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This study was designed to establish the effect of the contributions of internal stakeholders of the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) on research projects successes or otherwise.This study assumed that all other factors for success remained constant, while only the effect of internal stakeholders was measured against project success criteria of cost, time, quality and lastly, benefits from the project to the sponsor and othe...

The book is pivoted to the usage of the 2-D Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) technique for image compression, wherein the readers will come across the development of a new and faster 2-D DCT algorithm, and its hardware implementation. It describes the evolution of VHDL codes by implementing DSP Design Architect tools from Mentor Graphics in respect of hardware chip realization. However, efforts are also made simultaneously towards the developme...

I tried to explain the development of the children¿s minds and their attitude towards learning. I tried to define the technique for teaching very young English learners, the involvement of parents, because they cannot be eliminated from the learning process, even at this level. And I tried to use the methods in my practice. I found that the lessons must be interactive and each activity must not be longer than fifteen minutes, otherwise the chi...

For learners to become competent speakers of a language, they have to learn the inventory of morphosyntactic constructions in the language and use them in pragmatically appropriate ways (mapping universal pragmatic principles onto language specific structures, selecting only those options that are syntactically possible). Taking into account that languages vary in the way discourse notions such as TOPIC and FOCUS are mapped onto syntactic stru...

Today, the urban conglomerate of Polish Silesia finds itself experimenting a worldwide phenomenon: the continuous blurring of the spatial and conceptual borders between town, city, metropolis and megalopolis, a growing mixture of spaces, activities, interrelations and connectivities that challenge the traditional -and more assessable- image of human settlement. In a crossroads of ages and geographies, Silesia becomes a political and socio-econ...

Software Product Lines (SPLs) are sets of software systems that share a common base of features and satisfy the needs of specific market segments. SPLs are developed from a common architecture and share a set of reusable artifacts (designed for a specific domain). Among the main activities in the life cycle of a SPL is the management of variations in all the artifacts that belongs to it. Particularly, the choice of programming techniques that ...

This research investigates an uncapacitated discrete location problem called maximum capture (MAXCAP) model, where the number of facilities to be opened is specified and has no capacity constraints. Revelle (1986) presented the Maximum Capture Model in which a new competing firm A seeks to locate p new stores in a spatial market where other firms, say B are already competing for clients. The objective of the new firm is to maximize its market ...

The aim of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is to kill tumor cells while at the same time protecting the surrounding tissue and organs from the damaging effect of radiation. Given the number of beams and beam directions, beam intensity optimization needs to determine beam intensity profiles that yield the best dose distribution under consideration of clinical and physical constraints. In this book, we first review existing mathemat...

With the evolving nature of the social studies curriculum within elementary schools, the time devoted to teaching core social studies subjects in the elementary grades has been severely reduced. In this critical time of education, teacher education programs need to put more effort into understanding the ideas and attitudes toward social studies education that pre-service teachers develop during their preparation courses. In "Voices from the Fi...

Starting the late 20th century, female identity development has attracted considerable attention and a large corpus of work has been produced. The effort in this book is to explore how the intertwined factors of the nature of mother-daughter connectedness, and their culture of origin influence female adolescent identity development. In an in depth cross-cultural study, mothers and daughters of two distinct cultural communities, namely, white E...

Nanofibers, which have high surface area to volume ratio and better mechanical properties, are nanomaterials that both industry and scientists have started to show great attention in the last two decades. They are used in many areas such as life and filtration sciences, sensors, and composite reinforcement etc. The purpose of this study is to electrospin polystyrene/butyl rubber blends and to investigate the effects of electrospinning paramete...

John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) was born in Yonkers, New York, and is known for his work as an author, editor, and satirist. He worked for "Life", a number of "Harper's" periodicals, and "Puck", perhaps the foremost American humour magazine of its day. In "Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream"-first published in 1907-Bangs makes light of a range of economic issues familiar to his readers-these are quite topical and all-too familiar to tod...

Plant lectins are a heterogeneous group of proteins or glycoproteins that share in common their ability to recognize and bind specific sugar residues. At present hundreds of plant lectins have been isolated and characterized with respect to their molecular structures and carbohydrate-binding specificities. Since the unique biological properties of lectins can be exploited in the investigation of numerous biochemical and cellular phenomena, int...

This rough, unpolished story, first written down in the vulgar Greek of ancient Rome's eastern traders and travelers, fixed for all subsequent generations the outline of Jesus' life and ministry. Through these words, the story of a Galilean Jew, crucified on a Roman cross, became the story of the world's Redeemer, through whom and by whom all other stories will be judged. Translated afresh by John Cunyus, The Gospel According to Mark...

As a Man Thinketh is one of the all-time bestselling and most widely read works in the new thought movement. Read the book that inspired The Secret with powerful quotes such as: "As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking." "A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts....

Explains how basic concepts of physics apply to the fundamental activities and responses of the human body. This book discusses a fundamental physics concept and relates it to the anatomy and physiology of applicable parts of the body. It covers topics such as fluids and pressure, temperature and heat, speech and hearing, and electrical behaviors.

Francis Thicke, PhD, is a scientist, an expert on sustainable agriculture, and a practicing dairy farmer. He is widely consulted for his clear explanations of the economic and ecological forces that are changing the way we produce food in the modern world. This book draws from his background as an organic dairy farmer, and as a soil scientist who has served at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. as National Program Leader fo...

141 long and short-form poems about the life of an English novelist and her daily walks with three dogs, her memories of rural England and the life of a writer.

The new ABC that will positively help to change your life for the better and help make everything in life possible and nothing impossible. The new ABC is taught primary school style, with very simple lessons and with examples showing you what you have learnt, as well as some revision articles so that you don't forget.

From one of America's most unknown authors comes a book so humorous, so vile, so inane ... it could only be a cry for help. If you're searching for a refreshing style that's a tad demented, with characters that burrow deep into your mind and never leave, you've found the right book. "Follow the Money" is a collection of ten interconnected short stories that will grab you, wrestle you to the ground and squeeze you until your funny bone snaps in...