Main Branches of Philosophy Metaphysics The name ’Metaphysics’ is derived from the Greek words ’Meta’‚ which means beyond or after‚ and ’Physika’‚ which means physics. It is that branch of philosophy which goes beyond the realms of science. It is concerned with answering the questions about identity and the world. It questions the existence of spiritual beings‚ nature of universe‚ life after death‚ etc. Aristotle‚ one of the most well-known philosophers‚ acknowledged Thales as the first
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SA Analysis and Design Software Architecture (707.023) Denis Helic KMI‚ TU Graz Oct 19‚ 2011 Denis Helic (KMI‚ TU Graz) SA Analysis and Design Oct 19‚ 2011 1 / 78 Outline 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Development Process Requirements Quality Attributes Runtime QA Non-runtime QA Requirements Analysis: Example Architectural Analysis & Design Architectural Views Denis Helic (KMI‚ TU Graz) SA Analysis and Design Oct 19‚ 2011 2 / 78 Development Process Methodology Different
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The artist uses an analogous color scheme of blues‚ greens‚ and yellows to paint this piece. The focal point of the painting is the nude male figure sitting on a cluster of boulders in the right hand side of the composition. Behind him‚ stand two large‚ yellow and blue trees. On the left hand side of the composition‚ another boulder and one more tree occupy the remaining space in the foreground. The middle ground
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Gothic Art is concerned with the painting‚ sculpture‚ architecture‚ and music characteristic of the second of two great international eras that flourished in western and central Europe during the Middle Ages. Architecture was the most important and original art form during the Gothic period. The principal structural characteristics of Gothic architecture arose out of medieval masons’ efforts to solve the problems associated with supporting heavy masonry ceiling vaults over wide spans. The problem
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the OC-AHPPSO cluster constructor are‚ criteria computation‚ relative weights estimator and cluster-head nodes’ selector. In the criteria computation module‚ criteria such as the Energy‚ coverage Area‚ Mobility‚ QoS are considered for computation. Each node computes its criteria components‚ and then periodically broadcasts the MEMB messages to identify its neighbors. Each node sends the MEMB packets to receive the criteria components of its neighbors. Each node stores its own criteria components‚ and
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THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF MBNQA DENIS LEONARD Introduction The success of The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) Criteria for Performance Excellence has certainly created debate since it was established in 1987. 1 It was created to stimulate quality and improvement‚ recognize achievement‚ establish criteria to be used to evaluate improvement and make available information on award winning companies for others that wish to learn about quality. 2 After 17 years‚ 1063 applicants‚ 59 award
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QUALITY AND ETHICS Corporate Social Responsibility by Denis Leonard and Rodney McAdam B usiness scandals involving high profile organizations such as Enron and WorldCom have rocked the corporate world and be-come front-page news. This has shaken consumer confidence in both business leaders and the economy‚ creating concern about In 50 Words Or Less • Recent scandals may be awakening corporate America to its social responsibilities. • Quality has a foundation in ethics through the teachings
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Alexander the Great’s conquest of Egypt in 332 BCE (Dutton‚ et.al‚ 2014). The dynasties were as follows: Old Kingdom‚ Middle Kingdom‚ and New Kingdom (Dutton‚ et.al‚ 2014). The dynasties were divided and had different beliefs. King Amenhotep was pushing for the people to believe in one god‚ but the Egyptians felt that it was important to believe in the polytheist’s side. The gods were as follows; Beetles‚ reptiles‚ mammals‚ plants‚ and stars (Dutton‚ et.al‚ 2014). The Egyptians came together to create
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mining software tools provide these two techniques but few of them satisfy business needs. There are many criteria and factors to choose the most appropriate software for a particular organization. This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis for three popular data mining software tools‚ which are SAS® Enterprise Miner‚ SPSS Clementine‚ and IBM DB2® Intelligent Miner based on four main criteria‚ which are performance‚ functionality‚ usability‚ and auxiliary Task Support. Keywords: Data mining‚ classification
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paper‚ supplier selection was considered as a multi criteria decision problem. A model aiming the usage of analytic network process (ANP) in supplier selection is developed owning to the evaluation of the relations between supplier selection criterias in a feedback systematic. The proposed model is implemented in a company of electronic. Ó 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Keywords: Supplier selection; Analytic network process; Multi criteria decision making; Purchasing 1. Introduction Purchasing
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