...Cost Classification Cost information provides a platform for managers to “manage resources efficiently and effectively to create customer value and shareholder wealth” (Langfield-Smith et al., 2015, p.40). According to Drury (2012), cost and management accounting information system should generate to meet the following requirements: 1. Allocate costs between cost of goods sold and inventories for stock valuation, internal and external profit measurement. 2. Provide information for planning, control and performance measurement. 3. Provide relevant information to help managers make better decisions. Compton and Brinker (2005) say that it is essential to recognize what types of cost should be considered in the decision making process when the...
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...Tutorial on Classification Igor Baskin and Alexandre Varnek Introduction The tutorial demonstrates possibilities offered by the Weka software to build classification models for SAR (Structure-Activity Relationships) analysis. Two types of classification tasks will be considered – two-class and multi-class classification. In all cases protein-ligand binding data will analyzed, ligands exhibiting strong binding affinity towards a certain protein being considered as “active” with respect to it. If it is not known about the binding affinity of a ligand towards the protein, such ligand is conventionally considered as “nonactive” one. In this case, the goal of classification models is to be able to predict whether a new ligand will exhibit strong binding activity toward certain protein biotargets. In the latter case one can expect that such ligands might possess the corresponding type of biological activity and therefore could be used as ‘’hits” for drug design. All ligands in this tutorial are described by means of an extended set of MACCS fingerprints, each of them comprising 1024 bits, the “on” value of each of them indicating the presence of a certain structural feature in ligand, otherwise its value being “off”. Part 1. Two-Class Classification Models. 1. Data and descriptors. The dataset for this tutorial contains 49 ligands of Angeotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) and 1797 decoy compounds chosen from the DUD database. The set of "extended" MACCS fingerprints is used as...
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...Task 1(Project: CS674) Mishra A.(Y6 Kumar D.(Y6152) Venkat(Y Introduction: The Pattern classification for given problem is posed with serious challenge as on one side the data set is highly imbalanced in favour of B+E against B(So we have to avoid over fitting for generalization) & on the other side wrong classification can have serious consequences in diplomatic relationship between nations. So Our thrust has been to choose between various methods , one with sound justification towards our results & showing how was it better than others . Based on comparative study of various methods we have finally chosen Biased Minimax Probability Machine [1] & we would be proving superiority of our methods over SVM classifier with different parameters which we tried. Besides authors [1] have shown superiority of BMPM over DT, Naive Bayesian Classifier, K-nn classification, & other under/over Sampling methods. Methodology of BMPM: For two class Classification: Let Family {x}, {y} with mean vector & Covariance matrices {x, ∑x }, {y, ∑y} belong to class1 & class2 respectively. Let α be the worst-case accuracy for future data points from family of {x}, and β be the worst-case accuracy for future data points from family of {y}. Depending upon severity of the false positive & true positive rates α, β(Policy variables) it tries to find a maximal hyper plane to separate the two classes [pic] [pic] We can also have Non Linear Classifier by mapping the feature space into suitable...
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...Kaggle dataset re- in which each regressor is learned through gradient boostleased as a part of an ICML-2013 workshop on representation ing. This approach is robust to geometric and photometric learning. We found that classification using features extracted transformations, and showed less than 5% error on the LFPW manually from facial images using principal component anal- dataset. ysis yielded on average 40% classification accuracy. Using fea- The facial landmarks (eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth) are intutures extracted by facial landmark detection, we received on itively the most expressive features in a face, and could also average 52% classification accuracy. However, when we used serve as good features for emotion classification. a convolutional neural network, we received 65% classification accuracy. 1.3 1 Support vector machines are widely used in classification problems, and is an optimization problem that can be solved in its dual form, Introduction Detecting facial expressions is an area of research within computer vision that has been studied extensively, using many different approaches. In the past, work on facial image analysis concerned robust detection and identification of individuals [5]. More recently, work has expanded into classification of faces based on features extracted from facial data, as done in [6], and using more complex systems like convolutional neural networks, as done in [1] and [2]. In our project, we...
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...page outlining your analysis of the case problem and your recommendation Be prepared to walk your interviewers through your Excel model and present your recommendation (you can use either the Excel or the Word document as back up for your discussion; no need to prepare a Powerpoint presentation).The discussion of the case with Q &A will take approxi mately 30 minutes. Type your name in top left corner of both the E xcel and Word document Save the E xcel and Word document on your desktop with the following name: C ase Background It is January 2010 and General Motors is considering the development of the next generation full-size family sedan. ,a Full-size sedans are a mainstay in the American market. According to the US government classification, a fullAdoption of the term necessitated by an increasingly larger variability of car sizes and body styles. Full-size sedan segment size fluctuated significantly over the last 50 years. sales negatively, and so did the introduction of many other family, such as minivans and family SUVs. The last five years have seen a renaissance in the budget-oriented fuel-efficient segment of full-size sedans with all the traditional entrants such as Ford Taurus, Chevrolet , Toyota Avalon, and Nissan Maxima, as well as new players such as Hyundai Azera, all competing for the title of the ultimate large sedan. Other family-friendly car body styles like small and...
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...employees. In addition benefits are given based on those positions. Employers also have exempt and non-exempt positions, depending upon the job duties involved. Organizations use these types of positions for cost-effective measures and reporting structure. Understanding these classifications and using them properly ensures the fair and equitable treatment of employees and allows employers to operate their business in the most cost-effective manner. Regular Employees versus Temporaries The organization choses to analyze is a local fitness club that is an at will organization. The types of employments types include full time and part time hourly employees, positions based on commission, and independent contractors. Regular full time employees are provided benefits such as paid time off, holidays, retirement plans, health benefits, flexible spending accounts, life insurance policies, employee assistance programs, and tuition reimbursement plans. Temporary employees are hired on a temporary basis to fill positions for which an employee may be on leave such as FMLA, disability, or maternity. In some cases, temporary positions may result in regular full time positions if the organization sees a need to keep the employee. Hiring a temporary employee saves the organization the costs that hiring a regular employee would entail. Some organizations will offer benefits to temporary employees such as health benefits. Unlike regular employees, if the organization needs to cut back or is facing...
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...various jobs in which wage paid is equal to the value of the job. When establishing the worth of a position, issues of internal equity are considered. Internal equity is defined as fairness in the relationship of a job’s salary range when compared with the salary ranges of similar jobs within the organization. The salary range for a job is considered internally equitable if the salary is commensurate with responsibility level of the position. It is important that a job evaluation is felt to be fair by everyone in the organisation. Effective communication, ongoing consultation and transparency are critical to the success of any scheme. Making a success of any job evaluation scheme will involve commitment by senior managers, transparency and cost as organisations will need to be able to pay for any grading structure. There are numbers benefits of job evaluation such as know exactly what duties each job holder carries out, understand training needs for individual jobs, improve job...
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...Library System 1. INTRODUCTION Ramon Magsaysay Technological University shall be a leading people’s university of science and technology for sustainable development in global society. CORE VALUES R- ighteous, results-based and responsible governance M- oral courage, integrity and honesty T- ransparency, trust and respect for self and others U- nity in diversity and being one the community BRIEF HISTORY The Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, a merger of three public education institutions in the province of Zambales, was established by virtue of Republic Act 8498 enacted on February 12, 1998 through the initiative of Antonio M. Diaz. The University Charter integrated the former Ramon Magsaysay Polytechnic College (RMPC) in Iba, the Western Luzon Agricultural College (WLAC) in San Marcelino, an the Candelaria School of Fisheries (CSF), after a three-year transition period. The strengths of its parents-institutions, which had existed since the early 1990s served RMTU’s springboard for its accelerated growth and development. The RMPC in 1998, which is now RMTU’s main Campus, was found as a farm school in 1910. It was converted into a provincial trade in 1919. Through the years, it metamorphosed into Zambales Trade School on 1993., Western Luzon School of Arts and Trades in 1953, Zambales Scool of Arts and Trades in 1957, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial School of Arts and Trades in 1961. It became a DECS supervised College (RMPC) in 1993 and chartered state...
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...Asset Identification & Asset Classification 1. What is the purpose of identifying IT assets and inventory? i. To help identify areas of potential risks. 2. What is the purpose of an asset classification? ii. To evaluate the health of the company by examining how well each of the company’s assets are performing. 3. For the scenario you picked, give three (3) examples of customer privacy data elements. (HIPAA) iii. Names iv. Medical records v. Health plan beneficiary numbers 4. Why is your organization’s website classification minor nut its e-commerce server considered critical for your scenario? vi. Because it presents a smaller threat while the e-commerce server is more valuable to the organization. 5. Why would you classify customer privacy data and intellectual property assets as critical? vii. They are valuable assets to the organization and possess value to the organization. 6. What are some examples of security controls for recent compliance law requirements? viii. Sarbanes-Oxley Act – To certify the accuracy of financial information. ix. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act – Information from children under the age of 13. 7. How can a Data Classification Standard help with asset classification? x. Classifying data helps prevent vulnerability to sensitive data. 8. How can you minimize leakage of customer privacy data through the public internet? xi. Gramm-Leach-Bliley...
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...British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Alana Finn 14R Media Studies Miss Garry The British Board of Film Classification, known as the BBFC, was set up in the film industry in 1984. It is an independent regulator of non-governmental body that classify films before they go to the cinema. They are currently based in Soho Square, London, Regulating the UK only and have a requirement to classify videos, and DVDs as well as some video games under the Video Recordings Act (1984), acknowledging and reflecting the UK's diverse cultural society. Originally set up in 1912 in order to put together rules and judgement on censorship, the British Board of Film Classification was known as the British Board of Film Censors until 1985. The BBFC then changed their name for the reason that they wanted to be known for the much larger role of actual classification that went into the boards work, rather than censorship, also applying the test of 'suitability for viewing in the home'. In the case of films shown in cinemas, local authorities have the final legal authorisation over who can view a particular film. The majority of the time, legal authorities accepts the Board's recommendation for a certificate for a film. Although there have been some exceptions, particularly in the 1970's when the board allowed films such as The Last Tango In Paris and The Exorcist to be released with an X certificate (18+), but many local authorities chose to ban the films regardless. The BBFC is a non-profit...
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...insurance company and the patient. But there is more involving the process. The medical billing process is really important to the financial health of the practice, if claims are not submitted promptly, the doctors including us, would not get paid. Submitting Claims The medical biller and coder makes sure all forms are completed and approved and enters the information into the medical billing software, including doctor’s information, patient’s information, insurance information, medical billing codes, payment information, and any special notes on the account. Medical billing codes are necessary for a doctor to be properly reimbursed for the services provided. These codes are some of many: • ICD 9 codes (and ICD 10 codes)- international classification of diseases • CPT codes- current procedural terminology • CPT modifiers- these provide additional information to payers to make sure doctors get paid correctly for services provided • Medicare billing codes- explained for provider services and hospital insurance • CDT codes (dental)- code on dental procedures • NDC drug codes- national drug codes • DRG Medicare codes- diagnosis related group • Taxamony codes- used to categorize a provider or group specialty Our responsibility as Medical billers and coders • Collect the information necessary to prepare insurance claims and bill patients • Enter patient’s information and insurance information into the medical billing software • Enter patient’s special information including ICD...
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...and where the employee’s duties are preferred. On the other hand, an independent contractor is hired for a service and the client has no control or authority over how the contractor works but has a decision on whether to accept or decline the final product. As a business owner there are several considerations before making a decision with as much of a risk as the potential profit. Depending on the situation, meaning the number of hours predicted to work and the scheduling, it may be more beneficial for the company to hire an independent contractor for tax and payroll incentives. This creates a profit for the client because it does not have to be liable for FICA if the person is self-employed and does not have to pay payroll administrative costs to compensate the contractor. Keep in mind however that the IRS does have an aggressive Revenue team that may challenge the fact that the person is an independent...
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...IST 565 Fall 2013 Course Project Proposal Dan Yu, Qianyi Wang, Jingbo Zhang Introduction Terms deposit is one of the most popular type of investments held at a financial institution that has a fixed term. Generally speaking, it is regarded as a savings product from a bank, credit union or building society. From the perspective of the bank, it has a variety advantages in helping the bank keep normal operation and gaining profit. Firstly, bank can get the funds from a longer period of time. Secondly, bank can lend such funds for short loans to small or middle business. Besides, bank can also invest such funds in some other profitable areas. When viewing from a higher level, term deposit has an indirect influence on the economic development of the country. Therefore, term deposit is important for banks and countries, which should be beneficial if the amount of the total term deposit can be evaluated in advance. The goal of this project is to predict whether a client will subscribe a term deposit. The result will help the bank to better formulate marketing strategies and to find out potential customers to extend market. Data Description This project uses Bank Marketing Data Set downloaded as .csv format from UCI Machine Learning Repository (http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Bank+Marketing). The data is from “Using Mining for Bank Direct Marketing” (insert reference) and there is no missing value in the data sets. The data is related with direct marketing campaigns (phone...
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...Antares is a red supergiant star in the Milky WayGalaxy and the sixteenth brightest star in the night time sky. It is sometimes listed as 15th brightest, if the two brighter components of the Capella quadruple star system are counted as one star. Along with Aldebaran, Regulus, and Fomalhaut, Antares comprises the group known as the 'Royal stars of Persia'. It is one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic. It is the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, and is often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion". Antares is a slow irregular variable star with an average magnitude of +1.09.[3] Antares is the brightest, most massive, and most evolved stellar member of the nearest OB association. Antares is a member of the Upper Scorpius subgroup of the Scorpius-Centaurus Association, which contains thousands of stars with mean age 11 million years at a distance of approximately 145 parsecs (470 light years). Antares is visible in the sky all night around May 31 of each year, when the star is atopposition to the Sun. At this time, Antares rises at dusk and sets at dawn as seen at the equator. For approximately two to three weeks on either side of November 30, Antares is not visible in the night sky, because it is near conjunction with the Sun;[13] this period of invisibility is longer in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern Hemisphere, since the star'sdeclination is significantly south of the celestial equator. Antares has a secondary, or companion star, Antares...
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...UNIT 1- CAR BODY DETAILS Cars can come in a large variety of different body styles. Some are still in production, while others are of historical interest only. These styles are largely (though not completely) independent of a car's classification in terms of price, size and intended broad market; the same car model might be available in multiple body styles (or model ranges). For some of the following terms, especially relating to four-wheel drive / SUV models and minivan / MPV models, the distinction between body style and classification is particularly narrow. Please note that while each body style has a historical and technical definition, in common usage such definitions are often blurred. Over time, the common usage of each term evolves. For example, people often call 4-passenger sport coupés a "sports car", while purists will insist that a sports car by definition is limited to two-place vehicles. Body work In automotive engineering, the bodywork of an automobile is the structure which protects: ⦁ The occupants ⦁ Any other payload ⦁ The mechanical components. In vehicles with a separate frame or chassis, the term bodywork is normally applied to only the non-structural panels, including doors and other movable panels, but it may also be used more generally to include the structural components which support the mechanical components. Construction There are three main types of automotive bodywork: ⦁ The first automobiles were designs...
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