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Do video games tell stories? And if they do, how and why do they do so? In this study, Dominic Arsenault takes the reader through the battlefield of ludology and narratology in video game studies,...

Literacy skills include expressive and receptive language that is comprehension. This monograph is an exploration of how children in the first year of formal schooling gather information from text...

'Glitch' is a stylistic mannerism within electro-acoustic composition that emerged in the late 1990s. Glitch, or 'microsound', as it is known in the academic context, observes the conventions of...

Multinational companies are influenced by national culture. Members of a multinational corporation are influenced by national culture. National culture itself is influenced by many variables such as...

Following World War II, Germany was divided in two parts. For a period of more than 40 years, two German states developed in separation from each other, and because of the horrors of the recent past,...

By using empirical data, this research considers whether there are changes in the saliencies of attitudes about nationality-related issues in contemporary Serbia, and if so, whether they can be...

For over a decade, conflict among members of a small Native Ameri-can tribe in Southwestern Utah has resulted in intra-tribal fights, lawsuits, a coup and a new regime, and threats of termination of...

Conservation of natural enemies may be an effective form of pest management in various ecosystems. If beneficial Hymenoptera, native to an area, can be protected and encouraged to multiply, the...

Native Peoples Use of Copper-Based Metals in NE North AmericaAuthor: Lisa Marie AnselmiPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 30, 2008Number of Pages: 644 pagesBinding: Paperback...

Natural Disasters, Vulnerability, and Sustainable DevelopmentAuthor: Ebru GencerPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Nov 06, 2008Number of Pages: 444 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The growing demand on natural gas leads to the necessity to upgrade sub-quality gas. This sub-quality gas partly contains high amounts of nitrogen and/or carbon dioxide, sometimes helium is even a...

Over the past decade, with the increasing popularity of Internet and digital technology, images in digital format have become ubiquitous. At the same time, with the break-neck speeds of the...

Natural Resources and 5th Century Athenian Foreign PolicyAuthor: James ArtzPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Oct 10, 2008Number of Pages: 72 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Can we build an epistemology of artifacts? What are the scientific connections between artifacts and knowledge? How can we conceive the relationship between knowledge, philosophy and science?...

In the15th century, mariners established their location using "dead reckoning," a technique that used superstition, experience, and some guesswork to determine the position of a ship at sea. Ships,...

This book will explore the dramatic concepts of Antonin Artaud as presented in Le Th??tre et son Double. Included in this exploration will be an analysis of The Theatre of Cruelty, its inception,...

Understanding the complex mechanisms of negotiations and decision-making in the EU is a difficult task, even for trained experts. For students who are just learning about the field, trying to...

Crises are an inevitable part of life. Knowledge is based on learning gained out of crises. But what happens if crises do not affect organizations anymore; and hence organizations become invulnerable...

Transmission over wireless networks presents multiple technical challenges due to noise, interference, fading, power constraints and bandwidth limitation. Different solutions have been propposed to...

Monitored network data allows operators to gain valuable insight into the health and status of a network. Whilst such data is useful for real-time analysis, there is often a need to post-process...

Network Theory and Vascular LaboratoriesAuthor: Kathleen HannonPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 15, 2008Number of Pages: 56 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Could dynamic Malware analysis be more dynamic by assigning net-work calls an injected result, defined by the analysis process? Yes, but only if the network access was completely virtualised. This...

Today, there is a strong trend towards networked multimedia devices. However, common multimedia software architectures are restricted to perform all processing on a single system. Available software...

The Community Initiative LEADER provides funding for rural areas and local actors and seeks to establish links between actions for the development of the rural economy. It aims to implement...

Neuroanatomy of DyslexiaAuthor: Janet ZadinaPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Sep 30, 2008Number of Pages: 144 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639081056ISBN-13:...

The drug 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA or ecstasy) is a popular recreational substance among young people. Most prior research has not attempted to carefully emulate human ecstasy use...

Donating Western educational software to developing nations is a great and noble act, however we must ensure the proper localization of these technologies for schools and protect the local languages,...

New Advances In Synchronization Of Digital Communication ReceiversAuthor: Yan WangPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 28, 2008Number of Pages: 188 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Instant messaging (IM) has become extremely popular not just for private communication in the last years. Many organisations use synchronous text messaging as a part of their communication besides...

Landmark legislation in the 1960's diversified and revitalized migration flows into the US by allowing previously excluded Asian and African peoples. Much has been made of the massive recent...