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Conclusion and Validity of Contracts in Germany and New ZealandAuthor: Stefanie HerrmannPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Nov 12, 2008Number of Pages: 124 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

The phase-out of ozone-depleting refrigerants, such as R-12 and R-22, according to the Montreal Protocol of 1987, has provided the incentive to increase the thermal efficiency of current heating and...

Animals commonly alter their behavior in the presence of other animals. This is particularly true in the context of aggressive exchanges, where individuals alter behavior to influence and form social...

This work presents the circuit simulations and the conventional signal processing technique (Wiener filtering) in order to reconstruct conducted ElectroMagnetic Interferences (EMI), generated and...

Igor Stravinsky's collaborations with contemporaries including Picasso, Nijinsky, and Cocteau are well-documented. Less familiar, however, are the anachronistic "collaborations" suggested in one...

To date, police organizations have not been rigorously analyzed by organizational scholars and most analysis of these organizations has been captured through a single construct. This book explains...

Causality link between conflict and poverty might have two directions; however, there is consensus that conflict causes poverty. Knowledge on livelihood is the departure point for poverty reduction...

This book interrogates the theoretical discourses on conflict early warning and early response, and delves into whether the existence of early warning system would have impaired or enhanced...

Reporting armed conflicts from the battlefield entails a great danger to those given the task. But to what extent are these reporters protected from possible dangers? Two cases are focused on in this...

This study was conducted in Abiyata Shalla Lakes National park from September to December 2010. The main objectives of the study were to explore the causes of conflict between the ASLNP and local...

Recognition of Kosovo, a breakaway region of Serbia gave a path to new intention over the dispute of international norms, great powers and fear of small states challenged by the same issue...

Since the burst of the internet bubble there is a great deal of interest in the way investment bank prices and allocates initial public offerings (IPOs). The additional scrutiny and spotlight is also...

The female Gothic emerged, some argue, around the eighteenth century. It is a genre uniquely written by women and reflective of their sociopolitical realities. As in traditional Gothic literature,...

Lasting knowledge comes from understanding and we have tried our best to make this book more understandable. Although mass of the book is limited, but new editions always have a tendency to grow up...

The Classical and Celtic world had a long history of economical and social interaction prior to the first century b.C. Although the influence of the Classical world in the Celtic material culture...

Is there something called telepathy? Can we sense in advance what will happen? Can animals navigate using the earth's magnetic field? How can an embryo develop to a complete, mature organism? G?ran...

Are coma patients still able of cognition and emotion and to what extend? Such questions can be investigated with auditory Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) and Skin Conductance Response (SCR)...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 unexpectedly put the possibility of a German reunification back on the political agenda. The scenario of a reunited German state in the center of Europe,...

This project investigates the integration of scientific methodology with community and other locally relevant management issues using dugong research on the Andaman coast of Thailand. I examine the...

This book is recommended for students and professors who intend to obtain knowledge about hyperelastic materials, nonlinear continuum mechanics and positional finite element method. Such special...

Constraint-based Analysis of Security PropertiesAuthor: Beata Sarna-StarostaPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Nov 12, 2008Number of Pages: 160 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Advocates of lifelong learning promise positive change for individuals and society; however, the transition to university is not easy for mature students. The discourse of the typical 'student'...

This study analyzes the processes of identity construction and the emergence of native organization in Paraguay, as these are entwined in the context of new national policies and legislation. The...

The post-genomic era has lead to a paradigm shift in the Life Science Industry, driven by technological advances and increased upstream patenting, resulting in Open Innovation initiatives to sustain...

This book will enable you to gain understanding of legal concepts relating to Construction Law. Construction professionals' day to day work may involve legal issues and the interpretation of laws...

This book, Consumer Aesthetic Experience in Retail Atmospherics, suggests a way to integrate the philosophy of aesthetics into the domain of retail marketing. Realizing that research on consumer...

The emergence of the Internet has resulted in the change of consumer information process. Unlike shopping at brick-and-mortar stores, where the consumer receives product information or advertising...

This study combines both theoretical and empirical models to test the presence of dominant or partial offsetting Behavior (OB) in the preparation and consumption of vegetables following the 2007 U.S...

"The assumptions of neoclassical analysis have prohibited the development of economics into a quantitative science. The assumptions do not allow modeling time dependent processes and increasing...

What is the nature of firearm ownership and gun club activity in Australia? This book explores cultural aspects of consumer behaviour in Australian target shooting clubs. It is the culmination of...