(A) Rules-based accounting standard Rule-based systems are fairly simplistic‚ consisting of little more than a set of if-then statements‚ but provide the basis for so-called "expert systems" which are widely used in many fields. The concept of an expert system is this: the knowledge of an expert is encoded into the rule set. When exposed to the same data‚ the expert system AI will perform in a similar manner to the expert. Rule-based systems are a relatively simple model that can be adapted to
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Beyond Silicon Computing DNA Computers: Ever since scientists discovered that conventional silicon-based computers have an upper limit in terms of speed‚ they have been searching for alternate media with which to solve computational problems. That search has led us‚ among other places‚ to DNA. The advantage of DNA is that it is tiny‚ cheap‚ and can react faster than silicon. Since this fledgling field is only eight years old‚ it is difficult to guess at this stage what applications it may
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Reflection Paper #1 Topic: Neurological-Based Atypical Behavior (NBB) For my reflection paper‚ I chose to give my opinion on the NBB’s‚ short for “Neurological-Based Atypical Behaviors”. NBB is defined as a collection of deeds or the behavior of children that happen outside the usual boundaries of self control. According to Dr. Paula Cook‚ specialist in teaching students with NBB‚ about 10 percent of students cannot control what they say or do reliably. They are found
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show them the hunger statistics in the country as a reason for the claim. The clear warrant in this argument is that by donating to us‚ we can provide healthy food to those who are in a desperate position. How our project is aligned with the fact-based argumentation strategies and needs: As Everything’s an Argument (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz‚ 2011) explains‚ “Factual arguments come in many varieties‚ but they all try to establish whether something is or is not so” (p. 153).The first thing we needed
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Collection of Blood Cultures Tracy Evidence Based Practice for The Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse Abstract Proper collection of blood cultures are necessary and the most direct method of determining whether or not a patient is septic. The purpose of obtaining blood cultures is to identify and isolate the bacteria that are causing an illness and then determine the best course of treatment based on the sensitivity of the bacteria to particular antibiotics. One of the most frustrating problems
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Over the last century‚ educators have referred to a variety of theories of development and learning. Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological theory considers children’s development within the context of systems of relationships. His theory acknowledges the fact that contexts are continuously changing and that children have impact on their contexts. Another theory is Vygotsksy’s (1978) sociocultural theory‚ suggesting that children’s social and cultural contexts influence their development and learning
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Manual Annotation of Amharic News Items with Part-of-Speech Tags and its Challenges* Abstract Since September 2005‚ the Ethiopian Languages Research Center of Addis Ababa University has been engaged in a project called "The Annotation of Amharic News Documents". The project was meant to tag manually each Amharic word in its context with the most appropriate parts-of-speech. This paper presents the POS tagset developed for annotating the news documents‚ the problems
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UNIT 9 Final Essay Malcolm Johnson Kaplan University CM103-05 Professor Clay 9/1/2011 There are two primary goals of the United States corrections system. One of those goals is to punish offenders. The most common form of punishment is incarceration. There is also probation‚ house arrest‚ home electronic monitoring‚ and other less severe forms of punishment according to the crime committed. The second goal of corrections is to rehabilitate offenders. Some forms of rehabilitation can include
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would define health as eating healthy and avoiding processed food. Engaging in types of sports or physical activities. Most importantly going to our primary physician for our annual physical. In my family‚ we have several different cultural based remedies. These remedies have been passed down from my grandparents to my parents. If we have a cuts or scars we use the lemon with salt. If we have a bad cough we take a tablespoon of honey with salt to reduce phlegm. If we detect a signs of strep
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Is homosexuality biologically based? Yes‚ An individual’s sexual positioning is their unambiguous perpetual preference starting from sexual maturity when other substitutions are available (Silfe‚ 2012). Persons have their own sexual preference they choose to be with‚ no one is born to like the same sex. An indisputable fact about humanity is that every individual owes their existence to the physical union between their father and mother‚ and this reality forms the basis for the concept of family
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