Truth Discovery with Multiple Conflicting Information Providers on the Web ∗ ∗ Xiaoxin Yin UIUC xyin1@cs.uiuc.edu Jiawei Han UIUC hanj@cs.uiuc.edu ABSTRACT Philip S. Yu IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center psyu@us.ibm.com of information on the web. Even worse‚ different web sites often provide conflicting information‚ as shown below. The world-wide web has become the most important information source for most of us. Unfortunately‚ there is no guarantee for the correctness of information
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Jolanta Solecka* Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds‚ National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene‚ 00-791 Warsaw‚ Poland Received 14 March 2013; Accepted 10 May 2013 Abstract: Bacterial resistance to commonly used antibiotics is constantly increasing. Bacteria particularly dangerous for human life are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus‚ vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and fluoroquinolone-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Hence‚ there is
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BUFFER STOCK SCHEMES The prices of agricultural products such as wheat‚ cotton‚ cocoa‚ tea and coffee tend to fluctuate more than prices of manufactured products and services. This is largely due to the volatility in the market supply of agricultural products coupled with the fact that demand and supply are price inelastic. Products with unstable conditions of supply and demand will experience price fluctuations. Agricultural (farm) prices tend to be volatile because: Supply changes because
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THE INTERNAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT Purpose To conduct independent‚ objective assurance and consulting activities created to add value and improve the operation of Newlands Networks Corporation via systematic‚ disciplined approach to assess and improve the capability of risk management‚ control‚ and governance practices. Slide #1 Speaker’s notes The role and significance on internal auditing has grown extremely and the____ expectations continue to enlarge. Internal audit tasks have an extensive authority_
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Audit Proposal Brenda Pina‚ Rachel Foster‚ Maria Kight‚ Christine Twiford‚ and Clorissa Willie ACC/542 July 14‚ 2014 Professor Thomas Cappels Audit Proposal There are many different types of audits including internal‚ external‚ and information technology. Companies should be familiar with the types of audits that may possibly be used on an Accounting Information System (AIS). Knowing the different types of audits and where they are used will help a company be ready for an audit and make
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Civil Procedure v. Criminal Procedure Nathan McNeil ENC 1102 34 Week 11 Individual Work Civil Procedure v. Criminal Procedure Civil procedure relates to the process where two parties bring a case to the court for a decision on a particular problem. These problems can include but are not limited to divorces‚ estate distribution‚ work men’s comp.‚ injury cases‚ or even matters such as discrimination in the workplace. Criminal procedure applies to the process where the state or federal government
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MERCHANT SHIPPING ORDINANCE 1952 MERCHANT SHIPPING (CENTRAL MERCANTILE MARINE FUND) RULES 1984 In exercise of the power conferred by subsection (8) of section 467 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952‚ the Minister makes the following rules: 1. These Rules may be cited as the Merchant Shipping ( Central Mercantile Marine Fund) Rules 1984 . 2. In these Rules‚ unless the context otherwise requires- "adopted children"- (a) in relation to a seaman who does not profess the religion of Islam‚
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company has no internal audit function‚ its internal control systems is very basic. 1) The internal audit evaluates the all kinds of business and control to organization. It makes sure the organization whether compliance with the police and procedures‚ whether it meet a regulations and a criterion‚ whether use the sources effectively and economically as well as whether or not it achieves the organizations goals. But this company of AL and MO‚ they have no internal audit function. They cannot
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COMPANY WLL Corporate Office | To: Head – Procurement & StoresCC: | From : Head – Internal Audit | Report No | Date : | * Subject: Audit Report on Operations of ABCD 1234 AND COMPANY WLL. We have done general operations audit of ABCD 1234 AND company WLL from 1.11.2012 to 20.11.2012 and submitting the draft audit report below.. Executive Summary: * There is no ABC analysis of the suppliers have been done by the company ( Refer finding # 1). The Purchasing Department has not carried out
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specilSpecialised audit services SECTION 2: SPECIALISED AUDIT SERVICES 2003-04 This section of the report includes information on audits conducted over and above the regularity audits. These include the following: • Forensic audits • Performance audits • Integrated audits • Performance information reviews For an explanation of each type of audit‚ please refer to my 2003-04 Activity Report. It is important to highlight that some of the forensic and performance audits result in a report to management
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