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Suicide is a tragic act. The real victims of the tragedy are the individuals who are left behind to cope with the trauma of loosing a significant other. They often struggle with unanswerable...

International migration is a well studied phenomenon that has attracted the interest of scholars from across various academic disciplines. However, to date little is known about children's...

""Children Selecting Books in a Library""Author: Kara ReuterPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Feb 18, 2008Number of Pages: 240 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Chief Crowfoot's plea in 1877 "Take pity on me with regard to ...the waters...and do not take them from myself and my children for ever," indicates that he had no intention of relinquishing their...

Military members have a distinctive work environment, where status within the hierarchy is clearly displayed on uniform dress and lower ranks are to dutifully obey the commands from above. The aim of...

From the death of the last great medieval monarch, Henry V, until the ascendancy of Henry Tudor as Henry VII, England underwent a long and bloody transition from feudal kingdom to early modern state...

Substance abuse is a destructive behavior that affects the life of the chemically dependent individual and his/her family. Past research has focused on the effectiveness of involving family members...

""It's not my job to teach them writing.""Author: Ashley Ater KranovPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jul 21, 2008Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The working environment in China is very challenging. Western managers with Chinese staff often encounter misunderstandings and communication problems in their day-to-day business environment. This...

This study looks at Psalms of Solomon 17 and 18 in both their early Jewish and immediate literary contexts. The prominence of messia-nism in the two psalms has sometimes overshadowed their...

In New England the Methodist message of universal atonement was shaped by its engagement with the orthodox Calvinism that dominated the area's theological, social, and political culture. Methodists...

Scottish Highland soldiers have a long history of mercenary service with the armies of Europe and the British diaspora to the New World. This study analyzes the motivations for Scottish outmigration...

The increasing transnational business activities of enterprises and globalization in general, make it more and more important for companies to expand their business activities abroad. Besides the...

"From Darwin to the Death Camps."""Author: Mark BrodiePublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jul 03, 2008Number of Pages: 272 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

'As you like I.T.'Author: Indira GuzmanPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 20, 2008Number of Pages: 168 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3836481049ISBN-13:...

This study explored the experience of what it is to be a gay man and to live in a rural community. The findings of this study show that these men were able to live in rural locations by effectively...

Forty years ago, a wind power industry did not exist. Today, it not only exists but it flourishes. This development is surprising because it has involved the spread of a radical new technology...

The recent trend of urban sprawl in the United States has resulted in a demand for alternatives. Long commutes and automobile centered lifestyles leave less time to exercise, increase air pollution,...

This study on the practice of looping in one middle school in a high-needs setting in the Bronx from 1995 to 1999 investigates the implications that one innovative educational practice had on a...

Christiania is a so called 'Fristad', a self-ruling community situated on the edge of the centre of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Deve-loped during the student revolution and hippy movement,...

Two decades after the fall of Communist rule, the events of 1989 still fascinate historians, social and political scientists. Many point out that 1989 has become a symbolic date for Europe. On the...

2002 Football World CupAuthor: Misuk ByeonPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jul 07, 2008Number of Pages: 236 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639043014ISBN-13:...

2D/3D MultiAgent GeoSimulationAuthor: Walid AliPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Feb 28, 2008Number of Pages: 320 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3836472295ISBN-13:...

The creation of computer-animated human faces is a long-standing and challenging problem since the early 1970s. There are numerous approaches to facial animation, but to this day no general-purpose...

Our environment is more and more shaped by the influence of digital media which itself evolves at tremendous pace. A small example: 15 years ago, offthe- shelf computers were only able to cope with...

With the increasing computing power of modern computers, 3D gra-phics technologies find more and more applications in various fields. For example, 3D animation techniques can produce spectacular...

Network planning of third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G) mobile systems for enabling NGN services is a very complex process with many different aspects, the result of which influences on...

A Biological NecessityAuthor: Jason KatzPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 30, 2008Number of Pages: 116 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639025873ISBN-13:...

In 1999, a most significant policy initiative took place when the Chinese government expanded higher education dramatically. A new national project called the Modern Distance Education Project was...

A Case Study: High School DesegregationAuthor: James E. HedrickPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Nov 10, 2008Number of Pages: 148 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...