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This Book derives from research on musical practices mediated by computer networks conducted from 2001 to 2005 in the Music Technology Group of the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. It...

Measuring the mechanical properties of human soft tissue is a current topic in the field of diagnostic ultrasound research. Long before ultrasound was used in medical diagnosis, palpation was the...

The dissertation examines a community museum and its potential to increase civic engagement within a displaced community. If central to their mission, museums can initiate the reconstruction of...

Clinician and researchers continue to encounter significant challenges in treating women dually diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a substance use disorder (SUD). This study...

The aim of this book is threefold: to reinstate distance functions as a principal tool of general topology, to promote the use of distance functions on various mathematical objects and a thinking in...

This book is a study of e-learning for online language learners, with particular reference to students of Modern Standard Chinese. Using desktop videoconferencing as the medium of instruction, the...

Distance Learning and the InstitutionAuthor: Anthony PinaPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 26, 2008Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Despite the advent of globalisation and increasing interaction between people from different cultures, many people still are influenced in their opinion about people from other countries based on...

Distributed Control and Analysis of Coupled Cell SystemsAuthor: Zhiyun LinPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 21, 2008Number of Pages: 272 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

In my thesis, I have implemented a graph partitioning heuristic in IMUNES system. IMUNES is a program for network emulation/simu-lation. Since network emulation and simulation are computationally...

This thesis explores the management of cross-cultural conflict by Resident Advisors (RA) at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. A total of twelve RAs were interviewed on the...

With the ongoing diversification of American society, 'diversity' has become a buzzword in managerial literature and a major topic on business agendas throughout Corporate America. Diversity...

Diversity Management and Corporate CommunicationAuthor: Arola OutiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jun 30, 2008Number of Pages: 100 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Why does the world, designed by benevolent Zeus in its finest details, include so much vice and so little, if any, virtue? This basic challenge to Ancient Stoicism has developed into one of the...

Nowadays, the Internet has opened up new opportunities to share innovations and to collaboratively innovate and modify products and especially software as shown in the open source software movement...

The highly specific base pairing of DNA serves not only as the genetic code for life but also as the building block in the design of novel materials owing to its remarkable features. In the last...

DNA Relaxases, the Key Enzymes of Bacterial ConjugationAuthor: Jolanta KopecPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 19, 2008Number of Pages: 104 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

In this study, DNA vaccines based on alphaviral replicases (DNA replicons) were evaluated with respect to their protective and therapeutic capacity for treatment of type I allergy. DNA replicons...

We study the following fundamental questions in DNA- based self-assembly and nanorobotics: How to control errors in self-assembly? How to construct complex nanoscale objects in simpler ways? How to...

Anyone concerned about the health habits--or lack thereof--of college students should read this book. College Administrators, Professors, Parents, Students and their doctors, will all learn valuable...

Does Corporate Entrepreneurship truly exist within the highly service oriented as that of the hospitality / restaurant industry? The purpose of this study was to identify the perception and...

MP3 blogs and their aggregators, which have risen to prominence over the past four years, are presenting an alternative way of promoting and discovering new music. This book argues that MP3 files...

Even if post-Soviet Kazakhstan has obtained an impressive economic growth and has democratic institutions formally present, democratization has been rather unsuccessful, also when compared to quite a...

Does System Dynamics Facilitate Learning in Resource ManagementAuthor: Marta Luc? Zuluaga CardonaPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 20, 2008Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding:...

Revision with unchanged content. In the last years, the Web has become an invaluable source of information for almost every domain of knowledge. This has motivated researchers to considering the Web...

In this thesis I apply Karen Warren's Logic of Domination argument to animals. I argue that assessing animal welfare in light of a logic of domination helps to show that much of Western treatment...

Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) became well-known for her documentary photography during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" in the 1930ies. She was hired by the Farm Security Administration...

The resonant laser ionisation uses the fact that each element has specific frequencies to absorb and emit light. By choosing the correct resonance it is possible to excite and ionise only the desired...

Doubling Aid to AfricaAuthor: Martin AbelPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 26, 2008Number of Pages: 96 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639017080ISBN-13:...

Down With the BrownAuthor: Hilal Nakiboglu IslerPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Oct 29, 2008Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639095154ISBN-13:...