Quality of life is the degree of well being felt by an individual or group of people. Unlike standard of living, quality of life is not a tangible concept, and therefore cannot be measured directly. Furthermore, quality of life consists of two components. The first is a physical aspect, which includes such things as health, diet, as well as protection against pain and disease. The second component is psychological in nature. This aspect includes such things as stress, worry, pleasure and other positive or negative emotional states. It is virtually…
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Call Control Or Call Processing
In telephony, call control refers to the software within a telephone switch that supplies its central function. Call control decodes addressing information and routes telephone calls from one end point to another. It also creates the features that can be used to adapt standard switch operation to the needs of users. Common examples of such features are “Call Waiting”, “Call Forward on Busy”, and “Do Not Disturb”. Call control software, because of its central place in the operation of the telephone network, is marked by both complexity and reliability. Call…
Read MoreA Language And Its Properties
A language is a system of visual, auditory, or tactile symbols of communication and the rules used to manipulate them. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon. Language is considered to be an exclusively human mode of communication; although other animals make use of quite sophisticated communicative systems, none of these are known to make use of all of the properties that linguists use to define language. A set of agreed-upon symbols is only one feature of written language; all languages must define…
Read MoreReasons and benefits For Employee Training and Development
In organizational development, the related field of Training and Development (T & D) deals with the design and delivery of learning to improve performance, skills, or knowledge within organizations. In some organizations the term Learning & Development is used instead of Training and Development in order to emphasize the importance of learning for the individual and the organization. In other organizations, the term Human Resource Development is used. Reasons for Employee Training and Development Training and development can be initiated for a variety of reasons for an employee or group…
Read MoreDoes Reading Help In Reducing Weight?
Everyone has belief that reading helps in increasing the weight rather than reduction in weight. While reading we sit at one place and sometimes we eat snacks while reading. Doctors also suggest no reading for overweighed kids. But this statement was proven wrong by a research where girls from age 9-13 have reduced their weight by reading. Girls get teased by others due to their over weight and size. A group of 33 girls are taken and divided them into group. Few girls read book called LAKE RESCUE, for girls…
Read MorePlan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system, primarily used as a research vehicle. It was developed as the research successor to Unix by the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs between the mid-1980s and 2002. Plan 9 is most notable for representing all system interfaces, including those required for networking and the user-interface, through the file system rather than specialized interfaces. Plan 9 aims to provide users with a workstation-independent working environment through the use of the 9P protocols. Plan 9 continues to be used and…
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