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Deterministic and Stochastic Signal ProcessingAuthor: Stevan BerberPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Jan 06, 2009Number of Pages: 632 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

"Detroit has a sound of its own: the rattle of conveyor belts and robots assembling cars, the angry shouting of mobs running riot and the repetitive and gloomy beats of Detroit techno reflecting it"...

Knowledge Management (KM) has received substantial attention in recent years. The importance of KM is now being realized and implemented in a wide range of industry sectors like manufacturing,...

Today, the most technologically advanced economies in the world are knowledge-based. Governments are increasingly initiating efforts to utilize knowledge and information as direct and productive...

Ongoing developments in the Arctic have attracted the attention of the five Arctic coastal states; Canada, the U.S., Russia, Denmark and Norway. However, they have also caught the attention of...

Using a qualitative approach Aboriginal youth discovered empowerment through photo novella by examining and reflecting on their leadership experiences. Visual stimuli was used to facilitate...

Since the late 1990s engineering institutions internationally have adopted a graduate attribute focus for course accreditation. The research presented here is unique in using a role-based analysis of...

This study examines the role of Mexico in international wildlife trade and the result for wildlife conservation in Mexico of becoming a Party to CITES. Mexico imports substantial quantities of...

Developing Graduate AttributesAuthor: Anne CampbellPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Nov 27, 2008Number of Pages: 276 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639106601ISBN-13: 9783639106602

It is commonly understood that the opportunities for speaking and listening that children experience before they enter school vary greatly in terms of potency and quality. This inequity puts some...

Considerable emphasis in scientific computing (SC) software development has been placed on the software qualities of performance and correctness. However, other software qualities have received less...

Grid computing enables the sharing of heterogeneous resources among different administrative domains promising unlimited computational and storage power available on demand. However, Grid...

When led effectively, inquiry-based instruction leads to higher order thinking. Developing, Assessing, and Sustaining Inquiry-Based Instruction is a practical book that presents a clear,...

Inverse heat transfer method (IHTM) is typically used for predicting the temperature, heat flux, and other physical properties of a thermal system. In recent years, it has been applied to treat the...

Saffron is a traditional crop from the geographic area of La Mancha, known to be one of the most expensive spices in the world, and very appreciated for its colouring and flavouring characteristics,...

Land degradation, due to deforestation, is one of the major causes that consequently decline agricultural production in poor countries; and also it becomes a serious threat for life welfare. In order...

'Development Journalism: Acceptability and Implementation' is a comprehensive material which looks through the existing theoretical and practical arguments about development, journalism,...

This research investigates how the real options framework and Bayesian decision theory may be utilized to improve the capital budgeting decision process. In particular, it investigates the...

Even though today the terms Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Mass Customization (MC) have entered the day-to-day business conversations and the development of CRM strategies and MC...

This last decade has seen a noticeable rise in Online systems which are generally used alongside specific tools such as video and audio to deliver learning over distance. However these systems have...

Avionics displays play an important role in the safe operation of an airplane. They present information to the pilot, on which he/she will make important decisions to control the aircraft. Accurate...

The purpose of this work was to develop a heat pump simulation program that is capable of simulating complex heat exchanger circuits. A segment-by-segment heat exchanger model has been developed in...

Underwater vehicle technology has been gaining in importance in the last few years. Large sections of the earth's oceans remain unexplored. The quest for energy resources under the water has given an...

This monograph proposes a model of Tourist recommender comprising of conventional Neural Network and Rough set construct; in turn this makes the system intelligent and adaptive. The case study...

Metal-based thermal barrier coatings (MBTBCs) have been produced, using Induction plasma spraying (IPS) of nanostructured alloy powders. Important advances have been made over recent years to...

Sustainable development is conceptually defined and established for physical urban infrastructure development. The concept of sustainable development is now emphasizing on environmental, economical...

In the work that is described in this book we studied a new cast iron based composite material that was produced by a double casting technique using sedimentation sand casting. The material is based...

This paper discusses the device physics of as-deposited and light-soaked hydrogenated amorphous silicon solar cells. The staebler-Wronski effect is the key issue in this paper. The metastability of...

A child with specific language impairment (SLI) does not acquire normal language ability at the appropriate age. Findings in SLI studies are contradictory, and the core problem of the disorder is...

The diagram is a virtual machine enacting between the architect and an end product. It brings order to the essential elements of architecture through the forces that are bound within it; waiting to...