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    The importance of the relevance of the data has been identified since the very early work in context-aware ubiquitous systems. Despite of its importance few works have been carried out to quantify the QoC and ensure the quality of the information on which the decisions and actions of contextaware systems are based. Moreover, many decision support techniques are insufficient to address the runtime uncertainty in the context information as they do not assess the QoC in an end-to-end fashion. We formulate

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    The relevance of accounting history as an academic discipline This essay will deal with accounting history and how relevant it is towards academic disciplines. This will be done by looking at, what history is. The relevance, and implications of accounting history. How accounting history led to writing research in a creative and informative way. By looking at pedagogy, policy and practice, and also the main reasons why accounting history is relevant today. 1.What is history and historical research

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    A Tale of Commodities and Relevance In Margaret Atwood 's book, The Handmaid 's Tale, the women in the book often find themselves at the mercy of men and being used for the purpose of fulfilling man 's needs. They are more seen as property, than as humans themselves. The women are systemically ranked for amount of use in the household and women who can give birth are often high ranked, but not given much freedom. Over they do everything and are allowed nothing. The woman are not allowed to read

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    that take place within them are more recent (Albright). Foley’s solution to his problem is similar to the one mentioned in this essay. The main difference is his motivation behind why the novels need to be changed; instead of just focusing on the relevance of the novel, he focuses on the language and the negative emotions it

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    “The relevance of ancient Mesopotamia can be simply stated: Mesopotamia produced the world’s first humanists - studying ancient Mesopotamia enables students to explore what it is to be human,” (Jamieson Ancient Mesopotamia: Discovering Civilisation 23). The Fertile Crescent is where the start of civilization occurred, and it is often called the ‘cradle of civilization,’ (Jamieson Ancient Mesopotamia: Discovering Civilisation 23). Understanding the development, the of civilization in the Fertile Crescent

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    M - Relevance and authenticity in instruction really stood out as memorable to me this week. It is mentioned that “connection to real meaning can make or break learning” (Reiser and Dempsey, p. 58). I completely agree that teaching skills in isolation or without any real connection can result in temporary memorization, but no long-term retention or the ability to transfer that knowledge to new situations. I appreciate the authors pointing out that to maximize the likelihood of meaningful learning

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    The Evolution of Immigration: The evolution and relevance of Immigration in the United States. ”Another way of indicating the importance of immigration to America is to point out that every American who ever lived, with the exception of one group, was an immigrant himself or a descendent of immigrants,”(Kennedy, 2). The United States is a nation of immigrants. There are, however, many Americans who are not accepting of the fact that immigrants were the reason why this country is able to have a

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    The Relevance of Disturbing Images The media today is a very powerful tool of communication. It gives real exposure to mass audiences about what is right and wrong. With that comes the horrifying pictures of things such as earthquake aftermaths and disturbing videos such as the killing of Gaddafi. This poses the age-old debate of whether news organizations should publish graphic images, or err on the side of caution and withhold them. It is also questionable as to what is measured as disturbing

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    Othello has enduring relevance because of the themes which Shakespeare has used, the complexity of the characters and the way in which he uses language to create meaning. The play explores ideas such as jealousy, manipulation, racism and sexism, all of which people nowadays can still relate to. It is also a timeless classic because of the way in which we can reinterpret it into a modern context. Othello is a tragedy which was first performed in 1604 for an Elizabethan audience in London. It’s a

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    Discuss epistemology and its relevance to intelligence analysis. Select at least two principal “ways of knowing,” and describe their respective characteristics/attributes, strengths, weaknesses, and potential for improving the quality of intelligence analysis. Merriam-Webster defines epistemology as “the study of the nature, origin, and limits of human knowledge.” As applied to intelligence, the application of epistemology becomes highly important when analysts are making judgements while assessing

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