GPS/GSM based train tracking system – utilizing mobile networks to support public transportation. Dileepa Jayakody‚ Mananu Gunawardana‚ Nipuna Wicrama Surendra‚ Dayan Gayasri Jayasekara‚ Chanaka Upendra‚ Supervisor‚ Rangana De Silva Abstract : The paper presents a solution implemented at Sri Lanka‚ to provide an intelligent train tracking and management system to improve the existing railway transport service. The solution is based on powerful combination of mobile computing‚ Global System for
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Cultural Competence: Is it necessary? What is Cultural Competence? Many different definitions of cultural competence are out there‚ but probably the most widely accepted is the following: “Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors‚ knowledge‚ attitudes‚ and policies that come together in a system‚ organization‚ or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. “Culture” refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the
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HCA-240 February 1‚ 2014 Vernon Thacker The Primary Care Physician Dilemma Today‚ the United States is facing a shortage of about 16‚000 primary care physicians and this number will continue to grow by 2025 (Amirault‚ 2014). Primary care physicians (PCPs) are the doctors who focus on overall health and offer the treatments and preventive screenings that save lives. A physician shortage is a situation in which there are not enough providers to treat all patients in need of medical care. The Association
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Tracking has also been thought to have cause some racial discriminatory against minority students based on what type of classes they are told to take. In some cases there are types of tracking to provide what is thought to be better way to prepare students for their future careers. These tracking types are either educational track which prepares high school students to go into college‚ or career track which prepares students for careers right out of high school. This way of tracking is highly controversial
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The different roles and services offered by an advertising agency An advertising agency play varied roles in terms of the contributions they make to their respective clients’ businesses. The following are the departments of an advertising agency: 1. Account Handling 2. Planning Department 3. Creative Department 4. Media Department 5. Production Department Account Handlers (Executives) They will provide day-to-day liaison with the client company and will be responsible for ensuring that the
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TITLE: Should physician-assisted suicide be legalized nationally? Central Theme: To persuade my audience that physician-assisted suicide should be an option offered to terminally ill patients. Specific Purpose: The Death with Dignity Act is working very well in Oregon. It should be available to all terminally ill United States citizens. I Introduction Attention Gaining Strategy: I would like to begin my speech with a video clip from youtube. It is a television story which includes
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Human Service Agency Interview Date: July 11‚ 2010 To: Shelley Kerr‚ LCSW From: RE: Deaconess Cross Pointe I conducted an in person interview at Deaconess Cross Pointe‚ 7200 East Indiana Street; Evansville‚ Indiana 47715. I interviewed Natalie Goffinett‚ who has achieved her Master’s Degree in Social Work‚ and counsel’s children and families at that facility. When setting the appointment to interview Ms. Goffinett‚ I offered her the option to conduct the interview either in person or over the
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Regulatory Agencies Legal Environment of Business (DEA) Drug Enforcement Agency The administrative agency we decided on was the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It was created by President Richard Nixon in 1973 through an Executive Order to establish unified command to combat. It was formed to regulate and put a stop to drug trafficking. It has nearly 5‚000 Special Agents and a budget of $2.02 billion per year. Also‚ a few more reasons on why it is formed: Manage the national drug intelligence
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paragraphs many important powers of Congress. The last paragraph in the article grants Congress the power "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers"‚ this is known as the Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause grants Congress the authority to create and enforce laws that are deemed “necessary and proper”. The draft of this clause provoked plenty controversy during the discussions
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October 2012 Physician Assisted Suicide Public opinion on suicide acceptability through a physician has become a very controversial topic in today’s world. In the following‚ six scholarly articles will be reviewed. In each article one will give their opinion to the matter of physician-assisted suicide and provide arguments to back up their claim. Most of these articles are from physicians themselves and others close to their field to give insight. Dieterle‚ J. M. (2007). Physician-assisted suicide:
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