Bücher von Diana Starovoytova

In ancient times, even the idea of an intellectual property did not exist. Now intellectual property, becomes a crucial topic, in science, engineering, and academia. In fact, intellectual property, as any other property, can be stolen; its ¿theft¿, commonly known as ¿plagiarism¿ is a corruption of authentic scholarship and innovation. Scholastic pressure of ¿publish or perish¿ for staff, and pressure for good grades for students, have lead both into the plagiarism trap. The discoveries of the Internet and ICTs have, indeed, amplified the prospect to a scale of a colossal ¿mouse click¿ plagiarism, which currently has allegedly reached ¿epidemic proportions¿, with no professional, institutional, or geographical boundaries. The consequences of plagiarism can be damaging, for perpetrators; an-affiliated institution; a publisher; and the society at large. This book attempts to expose this multi-layer phenomenon, and most importantly, to direct on how to avoid and combat the menace. The author trusts, that this book is rather informative and, hence, useful, for any actor, involved in scientific and academic research, writing, as well as in publishing process.

Engineering has continued to remain one of the most male dominated professions in the world. Gender-balance, on the other hand, is desirable, as it brings diversity of the engineering workforce, and social equity. Equity, however, does not just mean an equal number of women and men; it means equal chances of success and career opportunities and development. The progressive and persistent problem of female imbalance in Engineering education is a complex historical, cultural, and organisational one, for which there is no single solution. This book illustrates an interesting phenomenon, which could be one of the major contributing factors to female under-representation in engineering education. This phenomenon happens when redundant stereotypical perception about Engineering and very persistent out-dated Gender stereotype meet head-to-head. Logically, in order to attract much more females into engineering, both stereotypes should be changed. Increasing female enrollment numbers in Engineering is not supposed to be an ultimate goal, as it might appear. Freedom of choice of future careers is, though, paramount. The book targets Engineers, educationalists, Feminists, policy makers, etc.

If truth be told, throughout-the-history and all-around-the-globe, cities and towns have-being-struggling to-manage the-waste, produced by their-residents. Inadequate-Waste-Management has impacted, adversely, on public-health and has caused severe-environmental-degradation. This-book exposed and analyzed the-gaps between the-Legal-foundation-to, and actual-practices-in Solid-Waste-Management (SWM). Chapter-One is addressing Global-scenario, while Chapter-Two is focused on Kenyan-context. The-book presents a-concentrated-digest (synthesized from 470 published-reference-documents), providing a-good-starting point, for readers, interested in-advanced-investigation on the-topic. The cohesive theoretical background, alongside with author¿s analytical scholarly input, hopefully provides a-credible contribution to-the-body of knowledge, on the-subject-matter, as- well-as a ¿food-for-thought¿.

Textile industry has been identified as a high risk sector, for Occupational hazards. Knowing the hazards and deficiencies, is a paramount step, on the road to their eradication or minimization. This book is a compilation of original research papers on selected occupational risks and hazards at textile manufacturing. In particular, Octrooi Aangevraagd rotary screen printing machine is the subject of the investigations. This book starts-with a Time Study of the machine operations, followed by Survey on/Analysis of: (i) Musculoskeletal Disorders; (ii) Machine Operators¿Posture via Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA); (iii) Psychosocial and Mechanical Exposure; (iv) Manual Materials Handling; (v) Pushing and Pulling; and (vi) Control of Chemical Hazards via Cleaner Production Approaches. More than 800 published documents were reviewed, providing a solid theoretical foundation for this book; in addition this book also offers a brutally honest and detailed reflection of the current printing practices,which will benefit the relevant textile industry professionals; Engineering Ergonomists; designers of textile machinery; OSH specialists,as well as textile Engineerin academia and students.

Academic cheating is a corrupt, illicit, opportunistic, and highly addictive behavior. Regardless of one¿s personal stand, whether one ignores, accepts, tolerates, or fights it; cheating is undeniably widespread and on the increase. The new era of the Internet and affordable small high-tech devices, have contributed, as never before, to the advancement and complexity of the cheating machinery. Cheating persists across class, race, gender, and national boundaries, slowly becoming the norm, rather than the exemption. It is gradually eroding and undermining the validity and reliability of exams, and overall credibility of any academic institution. This book attempts to explain this thorny multi-dimensional human behavior. To avoid the triviality, the book is based on an eclectic array of tools, including a critical review of 470 reference materials; 22 theories, 10 models, 3 supportive approaches; surveys, observations, and the author¿s close and personal experiences in dealing with exam cheating. The book, hopefully, contributes, in its small way, to the body of knowledge on exam cheating, and to the development of moral citizens and ethical professionals.

As said in sustainability circles, ¿when the Environment collapses, everything collapses¿; logically, to-preserve human existence, on our fragile planet, the Environment should be protected. Both; Education and Environment are central parts of human existence, while universities have been regarded as catalysts of change; not only educating future decision makers, but also advancing the boundaries of knowledge. As such, they have a special responsibility to exemplify best sustainable practice. Yet, there is frequently a significant disconnect (¿knowing-doing-gap¿), particularly in developing countries, as many universities are still struggling with the agenda of university ¿greening¿. This book attempts to illustrate multi-dimensional and complex nature of the existent challenge of solid waste management (SWM) in a university setup. The book also emphases that: (i) waste is a perception based subject; and (ii) ¿ecologically focused literacy¿ (a new educational paradigm, emerging around the-concepts of sustainability, holism, systematic-thinking, and complexity) is increasingly seen as a necessity, in achieving and retaining sustainability. The book targets all SWM stakeholders.

Unraveling colossal-problems, faced by the-humanity, in the 21st Century, requires both; Creativity and Innovation. In-essence, Creativity is a-mere-starting-point (ideation) for any Innovation, while Engineering-Design is the only credible-link (being disciplined, meticulous, and consistent), which enables successful-transformation from Creativity (e.g., unique-ideas) into useful-Innovations (such-as: artifacts, systems, processes, and services). This-book presents a-digest of selected-examples of Innovative Product designs, to-solve 3 conceptually-different-types of problems, such-as: (i) lack of affordable-housing (2 examples); (ii) cheating at exams via mobile-phones (3 examples); and (iii) particular-medical-condition (2 examples). The-book also exposed a so-called ¿Paradox in-Engineering-Creativity¿, where divergent and convergent-thinking do co-exist. Moreover, a-fascinating-history of Thomas Edison¿s light-bulb-invention is detailed, alongside-with current-developments in-the-field of lighting. This-work targets Engineering-faculty and students, as well-as product design-professionals and enthusiasts.