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Dieses Buch möchte etwas ganz Alltägliches über Wasser erzählen, und es wieder in Erinnerung bringen. Wasser kommt allzu oft nur aus dem Wasserhahn, und unser zweiter Mülleimer ist die Toilette. Gedankenlosigkeit und der alltägliche Luxus, dass unser Wasser 24 Stunden, rund um die Uhr, zu nach Hause befördert wird, lässt uns leicht vergessen, dass ein Glas Wasser nicht nur eine Handbewegung am Wasserhahn ist, sondern mit unglaublich technisch...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a major driver of globalisation. As investment patterns of multinational enterprises become more and more complex, reliable and internationally comparable, FDI statistics are necessary for sound policy decision making. The OECD Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment sets the world standard for FDI statistics. It provides a single point of reference for statisticians and users on all aspect of FDI s...

Outside the Business Box: All about Sales is a book formulated with proven methods and new techniques for success to help professionals increase sales and unleash their earning potential. By empowering the reader with creative strategies to meet the challenges faced by sales people, Outside the Business Box: All about Sales could easily become a reference guide and motivational tool that no salesperson would want to be without. Arming the re...

The importance of studying the Russian market stems from several characteristics such as experiencing transition from a command to a market economy that is seen in its business networks, being the biggest emerging stock market and high potential for business. The 'command period'', where the government control all aspects of life, has caused the lack of academic research which makes this book an important addition to the body of knowledge on t...

¿ By subjecting a class of Taiwanese fictions to study in the critical framework of naturalism the author redefines an unsettling relationship between them and their Chinese as well as Japanese counterparts, further identifying some aspects of the cultural entity as belonging properly to Taiwanese literature. -------------------------- C. H. Wang, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, University of Washington, Seattle. ...... ...... .....

Personal and Professional Boundaries in Australian Social Work presents the findings of a national research project that explores how a group of social workers construct these boundaries in their daily practice. These practitioners come from diverse cultural backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait, Anglo Australian, Anglo Celtic, Jordanian, Chinese, South American and Filipino. They work in a range of rural and urban contexts and in differen...

Sowohl in der Kommunikation 'über' als auch in der Kommunikation 'von' Organisationen ist Personalisierung im Trend. Die Massenmedien geben den anonymen Organisationsgebilden ein Gesicht und feiern oder brandmarken die Führungseliten als 'Stars' oder als 'Versager'. Aber auch im Kommunikationsmanagement der Organisationen gehören Personalisierungsstrategien längst zum etablierten Muster im Wettbewerb um Aufmerksamkeit und Publikumsgunst. Diese...

The research aims to identify the effectiveness of leveraging the brand equity strategies based on interactive effects of three factors: degree of complementarities between the brand building through cause related marketing, green marketing, web blogs and social group endorsements, cognizant of branding effects on value stages of the market multipliers and judicious marketing program investment that result in a number of different customer rel...

This book aims at investigating memory-constrained security by analyzing the security of Java ME-CLDC and characterizing enforceable security policies. More precisely, the main objectives are (1) evaluating and improving the security of Java ME-CLDC and (2) characterizing memory-constrained execution monitoring, an important class of security mechanisms. We conducted a vulnerability analysis of Java ME-CLDC that revealed the presence of vulner...

Over the last few years, the presence of the Mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo has increased exponentially, launching his name beyond regional borders onto the international stage. This phenomenon parallels the growth of an awareness of the achievements of the National Network of Youth and Children''s Orchestras of Venezuela with its flagship ensemble the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra and conductor Gustavo Dudamel, championing Moncayo''s ...

Reliable radar target recognition has long been the holy grail of electromagnetic sensors. Target recognition based on the Singularity Expansion Method (SEM) which uses an electromagnetic signature in either the time or frequency domain has been studied extensively for the last few decades. In time domain, the SEM describes the late-time period of target signature as a sum of damped exponentials with Complex Natural Resonances (CNRs). These na...

In this book, we study the dynamically vulcanized nanocomposite thermoplastic elastomers (TPV nanocomposites) prepared by a three-step melt mixing process. Uncured nanocomposite thermoplastic elastomers (TPE nanocomposites) were also prepared using a one-step melt mixing method. Three types of polypropylene (PP) with different melt flow index, an ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), a maleic anhydride modified polypropylene (PPMA) as compa...

Understanding the science and management of natural resources is fundamental for sustainable development. The rates of degradation of natural resource stock coupled with the nexus between environmental change, human well-being, and disaster vulnerability call for special focus on existing national policies and international frameworks on natural resources in developing countries. This book demonstrates the interconnectedness of landcover chang...

Adults often attribute children''s declining confidence and interest in drawing to negative adult messages. Consequently teachers are reluctant to interact with children involved in art activities. Despite this view little research has been undertaken with children to explore the relationship between art confidence and messages. Therefore Rosemary Richards undertook research with 136 four- to nine-year-old New Zealand children in an early chil...

This book describes a study of power and power relations produced within the processes that surround care planning. It sets out to provide evidence for the proposition that welfare professionals and the organisations in which they are embedded set out to manufacture trust. This trust has a particular quality, as it is impersonal and therefore does not require knowledge of any individual involved. At the same time, trust serves as a commodity w...

Multiuser detection using frequency domain equalization (FDE) in space-time block coded DS-CDMA with transmit diversity is addressed in this book. The space time transmit diversity techniques, along with FDE have been shown to provide an efficient means of achieving improved bit error rate performance in frequency selective fading channels, using frequency diversity techniques. A subcarrier by subcarrier based linear MMSE-FDE is carried out fo...

Fuzzy relations are considered as softer models for expressing the strength of links between elements. Starting in early seventies, fuzzy relations have been defined, investigated, and applied in many different ways e.g., in fuzzy modeling, fuzzy diagnosis, and fuzzy control. They also have applications in fields such as Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Medicine, Economics, and Sociology. In this monograph/thesis, we aim to study fuzzy equ...

In Südamerika ist die temperamentvolle Kolumbianerin Shakira bereits seit ihrer Teenagerzeit ein Superstar. Ihren ersten Plattenvertrag unterschrieb sie mit zarten dreizehn Jahren, mit 15 nahm sie ihr zweites Album auf und spielte in einer beliebten TV-Serie ihres Heimatlandes mit. Mit gerade mal 19 Jahren stieg Shakira durch ihr drittes Album "Pies Descalzos" zur erfolgreichsten weiblichen Pop-Sängerin Südamerikas auf. Ihr vierter Longplayer ...

Becoming Fire: A Freudian Psychoanalyst's Spiritual Journey shows us how to synthesize spiritual beliefs and science, our inner lives and our work in the world. We share the journey of an ordinary person who discovers the extraordinary-faith in God-amidst the atheism of the Freudian path. We share the triumph of grace as we follow Dr. Severino through personal tragedy and loss to joy. We find inspiration for healing our mind and nurturing th...

Presented in plenty of time for the holidays, this volume contains a gathering of 30 tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas.