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The focus of this brief research report is to examine the issue of finding values in the contemporary world. Values, in the context of this research study relates to principles, standards, ethics, deeply-held beliefs and guides for living however, values also is akin to ‘meaning'. Therefore, this research study examines how values and meaning is constructed in the life of a contemporary individual. There has been much written in recent years concerning cognition and emotional intelligence. Studies in these two areas have yielded positive constructs, which individuals and social groups have successfully developed individually or in terms of the group upon the bases of cognitive and emotional intelligence behaviors and functional processes. Little explored however, is the area relating to what is known as ‘Spiritual Intelligence".

The title of this research article is Integrating Fingerprint Verification into the Smart Card-Based Healthcare Information System and it was published in 2009. This research article was a result of the efforts put in by Daesung Moon, Yongwha Chung, Sung Bum Pan and Jin-Won Park. Due to the increase in very large scale integration technology, smart cards, which are credit card sized plastic cards embedded with memory inside a chip were introduced. These smart cards are able to store all information which is personal and is not shared with others. This research paper describes where the use of a smart card is applied in healthcare information systems and how integrating the use of smart cards is different from the usual ways in which patient information is gathered. In order to obtain relevant patient data, connection to the hospital database is necessary. This, however, is not possible in cases where connections are not available for example in ambulances and therefore having smart cards reduces the chances of not being able to get relevant patient data on time.

Media Representations of Marriage Coaching

This paper discusses "The Epic of Gilgamesh." The story is interestingly unique but also emblematic of the legends that are associated with ancient civilizations in the Mesopotamian region. Ancient Egypt and other countries in the area all had similar historical epics which revealed the hierarchy of the civilization. The king was all powerful and there was a relatinoship between human and gods

The story of Oedipus has surpassed the original play in that even people who have never seen or read Oedipus Rex know the basic elements of the story.

This essay adopts a series of attitudes toward the idea of terrorism. It discusses concerning several perspectives on the matter and focuses on providing information about terrorists, reasons why they act, and factors that facilitated their existence. The paper is divided into several sections each focusing on a particular matter.

Recidivism is a common yet disturbing issue. Some of the state prisons with best rehabilitation programs have failed to control recidivism. In our research, we found that there are some critical causes of recidivism…

Since the mid-1980s, Antarctica has been an increasingly popular tourist destination, despite the relative danger of visiting the largest, least explored -- and arguably least understood -- continent on earth.

Black Women in Law Profession Early Twentieth Century

This memorandum is an analysis of the P&E issues raised by proposed legislative changes regarding criminal sexual behavior, as well as so-called "vices" and other related conduct. The purpose of this analysis is to…