In this thesis we consider how user-generated content that is assembled by different popular Web portals can be exploited for Multilingual Information Retrieval. We define the knowledge that can be derived from such portals as Social Semantics. We present to approaches, Cross-lingual Explicit...

This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...

Girls with obesity tend to have low-self esteem than who have the ideal body so their ability to self-actualization also tend to be low and limited impaction socializing with other people and achievers. This study aims to identify the correlation of self esteem and ability to self-actualization...

In a society that emphasizes an individual's strengths and his tendency to cope with any circumstances, a person's self-esteem becomes much more important, consciously or unconsciously governing his entire life. Self-esteem is not only an important factor in terms of how it affects relationships...

„Stellen wir uns vor, an jedem Tag würde ein winzigesQuantum mehr Liebe, Vernunft, Klugheit aufscheinen.Menschen würden sich eine Spur aufmerksamerbehandeln. Liebende würden eine Nuanceliebevoller miteinander umgehen. Bürger würdensich ein winziges Stück weit kooperativer...

Steht das christliche Denken in einem Widerspruch zur (Grundkonzeption der) Sozialen Markwirtschaft, deren 60jährigen Geburtstag wir in diesem Jahr gefeiert haben? Was ist das Menschenbild in der Konzeption der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft? In einem Aufruf zum Festakt zur Erneuerung der Sozialen...

This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to valueenvironmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...

The first chapter demonstrates that although it is possible to design utility functions that behave like empirical well-being, the functional forms relying on income adaptation and social comparisons put forward in the happiness literature fail to receive empirical validation. Under the income...