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This study showed how one school and family worked together to create a positive AT environment at school, which was transferred to the home environment. It highlighted the experiences of both family...

It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the influence of the use of learning strategies on second language proficiency. So far, however, there has been little discussion about the...

Understanding how uncertainty effects the dynamics and behavior of an organization is a critical aspect of system design. Models and methods that take uncertainty into account can lead to significant...

This book is based on my M.Sc. Thesis Study accomplished at METU in 2002. This comparative study is focused on urban regeneration process in which local characteristics and global framework with...

Personal identity is the philosophical issue that deals with the problem of what makes a person persist over time. This inquiry takes root deep in the history of philosophy and the campaign to solve...

An optimal construction site layout planning (CSLP) can enhancing the services of the construction work to improve the work productivity and thus the costs of a project. The previous studies of CSLP...

"What is the most effective way of teaching a language?" There have been debates and research studies on this question throughout the history of language teaching. Through that time, new approaches...

Creativity theories have not been much used in Internet research. This study attempts to compensate for this omission by applying concepts and methods of creativity research to the study of Internet...

LIS education was introduced in Sri Lanka in 1961 but very few studies have been carried out upto now. Therefore a critical study of the current LIS education system in Sri Lanka with a comlimentary...

Jeremiah John Rawlings, Ghanaian air force pilot and populist politician ruled Ghana for almost two decades between December 1981 and September 2000. Rawlings, who began his leadership career as a...

This monograph provides an approachable and concise review on processes of vein growth and vein internal textures. The topics covered include all that is needed for a comprehensive idea on vein from...

Funding Higher Education (HE) in Mexico has been a topic of endless discussion. Both universities and government feel the current funding distribution process is not appropriate. The current funding...

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women. X-ray mammography is the primary and highly sensitive but not very specific way to screen and diagnose it, and in some cases additional...

English and Swahili have become international languages which are spoken and taught all over the world. Learning a language without its culture can make one have some problems communicating to native...

Tuberculosis (TB) is the major cause of death worldwide. The enormity of the problem has been further worsened by the emergence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) strains and the dual infection with HIV...

The main goal of this research project is to define a generic architecture for the protection and management of digital rights in a multimedia content management scenario following open standards as...

John Updike's Brazil is a fascinating piece of work to read. It is so captivating that you simply cannot put it down. It seems to be a fabulous twentieth- century love story of a rich, white girl and...

Augmented reality is a technique to display information superimposed on a users per- ception of reality. When developing computer systems employing augmented reality, a key consideration beyond...

This book describes new techniques that can be used in a sign language recognition (SLR) system, and more generally in human gesture systems. Any SLR system consists of three main components: Skin...

In this book, a new Generalized Discontinuous Galerkin (GDG) method for Schrodinger equations with nonsmooth solutions is proposed. The numerical method is based on a reformulation of Schrodinger...

This study aims to identify conservation and compatible areas for tourism development in Johor Ramsar site, using spatial modeling in Geographic Information System (GIS). The study describes a...

To face the challenges of future urbanization and urban expansion there is need to assess the existing water supply problems such as suitable location of pumps and tube wells, distribution of network...

What is the language non-religiously affiliated Macalester College students use to describe life changing/turning point experiences they have had? Use of essays written by students in preparation for...

The researcher looked for how decision-makers make meaning to produce decisions, how they structure a network of people that can help to understand what's the best under the uncertain context. This...

This work is aimed at sensitizing all and sundry on research issues, especially the senior members of the academic staff, who publication is one of the major pillars for their promotion. It also...

A High-Precision Multi-frequency Electrical Impedance TomographAuthor: Ning LiuPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Nov 18, 2008Number of Pages: 172 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

This book examines the impact of American Revolutionary ideals, state formation, and constitution-making on Portugal during the 18th and 19th centuries. The transatlantic relationship between these...

A History of Nineteenth Century children's play considers the work of Victorian social reformers in London to address problems of the moral dangers to children of unsupervised street play.This is the...

This book has some of the best articles which represent my researches in Egyptology and around the Egyptian antiquities. Also it aims at throwing the light on the ancient Egyptian civilization and...

This book presents an alternative way of perceiving both formal schooling and teacher education. It challenges the educational community to examine the current practice of education and suggests a...