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As a result of massive urbanization and economic underdevelopment, housing shortages and poor housing conditions remain as a norm for major cities in developing countries. These housing crises have resulted in the emergence of squatter settlements and slum areas in and around poor countries' urban centers, further exacerbating nascent strains on quality of life. The majority developing countries' populations are too poor to afford housing cost...

The use of microchannels in order to cool modern high speed electronic circuits is one of the techniques frequently adopted in current practice. A burst of publications in this area has been observed in the last decade. However, modeling of fluid flow and heat transfer in microchannels is still an open problem. In fact, many deviations have been experimentally observed between well established correlations used for conventional normally sized ...

In recent years, with an ever increasing number of wireless services to be allocated within a limited frequency resource, much research has focused on the development of spectrally efficient transmission technologies at the physical layer. The most promising among these technologies is that of MIMO systems, which prescribe radio links with multiple antennas at both ends. A critical factor in determining the performance of a MIMO system is the ...

Growing up in Africa, then having to raise your own children in the American society brings with it some complex issues. This study, which was my dissertation research, investigated some experiences of a selected number of immigrant families of Kenyan background who were living in the U.S. The research focused on academic and cultural issues. Some of the main themes that emerged included family academic expectations, the role of the native lan...

This book discusses the practical application of numerical groundwater flow and reactive solute transport modeling of sequential biodegradation of chorinated solvents at a site in Palm Bay, FL. The dissertation presented in this book is the first multi-species numerical model calibration to a unique site with large amounts of data collected from over 200 wells over a 20 year period. The groundwater model MODFLOW and solute transport model MT3D...

Low-carbon generation has an important part to play in sustainable energy supply in the 21st century. Renewable energy technologies hold great promise to meet humanity's energy needs. A key component of this is the integration of renewable energy resources into the utility grid. Photovoltaic power production promises to be a clean, widely applicable renewable energy source available for energy production. As most of the electric power supply i...

There are different theories of phonology with different arguments and claims. Among these, Lexical Phonology and Morphology (LPM) is one. And given its interesting innovations, the claims of this theory have not been applied on Harari - an Ethio-Semitic language. This is the main objective that this study tries to deal with. To do so, it is found important first to briefly touch upon the phonological description of the language. Accordingly, ...

Dermatitis is a major health concern associated with jet fuel exposures. The initial study addressed the possible mechanism for additive interactions on hydrocarbon disposition in synthetic and biological membranes. The remaining studies focused on neat hydrocarbon absorption and toxicity in pig skin. A dose related increase in percutaneous absorption of aromatic hydrocarbons was observed. This finding focuses attention to occupational setting...

Reliable predication of corrosion initiation of rebars inside concrete is a key factor influencing life cycle evaluation of concrete structures under chloride-laden environments. Reliability of chloride threshold level (CTL) assessment mostly depends on reliable detection of corrosion initiation of rebars. It was aimed to assess the corrosion development on rebars within concrete subjected to an accelerated NaCl environment through continuous ...

This book contains a research result on an investigation of current problems facing The Science Teachers' Development and Training Centre or STDTC in Bandung, Indonesia. The research focuses on seven different aspects. They are (1) Quality of trainer's working environment, (2) The quality of science laboratory environment., (3) Correlation between the training programs provided and the science teachers needs, (4) Profiles of its trainers and t...

Current analyte extraction and preconcentration procedures consume large quantities of often toxic organic solvents. These hazardous solvents have impacts on user health and surrounding environment, and thus considered human and environmentally unfriendly. Therefore, there has been an increasing demand for developing solventless extraction approaches, rendering techniques more environmentally benign. To pursue this objective, miniaturization o...

This book intends to develop a theory of the performance of organizations and nations that takes in consideration the culture of family and society. At an organizational level, the book explains why and how the behavior and performance of a firm are a function of the family culture of the firm's founders. At a national level, the book argues that nations are exposed to cultural competition where nations of similar cultures compete against each...

This book looks into the status, role and working of the women police stations in the North-West Frontier Province, NWFP, of Pakistan and is based upon the fieldwork conducted for MPhil thesis. It sheds some light on the idea of establishment of women police stations in Pakistan and describes and discusses the data collected in two police stations in the NWFP. Women police stations staffed by only women police officers were established in Paki...

Food is indispensible in everyone's life. However, food safety problems occur in every country from time to time in the 21st century. Chemical preservatives are widely used in the food industry to keep food from contamination. Nevertheless, consumers today seek natural, safe, and healthy food rather food with many kinds of chemical compounds. Can natural ingredients be used to improve food microbiological safety? The author thus did research o...

The present book deals mainly with the phenomenon of escarpment that takes place on beaches after applied artificial replenishment schemes with marine aggregates. From geologists or coastal engineers to individuals that use the beach for recreation a cliff, at the backshore of renourishmed beaches, has been reported. This scarp is a major defect of maybe the most favourable soft engineering technique against coastal erosion nowadays. The prese...

How could a human rights organization survive in a repressive regime? This book investigates the emergence and survival of a human rights organization in the repressive Suharto regime in Indonesia. Based on extensive fieldwork soon after the fall of Suharto, this book documents the rise of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH), and its subsequent internal disputes, and its role in the emerging civil society in Indonesia. This book also proposes a new ...

Filipinos overseas constitute a diaspora, more than eight million people living and working in almost every country in the world. This phenomenon will continue and increase. What forces propel this movement? What is its direction and strength? What challenges and opportunities face Filipinos overseas? What are the implications on the countries where they work and settle? What is the impact on the Philippines as a nation and as a society? This ...

The book comprises of two main sections.The first section encompasses the development of the algorithm for the detection of different heart waves such as Q wave, Tmax and the Tend to measure the intervals such as QT, QTc, RT, QTmax and RTmax respectively. The second section deals with the analysis of different variabilities including HRV, QT, QTc, RT, QTmax and RTmax. The algorithm was validated on ten patients of five minute data segment of p...

The Western Cape province of South Africa is a water scarce area with a Mediterranean climate. The majority of rainfall occurs in the cold winter months and the area experiences hot and dry summers. Studies done to investigate various water supply and water demand management options for the City of Cape Town, concluded that the Table Mountain Group (TMG) aquifer has the potential of yielding high volumes (estimated at 70Mm3/a)of good quality w...

Recent advancements in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems have augmented research in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) capable of providing unprecedented high precision and high fidelity sensory data. Success of a deployed WSN largely depends on whether the network can provide desired sensory area coverage with acceptable network lifetime. This task becomes even more challenging if we consider the constraints of wireless sensor networks such as low...