Abstract We investigated normalized difference vegetation index data from the NOAA series of Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers and found several regions in United States that experienced anomalies over the course of the past 25 years. Our tasks consist of investigating and understanding the drivers of the anomalies in the Midwest forests of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 1. Introduction Forests are known to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide of the atmosphere through the photosynthesis
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Plagiarism among KIRKHS Student (Introduction) Plagiarism among KIRKHS Student Plagiarism has always been a problem among lecturers and students because students tend to plagiarize their assignments. With the technology of the modern world, plagiarism have never been easier than what have been done in the past before. With just a simple left click and clicking the paste icon a student can complete their assignment or their work within minutes instead of using the proper way of researching and
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The effects of unplanned urban development 1. Problem Identification As suburban communities continue to expand, typically in a random pattern generated by the availability of cheap land that can accommodate large numbers of housing , lack of planning does not only require the concurrent expansion of community and commercial services , also scatters plague of urban extensions and environmental degradation . A lack of proper planning and urban development community also makes it harder to bring
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Name: Class: Date: Fair -y Tale Plagiarism According to Merriman-Webster (2012), plagiarism is defined as “to steal and pass off the ideas of others as one’s own without crediting sources” (para. 1). The videos “A Fair(y) use tale” (Faden, 2007) and “A guide to plagiarism” (cfccnc, 2009) demonstrate evidence of plagiarism in their entirety. Faden (Jas) does not acknowledge the source in statement “Federal law allows citizens to reproduce, distribute, or exhibit portions of copyrighted” (Jas)
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Use Case Description Template Use Case Name: Collect new customer information | ID: _ 0002 | Importance Level: High | Primary Actor: new customer | Short Description: This describes how a new customer information is collected when a new customer calls Kanaka Bros to place their vehicle shipment order | Trigger: new patient calls to schedule vehicle shipemntType: External / Temporal | Major Inputs:Description Source New customer information
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The use-case diagram shown in Figure A-1 F captures the Student billing function but does not contain any function for accepting tuition payment from students. Revise the diagram to capture this functionality. Also, express some common behavior among two use cases in the revised diagram by using include relationships.Appendix B:1. When should you use an Agile method, and when should you use an engineering-based method for developing a system? Support your answer. Course Project:Create a Use-Case
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ATM Use Cases System Analysis and Development Describe Use Case This use case illustrates how a customer using an ATM to withdraw money from their account. The actors are the bank customer and the bank. The following steps represent what the use case will illustrate. The customer inserts the bankcard. The ATM will than ask for a pin number. The ATM reads the card. The screen gives you multiple options. The customer than selects the “Withdraw Cash” option. The ATM than prompts the different
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Introduction The report focuses the controversial topic of SOPA and PIPA. In the report, we will introduce the aims of the two bills and debate whether they are reasonable or not. In the end of discussion, we come to the conclusion that the two should not be passed. Both of the supporter and oppose will provide their reasons. And each of them will attack his/her rival’s argument. The aims of SOAP and PIPA The aim of SOPA The full name of SOPA is Stop Online Privacy Act. It is a United
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For more than a decade, there have been media sources publicizing controversial stories of injuries and deaths occurring during police-citizen encounters. Public outcry and protest against these police-citizens interactions have created animosity between the two groups, causing a lack of trust in the legitimacy of police work. The case and trial surrounding the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Missouri police officer was one of the more recent controversial stories that help spark a policing
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• What is Zoning? Zoning is the process of regulating the land use and building design (height, size, spacing and use) within a community. In the general sense, zoning determines what can be developed and where\ and how it can be developed. Zoning helps protect public and private interests, preserve critical areas, promote orderly growth, and encourage development to occur at a rate and manner that the community desires. • What is a Zoning Ordinance? A Zoning Ordinance is the written law that defines
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