...dependent on machines and technology to make our lives easier, especially in this time and age. But one of the most universally-used gadget in this age is the cellular-phones or simply known as cellphones. A cellphone is a portable device whose primary purpose is to make and receive calls for easier and more convenient communication. In today’s time, it’s very hard to find a person who does not own a cellphone. According to Yopie (2011) in her article “Cellphones in our Daily Life”; Cellphones, formerly regarded as a luxury, are now one of the basic needs of our lives. Currently, almost all people carry cellphones, including young children. The mobile phones were barely portable compared to how we see cellphones today. Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone, made by Martin Cooper in April 1973. The first ever mobile phone used to make a call was known as a brick phone because of its brick-like shape and size. In 2000, Nokia released their globally-successful Nokia 3310, packaged with more features such as a simple calculator, a stop watch, a reminder function and it also had four games. The 3310 was popular for SMS text messaging because it allowed long messages with 459 characters. In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the first ever iPhone to the world; which gave the user more features than just messaging and making calls. This invention gave rise to the use of smartphones....
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...7 2.5 Negative Impacts on Society in The Future 8 3. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CELLPHONES 12 3.1 Lifecycle of the Cellphones 12 3.2 Cellphone Accessories 14 3.3 Energy Consumption in Internet Applications 16 4. IMPACTS OF THE MOBILE PHONE ON HUMAN HEALTH 19 4.1 Positive Impacts on Human Health in The Past 19 4.2 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Past 19 4.3 Positive Impacts on Human Health in the Present 20 4.4 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Present 23 4.5 Positive Impacts on Human Health in the Future 26 4.6 Negative Impacts on Human Health in the Future 27 5. CONCLUSION 28 Works Cited 29 1.INTRODUCTION Mobile phones are spreading around the world faster than prior communication technologies including the television and the internet [1]. They have been adopted faster than any other technology ever introduced to human history [2]. According to the International Communication Union (ITU), from 2005 and 2009, the number of mobile phone subscribers doubled going from 34 subscribers for every 100 inhabitants to 68, respectively. Subscriptions continue to rise questions are raised, it is important to explore the society which consumes such a technology [3]. Mobile phones went from being mere voice communication devices to a technological wonder with endless capabilities. It is becoming increasingly complex in terms of the services offered [2]. They provides the users with internet access, sensors to monitor the user’s daily routines, social networking...
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...but talented and gifted students of the province of Laguna the opportunity to develop their potentialities and is committed to establish and operate vocational, technical, and higher education to accommodate graduates of secondary schools to pursue vocational, technical and higher education courses.By virtue of Provincial Ordinance No. 1 s. 2006, the Laguna University was established on February 15, 2006. The incumbent governor was elected President and Chairman of the Board of Regents under Resolution No. 198. A s. 2006 dated March 29, 2006 by the SangguniangPanlalawiganng Laguna. This research paper is about the effect of spelling ability of the second year IT students of Laguna University. The student must had books and writing of the correct spelling of words and correct grammar. The aim of this research paper is to develop the spelling ability of the cellphone users. Background of the study In the primitive ages, people have used signals, to get a message from one point to another. And that is a clear evident that even before, it is very important to communicate or to get messages from other places. That is why Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Probably no means of communication has revolutionized the daily lives of ordinary people more than the telephone. Telephone comes from the Greek word tele, meaning from afar, and phone, meaning voice or voiced sound. Generally, a telephone is any device which conveys sound over a distance. A string telephone...
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...Harmful Effects of Cell Phones There are many reasons why people are concerned that cell phones might have the potential to cause harm physically and emotionally. Physical problems include certain types of cancer or other major health problems. However, one of three main factors that has researchers worried is that cell phones emit radio frequency energy (radio waves), a form of non-ionizing radiation. Another main concern about cell phone usage is the rapid increase of the device over a small period of time. Also as technology and cell phones increase, the quality of relationships have decreased because of the emotional attachment felt toward it. The biggest issue in using cellular devices is the radiation that the devices give off and the uncertainty if it is harmful or not. When looking at radiation, there are two types. One is Ionizing radiation (IR) – which is capable of causing changes in atoms or molecules in the body that can result in tissue damage such as cancer. Examples of ionizing radiation include x-rays, microwaves and gamma rays. The second one is non-ionizing radiation (NIR) – which doesn’t cause these changes, but can prompt molecules to vibrate. This can lead to rises in temperature, as well as other effects. Examples of non-ionizing radiation include ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, visible light, light bulbs, infrared radiation, microwave energy and radiofrequency energy. For example, RF radiation from a mobile phone has the biological effect of raising...
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...boom in mobile devices, in terms of both the scope and nature of usage, is heightening the potential for mobile commerce. A majority of Canadians today have access to a mobile phone 1; in fact, some have access to more than one, and a growing number even rely exclusively on wireless The pace of technological adoption: telephony. 2 Recent models integrate voice the U.S. payments example communications with various non-voice functions, such as reading e-mail, viewing It took: videos, accessing the Internet, and using geo• 28 years to reach 100 million maglocation data. The emergence and quick takestripe credit card accounts. up of these models underscores “the • 12 years to reach 100 million debit accounts. remarkable transformation the cellphone has • 7 years to reach 100 million PayPal undergone since it was introduced...
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...ideas of others, but learn to listen within yourself” (Dogen, n.d.). This quote tells us that we should follow our gut and focus on the goal. It is a useful motivation for university students to concentrate in class. However, sometimes thing happens by the opposite way. Difficulty concentrating is a normal and periodic occurrence for most students. Concentration problems, when present to an excessive degree, are also characteristic of certain physical and psychological conditions. Rare condition that affect the brain and some emotional problem as well as conflicts can also influence a student’s cognitive functions and thus impair concentration. The factors that influence the university students on low concentration in class are fatigue, cellphone, personal circumstances, and lack of motivation. BODY PARAGRAPH Firstly, the factor that affects students’ concentration is fatigue. Fatigue is a common, almost universal feature of modern life (Dawson, Noy, McKnight, & Nolan, 2013). Fatigue exists because of bad daily routines. As a student, it is typically to have busy lives and develop habits that make it difficult to stay energized. For example, bad eating habit can cause the students to feel sleepy during the class and it also may harm their health. The students should take healthy foods and do not skip their meals. This is important to keep them stay fit and energized. At the same time, some of the university students work part-time job to earn money. Having a part-time job...
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...Acknowledgement We, the researchers, would like to extend our gratitude to all those people who helped and supported us in completing this term paper. We would like to thank our beloved professor, Fr. Kim Lachica, S.J., for the lessons, guidance and advices he bestowed upon us. He inspired us to work efficiently on this project. In addition, we would like to thank him for motivating us to work hard in achieving our goals in life. Moreover, we would also want to express our gratefulness to the one who gave all of his time to us in the interview and shared his personal life experiences as an entrepreneur which also motivated us to work harder in our fields. He is no other than Mr. Steffen Eisenbarh, the owner of GROUPWORX101 Company. For without him, we would not finish this project. In addition, we express our sincere gratitude to our families who understood and encouraged us in every time we spent in making this term paper. Last but not the least, we would like to extend our heart-felt gratitude to our Almighty Father for His unending and unconditional support He had given upon us. He enlightened us throughout the struggles and experience we’ve been through in making this term paper. Without the help and support of the particular persons that mentioned above, we would face many difficulties while doing this term paper. Again, we take this opportunity to express our gratitude to the people who have been instrumental in the successful completion of this term paper. [continues] ...
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...teenager’s blogging on social networks or sending quick messages. Professionals and older people scheduling meeting or even checking emails. Texting has become a regular form of communication among individuals (Caird et al., 2014). Texting messaging is an easy and fast way to communicate with friends, relatives and colleagues. It has become a very major distraction but also a risk, because now more than ever people are being distracted by their cellphones and mobile devices while driving. Distracted driving is one of the problem faced by road and safety departments due to technology (Caird et al., 2014). This literature review will look at the effects of texting on one’s driving ability. Driving alone is a very complex task because it requires cognitive, physical, sensory and psychomotor skills. It also requires a certain amount of attention and concentration, but it is a trend to see motor driver being involved in texting in the process of driving (Caird et al., 2014). Texting can be defines as using some sort of keyboard of a cellphone, laptop computer or any other electronic device to send conversational messages to another individual. While driving can be defined as a controlled operation and movement of a vehicle such as a car, bus or a truck. Both these activities require a fair share of concentration to be performed correctly. Texting while driving is said to be hazardous especially when done by drivers since the human brain fails to perform these tasks simultaneously...
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...USAGE OF CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS Living in the information age technology is around people twenty-four hours a day seven days a week. One piece of technology most people have with them throughout the day is a cell phone. This study will investigate the relationship between the usage of cell phones and the increased risk of brain tumors. Numerous research studies have been done to analyze how the usage of cell phones correlates with the instance of brain tumors. This paper will analyze the findings of these studies and provide a description of the findings from the research studies that have been done related to the question do cell phones cause an increase in brain tumors to the cell phone users. Literature Review Berg, G., Spallek, J., Schüz, J., Schlehofer, B., Böhler, E., Schlaefer, K., et al. (2007) found that exposure to radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields can contribute to an increase the incidence of brain tumors. The same kind of radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields are produced by cell phone phones. If Radio frequency and microwave electromagnetic fields are both produced by cell phones than this could be an issue to anyone who uses a cell phone. If exposure to these radio frequencies and or microwave electromagnetic waves increases the risk of developing brain tumors this is a problem for the majority of the USAGE OF CELLPHONES AND BRAIN TUMORS population worldwide at an estimated “number of cell phone users in 2014...
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...PARADIGM SHIFT: Cellphone Batteries INTRODUCTION The world has seen a lot of changes in communication technology. In 1973, the first cell phone call was made with a prototype, 10 years later, the first cellphones were released. Up to that time everyone had a landline and as the years went on, we had 1G, 2G, 3G and now, 4G, and 5G is being talked about in the not so distance future. As good as the technology was, there was still a problem that plagued all of this wonderful technology and that was the means by which the technology operated, “the battery”. The first cellphone battery only lasted 20 minutes and took 24 hours to recharge. However, at that time, it was not a problem because the phone weighed 1.1kg (2.42 lbs.), you were not able to hold the phone up to your ear for much longer than 20 minutes. The battery has not been able to keep up with the speed and function of the cellphone. However, that may soon change, people are working constantly to bring a fix for the battery so we can truly bring the cellphone into the 21st century. Just think of the possibilities! PARAGRAPH 1 Traveling well can be one of life's great pleasure, whether you're alone or with friends and family. The Pocket Power plus it's a perfect backup power device for camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, picnicking, boating, motorcycling, beach activities, trips to remote locations and more. (it's also great for business travelers on the ground or in the air. * When plugged into...
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...Americans' views toward a number of moral issues have shifted significantly since 2001. Their acceptance of gay and lesbian relations has increased the most, up 19 percentage points in the past 12 years -- to a record high of 59% today. Americans' tolerance toward having a baby outside of marriage is also now much greater, up 15 points since 2001, to the current 60%. Americans have also become significantly more accepting of sex between an unmarried man and woman, divorce, embryonic stem cell research, polygamy, and cloning humans. The only issue that Americans have become significantly less accepting of over the last 12 years is medical testing on animals. These data are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey, most recently conducted May 2-7. Gallup has asked Americans about their views on many of these issues each May since 2001. Americans' views of the moral acceptability of 10 of the 19 items Gallup asked about have not changed significantly over time, shifting less than five points since they were first measured. A majority of Americans continue to say seven of the 19 items measured are morally wrong -- married men and women having an affair, cloning humans, polygamy, suicide, pornography, sex between teenagers (measured for the first time this year), and cloning animals. Attitudes toward two items -- doctor-assisted suicide and abortion -- are fairly evenly split, with less than half of Americans seeing each as either morally acceptable or morally unacceptable...
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...Positive Effects of Mobile Phones at School Having a backward perspective from the past up to the present, development on lifestyle and technology is definitely seen tangibly. With the mobile phones increasing demand on younger generation, there are positive effects towards the academic status of the students. From just a slow-paced communication system to a fast and advance method of communicating, all individuals are affected especially the younger generation which include students in schools. Technology has advanced beyond our wildest dreams in the past years. Schools have always struggled with the issue of making policies to control the latest and greatest technology used by students. Years ago schools struggled with pagers or beepers because they had a stigma of being linked to drug activity. Then the cell phone came on the scene and schools were overwhelmed with the task of trying to control the use of cell phones by students. Today, cell phones and other devices are used by millions of people across the country. Cell Phone technology has advanced to the point where they have the functions and capacity of a computer, allowing students and adults to access the internet, music, take pictures, send messages, etc. A controversy has arisen of whether educators and administrators should embrace cell phone technology and create lessons using the cell phone or continue to restrict use of cell phones during school hours. This has been the major issue towards adapting the new...
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...A Low-Cost Efficient Wireless Architecture for Rural Network Connectivity 1 Introduction Many rural regions around the world, especially in developing regions, do not have good connectivity solutions which are economically viable. As a result, many of these regions remain disconnected from both the rest of the world and from progress in general. In this proposal, I will describe the design of WiFi-based Rural Extensions (WiRE), a new wireless network architecture that can provide connectivity to rural regions at extremely low costs. The WiRE architecture is tailored for the typical rural landscape in several developing regions, in which the population is spread across small but scattered rural regions (less than 1-2 sq kms) within 100-200 kms of the city. WiRE is designed to be a wireless distribution network that extends connectivity from the city to each village. The WiRE architecture has largely been inspired by my prior work on WiFi-based Long Distance (WiLD) Networks [42, 62, 35, 54, 64, 34], a low cost point-to-point network connectivity solution that provides very high bandwidth (typically 6− 10 Mbps) over very long-distances. While prior work on WiLD networks [48, 5, 42, 62, 35] has made significant progress in the design of highperformance MAC layer solutions, we still lack a vision of how to design a comprehensive, low-cost, rural connectivity architecture that can efficiently support a wide-range of applications. It is this goal that I wish to achieve...
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... With successive versions, features, heroes, items, abilities, and graphics are added to updated and bugs are fixed. 0n the DOTA’s, All-stars, forum, users can be post ideas, for new heroes or items, some of which are added to the map. Ice frog recently added anew hero based off submission for a “Model to hero” context or his site. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The foregoing study is about the influence of playing computer games to the students above 16 yrs. old, specifically the researchers tried to find out the answers to the following problems: 1. Is there a positive effect in playing DOTA? 2. How does DOTA affect the performance of a student? 3. Are they aware of what it can do to them? SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY Nowadays, DOTA game is one of the most popular games here in our country. Millions of youth and children really want to play their favorite games at the computer shops. Because of the large number of youth who patronize the mentioned computer games, the researchers conducted a study on how computer games affect the lives, particularly the studies, of a regular college student. Aside from that, last NQCI Foundation Week, a DOTA competition was held and we were curious of the reason why it was permitted by the institution. We were thinking that maybe DOTA contributes positive effect to the students and this made us conclude that this study must be conducted. SCOPE...
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...performance. Data were collected from a non-random sample of students attending different universities during the fall semester of 2014. Results revealed that female college students spent more time on SNSs than male students. According to results obtained, the higher number of respondents belonged to junior class rank students. As for SNS usage per typical day and respective age, no significant differences were found, concluding that there’s no relationship among these two variables. Significant correlations were found between age and gender, and the influence of SNS on users. Results also revealed that there were significant relationships between users’ usage per day and area of study, and the influence of SNS. A comparison between age and perceived impact of SNS to academic performance showed that there is no significant difference. The relationship between SNS usage rate per typical day and dependency on the cellphone was not significant as assumed. Also, the...
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