A. Blaser had presented Content-based image retrieval‚ a technique which uses visual contents to search images from large scale image databases according to users’ interests‚ has been an active and fast advancing research area since the 1990s. During the past decade‚ remarkable progress has been made in both theoretical research and system development. However‚ there remain many challenging research problems that continue to attract researchers from multiple disciplines. Before introducing the fundamental
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New Era University “Alcohol-Related Problems” By Jett S. Sison BSBA – Financial Management English 2 MW 2:30pm – 4:00pm 1 Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM ITS BACKGROUND This chapter presents the issue about people who have or doesn’t have the habit of drinking alcohols and liquors even if they are young or old. Youngsters learned to drink alcohol because of the peer pressure or maybe because of what they are watching like a drama which shows a character that drinks alcohol
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS BY TOMORI M. ADIJOLOLA lolatomori@yahoo.com BEING A PAPER PRESENTED AT: THE WORKSHOP ON PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCING ORGANISED BY: MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMETN AND CHIEFTAINCY MATTERS IN COLLABORATION WITH MESSRS WALE ADENIYI PARTNERSHIP MARCH 2009 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS 1.0 INTRODUCTION As the biggest economic recession in 70 years continues to undermine
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Project Proposal Local Government in the Russian Federation Author: Viktoria Faculty of Public Administration Research supervisor: O.Kalugina Moscow 2012 Intoduction. Abstract. The “new history” of local government in Russia dates back to the beginning of the
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distinct awards‚ the final goals for employers are that improving productivity‚ profit and service quality. Performance-related pay is a system that encourages workers and employees to increase their workforce and develop the overall performance for the company (Local Government‚ 2008). For workers‚ performance-related pay is indeed a good motivator. Using performance-related pay for workers will inspire employees to work harder and make them to more aggressive on their work. This system is not
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Chapter2 Related Literatures Foreign Literature Eugene F. Brigman‚ Fundamentals of Financial Management‚ 5th ed.‚ (Hinsdale: Holt‚ Richard and Winston Sounders College Publishing‚ 2000)‚ pp. 840-841. Companies are increasingly employing Inventory System. A computer start with an inventory counts in memory. Withdrawals are recorded by the computer as they are made‚ and the inventory balance is constantly revised. When the recorded point is reached‚ the computer automatically places an order‚ when
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1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES A fresh look at local government’s deliver obligations and resource requirements is needed. HILDEGARDE FAST makes the case for a differentiated approach. It is common knowledge that many municipalities in South Africa are financially in dire straits. In the public discourse‚ the focus is often on operational issues such as poor revenue collection‚ unsustainable debt burdens‚ and lack of financial management capacity. In seeking to understand the financial
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Drug related problem Drug related problems (DRPs) are prevalent and causing considerable patient morbidity and mortality. Many of these DRPs are preventable through following the guidelines and rational drug used. There are many factors controlling the DRP occurrence such as patient age‚ disease status‚ drug characteristics‚ etc. High risk factors 1. Elderly (> 65 years); due to age related changes in pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetics 2. Acute diseases such as acute renal
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in about 4‚400 deaths per year‚ according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people‚ there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide‚ and almost 7 percent have attempted it. Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying‚ including physical bullying‚ emotional bullying‚ cyberbullying‚ and sexting‚ or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a person. Some people question whether legislation specifically
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that the market will have an annual growth rate of 11.3%‚ which will result in revenue of approximately $3.9 billion by 2011. Companies based all over the world are developing their own approaches to the CRM business strategy in order to increase their efficiency and effectiveness in operations. With the wide spread of CRM‚ problems and issues examined in this study are apparently not unique to the U.S. Heinrich (2005) examined the role of CRM in the development of the relationship CRM in Russia
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