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Mr. Farrukh Khan was born in the year 1960 at Karachi, in Pakistan, but spent most of the early 26 years of his life in Nigeria. He later attended Government College, Sokoto, Federal School of Arts and Sciences, Sokoto, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria and the University of Tasmania, Australia. After university training, Farrukh received specialised training at National Panasonic Video Systems Division, Osaka, Japan and at Nokia Chimera, Lahore, Pakistan. With 20 years of working experience as a professional engineer, academic, researcher and author, Farrukh now devotes much of his time to researching topics that interest him. He now works as a freelancer from his place of birth, Karachi in Pakistan. Farrukh has worked as an assistant professor at Sir Syed University, Baqai Medical University Institute of Information Technology, CAMS College in Karachi and at Preston University, where he used to teach Electronics and Advanced Computer Architecture. Farrukh is widely travelled, having visited about 50 major cities on four continents of the world, but he has never visited North America. He was lucky to have gained professional work experience in Australia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as well as the UAE.
Farrukh researches and writes about whatever he finds interesting and has produced about 370 academic writing efforts so far, aided by grants from individuals, businesses and publishers. Some of these are presented here for distribution by Lulu. You will find the offerings interesting and more will be added as they become available.
Farrukh can assist busy executives, students or your business to produce researched and written material that they may want, but cannot find the time to complete. Perhaps a publisher or an agency involved in outsourcing research under a research grant may want to have some material produced? You can email Farrukh at: farrukh.rehan.khan@googlemail.com
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Print: $19.70 Download: $12.50 Australian policymakers have long been impressed with the Northeast Asian success stories which they have chosen to see through a prism of neoclassical economic theory. The previously mentioned fact coupled with the reality of limited economic resources renders it impossible for any government to continue to stimulate demand in order to generate growth as required by the Keynesian economic approach. Thus, neoclassical thinking has become infused into Australian policymaking even though such neoclassical thinking goes contrary to traditional Australian values. However, neoclassical approaches are also not without their flaws and thus practical policymaking ought to be about ensuring that the government is driven hard to deliver that which is the best from available resources. This brief essay presents a discussion about the neoclassical and the Keynesian or the welfare state approaches to policy making and presents an examination of the impact of neoclassical approaches to policymaking in Australia.
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Print: $23.30 Download: $12.50 The business environment today is characterised by the dependence of an organisation on technology, especially the information and communication technologies. However, in addition to facing rapid change in technology, organisations are also confronted with rapid change in their business environment and complex issues that arise out of rapidly escalating prices for essential commodities, including energy and food. Thus, although the basic thrust behind organisational management is still about making profits, enhancing efficiencies and seeking competitive advantage over others by gaining markets and customers, organisational managers must now deeply study complex scenarios and technology as well as technology change to allocate organisational resources in a strategic manner. This essay presents a discussion about the impact of technology on the way in which organisations are now managed.
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Print: $95.30 Download: $50.00 Education and training have faced a number of challenges in the past decade as a result of changes in political, educational and technological trends and the teaching of the English language has also been in need of new approaches. Although the English language has been accepted as being a lingua franca for some time, new learner demand from nations that have only recently opened up to the world, such as China and the states in Eastern Europe, have added new dimensions to the teaching of English. This dissertation presents a discussion about online learning environments and the use of courses that have been developed in such environments for the training of English language teachers.
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Print: $27.80 Download: $25.00 The Gospel of Luke, like those of Matthew and Mark, is a kind of Greco-Roman biography of Jesus. In Luke, this Gospel describes the life of Jesus from his birth to his resurrection and Acts depicts the spread of Christianity. It appears that the author of the Luke-Acts was a Greek speaking Christian outside of Palestine and in the second century, the book became attributed to Luke who was a travelling companion to the apostle Paul. The most probable reason for writing the Luke-Acts was to maintain a salvation history that would assist Christians. This brief essay presents a critical discussion about the depiction of Jesus as Messiah in the Luke-Acts.
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Print: $19.70 Download: $20.00 Russia, which was the core of the former Soviet Union, has had a long and illustrious history in efforts directed towards the exploration of space. This country has had more firsts in space than any of its rivals, including the United States. The first probes to Venus and Mars, as well as the first soft landings on these planets are achievements of the Russian space program. In addition, the first interception of the moon Phobos around Mars was a Russian achievement. However, although humanity has come a long way since the first artificial satellite orbited around the earth, the vastness of space still overwhelms all those who chose to ponder on it. This essay presents a discussion about Russian space exploration efforts and questions if humanity can join in its efforts for the conquest of space to make the best of that which is available.
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Print: $19.70 Download: $18.75 Royal Dutch Shell, or Shell, is amongst the pioneers of offshore deep and ultradeep exploration and production of hydrocarbons. With operations in 110 countries and territories and a vast product range directed towards providing for transport systems, Shell has been responsible for discovering more than 8 billion barrels of oil in the past 7 years. The company strategy subscribes to the view for having more upstream to have a better downstream. However, Shell has to rely on a vast range of technologies to sustain its production and exploration operations. As projects become more challenging, the technologies become more exotic. Thus, Shell must properly manage its technology interests if it is to remain competitive and useful. This essay presents a discussion about Shell and the technology management issues that are of importance to this company.
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Print: $20.30 Download: $20.00 Caribbean literature witnessed a gradual resurgence as efforts were made by Caribbean authors to engage in contentious dialogues with the colonisers and to shape Caribbean literary aesthetics to include ideas other than those from the Victorian British. Sustained literary achievement resulted in a climax with the award of two Nobel Prizes in literature for those who hailed from this difficult to define region. The Caribbean is a complex mixture of many races, cultures, religions and traditions. This has made it difficult to fully understand the Caribbean identity, especially when European thought had been so dominant in this region. This essay presents an examination of the debates about the Caribbean identity that are apparent in Caribbean literature and the evolution of Caribbean literary aesthetics by examining selected works of Derek Walcott and Wilson Harris.
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Print: $20.40 Download: $12.50 The movement of women towards emancipation and liberation in the United States of America was a long and arduous struggle that was to last more than half a century, with many contributions and perspectives shaping the struggle. However, it was this struggle for women’s rights that was the basis of the freedom that is enjoyed by women in the United States of America today and perhaps even elsewhere. This brief essay presents a discussion about the perspectives that were contributed by Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Amelia Bloomer who were amongst the more prominent personalities of the time of struggle for women’s right in America.
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Print: $21.20 Download: $18.75 Although it is possible for a child to be born with an impairment due to a variety of reasons, the problems that can be presented as a result of a child being afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or FAS, are entirely preventable. Any caring mother should not consume alcohol during her pregnancy, because the likely punishment that may be endured by her child is far too harsh for a fleeting pleasure. Children afflicted with FAS suffer from learning difficulties as a result of damage to their central nervous system, in addition to suffering from physical defects as a result of damage due to alcohol consumed by their mothers prior to birth. This brief essay presents a discussion about FAS, its impact on students afflicted with this preventable condition and what can be done to improve the teaching of a language, such as English, to these children.
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Print: $284.00 Download: $125.00 The mental health of ethnic minorities is important in a multicultural society because it is necessary to try to understand different perspectives in order to formulate inclusive policies. It has been well established that culture has an impact on mental health and that mental health workers should have a due regard for the culture of all those that they provide professional care. Although a lot of research has been presented on various aspects of the mental health of ethnic minorities in the UK, those who have had roots in Africa have been a neglected community. The British have had a very old relationship with Nigeria, which is the most populous country in Africa, and this country was a former British colony. It has been estimated that there are now about 800,000 to 3 million people of Nigerian decent who live in the UK. This dissertation presents a study that attempts to examine the impact of culture on the mental health of the Nigerian British.
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