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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In an economy, people indulge in economic activity to support their consumption requirements. Savings arise from deferred consumption, to be invested, in anticipation of future returns. Investments could be made into financial assets, like stocks, bonds, and similar instruments or into real assets, like houses, land, or commodities. The aim of Portfolio Manager is to provide a brief overview of three aspects of investment: * The various options available to an investor in

Testosterone is a major influence on bodily and behavioral features seen as male and/or masculine. Not surprisingly, then, research on testosterone in humans mainly focuses on men, with some notable exceptions (e.g., refs. 1–3). Women, however, also have naturally occurring testosterone, and testosterone sometimes functions via conversion to estradiol (4). Although testosterone exists and functions similarly in women and men, men have markedly higher average testosterone than women. This difference

It is said that the environment of our upbringing plays a salient role in determining the ambitions we pursue, the moral values we cherish and ultimately, the lasting contributions we make to society. I firmly believe that my formative experiences laid down the foundation for passion for nursing and constitute one of the salient reasons why I am determined to pursue this profession. For me nursing, is more than a mere vocation, it is a moral commitment, the manifestation of my natural talents and

states “We call them pirates out here” The artist has used bold, dark and sharp colours that give structure to the artwork. Daniel has used pain strokes to add dimension and depth into his artwork. The vector that has been created leads us from the salient which is the captain up the flag and to the raging storm that is advancing. We sense the movement of the dark clouds upon the horizon, Although the water is a dead body, motionless, scared to move a limb. We can see the mass of people quickly approaching

Understanding the Research Process: Qualitative Workshop Task Title: Report on the Qualitative Workshop Research area/general focus/background: The focus group was formed to explore the themes and understand the feelings surrounding the near death experiences of hospital patients. Themes: My group found the following themes: • Out of body experiences – One participant felt they were out of their body looking down on the scene as surgeons operated and understood the clinical

operation, Active contour model, Distance Regularized Level Set Evolution. I. Introduction Saliency detection is considered as a preferential allocation of computational resources. Saliency algorithms formulate on detecting the salient object from an individual image. The salient object is separated from the background using a set of novel features, including center surround histogram, color spatial

Improvised Method of Tumor Detection Using Saliency M.A.Ruhaya Rameez Fathima Department of ECE National Engineering College Kovilpatti, India ruma986@gmail.com R.Manjula Devi M.E Department of ECE National Engineering College Kovilpatti, India manju.rengasamy @gmail.com Abstract—The input CT image is processed out by Single Image Saliency. A Single image saliency is obtained by measuring the contrast and spatial cue of a CT image. The kernel for single image saliency is obtained by fusing

John Marsden’s and Shaun Tan’s epic picture book, “The Rabbits”, is an allegorical fable about colonisation, told from the perspective of the natives. An unseen narrator describes the coming of ‘rabbits’ in the most minimal detail, an encounter that is at first friendly and curious, but later darkens as it becomes apparent that the visitors are actually invaders. My chosen image (above), embodies the overall style of the book which is deliberately sparse and strange. Both text and image conveys an

psychological problmes.The most agonizing bullying incident that induced me to write about this salient issue occurred to me when I was in year 9. I recall when one of my classmates grabbed my lunch box violently without taking my permission. I could not defend myself and I spent weeks abstaining myself from socializing with my

that the individual’s actions led to big consequences due to a feud. From the difference in the time, the conflicts, and the symbolization of the characters, the West Side Story played a great representation of Romeo and Juliet. Despite having some salient similarities, the difference between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are pronounced throughout the film. The feud has what started both these tragic stories. In West Side Story the conflict between the Sharks and Jets was set on territory and