Chapter one 1. Introduction Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. It is endemic throughout the country with more than 90% of the total population at risk of stable endemic malaria. At least 50% of the population suffers from at least one episode of malaria each year. However children aged less than 5 years and pregnant women are among the highest at risk of infection it has been documented that malaria‚ a parasitic disease which is easily
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In Rosenhan’s study; “On Being Sane In Insane Places”‚ Rosenhan seeks to examine the validity and reliability of psychiatric diagnosis and the effects of labeling. Rosenhan also aims to find out whether; “the salient characteristics that lead to diagnoses reside in the patients themselves or in the environments and contexts in which the observers find them?” (Rosenhan‚ 1973‚ p.3) In other words‚ Rosenhan wants to test the ability of psychiatrists and other hospital staff‚ to correctly distinguish
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31 out of 50 states use the death penalty. There are so many reasons why the death penalty is backwards. Well the first thing is‚ judges can make mistakes. A little bit over 4% of people on the death row are actually innocent. How would you feel if you or a loved one was truly innocent and was on the death row? You would pray that judge would see that they weren’t guiltily before their sentence has been done. This is truly unjust for the innocent people. Even if one innocent life is taken
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I really enjoyed this week’s class because it was more hands on. In a classroom setting‚ it is sometimes hard to picture the different scenarios being lectured. Being ‘on the scene’ in the parking lot helped me see a clearer picture. Going through the motions of low-risk stops helped me‚ grasp the full concept of the risk that police officers go through every day. I was clueless about the details to officers actions pertaining to different stops. There were multiple technicalities; concerning
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Nowadays‚ the internet is a widely used instrument‚ without which the modern human might find it difficult to properly function. Every new technology has its ups and downs and the internet is no exception to this rule. Among the positive aspects related to the internet‚ one can mention the huge amount of information that can be found‚ helping the users stay informed and able to search for any type of data. The internet can also ease all kinds of daily activities that would usually be time consuming
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SEGMENTATION WITH NEURAL NETWORK B.Prasanna Rahul Radhakrishnan Valliammai Engineering College Valliammai Engineering College prakrish_2001@yahoo.com krish_rahul_1812@yahoo.com Abstract: Our paper work is on Segmentation by Neural networks. Neural networks computation offers a wide range of different algorithms for both unsupervised clustering (UC) and supervised classification (SC). In this paper we approached an algorithmic method that aims to
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New technology has changed our way of life more than ever. Since the industrial revolution in the 18th to 19th century‚ many new inventions have been produced to facilitate our living. One of them was the mobile phone. When the first one was launched in 1973 by a company called Motorola‚ a new lifestyle with many new attributes has been established. What are the benefits that it has brought to us? In my opinion‚ there are three advantages that it has: communication‚ entertainment‚ and providing benefits
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Who doesn’t have a cell phone these days? The amazing thing about cell phones is that they are no longer just used for calling or texting. They have become an indispensable multi-tool wonder. Today’s cell phone is cutting-edge technology at your fingertips. With this in mind‚ shouldstudents be permitted to use cell phones in school? I believe they should not just be permitted to use cell phones‚ they should be required to use them. Cell phones don’ t just allow students to stay connected with
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* Introduce Yourself (Name‚ Job – IC and Motivational Speaker – Student) * Introduce Better Speaker Series (10 Speeches for Enhancing our Speaking Skills) * My TM & Public Speaking Background (Member since 2009 – Public speeches in four countries since 1995 including Iran‚ United Arab Emirates‚ Canada (Toronto‚ Chatham‚ Vancouver)‚ and the United Kingdom) * The importance of body language: * Repetition: they can repeat the message the person is making verbally. * Contradiction:
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Education is one of the fundamental social institutions in every society‚ but each culture develops its own specific educational system based on its needs and values. Educational systems prepare people for careers in their society‚ indoctrinate citizens into cultural values‚ and act as a screening tool for the society to discover its best and brightest. However‚ each society has its own focus and its own means of educating its people‚ and there are no two educational systems that could be more different
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