Reliability and Trust in Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANET) are considerable due to their applicability in different situations such as military‚ emergency applications or health care applications. Indeed‚ due to absence of a fixed infrastructure and a central controller‚ providing trust and reliability still is challenge in these networks. Since energy is limited and distributed in MANETs‚ trust and reliability providing (is different from wired systems and it must be reasonable and compatible with
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COOLIDGE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY The Coolidge Bank and Trust Company received its charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in July 1960‚ was founded by a group of merchants and businessmen who were dissatisfied with the quality of service provided by the local bank in Watertown. The leader of the group‚ Mr. Milton Adess having no banking background focused on retail and introduced some new innovations as no-service-charge during 1964. They went ahead with dropping their $100 minimum balance
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that the very heart of a not for profit organization‚ a corporation who‚ by design‚ has chosen to serve the public would be centered in trust. According to David O. Renz & Associates‚ the authors of our textbook state: “trust is the essential lifeblood of the nonprofit sector – trust that nonprofits will fulfill this implicit social contract. To ensure that this trust is sustained‚ I argue‚ five core values must permeate these organizations‚ shaping their ethics. These values are integrity‚ openness
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University of Phoenix Material Islam Worksheet When studying Islam‚ it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith‚ how they are practiced‚ and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam‚ Sunni Islam‚ and Sufism. Write a 1- to 2-paragraph response for each of the following directives and note where there are differences among the three branches of Islam. 1. Explain the meaning of the name‚ Islam. It comes from an Arabic word that means Peace. 2
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The Mayans believed that the world was full of spirits and ghost‚ that every creation had an unseen power. A mountain can hold a deity and a rock a spirit‚ much like animism. It is to their belief that ghosts come out at night and spirits roam the jungle. To get in touch with the supernatural‚ such as the jaguar spirit or other transformations‚ the shaman (a priest who uses magic for certain purposes) would use hallucinogenic plants found in the jungle with a doobie. Mayans believed
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Intercultural Communication or Cross-Cultural Communication is about people from different Cultures/ethnicities/religion/societies that interact with each other‚ when you leave your country you are likely to experience how important is to communicate with people who comes from different backgrounds of societies and speaks different languages. If there are two people with different cultures and they have to communicate it will not be a convenient interaction due to their different cultural backgrounds
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Gangs have become a harsh reality in today ’s society. But despite what one might think‚ gangs illustrate many communication theories. This is done through the power gangs possesses‚ "gang warfare"‚ and the trust between gang members. Gang power can be seen in many communication theories. There are several types of power that gangs and gang leaders fall under. An example of this would be referent and legitimate power. Referent power can be described as the role model power. We identify with this
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Trusts and Estates Medilin Spring 2006 Intro and Intestacy 1) Power to Transmit property at death- Dead hand Control a) Estate and gift taxes as method of restriction i) redistributes some wealth and attempts to break up accumulations of large wealth ii) gift tax prevents the use of inter vivos transfers to get around inheritance restrictions iii) spousal deduction- can give as much as want to spouse during life and at death iv) charitable deduction- also allowed to
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1. How well has Value Trust performed in recent years? In making that assessment‚ what benchmark(s) are you using? How do you measure investment performance? What does good performance mean to you? Value trust had outperformed its benchmark index‚ the Standard & poor 500 Index for 14 years in a row; am average annual total return of 14.6 percent‚ which surpassed the S&P 500 by 3.67% per year. Value trust had earned a cumulative return of more than 830% over the previous 14 years‚ more
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University of Phoenix Material Communicating Effectively Worksheet Answer the following questions‚ using information from this week’s readings. Respond to each question in 100 to 200 words. 1. Briefly explain the seven elements of the speech communication process. How do these elements determine a speech’s success or failure? The seven elements of the speech communication process are: Speaker‚ Message‚ Channel‚ Listener‚ Feedback‚ Interference‚ and Situation. Speaker: The person who is
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