Spiritual Wellness This is a personal matter involving values and beliefs that provide a purpose in our lives. While different individuals may have different views of what spiritualism is‚ it is generally considered to be the search for meaning and purpose in human existence‚ leading one to strive for a state of harmony with oneself and others while working to balance inner needs with the rest of the world. The National Wellness Institute says spiritual wellness follows the following tenets:
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Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 23 (2013) 1–24 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Pacific-Basin Finance Journal journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/pacfin The role of the audit committee and the informativeness of accounting earnings in East Asia Tracie Woidtke a‚ Yin-Hua Yeh b‚⁎ a b Department of Finance‚ Corporate Governance Center‚ University of Tennessee‚ United States Graduate Institute of Finance‚ National Chiao Tung University‚ 1001 Ta-Hsueh Rd.‚ Hsinchu
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ESTIMATING THE RISK PREMIUM USING HISTORICAL DATA: A CASE OF THE NSE Introduction This study seeks to estimate the risk premium of a company using historical data. Analysts use historical data to estimate the risk premium of a company’s equity. This is because the historical data is readily available from the company’s financial statements and the securities exchanges for example the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya. Historical market data can be used to compute average returns and a measure
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URBAN PATTERN Settlements of any size and type can always be formally synthesized by their patterns‚ so it means pattern identify the settlements. Town houses in gridiron blocks‚ high-rise office structures‚ academic campuses‚ suburban estates‚ and highway retail sprawl are good examples. Urban form‚ then‚ is a result of the bringing together of many elements in a composite totality:the urban pattern. Patterns are the outstanding formal features of urban areas. A pattern can be defined as
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Business Horizons (2009) 52‚ 357—365 www.elsevier.com/locate/bushor Social media: The new hybrid element of the promotion mix W. Glynn Mangold a‚*‚ David J. Faulds b a b College of Business & Public Affairs‚ Murray State University‚ Murray‚ KY 42071‚ U.S.A. College of Business Administration‚ University of Louisville‚ Louisville‚ KY 40292‚ U.S.A. KEYWORDS Integrated marketing communications; Social media; Consumer-generated media; Promotion mix Abstract The emergence of Internet-based
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general. Each chapter concerns the struggles of individual Native Americans as they carve their niche in society and the sacrifices they make whilst "fitting in." Their personal trials and triumphs test them to their limits. Chapter 5‚ "Flight Patterns" is about William‚ himself a native American‚ married to a native American‚ a Spokane woman‚ but who is far removed from his culture‚ wanting to "smell only of soap and after-shave." He does not smoke or drink and is contemptuous of this stereotype
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appear. This paper will evaluate face recognition‚ identification‚ and classification on it. The second part will explain the role of concepts and categories in face recognition. The paper will evaluate the role of encoding and retrieval using long-term memory and the effects of face recognition. Finally‚ the possibly of errors can happen with race recognition. Face Recognition‚ Identification‚ and Classification Over the past decade or so face recognition has become a popular area of research
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Bloodstain pattern analysis is the interpretation of bloodstains at a crime scene in order to recreate the actions that caused the bloodshed. Blood spatter analysis can tell the distance from the source of the blood to the pattern‚ the direction from which the blood impacted‚ the speed the droplet was traveling‚ the location of the point of origin‚ and even the movement of a bleeding individual throughout the scene. There are three basic types of bloodstains. The first type of bloodstains are passive
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a person’s identity by verifying personal characteristics. Biometric devices grant users access to programs‚ systems‚ or rooms by analyzing some biometric identifier‚ such as a fingerprint or eye pattern. Two commonly used types of biometric security devices are fingerprint readers and iris recognition systems. A fingerprint reader captures the curves and indentations of a fingerprint. Fingerprint readers can be set up to perform different functions for different fingers. For example‚ the index
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individuals on the basis of their physical and behavioral attributes. It involves the verification and identification of physical traits such as fingerprints‚ facial features‚ DNA‚ palm prints‚ hand geometry‚ and iris pattern‚ as well as behavioral traits such as keystroke patterns and speech patterns/voice characteristics. Biometrics has applications across many industries and sectors‚ the Law Enforcement sector being one of them. This technology primarily helps in maintaining a database of individuals for
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