education. Removable partial dentures were more common than were other types of dental prostheses. Among men, heavy smoking was more common than among women. Lifelong exposure to smoking was associated with higher periodontal treatment needs, fewer teeth and higher percentage of edentulousness. To overcome their substantial unmet treatment needs will require a national oral health-promotion programme emphasising the prevention of risk factors for oral health such as poor oral hygiene and smoking. 68 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For decades bicomponent fibers, which consist of two polymers having different chemical or physical properties, have been known to the fiber spinning industry and research. Examples of the most often used bicomponent fibers are sheath-core fibers utilized in thermal bonding processes and segmented pie fibers used in production of microfibers. This book addresses a bicomponent islands-in-the-sea fiber technology and the ways to utilize this technology for production of strong micro- and nanofiber webs. Approaches to overcome the shortcomings of thermal bonding processes in obtaining of high strength spunbond fabrics are also discussed. This book should be useful to scholars and professionals whose areas of interest include ultra fine and bicomponent fibers, nonwovens, thermal bonding, and melt spinning. 180 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Internet has potential to deliver information to Web users that have no other way of getting to those resources. However, information on the Web is scattered without any proper semantics for classifying them and thus this makes information discovery difficult. Thus, to ease the querying of this huge bin of information, developers have built tools amongst which are the search engines and Web directories. However, for these tools to give optimal results, two factors need to be given due importance: the users' ability to use these tools and the bandwidth that is present in these environments. Unfortunately, after an initial study, none of these two factors were present in Mauritius where low bandwidth prevails. Hence, this study helps us get a better idea of how users use the search tools. 84 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder and complicated disease, and much remains to be learned. This is certainly a medical field in which more insights are needed. The development of high- throughput proteomic technologies permits the solution of deciphering diabetes from higher dimensionality that may provide a knowledgebase which changes the face of diabetes understanding and therapeutics. Ginseng is one of the Chinese medicinal plants with antidiabetic properties. This is the first book to provide an angle covering both proteomics and Chinese medicine researches on diabetes. This book not only serves as an introduction to the topic for novices to the area and a useful reference for those already involved, but also serves as a stimulus to these and others to develop new approaches to the disease. This unique book provides proteomic and medicinal approaches towards diabetes which will appeal to anyone involving in diabetes research - clinicians, diabetes researchers, endocrinologists, pathologists, pharmacologists, and pharmaceutical specialists who want to expand their knowledge in diabetes research. 168 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Wind farms are a proven environmentally sound and economically viable means of generating renewable energy. Energy security and sustainability are central to New Zealand's economic future. Population and economic growth and energy intensive industries are rising New Zealand's appetite for electricity. Recent power crisis along with the green image of New Zealand have reinforced the need to take positive steps to ensure a reliable, renewable and sustainable electricity supply for this country. But wind farm projects tend to face opposition at the local level because of its various potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Therefore, gaining public acceptance becomes one of the most important factors for successful wind farm development. This book identifies the potential impacts of wind farm development with specific attention to those impacts and public dynamics surrounding wind farm development considering the policy context of New Zealand. It also looks into domestic and international wind farms along with drawing out the success and/or failure characteristics with respect to consultation, and impact mitigation providing empirical evidence from New Zealand. 108 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Focus of this study is to quantify the labeled cell con. using MRI. Two independent theories behind this relationship between MR parameters and labeled cell con. were proposed and tested in vitro and in vivo in rats after stroke. The first approach focused on the relationship between iron and labeled cell con. and R2p. R2p correlation with labeled cell con. is based on static dephasing regime theory. According to this theory, diffusion effects can be neglected if the protons do not migrate out of the local magnetic fields during a given echo time. R2p relaxivity agreed closely with SD regime theory predictions for all cell samples in both conditions. Second approach focused on the effects of apparent diffusion coefficient on T2 and labeled cell con. From theory, diffusion effects with transverse relaxivity (ADCXR2) would have a better correlation with labeled cell con. than R2 alone. In vitro results were as predicted, but in vivo ADCXR2 made the correlation weak. A major reason for this may be due to the background effects. Also, deltaR2 was used in vivo for estimating the effects of labeled cells. DeltaR2 showed a strong linear correlation. 112 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the politics of heritage. Beyond its use in the construction of identity or the politics of representation, labeling something 'heritage' is an intensely political act that legitimises certain processes over others. As a 'policy document' the World Heritage Convention gives institutional authority to discourses of 'heritage' and 'internationalism'. At the core of the world heritage 'system' is a tension between the need to protect the world's heritage, and the sovereignty of 'State Parties'. While there have been many recent changes to the world heritage 'system' - provoked by the imbalances of the World Heritage List, the eurocentricities its definitions, and a growing concern for its wider credibility, what cannot change is the sovereignty of 'State Parties'. Through labelling something 'world heritage' certain actions of the state are legitimised and empowered by claims to its 'outstanding universal value', which must be preserved for 'humanity'. Thus the world heritage 'system' can be viewed as an 'anti-politics machine' (Ferguson1990) which reifies the role of state bureaucracy in Africa through de-politicised claims to 'universal value'. 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cancer is the top killer among most of the developed countries in the world. In addition to the advance development in modern medicine, medicinal herbs are treasures that worth studying for the development of cancer therapy. This is certainly a medical field in which more insights are needed. Astragalus membranaceus is the master of tonifying herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. This is the first book to provide an angle covering immunomodulatory, immunorestorative and anti-tumor activities of Astragalus membranaceus. This book not only serves as an introduction to the topic for novices to the area and a useful reference for those already involved, but also serves as a stimulus to these and others to develop new therapies for cancer, various infectious and immunologic diseases. This unique book provides scientific approach towards the study of herbal medicine which will appeal to anyone involving in immunology and cancer research - clinicians, oncologist, cancer researchers, immunologist, pharmacologists and pharmaceutical specialists who want to expand their knowledge in immunology, herbal medicine and cancer research. 116 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Road and traffic sign recognition is one of the important fields in the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). This is due to the importance of the road signs and traffic signals in daily life. They define a visual language that can be interpreted by the drivers. They represent the current traffic situation on the road, show the danger and difficulties around the drivers, give warnings to them, and help them with their navigation by providing useful information that makes the driving safe and convenient. The main goal of automatic traffic sign recognition is to extract traffic signs from images of complex scenes under uncontrollable illumination. This book gives a description of the way to extract the traffic signs from the images taken for the roads. 264 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sphagnum fimbriatum Wilson is a peat moss species with a bipolar distribution. In Switzerland and other regions of Central Europe it is considered rare whilst it is frequent and abundant in the boreal zone and in the southernmost region of South America. In Europe it normally occupies modified habitats, in South America it grows in primary ecosystems, in minerotrophic bogs. This book gives information about the reproductive biology of S. fimbriatum and the life history traits of this species. Both asexual and sexual reproductions were studied in several ex-situ experiments. Furthermore, Analyses of genetic diversity and structure of populations of S. fimbriatum from both the northern and southern hemispheres using RAPD markers are presented here. Finally, a revision of the situation of S. fimbriatum in European mires is described, with emphasis on the Swiss localities where the species is rare, Information about the conservation status of this species and guidelines towards its preservation are given. This work should especially help people working in conservation programs of mires and should be useful to biology and ecology students and to teachers of population biology 76 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Vygotsky (1978) asserted that the path between a child's thinking and their academic achievement is influenced by the important people in their lives, in particular their parents. This book presents case stories that show how parents play a crucial role in influencing their children's academic achievement because of the way parents communicate their sociocultural values and practices. In the light of these stories and the critical exploration in connection with the prevalent literature in the field, parents are encouraged to maximise their children's academic achievement through the appropriate opportunities that allow for interaction and communication of their expectations and values. This book is useful for all students and researchers from the broad area of education and psychology, and most of all, for parents. 72 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Women in traditionally masculine domains must deal with the shadow of doubt that accompanies stereotypes alleging a sex-based inability. The threat of being personally reduced to one of these gender stereotypes can evoke a disruptive state among women-a situational predicament called 'stereotype threat.' The risk of experiencing stereotype threat in traditionally masculine fields (e.g., mathematics, leadership positions) can lead women to avoid those stereotype-relevant domains in an attempt to cope with the threat they impose. Employing gender stereotypic TV commercials to elicit the female stereotype, research discussed in this book examines the insidious effects that stereotype threat can have on women's educational and vocational aspirations. A series of 5 studies confirm that exposure to stereotypic commercials persuades women to withdraw from domains that evoke stereotype threat while seeking those that are immune to stereotype threat. Methods for eliminating these noxious effects are discussed, which makes this book indispensable for academia (e.g., psychology, education, business) and for all women who want to thrive in traditionally masculine domains. 84 pp. Englisch.…