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This book analyzed the messages Japanese TV commercials with Western Hollywood celebrities contained from three methodological perspectives: content analysis, interviews, and semiology. Content...

E-learning networks are used by academic institutions to support synchronous and asynchronous delivery of online courses and programs. An e-learning network supports a wide range of applications and...

Requirements Engineering (RE) is a sub-discipline within Software Engineering increasingly recognized as a critical component in the success of a software development project. With the escalating...

A Microsimulation Model of Activity PatternsAuthor: Ondrej PribylPublisher: VDM VerlagPublication Date: Dec 10, 2008Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3639111222ISBN-13:...

This monograph develops a 'weak deterministic' model of language acquisition that can accommodate first language (L1) acquisition, language change, and second language (L2) acquisition: namely the...

Within a typical global manufacturing company the product development process uses huge amounts of knowledge related to manufacturing and design activities. The author identified a need to create...

There are very few studies conducted to understand the impact of a tropical mountain on the weather and climate of a region with an integrated approach. The main difficulties in these type of studies...

This monograph investigates the nature of the relationship of the New Zealand State (the Crown) with Maori as a tribally-based people. Although recent New Zealand governments have tried to address...

Energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions, and their potential effects on the global climate change have been the worldwide concern particularly after the Kyoto Protocol. Improving the...

The idea that reason can justify induction was famously criticized by David Hume. Hume concluded that there is no rational justification for inductive inferences and hence, no rational justification...

BioMEMS (Biological Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology, especially for biosensors, plays a critical role in the process of information gathering with the technologically advanced...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) can be considered both as one of the most important composers of the early twentieth century and as a piano virtuoso. This book examines both of these aspects by studying...

This book utilizes philosophical deliberation to analyse the appropriateness of 'mathematical language' in pedagogic communication of the structure of mathematics, given that its...

Finding scholarly research on the choral music by significant American composers is limited. Moreover, finding scholarly resources by significant African-American composers is more limited. Spiritual...

The success of renewable energy (RE) electrification projects depends largely on the selection of sites that have the appropriate conditions such as resources availability, existing grid distance,...

This research aims to analyze Russian natural resource-finance sector's effect on the formation of Russian foreign policy since the collapse of the Soviet Union and until early 2000s. The main...

The study presented the formulation of an IRT model for polytomously scored Likert-type data under the framework of the nonlinear mixed model. The formulated polytomous nonlinear mixed model (PNLMM)...

Currently, extensive research in using bio-derived polymers is being done, highlighting the importance of sustainable, green polymeric materials. Some sustainable alternatives to synthetic polymers...

This book begins by presenting an overview of research into the social implications, emotional distress and coping related to disfigurement. The establishment and evaluation of a prototype...

Despite the effectiveness of medication in reducing symptoms in people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis, persistent functional impairments are common, and are associated with an...

Drug, alcohol, sex, relationships, togetherness, loneliness, literature, obscenity, homosexuality, wandering, homelessness, art, thousands of corrupted angels, freedom, limitation, liberation,...

The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the impact of student support services on the engagement and satisfaction of undergraduate non-traditional students at Kansas State...

This is a grammar of Kunuz Nubian (KN), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in Southern Egypt. It is the first grammar ever written on this language. The areas covered in the study are phonology,...

Understanding, quantifying, and dealing with supply chain risk in energy sector necessitates the amalgamation of knowledge and techniques from several domains. Some of those domains are critical...

The dynamics of smile surface lead practitioner and researcher to introduce the randomness in the implied volatility, which is are specific in option markets. The monograph develops a risk-neutral...

Communication in schools is in jeopardy, imperiling teachers and students. Impaired principal-staff conversations are part of the problem; improved principal-staff conversations can be a paramount...

A spectrum of algorithm animation systems has evolved for the teaching and learning of distributed algorithms. These have ranged from passive animation systems, which provide multiple prepared views...

This two-part book brings a fresh perspective to the often neglected narrative 'you'. It deals with aspects of authorial, psychoanalytical and literary significance in the creation of fiction which...

This book examines the interaction between nationalism and feminism in modern Polish women's physical culture from the late nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Unlike most...

Many graduating students find it difficulty writing proposals and projects due to the fact that they have little knowledge on the how to go about it. Most of them are always found complaining of not...