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China's Political System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

China's Political System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book is designed to provide Congress with a perspective on the contemporary political system of China, the only Communist Party-led state in the G-20 grouping of major economies. China''s Communist Party dominates state and society in China, is committed to maintaining a permanent monopoly on power, and is intolerant of those who question its right to rule. Nonetheless, analysts consider China''s political system to be neither monolithic nor rigidly hierarchical. Jockeying among leaders and institutions representing different sets of interests is common at every level of the system. This book also provides a concise, chart- and table-based introduction to China''s political institutions and current leaders. The book is intended to assist Members and their staffs seeking to understand where political institutions or individuals fit within the broader Chinese political system and to identify which Chinese officials are responsible for specific portfolios.

DKK 722.00
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National Wildlife Refuge System - David Callihan - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

National Wildlife Refuge System - David Callihan - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

The US National Wildlife Refuge System was created by Executive Order On March 14, 1903, when President Theodore Roosevelt established the country''s first wildlife refuge on Florida''s central Atlantic coast ¨C the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). From its modest beginning on Pelican Island the Refuge System has expanded into a network of over 550 distinct units that encompasses over 95 million acres. Alaska contains approximately 76.8 million acres of refuge lands, or about 80% of the land in the total system. To accomplish its mission the Refuge System finalised a strategic plan in early 2007 that contains twelve strategic outcome goals (SOGs). These goals cover the areas of habitat and wildlife conservation, wildlife dependent recreation, law 1 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; Public Law 105 57 enforcement, fire management, welcoming and orienting visitors, wilderness management, conservation planning, infrastructure and equipment maintenance, strategic growth and organisational excellence. The Refuge System is part of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, which is managed by the Department of Interior.

DKK 534.00
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Housing Finance System in the United States - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Housing Finance System in the United States - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

When making a decision about housing, a household must choose between renting and owning. Multiple factors, such as a household''s financial status and expectations about the future, will influence the decision. Few that decide to purchase a home have the necessary savings or available financial resources to make the purchase on their own. Most need to take out a loan. A loan that uses real estate as collateral is typically referred to as a mortgage. Historically, the government has played an important role in the housing finance system providing both support to the system and regulation of it. The housing finance system has two major components: a primary market and a secondary market. Lenders make new loans in the primary market, and loans are bought and sold in the secondary market. This book provides an overview of how the housing finance system works and provides context for housing finance-related policy issues that Congress might choose to consider.

DKK 890.00
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IT-Based Project Change Management System - Low Sui Pheng - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

IT-Based Project Change Management System - Low Sui Pheng - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book presents a holistic view of the root causes, effects and controls for project changes. Principles of change management, project change management model, role of IT in project change management, and framework for developing a change management system are discussed. The book provides a better understanding of the corrective measures for reducing changes and when these should be implemented; a better understanding of application of information technology in construction and how it assists in making more informed decisions; and eventually presents an IT based project change management system (PCMS) for the effective management of changes in educational building projects.

DKK 890.00
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Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Since the world''s first juvenile court was founded in Chicago, our legal system has recognised a separate mandate to rehabilitate youth with an approach that is different than adults. Today, all 50 states and the District of Columbia and the federal government have two distinct systems for dealing with adults and juveniles, and corrections systems kept pace by developing different systems for dealing with the youth. While the majority of youth arrested for criminal acts are prosecuted in state juvenile justice systems, a significant proportion of youth are handled by adult criminal justice agencies. This book examines the issues, impacts and options facing corrections when they manage youth in the adult system, with a focus on raising awareness of these issues, and finding the best ways to curb juvenile delinquency in correctional settings.

DKK 890.00
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Another View of the Brain System - Toshifumi Kumai - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Another View of the Brain System - Toshifumi Kumai - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Our intelligent life deeply depends on the highly evolved nervous system of the brain, and the brain is one of most exciting themes in science. The authors have studied the control mechanism of the central nervous system in masticatory movements using electromyograms (EMG), electroencephalograms (EEG), and magnetoencephalograms (MEG). Much of the volume of this book is made up of descriptions of common established knowledge in neurophysiology, whereas short columns, entitled "A Different Angle", are interspersed here and there in each chapter. "A Different Angle" columns were based on students'' questions. Many readers of this book may have had questions like those described in "A Different Angle" at an early stage of their study of neuroscience, but which may have been forgotten. Everybody, including specialists in neuroscience, will be able to read and use this book to gain a better understanding of the field.

DKK 1034.00
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The CRISPR/Cas9 System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

The CRISPR/Cas9 System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This compilation focuses on the CRISPR/Cas9 system, a genome editing tool that has been hailed as the most profound molecular biology discovery in the past decade. By employing the natural process of bacterial immunity towards bacteriophages, the tool allows researchers to precisely excise and edit parts of the genetic sequence to modify them. The authors summarize the molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma, available treatments/drugs and their limitations, the landscape of CRISPR targeting hepatocellular carcinoma, limitations and potential targets in future. The closing review summarises the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in ophthalmology and focuses on the advancement of gene editing in the cornea. The majority of corneal dystrophies are the result an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern within the TGFBI gene, which presents an ideal model suited for a CRISPR/Cas9 knock out methodology.

DKK 718.00
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The Child Welfare System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Child Welfare System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical results of a study on bird''s nest parenting as a form of shared parenting. Bird''s nest parenting ensures that children have both a stable home with the continuity of their prior lifestyle and the chance to live everyday life with both parents. Next, the authors report the findings of child protection workers'' experiences with and perspectives on child engagement in the context of child protection assessment in Estonia. Child protective workers make difficult decisions that affect the everyday lives of children and their families, including removing children and dismantling families, and therefore careful and comprehensive assessment is one of the most significant challenges in the field. The closing chapter considers the connection between agency practices and environments on child outcomes such as length of time spent in foster care, placement changes, and child mental health.

DKK 624.00
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Cadmium Toxicity & the Antioxidant System - E Zoidis - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Cadmium Toxicity & the Antioxidant System - E Zoidis - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic heavy metal of increasing environmental concern due to its wide variety of adverse effects. Living organisms are exposed to Cd through the intake of food, water and contaminated air. Cadmium is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and the lungs, and is mainly accumulated in the liver and kidney where it is bound to metallothionein (MT). When Cd concentration exceeds the binding capacity of MT, the non-bound Cd causes toxicity possibly due to free radical induction and lipid peroxidation. This book emphasises how the Cd relation to the antioxidant system and other elements enhances our understanding on the role of Cd in the environment.

DKK 633.00
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Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Stomatognathic System - Kazuya Yoshida - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Stomatognathic System - Kazuya Yoshida - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Obstructive sleep apnea is a disorder characterised by repetitive, complete or partial closure of the upper airway during sleep. Many factors, including craniofacial abnormalities, influence upper airway obstruction during sleep. Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is related to different combinations of anatomical and functional aspects that produce the airway collapse in individual patients. To compensate for the craniofacial abnormalities and treat sleep apnea, there are some dental and maxillofacial surgical modalities. In this book, treatment and research of SAS are described mainly from clinical and neurophysiological aspects in the stomatognathic system.

DKK 633.00
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Developing a Biometric Exit System to Address Visitor Overstays - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Developing a Biometric Exit System to Address Visitor Overstays - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Each year, millions of visitors come to the United States legally on a temporary basis. Overstays are individuals who were admitted legally on a temporary basis but then overstayed their authorized periods of admission. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 required the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a plan to accelerate implementation of a biometric entry and exit data system that matches information provided by foreign nationals upon their arrival and departure. Since 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has tracked foreign nationals entries into the United States, and since December 2006, a biometric entry capability has been fully operational at all ports of entry. However, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has identified a range of challenges that DHS has faced in its efforts to deploy a corresponding biometric exit capability. DHSs U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is primarily responsible for implementing a biometric exit program. This book addresses DHSs efforts to review its records to identify potential overstays; the extent to which DHSs changes in its systems or processes have improved data on potential overstays and DHSs ability to report overstay rates; and the extent to which DHS has made progress toward establishing a biometric exit system.

DKK 821.00
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Building an Intelligent Assisted Instructional Design System - Jun Ming Su - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Building an Intelligent Assisted Instructional Design System - Jun Ming Su - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

With the rapid growth of Internet, E-learning systems have become more and more popular because they can enable learners to study at any time and any location, so the need of learning resources and instructional design is also increasing rapidly. Many international standards have been proposed to model the structures and guiding rules of learning activities for the purpose of sharing and reusing. However, there are still no effective models to describe complex instructional design knowledge, and the effective authoring systems of instructional design and learning content navigating sequence are also required. Moreover, without an intelligent knowledge management scheme, the huge amount of learning resources will confuse the teachers in learning activity design. It implies that how to visualise and integrate the heterogeneous instructional design and navigating sequence knowledge in a learning platform becomes an important issue. Therefore, the author proposes an Intelligent Assisted Instructional Design System (IAIDS), which is an instructional design expert system consisting of Knowledge Representation (KR) module to model the instructional design graphically, knowledge acquisition (KA) module to assist teachers to edit instructional design and navigating sequence efficiently, Knowledge Management (KM) module to support teachers to manage and retrieve learning contents in repositories, and Knowledge Inference (KI) module to display the learning activity in a portable and modifiable platform.

DKK 514.00
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Prison System & its Effects - Antony Taylor - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Prison System & its Effects - Antony Taylor - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

To an Antipodean, this book is at first a fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming to these shores. However, this book is not only a history: it is also an exploration of more complex managerial and social issues concerning crime and its treatment, including the interweaving of different penal policies that have brought us to where we are now. In this revised and enlarged edition, it draws on the reactions of many people imprisoned for reasons other than their criminality. By doing that it throws fresh light on the reactions of mankind in general to the loss of liberty. As a result, it raises psychological issues of isolation in all kinds of confinement, captivity, and deprivation that will appeal to everyone who is trying to grapple with the administrative, clinical, legal, and moral problems they create.

DKK 1034.00
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Transforming the Security Classification System & Improving Declassification - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Transforming the Security Classification System & Improving Declassification - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

A democratic society is grounded on the informed participation of the citizenry, which in turn requires access to Government information. If officials are to be accountable for their actions and decisions, secrecy must be kept to the minimum necessary to meet legitimate national security considerations. An open documentary record of official decisions is essential to educate and inform the public and enable it to assess the policies of its elected leaders. While agencies need to modernise and improve overall records management performance, classified records pertaining to our nation''s security demand particular attention. Current practices for handling classification, declassification, and management of these records are outmoded, unsustainable, and keep too much information from the public. This book takes a look at transforming the security classification system and improving declassification efforts across government agencies.

DKK 890.00
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Sustaining the Global Positioning System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sustaining the Global Positioning System - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book explores the significant challenges in sustaining and upgrading The Global Positioning System (GPS). The GPS provides positioning, navigation, and timing data to users world-wide, and has become essential to U.S. national security and a key tool in an expanding array of public service and commercial applications at home and abroad. GPS is integrated into nearly every facet of U.S. military operations, and the number of civil users is increasing. Other countries are now developing their own independent global navigation satellite systems that could offer capabilities that are comparable, if not superior to GPS. The U.S. government, which plans to invest more than $5.8 billion from 2009 through 2013 in the GPS space and ground control segments currently under development, provides GPS service free of charge. The Department of Defense (DoD) develops and operates GPS, and an interdepartmental committee manages the U.S. space-based positioning, navigation and timing infrastructure, which includes GPS. This book looks at the global economic and national security importance of GPS, the ongoing GPS modernisation effort and the international efforts to develop new systems.

DKK 633.00
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Army's Future Combat System Program - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Army's Future Combat System Program - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book provides information on the issue of the capabilities and affordability of the FCS program. The Future Combat System (FCS) is the U.S. Army''s multi-year, multi-billion dollar program at the heart of the Army''s transformation efforts. It is the Army''s major research, development, and acquisition program consisting of 14 manned and unmanned systems tied together by an extensive communications and information network. The FCS program exists in a dynamic national security environment which could significantly influence the program''s outcome. The primary issues presented to 110th Congress are the capabilities and affordability of the FCS program, and the likelihood, given a myriad of factors, that the Army will be able to field its first FCS-equipped brigade by 2014 and eventually field up to 15 FCS-equipped brigades. This book will address a variety of issues including the program''s timeline, budget, program management issues, current program developmental progress and challenges, and FCS''s relevance in the current and potential future security environments.

DKK 890.00
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Advanced System for Automatically Detecting Faults Occurring in Bearings - Jacko C Leung - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Advanced System for Automatically Detecting Faults Occurring in Bearings - Jacko C Leung - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Maintenance is essential in all kinds of machinery. In order to prevent long-term breakdown or catastrophic failure, faults should be detected at their incipient stage. Bearing faults are the most frequent cause of failures of machinery. Most of the faults occurring in bearings will introduce impact-like vibration signals when bearings are rotating. Such impacts behave like damped oscillations and can be detected using accelerometers. This book introduces an automatic, effective but simpler-to-use system for bearing fault diagnosis so that the industry can use its equipment without the need of hiring experts.

DKK 633.00
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Insulin Receptor Substrate Signaling in the Central Nervous System - Markus Schubert - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Insulin Receptor Substrate Signaling in the Central Nervous System - Markus Schubert - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Recent advance in molecular biology revealed new insights into the function of insulin receptor signalling and insulin receptor substrate (IRS) protein mediated signals in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo. The IRS proteins mediate mainly intracellular effects of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) and the insulin receptor (IR). The functions of IRS proteins in peripheral tissues like muscle, liver, pancreas and fat have been characterised in detail. This book examines why IRS signalling is not only critical during brain development, but also for reproduction, energy homeostasis, ageing and possibly for neurodegenerative diseases in humans.

DKK 534.00
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National Animal Identification System - Government Accountabilty Office - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

National Animal Identification System - Government Accountabilty Office - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Livestock production contributed nearly $123 billion to the U.S. economy in 2006. In response to concerns about animal disease outbreaks, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced in December 2003 that it would implement a nation-wide program -- later named the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)-to help producers and animal health officials respond quickly and effectively to animal disease events in the United States. In this context, the author determined (1) how effectively USDA is implementing NAIS and, specifically, the key issues identified by livestock industry groups, market operators, state officials, and others; (2) how USDA has distributed co-operative agreement funds to help states and industry prepare for NAIS and evaluated the agreements'' results; and (3) what USDA and others estimate are the costs for USDA, states, and industry to implement NAIS. In conducting its work, the authors reviewed USDA documents; interviewed agency, industry, and state officials; and consulted 32 animal identification (ID) experts.this is an edited and excerpted edition.

DKK 514.00
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Gas Closed System Cycles - Chih Wu - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Gas Closed System Cycles - Chih Wu - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Heat engines that use gases as the working fluid in a closed system model were discussed in this book. Otto cycle, Diesel, Miller, and Dual cycle are internal combustion engines. Stirling cycle is an external combustion engine. The Otto cycle is a spark-ignition reciprocating engine made of an isentropic compression process, a constant volume combustion process, an isentropic expansion process, and a constant volume cooling process. The thermal efficiency of the Otto cycle depends on its compression ratio. The compression ratio is defined as r=Vmax/Vmin. The Otto cycle efficiency is limited by the compression ratio because of the engine knock problem. The Diesel cycle is a compression-ignition reciprocating engine made of an isentropic compression process, a constant pressure combustion process, an isentropic expansion process, and a constant volume cooling process. The thermal efficiency of the Otto cycle depends on its compression ratio and cut-off ratio. The compression ratio is defined as r=Vmax/Vmin. The cut-off ratio is defined as rcutoff=Vcombustion off/Vmin. The Dual cycle involves two heat addition processes, one at constant volume and one at constant pressure. It behaves more like an actual cycle than either Otto or Diesel cycle. The Lenoir cycle was the first commercially successful internal combustion engine. The Stirling cycle and Wicks cycle are attempt to achieve the Carnot efficiency. The Miller cycle uses variable valve timing for compression ratio control to improve the performance of internal combustion engines.

DKK 534.00
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Mannose-Binding Lectin in the Innate Immune System - Angelica B W Boldt - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mannose-Binding Lectin in the Innate Immune System - Angelica B W Boldt - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) is a plasma protein with an important role in the innate immune system. MBL recognises pathogens through carbohydrate structures present on the surface of a range of pathogenic organisms including viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoans. These structures may be referred to as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). After binding to PAMPs, MBL promotes C1- and antibody-independent activation of complement, leading to complement-mediated killing and/or phagocytosis. MBL is also known to modulate the secretion of cytokines from macrophages and to mediate the clearance of apoptotic cells as such playing a role in the inflammatory response. This book summarises the actual understanding of human MBL biology and introduces the general aspects of the structure, function and genetics of MBL, as well as an analysis of the role of MBL in the predisposition to clinically relevant diseases.

DKK 445.00
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Exact Treatment of Finite-Dimensional & Infinite-Dimensional Quantum Systems - Tomislav P Zivkovic - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

Exact Treatment of Finite-Dimensional & Infinite-Dimensional Quantum Systems - Tomislav P Zivkovic - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

There are very few quantum systems that can be solved exactly. In most cases, one has to use some approximate method. One of the most important approximate methods is perturbation expansion. The main idea of this method is simple: if one knows the solution of some parent system, one can find the solution of the "perturbed" system. It is assumed that the system does not differ from the parent system very much, in which case "perturbation" is small. Next one expresses eigenvalues and eigenstates of the perturbed systems as a power series expansion in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenstates of the parent system. Hence in order to obtain the solution of the perturbed system, one has to know the solution of the parent system. This book offers examples and solutions to this fascinating topic.

DKK 890.00
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