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Over the last several decades the cost of attending college, both two and four year, public and private institutions, has increased. The rising cost has been shifted away from the individual states...

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) are two important techniques to study the interaction between biomolecules under physiological conditions. AFM can be used to...

Africa Conflict Prevention: Early Warning and Early ResponseAuthor: John Njenga KarugiaPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Apr 30, 2008Number of Pages: 196 pagesBinding: Paperback...

What are the factors that enable weak states to withstand foreign policy pressure from strong states? This study examines how some African states held their own in the face of United States lobbying...

Roots is more than the saga of Alex Haley's family, by means of his novel the author has managed to put slavery in a new light as well. With the help of his protagonist, Kunta Kinte, he was able to...

This book examines cultural identity issues that concern a specific group of African migrant youth.As a minority group in a predo-minantly Eurocentric society they are faced with cultural challenges...

AfristocracyAuthor: Angela Johnson-FisherPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 06, 2008Number of Pages: 72 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639012704ISBN-13:...

How are new musical traditions formed? This is the central question guiding this book on an Afro-Cuban ceremony sometimes called caj?n pa' los mu-er-tos, a spirit-possession ritual that has been...

It is frequently assumed that intergovernmental negotiations in the European Union will become more tedious and complex in light of the growing number of states and interests. The goal of this study...

Mental health in the elderly is a topic that draws a lot of research interest. However, researchers call depression in old age a "scientific myth," for lack of conclusive findings. While some...

What happens to memory during the ninth and tenth decades of life? The research conducted by Dr Lamont challenges the earlier perception that a linear decline occurs from about 40 years of age until...

Image plays a significant role in the success of the university. The public relations (PR) departments of higher education institutions have a responsibility to maintain a strong public image by...

Sometimes you make a choice. Whether or not you made it was up to you. The choice was free. But how can this be? A scientific view of the world may leave no room for free choice. Free will literature...

Many languages have two types of verbs that can be used either intransitively or transitively: for one type of such verbs, the intransitive subject corresponds with the transitive subject, as in...

The population growth rate for older adults has rapidly exceeded the growth rate of the United States population as a whole. Despite these demographic changes, there is a paucity of research that...

Aging in the Social-Cultural ContextAuthor: Ori AshmanPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 29, 2008Number of Pages: 140 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

This book is based on a study of 100 people with agoraphobia. The study explores the onset, unmanaged and managed stages of agora-phobia in their lives. The book is written for both health...

In this book, the author analyzes to what extent EU and US agricultural policies are driven by comparable overall concepts and whether there is evidence that the two major agricultural trading blocks...

Since the success of the Marshall Plan in the economic recovery of Western Europe after WWII foreign aid has been an important tool of foreign policy. Yet there are increasing doubts about the...

The U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) is inherently highly stochastic. Yet, many existing decision-support tools for air traffic flow management take a deterministic approach to problem solving...

Airborne Spacing and Merging in the Terminal AreaAuthor: Joey MercerPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 25, 2008Number of Pages: 68 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Pilots must be provided explanations, predictions, factors of safety and control for high density altitude environments. Anytime a higher than standard temperature exists at a departure airport,...

Nowadays Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) becomes focus point in the successful airport and airline business across the world. In this book, the model suggestion is created of ERM about airport...

In 1913 Protestant missionaries working in Mexico brought a severely wounded revolutionary soldier to the United States where doctors saved his life, but had to amputate one leg. The solider was...

Alcohol Consumption and Drinking-Related ConsequencesAuthor: Anna HarpsterPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: Aug 20, 2008Number of Pages: 64 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Algebraic Cycles and Lawson HomologyAuthor: Wenchuan HuPublisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publication Date: May 26, 2008Number of Pages: 120 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Security of data by means of cryptography is becoming more and more important in many areas of our lives. Public-key cryptosystems (PKC) form an important part of cryptography as they allow...

Tandem mass spectrometry has emerged to be one of the most powerful techniques for proteomics study. We aimed to improve existing algorithms and develop new algorithms for proteomic mass spectrometry...

This investigation is an in-depth examination of Alice Parker's philosophy of music in relation to choral teaching, arranging, and composing. The author proposes that within the context of...

This case study was developed using a qualitative approach, in order to explore experiences of alienation and marginalisation of men with substance misuse issues. The subject group involved men in a...