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In this book, we consider the design of practical distributed space-time codes and power efficient fading mitigation techniques for wireless relay networks. Furthermore, the performance analysis of the wireless relay networks under different protocols and fading channels are investigated. The formulas for the symbol error rate (SER), outage probability, and diversity order of the investigated schemes are presented in fading channels. Based on ...

Ramsar sites of Nepal are reservoir of biodiversity and source of livelihood for many communities. Ramsar sites and associated biodiversity are plagued with multitude of problems caused by natural and anthropogenic factors: overuse of resources, proliferation of alien invasive species, encroachment, wildlife killing, chemical input, erosion, sedimentation, limited scientific research, lack of management planning and low level of conservation a...

This manuscript discusses the latest research that investigated the understandings and expectations of students with learning disabilities. It discusses the issues around attitudes and expectations of students who have a learning disability. Attributional responses that educators construct result in differing teacher effect, evaluative feedback and expectation of future performance. Once these understandings and expectations are embedded they ...

Research is an exposition that presents the results of a careful investigation of some chosen topic. The labour involved in constructing the research paper is justified partly by what students will learn from the material read and partly by the training that they will receive in the course of writing it. It is especially valuable because the students will become acquainted with the necessary library techniques by learning to use different sour...

Written Orders is an innovative focused study of four writers whose careers coincided with the decline of the British Empire from apogee to dissolution. Each adapts the realist novel form to reflect his personal engagement with the crisis in colonial authority and the crisis in the legitimating discourses of colonialism. Leonard Woolf, deploying a form of proto-magical realism, executes an act of imaginative compensation for the limitations of...

Batten disease is among the most severe degenerative pediatric diseases one can be confronted with. The identification of the gene responsible for this disease generated a great deal of excitement in the field. It allowed the development of novel research models that will hopefully lead to effective treatment. This book is a reader-friendly source of information on Batten disease and related disorders focusing on the most relevant research fin...

This book offers an analytical review of psychrometric processes through EES (Engineering Equation Solver). Several problems are solved using equations and the corresponding psychrometric chart. The aim is to facilitate the study of the principles of psychrometrics, in a gradual and progressive manner. As the resolution of certain parameters calls for a numerical solution, a software tool that simplifies the calculation process was developed, ...

Culture permeates all levels of society in which we live and work. It shapes the way we think and the attitudes we form - people perceive things differently. As leaders, if we do not understand the cultures in which we work, misunderstandings can easily be formed. This dissertation seeks a better understanding of how different cultures operating throughout Nokia''s Asia/Pacific region view leadership and in turn how they expect to be led. Resu...

This book focuses on the specialised field of Nurse Case Management and the need for formal training for Nurse Case Managers (NCMs). In particular, the study aimed to establish what the outcomes should be of a learning programme for practising NCMs in South Africa. I used a descriptive survey study design. Data was collected using the Delphi technique. The Delphi technique involves questionnaires to be distributed, collation of the data return...

The Mediterranean is the world's number one tourist destination and the biggest tourism region in the world. In the last 10 years Croatia and Turkey became two of the most popular Mediterranean destinations. To achieve continuous and sustainable development of tourism, three interrelated aspects should be taken into consideration: economic, social, and environmental. The main question is, in what ways tourism is contributing to the sustainable...

This study of two legal cases of sexual harassment investigates employee perceptions and organizational characteristics associated with policy and implementation procedures in two public school districts in New York State. Thirty-one employees involved in the investigative and litigation proceedings responded to interview questions and questionnaires. Both cases under study claimed that retaliation was exercised by district authorities. In one...

Wheat is the most important cereal crop in bread making because of its visco-elastic properties. However, it is a temperate cereal and not able to grow well in tropical regions such as sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. As a result, in tropical sub- Saharan Africa much of the wheat has to be imported at a premium price. Sorghum and millets are tolerant to adverse agro-climatic conditions prevalent in tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia. Ma...

The dissertation examines how consumers of Mexican American and El Salvadoran American backgrounds are influenced when it comes to both advertising and promotion in their purchase decision''s. The study highlights both the differences and similarities between two distinct Hispanic market segments. The study discusses how the English and Spanish language influences each segment in their purchase decisions for both advertising and sales promotio...

It was in 2000 that Nguyen, the author of the book, first met Pham Thi Hue, an HIV-infected mother who later became an Asian heroine. A long talk with Hue had made Nguyen a deep impression on the lives of HIV-infected women. After that, she found more chances to work with HIV-positive people. She also found out that women have become more vulnerable to HIV infection, far from what she has seen from the statistics in Vietnam that drugs are the ...

The Amazon is holder of large biodiversity and carbon stocks under pressure of land use conversion. A sustainable development in this region requires land use planning based in sustainable production alternatives, such as forestry. Therefore analyses of forest production systems are of major importance. In this book, the sustainability of plantations and natural managed forests have been analyzed. The ecological and economic sustainability of ...

Recently there has been a global concern on Persistent organic pollutants due to its negative effects on environment and human health. Despite this, very little scientific data exists from small island developing states (SIDs). Project POPS is about an investigation into a toxic cocktail of POPs chemicals that poses a threat to human population and our environment. This book looks specifically into chemicals that are present in Fiji''s abiotic...

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic polymers possessing specific recognition sites designed for a template molecule. These artificially-generated recognition sites have their shapes, sizes or functionalities complementary to the template, and are capable of rebinding the template in preference to other closely analogue. The main propose of this study is to prepare a series of the molecularly imprinted polymers based on siloxane...

Sharpley (1985) showed that the use of implicit praise for a behaviour that had previously been praised directly would have extinction effects. To replicate this, the order of the praise given (direct or implicit) was varied, with three groups within a classroom of twenty-seven children aged 7-8 years. Results do not support Sharpley (1985), however, a statistically significant increase (p < 0.05) in academic performance was produced through t...

The interaction phenomenon causes two sails (the jib and the main sail) working together in an upwind condition to produce a larger lift force than a sum of lifts generated on the sails operating alone. In spite of the fact that this phenomenon is widely known to both sailors and sail designers, its reason is still regarded arguable. The aim of this work is to use the advantages of numerical methods to provide an exhaustive description of the ...

One of the veritable problems of mankind which for ages has remained intractable is the woman-question -the nature and place of women in the design of Being, the nature of femininity and her role in the city-state. Plato came in as the first philosopher to unseat the Greek''s settled ideas and custom against women which saw them in demeaning and gruesome ways and consequently eliminated them in block from any form of public roles. For, not onl...