Antioxidants have attracted immense interest of researchers because of their implied role in the protection of biological systems. Though all living organisms possess their own antioxidant defense systems, no one can disregard the importance of dietary or exogenous antioxidants as these have an important role in the prevention of a variety of diseases. Several studies have revealed that polyphenols play an important role in free radical scavenging and therefore produce various biological and pharmacological actions. Some evidence suggests that the biological ...

The book deals with some interesting topics, which are both approached from theoretic and pragmatic point of view. The first chapter focuses on the existence of guaranteed optimum strategies and on the existence of equilibrium points. The second chapter is devoted to the sequential decision problem and provides an overview on optimum behavior for the decision makers which take part in the decision process. There are analyzed optimum criteria of cautious strategic behavior, hazardous strategic behavior and the cooperative case; for each particular situation ...

This book explains the effects of the organochlorine pesticide endosulfan on two embryonic stages (days 6&12) of the chick. It provides experimental methods such as eggs incubation and treatment, histological procedures for skeleton staining and tissue preparations. The book also illustrates the morphological and skeletal descriptions of normal and abnormal chick embryos with emphases on the incidence of external and skeletal malformations following endosulfan treatments. Besides, a complete description of the histological and histopathological characteristics ...

Traffic oscillations are typical features of congested traffic flow that are characterized by recurring decelerations followed by accelerations. However, people have limited knowledge on this complex topic. In this research, 1) the impact of traffic oscillations on freeway crash occurrences has been measured using the matched case-control design. The results consistently reveal that oscillations have a more significant impact on freeway safety than the average traffic states. 2) Wavelet Transform has been adopted to locate oscillations' origins and measure ...

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Fähigkeit der Mitgliedstaaten, europäisches Recht umzusetzen. Gerade im vielschichtigen europäischen Mehrebenensystem ist eine sachgemäße Umsetzung nicht nur von unterschiedlichen Faktoren abhängig, sondern auch eine wichtige Voraussetzung für das Funktionieren der EU. Gemäß der Annahmen des Management-Ansatzes ist Non-Compliance vorrangig auf nationale Vetopositionen zurückzuführen. Das Buch beleuchtet Widersprüche in der Forschung und macht Aussagen zu den ...

Aphids or plant lice, are small, soft bodied, sucking insects that feed on plant fluids. Heavy infestations reduce plant growth. Honey dew produced by Aphids makes leaves and flowers sticky and acts as a substrate for black sooty fungus. Their tremendous damaging potential related to their high breeding capacity, polymorphism, parthenogenetic and host alteration. About 4700 aphid species are known worldwide. About 803 species/subspecies belonging to 207 genera represents Indian Aphididae. The desert area represents less number of aphids species. The green ...

La sociedad ha cambiado, las condiciones socio- políticas, el desarrollo tecnológico, la información acumulada durante años, el crecimiento de las empresas, el protagonismo del hombre y la necesidad de ser eficientes en mundo unipolar y convulso hace encontrar nuevos caminos y adaptar las teorías que anteceden a las nuevas formas de gestión. La administración de empresas ha evolucionado de forma radical, los postulados científicos desde Taylor y Fayol de inicio del siglo XX han devenido en el profundamente ...

Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war neben der Analyse der Methoden der Personalbeschaffung, die Identifikation der äußeren Einflüsse der Personalarbeit in Deutschland und in den EU-Mitgliedsländern. Der Blick auf das Bruttoinlandsprodukt der Mitgliedsstaaten verdeutlicht die wirtschaftlichen Unterschiede. Die demografische Entwicklung, als weiterer wichtiger Einflussfaktor wird ebenfalls einer näheren Betrachtung unterzogen. Hier zeigt sich, dass nicht alle Länder mit einem Rückgang der Bevölkerung rechnen müssen. Dennoch ...

Job satisfaction is broadly discussed in the context of organizational behavior. Many works perform on the job satisfaction that decreases the rate of turnover and absenteeism. Many researcher focuses on the organizational behavior have assigned broad reflection of job satisfaction of employee, organization performance and motivation. The above mention three variables are interdependent. The relations among motivation, job satisfaction and organizational performance can be observed: Sometime the employees are not motivated by the same variables. Some ...

O respeito com as características do desenvolvimento e individualidade em crianças e jovens sempre foi e será uma grande área de estudo, porém quando esta temática é transferida para o contexto do esporte de alto rendimento, ou seja, com a temática do talento esportivo ou os sistemas de identificação de novos e potenciais atletas, se é necessário ter uma reflexão sobre com estes indivíduos estão recebendo estímulos de treino compatíveis com ...