1520 2007 IRMA International Conference RFID Adoption: Issues and Challenges Eric W. T. Ngai‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ PR China; E-mail: mswtngai@inet.polyu.edu.hk Angappa Gunasekaran‚ University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth‚ USA; E-mail: agunasekaran@umassd.edu IntRoDuCtIon Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an emerging technology that has been increasingly used in logistics and supply chain management in recent years‚ particularly in the US and Europe. World’s largest
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What factors of transracial adoption can affect the child’s emotional development? According to the recent findings of the NHIS (National Health Interview Survey)‚ 8% of adoptions are transracial adoptions‚ and from this 8%‚ only 1% of the adoptees are adopted by white women. Even though this percentage isn’t quite huge the amount of effect it has upon the child is severe in some cases. Transracial adoption is when parents decide to adopt a child of a different race‚ either when a white family
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of…………………………………………. Resident of…………………………………………………………….having his permanent address/correspondence address at……………………… Pan Card No. ……………………………….‚ Tel No………………………………….hereinafter called the Second Party of the other Part. WHEREAS a programme for the adoption of animals/birds has been launched by the First Party and under the said programme any animal or bird housed in the aforementioned Zoological Park may be adopted by corporate houses or individuals. AND WHEREAS this said programme has been initiated
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deserve good loving homes. Half a million children live in foster homes today and 100‚000 are in critical need of adoption‚ according to information from the Child Welfare League of America (Rosario‚ 2006‚ p.16). Multitudes of needy children are still without parents because of misguided public opinion and unconstitutional unrealistic "faith based" ignorant bans against gay adoptions like the ones in Florida‚ Mississippi‚ and Utah (Mallon‚ 2007‚ p.12). It is believed that homosexuality is gained
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Dogs as Pets It has been 33‚000 years since the dog became the first animal to be domesticated. It has been the most widely kept working‚ hunting‚ and pet animal in human history. There are over 490 breeds of dogs in the world. Many of these dogs can be great loyal companions for your family. In my family‚ we have a Greyhound and an Akita. Greyhounds are medium size dogs with very short‚ easy to maintain hair. They have a long-head‚ an elongated snout‚ and are muscular built. They have a large
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Evaluate how TWO speeches you have studied employ rhetorical devices to represent visionary ideas Powerful speeches affirm universal values which remain prevalent in human nature’s aspiration to productively approach the future. Noel Pearson’s speech “An Australian history for us all” (1996) and Anwar Sadat’s “Statement to the Knesset” (1977)‚ through effective use of rhetorical devices‚ creates textual integrity to explore visionary ideas: establishing the need for change by examining “the past
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Gym Pet Peeves If you’re a fitness freak like me or spend countless hours in the gym rather than your own home you know what goes on wants you step a foot in the gym. But at one point or another we’ve all seen nasty‚ irritating‚ and confusing behavior by others at a gym or reaction center. Like for instance it are giant puddles of sweat left on machines‚ a meathead hoarding dumbbells in a packed weight room‚ or that one old man or women nude in the locker room. Nevertheless‚ for some people common
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The Influence of Pet Ownership in Loneliness The idea of owning pets becomes widely spread nowadays as pets are promoted as being beneficial to health and companionship. The article “The Impact of Pets on Human Health and Psychological Well-Being: Fact‚ Fiction‚ or Hyopothesis?” by Harold Herzog considers evidence of whether pets contribute to owners’ psychological and physical health. While mentioning “pet effect”‚ the author discusses the advantages of owning pets as providing owners a sense
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Imagine that you are a soft and adorable guinea pig that was born in a pet store from your captured parents. There‚ shoppers are banging on the cage window‚ trying to wake you up and see you running on your hamster wheel‚ and are screaming “Look! Cute piggy!” When you are purchased‚ you are transported to a tight‚ compact cage‚ believing that you will finally have some peace and quiet‚ but instead‚ every day you must endure even more despicable kindergartners. Now‚ when you were busy imagining that
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Why do people have pets? Animals didn’t start out as pets. Humans used animals for the services they provided. Pets like dogs were found to be efficient hunting partners and offered protection to human pack members‚ they were later trained to help humans herd and manage livestock. Pets serve humans at home - they still work with livestock‚ hunt and offer protection. Many have also been trained to assist people with disabilities. They are the eyes for the blind‚ the ears for the deaf‚ the arms
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