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Uniquely presented, this research follows the experience of ten participants in a six week, work/study program, Yoga and the Expressive Arts which was held at Hollyhock Education and Retreat Centre...

As a fundamental component of music making, expression should be taught during the beginning stages of conducting study. Most authors note a problem in teaching conducting students to be expressive,...

Policies based upon Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) aim to reduce the environmental impacts of products by inducing design changes, by way of an extension of producer's responsibility. Since...

Online biological databases gain importance in research in biology. These databases usually offer an online search, but the results are just prepared in a textual way. Visualization gives a better...

In the USA and in many other countries, laws and regulations require reasonable and effective accommodations for persons with disabilities to afford them opportunities equal to those available to...

Software verification is the study of formally proving the correctness of a program with respect to a given specification. Even after 40 years of research and considerable success stories in...

In the context of increasing interrelatedness of economies, foreign trade and capital flows may prove crucial when considering their growth perspectives. This assertion is corroborated by contrasting...

Extreme Risk Analysis of Dynamic Interdependent SystemsAuthor: Chenyang LianPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Apr 04, 2008Number of Pages: 148 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Triethylamine catalyst was used to increase the molecular weight of poly(amic acid). In electrospinning, diameter of PAA nanofibers was controlled by molecular weight of poly(amic acid) and...

Fabrication of Single Walled Carbon Nanotube (SW-CNT) Cantilevers for Chemical SensingAuthor: Jui Ching HsuPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Apr 09, 2008Number of Pages: 124...

Same-race faces are better discriminated and recognized than less experienced, other-races faces. This "Own-Race Bias" (ORB) has been robustly demonstrated in many psychological studies, yet the...

This book investigates the problem of facial image analysis. Human faces contain a lot of information that is useful for many applications. For instance, the face and iris are important biometric...

Libraries and librarians have been exploring the potential of using online environments to deliver their services. Email has been around for quite some time, but in the last few years there has been...

Over the past four decades, there has been an increasing interest in the problem of effective facility location in many societies. The question arises as to how many schools, hospitals, ambulances,...

Facing the Challenge of Appropriately Assessing Deaf Childrens' Language SkillsAuthor: Wolfgang MannPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 07, 2008Number of Pages: 316...

Transmission of copyrighted work over the Internet has resulted in the introduction of a new exclusive right: the right of communication to the public, which was established by the WIPO Copyright...

This work investigated some of the factors affecting mercury emissions from coal fired power plants. The research was conducted in three studies. The first study involved the use of a lab scale 0.10...

Alarming to many academics is that while the numbers of female students in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics departments have shown increases in enrollment over the past decades, the number of...

Factors that Contribute to Middle School Academic AchievementAuthor: Joan PendergastPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Apr 29, 2008Number of Pages: 128 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The inclusion of professionals in a unionized workforce, particularly in higher education has not been one of unquestioned acceptance. A key concern is that faculty are members of a learned...

This report aims to outline the challenge of preparing and supporting mainstream faculty for technology enhanced teaching. For faculty to become successful and innovative in technology enhanced...

Faculty productivity is often a key determinant in how well faculty members survive and progress in academia. In an era of accountability and assessment, coupled with a decline of federal and state...

Familiarity, Imagery, and Visiting PropensityAuthor: Chun-Chu ChenPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Jun 06, 2008Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

This book presents empirical evidence from a nationally representative dataset from urban China and demonstrates the impact of family background on the attainment of education, communist party...

Family businesses are complex entities with specific challenges. They must achieve a difficult equilibrium between the business world and the family world, making sure that they address the issues of...

Family Dynamics and the Runaway ProblemAuthor: Siddik EkiciPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 17, 2008Number of Pages: 100 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Organizations can have quite diverse structures with foreign operations run and controlled by expatriates. The development of international managers is an important factor for a company s...

This book included five parts: Getting Started: Selecting a Research Focus- families of children with DMD; Asking Compelling Clinical Questions- resilience in families of children with disabilities...

Family-School Conflict: Exiting School in Order to Home SchoolAuthor: Asha KnutsonPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 17, 2008Number of Pages: 112 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Since last few years ago, sport sponsorship has been the most popular persuasive communication media among others sponsorship. Moreover, sport events are gaining millions of supporters by TV...