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Drama and Moral EducationAuthor: Gregory GurleyPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 27, 2008Number of Pages: 180 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 363905380XISBN-13:...

I started my teaching life with the latent aim to make my students independent learners. Later I learnt that there are different types of learner with different needs and attitudes to learning. Some...

This book considers daily operations management for a fleet of trucks providing container pickup and delivery service to a port. Truck congestion at access points to ports may lead to serious...

Do we ever stop playing dress-up? Sociologist Sarah Jane Clancy investigates how young adults utilize fashion and body presentation to negotiate a sense of identity amidst a postmodern culture which...

Drinking and DrivingAuthor: Jennifer L. YonkoskiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Feb 04, 2008Number of Pages: 76 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3836461773ISBN-13:...

This book addresses the central question in water studies: should drinking water be seen as right or a commodity? If drinking water is a right, what are the roles of the state and local communities?...

Adolescents have been observed to have negative attitudes toward police officers, yet police officers are increasingly being used as resource persons and instructors in school-based prevention...

Recognizing that alcohol and drug use in the workplace is a significant social and economic problem, various forms of drug testing have been branded as the solutions to a safer and more productive...

Early attempts to establish scientific groundings for management are universally understood to have failed. Nonetheless, throughout the Twentieth Century, progress was made in defining elements of a...

Current educational policies set up expectations that students who enter school speaking another language other than English, must perform at the same level as their English monolingual peers...

Cultural hybrids like Kim often have trouble with identifying himself with either the blood or the culture. Located in the colonial context, Kipling is often defined as a patriot who glorifies the...

Flinders Street Station in Melbourne currently serves a dual purpose, providing both a transient space that links the city to its suburban roots and creating a physical barrier between the city and...

Being aware of others' activities plays a vital role in the success of online collaboration. As a result, many groupware systems nowadays provide information about collaboration activities in various...

Only a purposive, orchestral interaction of millions of individual nerve cells within our brains can assure such diverse functions as sensory perception and motor coordination, but also more complex...

The focus of this book is on the management of dynamic inbound contact centers with impatient customers and retrials. we consider contact centers with both homogeneous and heterogeneous customers and...

Biomimetics is the use of principles learned in biological systems to manmade systems. The Sprawl family of robots are inspired by research on cockroaches and other agile runners. Without...

Dynamic Performance of High Temperature Ceramic Check ValvesAuthor: Madan GopalPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 09, 2008Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Recently, revenue management has become popular in many industries such as the airline, the supply chain, and the transportation industry. Decision makers realize that even small improvements in...

This dissertation looks at the problem of dynamic resource allocation (DRA) in both single-user and multi-user wireless fading channels. This dissertation investigates various key issues on...

Dynamic Virtual Prototyping for Control EngineeringAuthor: Boris KrassiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Nov 10, 2008Number of Pages: 196 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Embryonic development, the rise of a complex multicellular organism from a single fertilized egg, is a fascinating process that is still poorly understood. How is it possible for cells, all...

Thin-film knowledge and nanometer-structure technology play a crucial role in the high-tech industries. Whilst the major exploitation of thin films has been in microelectronics, there are numerous...

Tethers have been used in space for quite some time. However, the concept of a multi-tethered system has received less attention. This work investigates the dynamics of certain configurations of...

Dystopian Writing in the Twentieth CenturyAuthor: Dora KollarPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Oct 09, 2008Number of Pages: 68 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The purpose of this research project was to design and conduct a case study utilizing qualitative and exploratory methods on how successful medium sized companies conduct and manage their planning...

Technology is ubiquitous and hardly anything works without it. There have been many innovations but one of the most important inventions of our time was the Internet. There is no doubt that the...

Until only a few years ago, advertisements in newspapers and periodicals were nearly the only formal way for enterprises to approach potential new employees. However in recent times and in the...

Aim of this study was to select environmental E. coli isolates that pro-duced colicins against the swine pathogen E. coli K88+. In initial evaluation using a modified plate method with 18...

It has been noted that there is comparably little if any, structured and practical support structures in place to deal with the broader spectrum of emotional and psychological needs/well-being of...

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of early adolescent girls regarding friendships, peer relations and stress. Ten early adolescent girls (aged 12-13 years) were interviewed...