by a smart phone to determine prompt situations in a smart home environment. While context-aware systems use temporal and environmental information to determine context‚ we additionally use ambulatory information from accelerometer data of a phone which also acts as a mobile prompting device. A pilot study with healthy young adults is conducted to examine the feasibility of using a smart phone interface for prompt delivery during activity completion in a smart home environment. Keywords: context-aware
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their full potential. Brain based learning does that. Brain based learning focuses on strategies based on principles derived from an understanding of the brain (Jensen‚ 2008). The human brain is the most complex organ we have. We have been studying it extensively for years and still are not sure about everything the brain does. What we do know is that‚ in regards to learning‚ the brain is poorly designed for formal instruction (Jensen‚ 2008). Incorporating brain-based learning strategies into the
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What is a knowledge-based system? A system which is built around a knowledge base. i.e. a collection of knowledge‚ taken from a human‚ and stored in such a way that the system can reason with it. Example: System: What is the patient’s name? User: George Smith System: What is the patient’s age? User: 52 years System: Is the patient male or female? User: Male System: What are the symptoms? User: Headache dizziness upset stomach high fever System: When did these symptoms first appear? User:
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Analysis of the article Operations-based Strategy by Hayes and Upton. This article explains how operations-based strategy can be used to attack or defend competition. There are examples of companies that successfully used an operations strategy to beat competition and also companies who failed to use an strategy and were attacked by their competition. It must be noted that these strategies are hard to formulate and companies do not come up with these strategies overnight. Instead‚ these strategies
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Running head: Evidence-Based Policing 1 Evidence-Based Policing Strayer University CRJ100 008016 January 27‚ 2010 Evidence-Based Policing Abstract This paper explores the subject of evidence-based policing. I will try to explain some advantages and disadvantages of evidence-based policing. I will also give two examples of evidence-based policing and summarize the impact of the studies. - Evidence-Based Policing The police work of fighting crime is not on easy tack and requires
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The main ethical problem facing Abraham is his willingness to kill his son‚ Isaac. This problem results from the lack of insight about Abrahams emotions. Kierkegaard addresses this problem by comparing him to a tragic hero and a murderer. Although he does not fit either category completely‚ his actions fall into both categories. According to Kierkegaard a tragic hero “gives up the certain for still more certain and the eye of the beholder rests upon him confidently.” Unlike the tragic hero‚ Abraham
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preferences for technology based interventions varies by gender. The hypothesis was that gender would play a significant role in a persons attitude towards technology .The study had two goals‚ the first was to analyze whether demographic factors correlated differentially with a patient’s preference for intervention for males and females‚ and the second was to examine whether the influence of gender played a role in a persons preferences for and concerns about technology. The research showed that women were
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Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 29– No.8‚ September 2011 Analysis on DNA based Cryptography to Secure Data Transmission S.Jeevidha Dept. of CSE Pondicherry University Pondicherry‚ India Dr.M.S.Saleem Basha Asst Professor‚ Dept. of CSE Pondicherry University Pondicherry‚ India Dr.P.Dhavachelvan Professor‚ Dept. of CSE Pondicherry University Pondicherry‚ India ABSTRACT The biological research in the field of information technology paves the exploitation of storing capabilities
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Navigate * Activity-Based Costing (Encyclopedia of Management) * Activity-Based Costing (Encyclopedia of Small Business) Activity-Based Costing * Print * PDF * Cite * Activity-based costing (ABC) is an accounting method that allows businesses to gather data about their operating costs. Costs are assigned to specific activitiesuch as planning‚ engineering‚ or manufacturingnd then the activities are associated with different products or services. In this way‚ the
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Chapter 4-1 Activity-Based Costing Managerial Accounting Fifth Edition Weygandt Kimmel Kieso Chapter 4-2 study objectives Chapter 4-3 1. Recognize the difference between traditional costing and activity-based costing. 2. Identify the steps in the development of an activity-based costing system. 3. Know how companies identify the activity cost pools used in activity-based costing. 4. Know how companies identify and use cost drivers in activitybased costing. 5. Understand the benefits
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