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Ontology has been a subject of many studies carried out in artificial intelligence (AI) and information system communities. Ontology has become an important component of the semantic web, covering a...

Topological insulator is one of the hottest research topics in solid state physics. This is the first book to describe the vibrational spectroscopies and electrical transport of topological insulator...

Nowadays, single companies are confronted with great difficulties. The progress of the information technology and the distribution of the Internet as well as the changing demand of customers,...

This book focuses on the basics of natural language processing and machine learning required to make a standard speech- based gender identification system. In this book all the required signal...

Despite effective chemotherapy, fascioliasis remains a major public health problem in developing countries, with at least 17 million active infections, resulting in significant morbidity, late...

Four modified versions of particle swarm optimizer (PSO) have been applied to the economic power dispatch with valve-point effects. In order to obtain the optimal solution, traditional PSO search a...

This book tries to determine patients' perspectives regarding OTC medication, analyses incidence of irresponsible medication, and shows reasons for predisposing factors as well. Three quarter of the...

It is necessary to ascertain current prescribing of antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) to address potential overuse. Hence, the objective of this study is to analyse the...

The study was carried out to investigate the effectiveness of teachers' performances in secondary schools. This investigation is based upon the methods of qualitative and quantitative approaches, and...

The present book was designed to find out whether there were any differences in the personality factors, attitudes and emotional intelligence of teachers at secondary level in District Srinagar, J&K...

What does Avalon have to do with Neverland? Why are the children the only humans who can use Avalon's magic? What are the differences between J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Brom's Child Thief? Brom...

This Case Study defines the global pharmaceutical industry and its "boundaries", analyses the profitability/attractiveness of the global pharmaceutical industry by using M.E.Porters'...

The first sign of facial beauty was displayed in Egyptian civilization art works as they started to understand the divine or golden proportion that was known as a golden ratio which could be defined...

The present study was carried out for phytochemical screening and pharmacological investigations on methanolic extract of rhizomes of Hedychium coronarium (Local name: Dolan Champa, Family:...

The role of women in India has changed significantly over the past few years. Globalization, urbanization, industrialization and privatization all played an important role in this development. After...

Business in the beginning of the 21-st century faces very turbulent times as the developments on the debt-crises have threatened the European market. These turbulent times are characterized by doubts...

Marine and beach tourism is one of the still growing fields in tourism worldwide. Marine and beach tourism activities include scuba diving, snorkeling, wind surfing, fishing, observing marine mammals...

Smartphones have been widely accepted by mass market users and enterprise users. However, the threats related to Smartphones have emerged. Smartphones carry substantial amounts of sensitive data...

In developing economies and particularly in rural areas, many activities that would be classified in the developed world as financial are not monetized: That is, there is no money used to carry them...

The major purpose of this study is to determine the extent of poverty and ascertain the causes and possible ways for poverty alleviation as perceived by the rural people. Poverty alleviation was...

Quality electricity supply propels industrial growth and boosts economic development. Quality electricity supply goes beyond mere availability of electricity as it is commonly believe to be. This...

Quality electricity supply propels industrial growth and boosts economic development. Quality electricity supply goes beyond mere availability of electricity as it is commonly believe to be. This...

Power supply quality concerns are the consequences of the increasing use of solid state switching devices, power electronically switched loads, unbalanced power systems, lightning controls, computer...

This book tackles various pragmatic issues which are manipulated by politicians in diverse contexts where the principle of being honest is less important than fulfilling their goals. These issues...

The intention of this study is to predict one year in advance whether a regarded firm will grow extraordinarily in the next year. This is crucial for private investors and fund managers who need to...

This book reviews multiple views of the origins of the current crisis in Ukraine and it argues that Realpolitik still matters to some countries. For this, several reasons will be given. In order to...

The study is the result of the research on the transaction costs of the pricing of health services. Due to the fact that the regulations in terms of pricing include activities that lead to...

With increasing importance of knowledge, ideas more and more pose a competitive advantage for workers who have ideas over those who don't. Based on your ideas you can either excel in your career,...

This study deals with different explanatory models for the emergence or existence of linguistic features in varieties of the English language. After a brief overview of the current research, five...

This study addresses the question of the impact of packaging to demand a price premium leveraging the example of retailer brand premium products in the food segment in Germany. Product tiering is a...