One of the most controversial topics in education is the concept of standardized testing. Standardized testing has been around a long time and is used in many other ways besides in schools. Standardized testing can be used when getting a drivers license‚ or even to get a job. It first came about in 1917‚ when it was used as a mean of assessing militant recruits. During this time it was able to test young men quickly and enter them into the military based on their level of intelligence. Standardized
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Sir Elwin Fernandez Background of the Study People nowadays‚ rely on factory made or ready-to-use products. Even if they spend a lot‚ it is alright for them because it is more easy to buy than to make one. Just like air fresheners. Air freshener is one of the important things that you should always have at home. We need this to eliminate bad odours coming from garbage‚ fishy foods‚ and etc. Disregarding the fact that it is expensive and its bad smell that can make us dizzy
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43 Int. J. Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems‚ Vol. n‚ No. m‚ 2008 Commonsense Knowledge‚ Ontology and Ordinary Language Walid S. Saba American Institutes for Research‚ 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street‚ NW‚ Washington‚ DC 20007 USA E-mail: wsaba@air.org Abstract: Over two decades ago a “quite revolution” overwhelmingly replaced knowledgebased approaches in natural language processing (NLP) by quantitative (e.g.‚ statistical‚ corpus-based‚ machine learning) methods. Although it is our firm
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animals and their rights‚ there is a definite line between our needs and our taking advantage of those species that we consider inferior. As long as man has existed he has been carnivorous‚ and the same holds true for many other species of animals. Animals are a necessity to humans for survival‚ whether it be for food‚ clothing‚ etc. However‚ the unnecessary torture of animals through testing is not a necessity for human survival. When it comes to the needless torture of animals that we claim to benefit
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enzyme? What happens when this enzyme meets up with its substrate? The enzyme represents the weapon that the secondary antibodies (police) utilize to kill the antigen (foreign object). 3. What does it mean if a disease can be detected in samples from one person at a dilution of 1/5 and in another patient at a dilution of 1/100? 4. Describe a situation that illustrates why it is a good idea to complete the ELISA assay in triplicate. 5. Why do you think college students living in dorms are often
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In one year‚ America will have exhausted 80% of her petroleum reserves. Will we then go to war with the Arabs for the privilege of driving our cars? Will we strip-mine our land for coal and poison the air we breathe to drive our autos an additional 100 years? Will we raze our forests for our energy needs? I certainly hope our country will never come to those conclusions. However‚ someone must make a conclusion hopefully toward an alternate fuel source. The fuel source I would propose is biomass
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Technology has given humans numerous advantages. One advantage‚ in particular‚ is the improvement in the way we think that results in a change in the way we learn. Although this advantage is very helpful in today’s world‚ there is a downside in its effect on the environment and our future. When militaries started occupying land‚ they began to enforce their own culture upon that land. This included using the military’s technology to advance civilization. Even though technology has made significant
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ISCG 8046 CLOUD COMPUTING By Samad Kolahi TESTING THE CLOUD Submitted By Sivaram Prasad ID:1427992 ABSTRACT: The software industry has been continuously facing challenges in supplying more sophisticated‚ Reliable products and computational services in a faster and more reliable way. With the development of technology our needs also developed and Data size is enormously growing from Kilo to Mega‚ Giga and
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Research Paper: The Evolution of Alternative Rock a. Introduction/Overview A phrase coined by many emerging bands in the early 1980’s‚ ‘alternative rock’ has become an increasingly more popular term used to describe artists that try to be innately different‚ yet veer away from the establishment and wish only to play the music they want to play without “selling out”. While it isn’t as concentrated or specific as other genres like hip hop or classical music‚ alternative music encompasses a wide variety
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Factors to be Consider in Choosing Smartphone Network * One important factor many people consider when purchasing a mobile phone is the network on which it is available. Network coverage and no dropped calls is an important concern for most customers. Which network was favored also takes into consideration the availability of a family plan‚ payment options‚ free in-network calling and many other factors. Overall‚ the network a phone is available on is an important factor in a consumer’s final
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