This book embraces the work I carried on for a Doctor of Philosophy in Dental Sciences degree at Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia. It presents a systematic synthesis of the existing dental psychometric measures for oral health-related quality of life in old age, and appraises the validity of such measures in the light of their content and relevance, for example. It also reports on the use of written vignettes to prompt discussion of sensitive health topics among older adults gathered in focus groups. The groups were encouraged to evaluate ...

The thesis' aim is to develop a generic device driver concept for handling NOR flash memory devices in an embedded cellular phone system. This concept describes the process of designing, implementing as well as testing the software on the Philips Nexperia Cellular System Solution platform. An overview of the current flash market, today's and future meaning of NOR flash memory as well as the Nexperia environment, serves as an introduction into this area of expertise.

Heutzutage fällt in Bezug auf Mitarbeiter oftmals der Begriff der Humanressourcen oder des Humanpotentials, was darauf zurückzuführen ist, dass die Abhängigkeitsverhältnisse sich im Laufe der Zeit gewandelt haben. Die sprachliche Wandlung zeigt eine erhöhte Wertschätzung des Personals und die Anerkennung zu einem strategischen Erfolgsfaktor des Unternehmens. Das Denken über den Menschen ist eine essentielle Voraussetzung für unser soziales Leben. Damit in Verbindung steht die Frage der menschlichen Freiheit und ...

Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht den Film „Day is Done" unter folgender Fragestellung: Wie erzählt der Film „Day is Done" von Thomas Imbach mit essayistischen Mitteln von dem Konstruktionscharakter der Identität? In einer kulturwissenschaftlichen Herangehensweise werden interdisziplinäre Perspektiven in die Untersuchung der Fragestellung einbezogen. Neben dem philosophischen Ansatz einer „narrativen Identität" nach Paul Ricoeur, werden auch literaturwissenschaftliche neben filmwissenschaftlichen Ansichten als Grundlage ...

Peace has been elusive in many countries of the world. Of late, it has been noted that youths contribute immensely to violent conflict as witnessed in the MENA region of the Arab Spring.This is chiefly because the youths, especially in Africa, make up almost half of the population yet often are ignored in political matters, even those that involve them. Theories by peace practitioners across the world have helped explain why there continues to be turmoil all over the world, right across from the North to the South.Of interest is the 'Youth Bulge Theory' which ...

Archaeological literature on prehistoric agriculture is often concerned with theoretical discussion than with the archaeobotanical data that have been analyzed to steer the discussion. Many books on prehistoric agriculture focus on high-level theories, while seemingly 'smaller' questions regarding preservation, recovery, and identification of plant materials are only briefly addressed. This book discusses several technical questions with a special emphasis on the following four issues: (1) preservation conditions: what are the most common preservation conditions ...

Typically wind is very cheaper than any fuel. Import/Export is the basic need of every country which is usually done through sea where there is a large wind potential. Sky Sail is a new emerging technology by virtue of which the ship is towed by a sail. The Sky Sail System is used parallel to and for relief of the main engine, if wind conditions allow. The main engine's propulsion power remains fully available if required. This dual propulsion solution offers the flexibility required to minimize operating costs. In this book aerodynamic calculations ...

The principles which form the basis for the broad analysis of this book includes Database design methodology considered as structured approach.It uses procedures, techniques, tools, and documentation aids to support and facilitate the process of Database design. This book explores and and analyses the various methodologies with practical examples. This includes three main phases, which are conceptual, logical and physical database design. Chapter I of this book introduces the concept.Chapter II focuses on the Airport Clinic as an enterprise, ...

Los beneficios que genera una empresa dependen directamente de las habilidades comunicativas de su equipo de ventas. Podemos tener el mejor producto del mercado, pero si carecemos de vendedores competentes, muy posiblemente peligre la viabilidad de nuestra compañía. Por ello, en este breve libro explicamos las claves de la buena comunicación, con un estilo sencillo y directo. Nos adentramos en este complejo mundo, apuntando los errores más frecuentes, al tiempo que ofrecemos consejos para paliar tales fallos. Hemos incidido especialmente ...

Line extensions of existing brands are a strategy used more and more by companies to maximise the ability to reach differentiated consumer segments with minimized cost while leveraging the equity of the brand. This book tries, in the first place to examine the underlying motivations why consumers buy luxury goods, how the luxury concepts of brands are perceived by consumers and whether the consumers are able to match their own personality to that of the brand in order to portray their own image to the society- the so called self-concept congruence. These ...