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The overall purpose of the present study was to find out the relation of patriarchy and conservatism with domestic violence. This book is based on a study conducted in Islamabad, Pakistan. An attempt was made to determine the magnitude and types of domestic violence endured by women and to get the women's perspective and pervasiveness of domestic violence. Opinions of women in Islamabad were asked to get primary information. Multistage systema...

With innovation in Education - teaching and learning, focus is turning away from the teacher centred approaches to the student centred approaches. This book discusses the Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach. PBL is a student centred and competencies driven approach in which students are often asked to work in a team and do a lot of self directed learning. The book is important in guiding students in transition from the traditional teacher ce...

Sampling, which is supposed to provide adequate and unbiased representation of a study interest, is often faced with challenges such as choice of the minimum cost-effective sampling size, accurate location of sampling sites and statistical justification of both location of the sites and accuracy of the sampling process. Although there are many statistical sampling protocols in the literature, they largely emphasize on accuracy tests for unbias...

This study explores a possible timing relationship between speech units in Japanese and their mapping onto musical units, in which an attempt is made to examine rhythmic patterning in language and its interaction with musical rhythm. Three questions are set out, what is the Japanese speech unit to determine spoken rhythm, is the unit altered in musical constraint, has the pattern changed over time? Various methods were employed to examine the ...

Biogenic amines (BA) have been extensively studied in recent years due to their potential toxicity and possible use as chemical markers for assessing food quality and in cancer research. The BA were determined in 62 foods commonly consumed in Malaysia. Three sorbent materials, A18C6-MS, DA18C6-MS and AB18C6-MS were also prepared by the chemical immobilization of the crown ether ligands onto mesoporous silica support. The sorbents have been eva...

The performance of mining sectors can be influenced by many factors. Technology outside mining industry, which mainly refers to the innovations from the downstream consumer side along the raw material supply chain, is one of the significant determinants. Historically, there has been abundant research on the technological inventions to improve the individual mineral production, however, there are only a very few documents investigating how the ...

Most countries today are proud to say that they honour human rights and that they have freedom of the press. But what is stated in the law of a country is not always the reality for the people. A country that has received a lot of criticism for how it handles the right to freedom of the press is Ecuador. In several reports human rights organizations accuse Ecuador of censoring the media and causing troubles for news organizations. This book re...

Expression and purification of small peptides have always been problematic due to enzymatic degradation and many other technical problems. We report cloning and expression of a low molecular weight human antimicrobial peptide 'hepcidin' (Hepc, 20 amino acids) in pPIC9K transformed into P. pastoris GS115. The study reveals that active hepcidin peptide can be successfully expressed in this methylotrophic yeast. The BMMY medium was found to be op...

If old people slow down a given motor response it suggests that they are trying to cope with the task demands according to their own resources or capabilities. Capacities such as muscle size, neural supply, energy stored in muscles, etc. decline with age. However, effective muscular performance does not depend on muscular power alone, but on central controls which determine just how the muscles are co- ordinated and their powers deployed. Ther...

Over the last few years the use of cinnamon in the management of diabetes has been growing at a remarkable pace. There are instances in which it has been found to significantly lower blood sugar levels. Although the evidence, so far, has not been conclusive, it would be worth the effort to pursue further research to prove that using this alternate method of treatment for diabetes is sustainable. There is no doubt that this book would provide r...

Descriptions made on many languages, nowadays, are contributing to the development of linguistic theories. In light of this, descriptions of Ethiopian languages, as Ethiopia is one of those multilingual countries of the world, can definitely make its share. However, there are inadequate linguistic works for many languages of the country especially on Omotic languages (the last branch of Afroasiatic language phylum). Thus, Dauro (an Omotic lang...

Understanding cross-cultural communication is an important task, especially if a country is in the process of national integration and nation-building.To achieve this political integration must be supported by psychological, social, cultural and economic integrations in order to lay down the greatest possible happiness or satisfaction for all society. Culture, thus, is an instrument for achieving national goals, nation building. In our increas...

This present book is a result of three years research work which includes one year daily sampling from different locations and also seasonal sampling from the entire Upper Ganga Basin. The book presents current research trend in hydro-geochemical study of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers, two major tributaries of Ganga, Indian Himalayan Rivers. The book deals with basic concept of weathering, water and sediment chemistry, water flux and sedimen...

Superconducting generators (SCGs) have several potential advantages compared with conventional generators. However, SCGs also have characteristics that degrade their stability when connected to the power system. Therefore, an important aspect of the design of superconducting generators concerns stability following a major system disturbance. The extremely long field winding time constant and the shielding effect of the rotor screens make the d...

In developing societies, citizens often accuse government of incompetence, which government denies. Dr. Omojola brought the press in, to show how it contributed to the progress of Lagos, one of Nigeria's 36 states. Press performance was impressive generally, including the promotion of civic vitality, but became unimpressive in some specific terms. Published pictures did not reveal any noticeable socio-economic advantage. Two of the evaluated m...

Dictation is the process of converting language from spoken format to written format. This process is usually carried out manually, that is, a human being listens to speech and then either handwrites or types the equivalent text. Dictation systems are computer based automatic speech recognition systems that are meant to automate this process. Ideally, a dictation system should improve significantly on the speed of the transcription and also re...

Light is the most abundant resource within the nutrient poor waters surrounding coral reefs. Consequently, both photoacclimation and photoadaptation of the coral host and the symbiotic microalgae, Symbiodinium, play a crucial role in ensuring coral success. This thesis systematically examined responses (phenotypic and genotypic) of hermatypic corals across environmental gradients by 1) characterising variability between different isolated Symb...

Functional Electrical Stimulation can be used to help individuals with spinal cord injuries to stand. This book discusses the instrumentation required to evaluate such standing, analaysis techniques for understanding how such individuals stand and the standing behaviours of FES-assisted standing in individuals with complete spinal cord injuries. A new approach to determining the biomechanical properities of the legs is presented based upon 3D ...

The book is about the practice of manual scavenging in India which refers the daily work of manually cleaning and removing feaces from dry (non-flush) latrines across India. In India manual scavenging is a caste based occupation carried out by dalits. These communities are invariably placed at the bottom of caste hierarchy, as well as dalit sub-caste hierarchy. Refusal to perform such task leads to physical abuse and social boycott.In Indian c...

Gesundheitliche Ungleichheit existiert in unserer Gesellschaft nach wie vor. Worin aber besteht die gesundheitliche Ungleichheit und haben ärmere Menschen wirklich einen schlechteren Gesundheitszustand? Das Buch zeigt die sozioökonomischen Unterschiede im Gesundheitsverhalten auf und stellt dar, inwieweit das Gesundheitsverhalten die gesundheitliche Ungleichheit erklären kann. Das Buch diskutiert, inwiefern eine Selbstverschuldungstheorie über...