management for information system purposes‚ and access control such as unlocking a vehicle or entering a secured location in a building. Examples of characteristics measured by biometric systems include: face‚ fingerprints‚ hand geometry‚ handwriting‚ iris‚ retinal‚ vein‚ and voice. When implementing a typical biometric system‚ one thing to note are five components which include a sensor‚ signal processing algorithms‚ data storage‚ matching algorithms‚ and decision processing. Biometric standards
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called The Blind Assassin. The main reasons that prompt me to recommend this novel is because The Blind Assassin is the story of two sisters‚ Iris and Laura Chase‚ who grow up in Canada in the inter-war years. Right at the beginning‚ we are told that after the end of WW2‚ when she was only 25‚ Laura committed suicide by driving her car off a bridge. Iris is telling this story many years after the fact. She is an elderly woman now. By looking back‚ she tries to understand‚ or explain the events that
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How The Skin is Involved with the Nervous System The skin is the outside covering of the body tissue‚ which protects inner cells and organs from the outside environment. The skin is the largest organ of the body and its cells are continuously replaced as they are lost to normal wear and tear. The skin has between 12 to 20 square feet in area and accounts for 12% of body weight. It is composed of 3 layers the epidermis‚ the dermis‚ and the sub cutis. The thickness of
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SENSATION AND PERCEPTION * One of the basic processes in the interaction of man and his environment that governs the reception of information. * Man must be able to sense‚ interpret‚ and respond to various events and stimulations. The study of reception and function of stimulation may be divided into two parts: * Sensation – considers the mechanism of receiving information * Perception – considers the received information and past experiences. SENSATION * Sensations that can
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and password combination. Authentication by possession is generally implemented by hardware or software tokens‚ onetime password etc. where as authentication by characteristics include biometric authentication such as fingerprint scan‚ retina scan‚ iris scan‚ handwriting pattern‚ voice etc. In recent years‚ a potential fourth factor has made an appearance on landscape: geolocation or somewhere you are. Single factor authentication is generally implemented with use id and password combination.
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Erythema multiforme a self limited acute inflammatory disorder affecting skin‚muous membrane or both was first recognized by Bateman and Bulkley in 1817. In 1846‚ a first case was reported in America as “Herpes Iris.” Later‚ in 1866 Von Hebra‚ described the features under the term “erythema exsudativum multiforme” caused due to internal or systemic origin and not local in causation. According to him the patients with Erythema multiforme should have acrally distributed typical target lesions or raised
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play was one of Shakespeare’s most popular works during his lifetime[2] and still ranks among his most-performed‚ topping the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance list since 1879.[3] It has inspired writers from Goethe and Dickens to Joyce and Murdoch‚ and has been described as "the world’s most filmed story after Cinderella".[4] It has been theorized that Hamlet is based on the legend of Amleth‚ preserved by 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum as subsequently retold
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‘The Rape of Nanking’ by Iris Chang is a well-written account of what happened in Nanking‚ the capital city of the Nationalist China‚ when it fell to the Japanese hands during 1937. It was a tragic experience for the Chinese people and also for the foreigners who helped them. It also known as ‘The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II’ since there was voluminous murder that had happened that time. Not only the rape itself that is tackled in the book but also the denial of the Japanese about what happened
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produced by light rays can be converted into electrical and chemical signals that the brain can construct into images. The sclera which holds the cornea‚ the choroid which contains the pupil‚ iris and lens; and the retina are the three layers of the eye. The different parts of the eye include: the cornea iris‚ ciliary body‚ lens retina and optic
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Scientific Name of Plants Ornamental Perennials The following is a list of the common plant names cross referenced to the scientific name of plants. The list represents some of the most popular varieties of perennial plants. The scientific names of plants is based on taxonomy‚ the science of plant classification. Each name has two parts‚ the genus and the specie. This is referred to as the binomial (two names)system founded by Linnaeus‚ a Swedish botanist. Some species will have a third name‚
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