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The use of concrete block paving for roads began in Holland after the second World war, it originated as a substitute for brick paving, the traditional surface material which was unavailable due to coal shortages. The substitution became hugely successful - the roads of post-war Rotterdam were almost entirely constructed from concrete block paving and today there is more paving on the city''s roads than bituminous materials. The reason is part...

Aim of this book is a computer proof for the MIRUP (modified integer roundup property) conjecture for Bin Packing in low dimension. Bin Packing is a well known combinatorial optimization problem (BPP), which appears as subprobem in many applications like scheduling. Two algorithms for an algorithmic approach to the MIRUP conjecture are presented. One works with generating possible knapsacks by picking subsets of possible patterns. It computes ...

Derivative is the greatest financial innovations made in the history of finance.In India, Derivatives instruments such as Index futures, stock futures, stock options were introduced from 2000 onwards.The Bombay Stock Exchange lunched derivatives trading in the form of Index futures on June 9, 2000, followed by Index futures contracts on the S&P, CNX Nifty Index of National Stock Exchange on June 12, 2000. After futures trading is introduced, t...

The flowfield surrounding wings with a pure flapping motion was studied in quiescent air at a Reynolds number of approximately 200 using particle image velocimetry (PIV) in unusually thin illuminated planes (~0.3 mm). Typical wing semispans were on the order of a few millimeters. The polymer cantilever wings consisting of monodomain liquid crystal polymers made from azobenzene (azo-LCN) were flapped at 30 Hz at a large amplitude (170°). Chordw...

Managing change is not such an easy task for our leaders of today. It entails a critical application of strategies since it highly affects the present, as well as the future standing of any company. At the same time, being unable to undergo transformation and adaptation of the organization to its ever-changing environment makes any company stagnate. Stagnation is not exactly welcome if one aspires for advancement and profitability in the dynam...

This research titled "The effectiveness of WebCT on developing the computer visual design practice of IT students at the Islamic university ". The research consists of five chapters, the first chapter include the background and the significant of the research . the second contained the modern instructional technology, the third was about the previous studies. the forth talked about the procedure of the research and last chapter is about sugges...

At a time when issues of globalisation and the mediating impact of the media as both catalyst and facilitator of an information-driven and knowledge-based post industrial society are fast assuming political and social relevance, it is imperative to adequately x-ray the inter-relationship between the media on the one hand, and governance and development on the other. This collection of essays offers different perspectives on the role of the mas...

The purpose of this study was to explore medical students'' and tutors'' perception towards teaching and learning in the Clinical Skills Centre (CSC). The areas investigated were based on perception of students and tutors towards the usefulness of the CSC for integration of theory and practice, as a convenient learning environment and to provide opportunity for self-directed learning, as well as to provide motivation for students to learn. The...

Today SMEs are one of the principal driving forces in many economies as it contributes substantially to GDP and employment. In Mauritius, the government is giving much importance to SMEs for its development. One of the most important aspects of SMEs'' development is its manpower. Training is considered as one of the most important tool for the success of an enterprise. Without trained personnel, companies would not be able to be competitive.Th...

Urban areas in Ethiopia are experiencing alarming rate of expansion both spatially and demographically. This fast rate of urbanization is accompanied by huge demand of land for different urban purposes. As a response to this huge demand, the government is implementing expropriation of land from the immediate peri-urban zone and this is resulting in the transformation of immediate peri-urban tenure and use. As a result of this, dispossession of...

It is often said that bilinguals are not two monolinguals in one person. But what does this really mean, especially in the context of bilingual acquisition? The study on which this book is based is the first longitudinal group study of lexical development of French-English bilingual children. The study aims to investigate the nature of the developing bilingual lexicon and its impact on the development of syntax. The key questions addressed inc...

Este estudio se centra en la comarca del Ripollés y más concretamente en el Arciprestazgo de Sant Joan de les Abedesses, compuesto por las parroquias de Sant Miquel de Cavallera, Seguries de Sant Pau, Sant Martí de Surroca, Sant Martí d''Ogassa, Sant Julià de Vallfogona y Sant Joan de les Abedesses (Sant Joan i Polo, Santa Llúcia Puigmal y en la col . legiata). La Intención de esta tesis fundamental es la de CONTRIBUIR Uno mas de las Naciones ...

This work examines equity in the context of the allocation of park and recreation resources within a community. Areas of focus include: extending the original taxonomy of equity models proposed by Crompton and Wicks (1988), development of a theoretical framework for their original model, providing a current synthesis of equity based literature, advancing the Equity Implementation Model (Wicks & Crompton, 1989) by developing an instrument capab...

Over the last few decades, faculty utilization of instructional technology has been increasing tremendously. This has had a major impact on teaching and learning in American higher education by supporting the goal of shifting the instructional paradigm to the learner-centered educational model. With the increase has also come a fast rise in the need for department chairs to provide suitable leadership in integrating instructional technology in...

The definition of prejudice provided by Gordon Allport 60 years ago is still used as an authoritative definition of the term prejudice: ''aversive or hostile attitude toward a person who belongs to a group, simply because he belongs to that group, and is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to that group''. Unfortunately, prejudice is not simply an attitude that remains internal to its owner, it impacts behavior. Whe...

Distributions of dividend and interest, issue of rights and bonus shares, issue of fresh securities, share splits, consolidations, hive-off, warrants, mergers, de-mergers, acquisitions etc. made by the companies are called corporate actions. Fluctuations in the share prices may due to many reasons including corporate actions. An attempt is made in this study to see whether corporate actions influence the share price or not. Eighty companies fr...

The monograph is designed to provide and refresh a number of critical concepts related to student development. It is based on basic principles which contribute to the foundation of working with students pursuing higher education in general and not specific to any discipline nor degree nor levels - under graduate, graduate or masters. After a brief Introduction, the monograph begins with discussion of the context of student within the history o...

Oscar Wilde is said to have been influenced by the art critics John Ruskin and Walter Pater, both of whom Wilde met at Oxford University. This book poses the question in what way and to what extent Ruskin and Pater influenced Wilde. John Ruskin is thought to have had a moral view of life and art, whereas Walter Pater is thought to have had an aesthetic view. The common opinion is that Ruskin and Pater represent opposite ends of the spectrum an...

Series of cobalt catalysts supported on carbon nanofibers have been investigated to study the effect of Co particle size in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The performance of the Cobalt catalysts on the FT reaction was proven that the activity decreased for cobalt particles smaller than 6 nm. The activation energy measurements for these small cobalt particles revealed that the activation energy increased. The carbon coverage of Co particles aft...

The roles of El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Asian summer monsoon (ASM) upon the interannual variability of tropical cyclone activity over the Western North Pacific and North Indian Ocean Basins have been separately studied for years. However, an integrated approach on analyzing the relationships between cyclone genesis and movement and the variability of these atmospheric and oceanic phenomena does not exist. Besides, no attempt w...