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The Materials Science of Semiconductors
The Materials Science of Semiconductors serves as a general textbook on semiconductors, and discusses semiconductors in detail, from the fundamental basis for their electronic structure to engineering of alloys and the effects of defects. Written for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in the hard sciences, this book covers the materials science of semiconductors rather than focusing on electronic devices as a primary topic.
The Management of Continuous Product Development : Empirical Research in the Online Game Industry
Discusses theoretically and empirically the trade-off relationship between the frequency of product adaptation activities and the constraints on development resources, and how companies can respond to these constraints. The objective of this book is to identify effective management practices in continuous product development. With the continuation of development activities, companies are required to constantly adapt their products to changes in the external environment. In continuous product development, the development process extends beyond product release, and interaction with the external environment is not limited to the planning stage but occurs multiple times throughout the process.
The Linearization Of Affixes : Evidence From Nuu-Chah-Nulth
The linearization of syntactic constructs stands at the forefront of current research on the syntax-phonology interface. This book examines the problem of linearization from a new perspective: that of the linearization of affixes. The driving proposal of this book is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement that linguistic outputs be linearized. This hypothesis is tested against extensive original data from Nuu-chah-nulth ("Nootka"; Wakashan family), an endangered Amerindian language remarkable for its complex morphology. This volume introduces typologically rare affixation effects to current theoretical debates surrounding the division of labour between the modules of the grammar.
The Lebanese financial crisis and it’s impact on Syrian Bank
Lebanon is now facing a deep financial crisis, and commercial banks face the worse liquidity stress in the country’s history. Researches done till now do not correlate other factors to each other and to the crisis. Those factors are mainly: banking activities and decisions, compliance, political issues, economic factors, as well as crisis and “black swans”. As Macroeconomic and financial factors may combine supporting economic development and so the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations for a better and safer future for society, the significance of this study is that, by defining and analysing the fragility factors will assist to develop an effective and efficient early banking crisis warning system and developing a financial innovation framework which contributes to societies’ well-being.
The Intrinsic Aspects of the Vigorous Placebo and Nocebo Effect
Observes the physiological effects of the placebo and nocebo effects. A detailed elaboration about placebo drugs and placebo effects is presented in the theoretical part of this research, along with explaining the complicated pathways of the placebo effect‘s mechanisms. Further information about the nocebo effect is also explained with the factors that influence the degree of that effect. As for the practical research, the first procedure focused on revealing the placebo effect on opioid receptors. The first two days focused on conditioning the mice and by the third day, the results were compared to show if there was a placebo effect tendency according to the length of the response latency.
The Internationalization of Law and Legal Education
Gathers the insights of leading legal scholars from numerous jurisdictions to consider how the culture and the education of their own lawyers serve or should serve the new international reality. Law firms, law schools, universities, courts and other legal institutions must make themselves more "international" to support the national interests of their clients and governments better. This requires new attitudes, new legal rules and new forms of practical instruction. The essays collected in this volume explore the reality of legal globalization and suggest some ways in which the emerging multinational and multicultural legal order could be made more just and effective.
The Innovation Revolution in Agriculture : A Roadmap to Value Creation
This book is an important reframing of the role of innovation in agriculture. Dr. Campos and his distinguished coauthors address the need for agriculture to feed a growing global population with a reduced environmental footprint while adapting to and mitigating the effects of changing climate.
The Influence of Genetics on Contemporary Thinking
Reflects on the effects of recent discoveries in genetics on a broad range of scientific fields. In addition to neuroscience, evolutionary biology, anthropology and medicine, contributors analyze the effects of genetics on theories of health, law, epistemology and philosophy of biology.
The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases
The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases presents a summary of the background information and published research on the role of food in inhibiting the development of cardiovascular diseases. Provides insights on the origin of cardiovascular diseases, an analysis of statin therapy, their side effects, and the role of dietary intervention as an alternative solution to preventing cardiovascular diseases. It focuses on the efficacy of nutrition and statins to address inflammation and inhibit the onset of disease, while also providing nutrition information and suggested dietary interventions.
The impact of nation branding on FDI and Tourism industry In Syria
This research is concerned with the impact of the nation branding, so the nation branding Was presented as a process of creating a distinctive image of the country to consolidate The country's position in a competitive environment and improve its reputation, and to Create a positive national image that contributes to economic growth through building a National tourism brand, attracting foreign investors, and building confidence in Companies and national brands, and the promotion of exports known as the country of Origin as many countries have resources to allocate to the brand of the nation and by Presenting two main potential factors for economic growth, first the factor of the tourism Industry and the second factor is attracting foreign direct investment and its impacts on The economic, social, cultural and environmental levels of country
The Impact of Management Expenses on Company’s Profitability
The purpose of this project to determine the impact of the general and administrative expenses on a firm’s profitability that include return on assets ratio and return on equity. The data analysis was carried out on data collected between 2015 and 2020 from a sample of 120 of the company in the stock market (banks, insurance, industrial sector companies, agriculture and service). All though general and administrative expenses do not have a statistically significant effect on the return on assets ratio of the firm, they do have an effect on the return on equity ratio of the firm whereas, the lower the general and administrative expenses, the higher the return on equity ratio.
The impact of leadership behavioral integrity and trust on the employees’ organizational trust : Empirical Evidence from the private health sector in Syria
Examines the effect of leader trust and leader behavioral integrity on the employee’s organization trust. Based on the assumption that there is a direct link between leader trust and leader behavioral integrity (Independent Variables), on organization trust (Dependent Variable), we have examined the relationship between these variables. The research methodology applies a deductive quantitative approach that collects quantifiable data by using survey instrument. Sampling strategy included interviewing employees across different hospitals which makes up 84.37% of the data, and from an online form that was shared on social media platforms making 15.62% of the data.
The Impact of Food Bioactives on Health : In vitro and ex vivo models
Describes in vitro and ex vivo models that can be employed to investigate effects of digested food products on the GIT, or specific components thereof. Many such models exist and include, for example, those used to study digestion and fermentation in the small and large intestine, to investigate absorption (e.g. Ussing chamber, epithelial cell systems), and to research the immune and enteroendocrine responses (e.g. macrophages, dendritic cells, co-cultures). In each case, these respective assays and models are discussed, and tips and tricks concerning their proper use are given. The Impact of Food Bioactives on Health: In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models is an asset to researchers wishing to study the health benefits of their foods and food bioactives of interest. The book highlights which in vitro/ex vivo assays are of greatest relevance to their goals, what sort of outputs/data can be generated, and highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the various assays. It is also an important resource for under-graduate students in the ‘food and health’ arena.
The impact of changing interest rates on United States banks
Talks about previous financial crises and how they happened, then explains the negative effects of rising interest rate on the current crisis, and how it lead to the collapse of major banks in the US, and how it forced the government to raise their debt ceiling in order to contain the crisis. And explains what would be the consequences if it didn't. Finally, improves the hypothesis that rising interest rate had direct effect on the collapse of those banks and provide suggestions to solve this crisis
The impact of applying a balanced scorecard on banks’ operating efficiency
Aims to realize whether Syrian banks are implementing the balanced scorecard effectively and paying attention to its four main perspectives. Highlight the perspectives of the balanced scorecard. Find out the degree of employees' satisfaction with concern in their affairs, rights, and problems; and the degree of customer's satisfaction with the bank’s services quality provided to them. Research on the development of the strategic performance of the Syrian private banks...
The Impact of Announcements on Stock Return at Damascus Securities Exchange : An Empirical Study
Announcements represent an important source of information to investors at stock exchanges and they are the center of the tests of market efficiency at the semi-strong level. Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) extensively publish announcements on variety of topics that range from dividends to changes in boards. This study examines the effect of four types of announcements on stock returns for companies listed at DSE for the period from 2020 to 2021. The aim of this study is to find out whether there are tatistically significant abnormal Cumulative Abnormal Returns (CAR) before and after the announcement which is in essence a test for the semi-strong as well as the strong form of market efficiency of the DSE.
The Illegal Trade of Medicines on Social Media : Evaluating Situational Crime Prevention Measures
Evaluates the impact of situational crime prevention measures implemented by social media platforms to identifying, blocking, and removing content linked to illegal traded medicines. It discusses the extent of social media usage in trafficking of medicines; the ease of access; visibility of the content; language of posts; products most traded; and types of posts. Research results support the hypothesis of the limited impact of these measures, due not to a lack of effectiveness but to asymmetrical implementation.
The Handbook of Environmental Voluntary Agreements : Design, Implementation and Evaluation Issues
Represent a “third wave” of regulation in the environmental field. “Command and control” was the first wave. Its core is based on uniform emission standards, the respect of which needs to be enforced through extensive monitoring and severe sanctions. The expected cost of sanction for non-compliance, calculated as its amount multiplied for the probability to be caught, must be superior to the benefits of non-compliance, in order to let the sanction be effective. As the benefits of non-compliance can vary among firms, sanctions need to be very high in order to be effective. In fact sanctions are ordinary correlated to environmental damage and not to the benefits of non-compliance. But very high sanctions can be difficult to enforce as they appear unfair and can lead to dramatic consequences on firms and workers, up to shut-downs of plants. Ambient standards reduce these problems, but oblige the regulator to know a huge amount of information, regarding the specific contribution of each polluter to the polluted body. Information is difficult to obtain because of asymmetric information and costly to produce because it requires large and skilled regulating and enforcing organizations. Nevertheless complex regulation is the base of any environmental policy framework, as it allows the policy maker to fully exercise its power of composition of various interests in a relatively transparent way. Economic instruments were the second wave.
The Growth Hormone/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Axis during Development
Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I is a widely expressed growth factor with diverse effects on many tissues throughout development and in adult life. The purpose of this work is to provide detailed and updated information on the role of the growth hormone (GH)-IGF axis in fetal and postnatal development, as well as its physiological functions and implications in pathology.
The Greening of Architecture : A Critical History and Survey of Contemporary Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design
Offers a comprehensive critical history and analysis of the greening of architecture through accumulative reduction of negative environmental effects caused by buildings, urban designs and settlements. Describing the progressive development of green architecture from 1960 to 2010, it illustrates how it is ever evolving and ameliorated through alterations in form, technology, materials and use and it examines different places worldwide that represent a diversity of cultural and climatic contexts. The book is divided into seven chapters: with an overview of the environmental issues and the nature of green architecture in response to them, followed by an historic perspective of the pioneering evolution of green technology and architectural integration over the past five decades, and finally, providing the intransigent and culturally pervasive current examples within a wide range of geographic territories. The greening of architecture is seen as an evolutionary process that is informed by significant world events,
