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    Giving Birth Control Devices to Teenagers “The best contraceptive is the word no - repeated frequently.”  ~Margaret Smith There is a big debate on whether or not birth control devices should be given to teenagers. Both sides of this argument have valid points but society needs to be realistic to the facts that the age of teenagers becoming sexually active is at an early age. Society also needs to realize unwanted pregnancy rate is the highest in the United States. Of course parents of teenagers

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    1. What is data vis-à-vis information? When can information be deemed good and useful? How are these related/ connected to an information system? Data are facts‚ which may or may not be processed (edited‚ summarized‚ or refined) and have no direct effect on the user. By contrast‚ information causes the user to take an action that he or she otherwise could not‚ or would not‚ have taken. Information is often defined simply as processed data. This is an inadequate definition. Information is determined

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    Theoretical Framework Review of Related Literature Since information technology systems develop rapidly‚ various applications have been diverted from being manually processed to being computerized. However‚ some entities have been devoted to the use of manual operations and thus‚ were not open to adopt such changes that have been brought by modernization. Operating hand by hand‚ especially in business operations‚ is apparently fussy and therefore‚ higher degree of caution must be exercised

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    research project which will design to investigate business usage of acomputerized accounting system (CAS) to ascertain if there are obstacles that prevent businessesfrom migrating to such a system. Two groups of businesses will be surveyed. Those that currentlyuse a CAS and those that do not. The purpose of this comparison is to determine what will the major influences in their decision to use or not use accounting software for their business. A secondaryobjective was to learn more about the influence

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    Research Title: Assessment of the effectiveness of internal audit in the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock. Case study of Southern Province Choma Office CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Back ground According to Hector Perela‚ (2009)‚ Internal auditing function with other intervention mechanisms like financial reporting and external audit to helps maintain cost-efficient contracting between owners and managers. It is designed by government agencies to add value and improve organizational

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    When does employee fraud occur?   It is commonly accepted that the presence of the three elements of the “Fraud Triangle” increases the risk of employee fraud: Motivation: The employee is somehow motivated to commit a fraud. Economic factors such as personal financial distress‚ substance abuse‚ gambling‚ overspending‚ or other similar addictive behaviors may provide motivation. The current national economic recession may serve to increase the incidence of such financial motivations. Opportunity:

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    LODGING HOUSE COMPUTERIZED ACCOMODATION AND BILLING SYSTEM A Capstone Project Presented to the Faculty of the College of Sciences Palawan State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology BY: Abdirasid‚ Nor-ain Attang‚ Ainisa M. Ariñez. Meljoy V. Hashim‚ Nina T. Background of the Project The management business billing of a lodging house system was virtually

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    Task 3: Internal control 1. What do you think is the primary problem at the Sunshine Center? There where no financial reports or summaries of the cash flows. Probably‚ Barb wasn’t fare about the payments. Because there was no financial report it was not clear where all the money went to. 2. Why is accountability important to the Sunshine Center Committee? The director? Cli
ents of the Sunshine Center? Church members? It is so important to the committee so they can check if the

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    Components of Accounting Systems Accounting information systems consist of records‚ methods‚ and equipment. These are designed to capture information about a company’s transactions and to provide output including financial‚ managerial‚ and tax reports. All accounting information systems have these same goals‚ and thus share some basic components. These components apply whether or not a system is heavily computerized‚ yet the components of computerized systems usually provide more accuracy‚ speed

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    ADVISER‚ COMPUTER STUDIES Sir: I am a fourth year college student of Sibonga Community College taking up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology would like to propose a software project feasibility study entitled “ Consultation Record keeping System” of MMG health Care Children’s Clinic as one of our requirements for passing this course. This will help the doctor and staff to have a secure and efficient way of storing data of the patients. I hope for your approval on this matter. Respectfully

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