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As the speed of globalization increases, as companies become flatter, as firms engage in temporary organizations from joint ventures to alliances, and as more business is conducted with virtual...

This book is intended to present an overview and specific applications of cross-layer optimization and cooperative communications in wireless networks. It consists of three main thrusts. In the first...

There is a dynamic relationship between oral and reading skills in bilingual development. The current study investigated bilingual English-Chinese children's knowledge of first (L1) and second...

Calves sired by Gelbvieh were the heaviest at weaning. Gelbvieh-Hereford dams had the heaviest calves at weaning, heaviest calves at birth and the highest milk yield. Calves of Brangus-Hereford dams...

The Disney theme park, at just over fifty years old, has created a commonly held, cross-cultural, communal pattern of activity involving immersion into and interaction with content-filled, created...

This book explores the notion of Crosslinguistic Influence in Language Learning: how the first language of a learner influences the learning of subsequent languages. It examines not only the...

Chilldown process is a complicated process involves unsteady two-phase heat and mass transfer and initiates the cryogenic fluids transport. To advance the understanding of this process, both...

The photovoltaic industry has grown fast the recent years, but the price per watt has not jet reached grid parity. A further increase in solar cell efficiency is therefore needed. It is suggested in...

CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility is a new conception in the context of Bangladesh. After phase- out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) from 2005 - working conditions, worker's rights, social...

Lately CSR has increased its strategic status, as well as the consumer demand for sustainable development. However, there are still organizations that have not adjusted their strategies to fit this...

This work presents a cube-based approach for incremental data mining that operates on the data, rather than on the data mining algorithms. The idea was to build a compressed replica of the full-blown...

This book addresses the issue of critical and creative thinking skills (CCTS). Today, there is a consensus among educators that students should be equipped with CCTS for survival in this modern world...

Time ultimately resolves conflict, but time needs some help. Instead of war parties waiting for a "hurting stalemate" and disastrous deadlocks, third parties could cultivate ripeness. This study...

Change in the health care industry is constant and Surrey Memorial Hospital (SMH) has undergone many changes over the past few years. Indicators such as increased sick time, increasing tensions...

Artemisia (Artemisia annua L.) is an aromatic and medicinal herb of Asteraceae family grown for its aromatic and medicinal leaves that yield artemisinin and essential oil. Artemisinin is found to be...

This research aims to discover and define cultural aesthetic codes which have an impact on creating locally specific visual design products. Since I have studied industrial design, I have been...

When recruiting teachers, administrators should consider the candidates' status of racial identity development. If European American educators have not accepted their race as a part of their identity...

The buoyant construction activities in Dubai have attracted many multinational companies and professionals from across the globe. One of the main drawbacks of such business environment is the...

Living in the 21st century tremendous changes are realized. The ongoing globalization with its effects and different facets, people, technologies etc., can be seen everywhere. This work focuses on...

The Hispanic community in South Florida can take courses designed for Heritage Speakers (HS) in many local Colleges and Universities as well as some High-schools. The gap between the number of HS and...

In the year 2000, there were a relatively small number of female presidents of institutions of higher education within the United States. Equally qualified men and women did not experience the same...

The first part of this book looks at how the instructor's identity, whether students construct it as academically or culturally authoritative or both, plays an active role in the interpretation of...

Nurses are expected to demonstrate cultural competence to provide the most appropriate care to culturally different patients all over the globe. Awareness to the impact that the nurses culture has on...

This ethnographic study explored how the promotion of culturally responsive pedagogy may lead to narrowing students' achievement gaps. Whereas existing research studies focus on multicultural...

About a dozen species of freshwater prawns belonging to the genus Macrobrachium inhabit the Indian rivers and constitute a rich resource in terms of delicious protein food both for the rich and the...

Traumatic stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are rampant in contemporary culture. This study assessed the similarities and differences among contemporary treatment modalities, including...

The study looked into the methods of current awareness services being employed in Saint Louis University Library as perceived by the library users composed of the non-teaching personnel, faculty...

Despite the increasing popularity of online shopping, little is known about consumer behaviour and attitudes towards e-retailers, particularly how customer loyalty is developed and maintained among...

Customer-orientated reforms are globally being adopted to address the widespread dissatisfaction with traditional public services. However, the pessimism regarding their application in the public...

Agile software development has grown in popularity during the last 10 years. However there is a strong belief that the agile methods are not suitable for embedded, critical or real-time software...