Naturopathy (also known as naturopathic medicine or natural medicine) is an alternative medical system that focuses on natural remedies and the body's vital ability to heal and maintain itself. Naturopathic philosophy favors a holistic approach and minimal use of surgery and drugs. Naturopathy comprises many different treatment modalities of varying degrees of acceptance by the medical community; diet and lifestyle advice may be substantially similar to that offered by non-naturopaths; some herbal remedies may be effective in some cases.
After a period of rapid growth, naturopathy went into decline for several decades after the 1930s. In 1910, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published the Flexner Report, which criticized many aspects of medical education, especially quality and lack of scientific rigour. The advent of penicillin and other "miracle drugs" and the consequent popularity of modern medicine also contributed to naturopathy's decline. Following Lust's death in 1945, the ANA split into six distinct organizations.
There are two groups in North America calling themselves "naturopaths". The term when originally coined by John Scheel, and popularized by Benedict Lust was to apply to those receiving an education in the basic medical sciences with an emphasis on natural therapies. This usage best describes modern day naturopathic doctors. In the absence of universal regulation of naturopathy, another group of practitioners (the so-called 'traditional naturopaths') has emerged. Additionally, a variety of health care professionals may incorporate naturopathic principles and modalities into their practice.
In the 1940s and 1950s, a broadening in scope of practice laws led many chiropractic schools to drop their N.D. degrees, though many chiropractors continued to practice naturopathy. Since Naturopathy's focus is upon its philosophy of natural health rather than specific methods, practitioners use a wide variety of treatment modalities. Effectiveness of naturopathy as a whole system has not been systematically evaluated, and efficacy of individual methods used varies.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
MOBILE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
Communicator offers two options for mobile communication: the mobile phone on the front of the device can be used for handling calls privately or alternatively, you can make use of the hands-free speakerphone when the device cover is opened. The speakerphone picks up and transmits sounds with clarity. Tri-Band operation (EGSM 900, GSM1800/1900), automatic switching between bands. Conference call with mute functionality, enables simultaneous usage of multiple applications. Bluetooth wireless technology enables hands-free audio communication.
Browse the Internet on the wide, rich color screen. You can access the Internet while away from your desk using Wireless LAN or the EDGE phone network. The Web browser installed on the Communicator uses smart-rendering technology so you see Web pages quickly and effectively.
The Communicator gives you various ways to stay in the loop with its built-in messaging application. For quick communication, send an SMS or add a picture and send it via MMS. For your in-depth correspondence, the email client lets you handle attachments* on your mobile. Read and write email on- or offline, send email with attachments, and store messages in offline folders.
In addition to GPRS/EGPRS access the Internet or your corporate network via Wireless LAN (WLAN). WLAN connections, allowing data access to network resources in coverage areas available in many offices, airports, hotels and conference centers. Wireless Network Access - enables you to check your email, browse the Web, and download files from your corporate server directly to your Communicator.
Browse the Internet on the wide, rich color screen. You can access the Internet while away from your desk using Wireless LAN or the EDGE phone network. The Web browser installed on the Communicator uses smart-rendering technology so you see Web pages quickly and effectively.
The Communicator gives you various ways to stay in the loop with its built-in messaging application. For quick communication, send an SMS or add a picture and send it via MMS. For your in-depth correspondence, the email client lets you handle attachments* on your mobile. Read and write email on- or offline, send email with attachments, and store messages in offline folders.
In addition to GPRS/EGPRS access the Internet or your corporate network via Wireless LAN (WLAN). WLAN connections, allowing data access to network resources in coverage areas available in many offices, airports, hotels and conference centers. Wireless Network Access - enables you to check your email, browse the Web, and download files from your corporate server directly to your Communicator.
LOGISTICS
One of the oldest elements of business operation is Logistics. No commercial activity is possible without logistical support. Despite its fundamental, historical foundation, logistics is undergoing dramatic changes. Many observers feel that logistical management is experiencing a renaissance. Information technology is at the core of this change and is the enabler of the integrated logistics concept. The availability of timely, accurate, inexpensive information is opening the door for unprecedented quality and productivity improvements in the logistics process.
Logistics Information Center has been developed to meet the needs of those interested in finding solutions to logistics problems. As a logistics service provider PSB endeavours to educate its clients on all matters of logistics with special emphasis on cost reduction advice in the long and complicated logistics chain. With this aim, we bring to you the necessary information on logistics matters. This information may help you to some extent in streamlining your logistics operation and help in better decision making.
This duty is leviable on the assessable value. The basic customs duty rates are 0%, 15%, 25%, 30 % or35%. The duty rates are dependant upon the tariff classification of the items of import. The applicable duty rate would be arrived at after taking into account the relevant notification applicable to the chapter under which the item has been classified. This is a duty chargeable in lieu of sales tax and the general rate is 4 %. Specific exemption notifications may also be applicable. The special additional duty is leviable on assessable value + basic customs duty + CVD.
Logistic costs increase drastically if the shipment has to lie for long period in the port area. A logistic service seeker must be aware of the charges applicable at inland container depots and ports. Most shipping lines give a free period of 5 days for destuffing of cargo from containers.
Logistics Information Center has been developed to meet the needs of those interested in finding solutions to logistics problems. As a logistics service provider PSB endeavours to educate its clients on all matters of logistics with special emphasis on cost reduction advice in the long and complicated logistics chain. With this aim, we bring to you the necessary information on logistics matters. This information may help you to some extent in streamlining your logistics operation and help in better decision making.
This duty is leviable on the assessable value. The basic customs duty rates are 0%, 15%, 25%, 30 % or35%. The duty rates are dependant upon the tariff classification of the items of import. The applicable duty rate would be arrived at after taking into account the relevant notification applicable to the chapter under which the item has been classified. This is a duty chargeable in lieu of sales tax and the general rate is 4 %. Specific exemption notifications may also be applicable. The special additional duty is leviable on assessable value + basic customs duty + CVD.
Logistic costs increase drastically if the shipment has to lie for long period in the port area. A logistic service seeker must be aware of the charges applicable at inland container depots and ports. Most shipping lines give a free period of 5 days for destuffing of cargo from containers.
ONLINE ADVERTISING
Online advertising is a form of promotion that uses the Internet and World Wide Web for the expressed purpose of delivering marketing messages to attract customers. Examples of online advertising include contextual ads on search engine results pages, banner ads, Rich Media Ads, Social network advertising, online classified advertising, advertising networks and e-mail marketing, including e-mail spam.
Online video directories for brands are a good example of interactive advertising. These directories complement television advertising and allow the viewer to view the commercials of a number of brands. If the advertiser has opted for a response feature, the viewer may then choose to visit the brand’s website, or interact with the advertiser through other touch points such as email, chat or phone. Response to brand communication is instantaneous, and conversion to business is very high. This is because in contrast to conventional forms of interruptive advertising, the viewer has actually chosen to see the commercial.
Affiliate marketing is a form of online advertising where advertisers place campaigns with a potentially large number of small (and large) publishers, whom are only paid media fees when traffic to the advertiser is garnered, and usually upon a specific measurable campaign result (a form, a sale, a sign-up, etc). Today, this is usually accomplished through contracting with an affiliate network.
There is also class of advertising methods which may be considered unethical and perhaps even illegal. These include external applications which alter system settings (such as a browser's home page), spawn pop-ups, and insert advertisements into non-affiliated webpages. Such applications are usually labeled as spyware or adware. They may mask their questionable activities by performing a simple service, such as displaying the weather or providing a search bar. Some programs are effectively trojans.
Online video directories for brands are a good example of interactive advertising. These directories complement television advertising and allow the viewer to view the commercials of a number of brands. If the advertiser has opted for a response feature, the viewer may then choose to visit the brand’s website, or interact with the advertiser through other touch points such as email, chat or phone. Response to brand communication is instantaneous, and conversion to business is very high. This is because in contrast to conventional forms of interruptive advertising, the viewer has actually chosen to see the commercial.
Affiliate marketing is a form of online advertising where advertisers place campaigns with a potentially large number of small (and large) publishers, whom are only paid media fees when traffic to the advertiser is garnered, and usually upon a specific measurable campaign result (a form, a sale, a sign-up, etc). Today, this is usually accomplished through contracting with an affiliate network.
There is also class of advertising methods which may be considered unethical and perhaps even illegal. These include external applications which alter system settings (such as a browser's home page), spawn pop-ups, and insert advertisements into non-affiliated webpages. Such applications are usually labeled as spyware or adware. They may mask their questionable activities by performing a simple service, such as displaying the weather or providing a search bar. Some programs are effectively trojans.
HUMAN RESOURCE
Human resources is a term with which some organizations describe the combination of traditionally administrative personnel functions with performance, Employee Relations and resource planning. The field draws upon concepts developed in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Human resources has at least two related interpretations depending on context. The original usage derives from political economy and economics, where it was traditionally called labor, one of four factors of production.
The more common usage within corporations and businesses refers to the individuals within the firm, and to the portion of the firm's organization that deals with hiring, firing, training, and other personnel issues. This article addresses both definitions. The objective of human resources is to maximize the return on investment from the organization's human capital and minimize financial risk. It is the responsibility of human resource managers to conduct these activities in an effective, legal, fair, and consistent manner.
Human Resources Development is the structure that allows for individual development, potentially satisfying the organisation’s goals. The development of the individual will benefit both the individual and the organisation. The Human Resources Development framework views employees, as an asset to the enterprise whose value will be enhanced by development, “Its primary focus is on growth and employee development…it emphasises developing individual potential and skills” (Elwood, olton and Trott 1996) Human Resources Development can be in-room group training, tertiary or vocational courses or mentoring and coaching by senior employees with the aim for a desired outcome that will develop the individual’s performance.
A successful Human Resources Development program will prepare the individual to undertake a higher level of work, “organised learning over a given period of time, to provide the possibility of performance change” (Nadler 1984). Human Resources Development is the framework that focuses on the organisations competencies at the first stage, training, and then developing the employee, through education, to satisfy the organisations long-term needs and the individuals’ career goals and employee value to their present and future employers.
The more common usage within corporations and businesses refers to the individuals within the firm, and to the portion of the firm's organization that deals with hiring, firing, training, and other personnel issues. This article addresses both definitions. The objective of human resources is to maximize the return on investment from the organization's human capital and minimize financial risk. It is the responsibility of human resource managers to conduct these activities in an effective, legal, fair, and consistent manner.
Human Resources Development is the structure that allows for individual development, potentially satisfying the organisation’s goals. The development of the individual will benefit both the individual and the organisation. The Human Resources Development framework views employees, as an asset to the enterprise whose value will be enhanced by development, “Its primary focus is on growth and employee development…it emphasises developing individual potential and skills” (Elwood, olton and Trott 1996) Human Resources Development can be in-room group training, tertiary or vocational courses or mentoring and coaching by senior employees with the aim for a desired outcome that will develop the individual’s performance.
A successful Human Resources Development program will prepare the individual to undertake a higher level of work, “organised learning over a given period of time, to provide the possibility of performance change” (Nadler 1984). Human Resources Development is the framework that focuses on the organisations competencies at the first stage, training, and then developing the employee, through education, to satisfy the organisations long-term needs and the individuals’ career goals and employee value to their present and future employers.
MOBILE WEB
The Mobile Web refers to the access to brower-based web services such as the World Wide Web, WAP, and i-Mode using a mobile device such as cell phones, PDAs, and other portable gadgets connected to a public network. Such access does not require a desktop computer, nor a fixed landline connection.[1] The total number of mobile web users grew past the total number of PC based internet users for the first time in 2008 (source: Tomi Ahonen Almanac 2009).
However, Mobile Web access today still suffers from interoperability and usability problems. This is partly due to the incompatibility of the format of much of the information available on the Internet with mobile devices and partly due to the small physical size of the screens of mobile devices and other device limitations.
W3C is also developing a validating schema to assess the readiness of content for the mobile web, through its mobile OK Scheme, which will help content developers to quickly determine if their content is web-ready. The W3C guidelines and mobile OK approach have not been immune from criticism. This puts the emphasis on Adaptation, which is now seen as the key process in achieving the Ubiquitous Web, when combined with a Device Description Repository.
The inability of mobile web applications to access the local capabilities on the mobile device can limit their ability to provide the same features as native applications. The OMTP BONDI activity is acting as a catalyst to enable a set of JavaScript APIs which can access local capabilities in a secure way on the mobile device. Specifications and a reference implementation[4] have been produced. Security is a key aspect in this provision in order to protect users from malicious web applications and widgets.
However, Mobile Web access today still suffers from interoperability and usability problems. This is partly due to the incompatibility of the format of much of the information available on the Internet with mobile devices and partly due to the small physical size of the screens of mobile devices and other device limitations.
W3C is also developing a validating schema to assess the readiness of content for the mobile web, through its mobile OK Scheme, which will help content developers to quickly determine if their content is web-ready. The W3C guidelines and mobile OK approach have not been immune from criticism. This puts the emphasis on Adaptation, which is now seen as the key process in achieving the Ubiquitous Web, when combined with a Device Description Repository.
The inability of mobile web applications to access the local capabilities on the mobile device can limit their ability to provide the same features as native applications. The OMTP BONDI activity is acting as a catalyst to enable a set of JavaScript APIs which can access local capabilities in a secure way on the mobile device. Specifications and a reference implementation[4] have been produced. Security is a key aspect in this provision in order to protect users from malicious web applications and widgets.
E-LIBRARY
The term digital library is diffuse enough to be applied to a wide range of collections and organizations, but, to be considered a digital library, an online collection of information must be managed by and made accessible to a community of users. Thus, some web sites can be considered digital libraries, but far from all. Many of the best known digital libraries are older than the web including Project Perseus, Project Gutenberg, and ibiblio. Nevertheless, as a result of the development of the internet and its search potential, digital libraries such as the European
Library and the Library of Congress are now developing in a Web-based environment. Public, school and college libraries are also able to develop digital download websites, featuring eBooks, audiobooks, music and video. A distinction is often made between content that was created in a digital format, known as born-digital, and information that has been converted from a physical medium, e.g., paper, by digitizing. The term hybrid library is sometimes used for libraries that have both physical collections and digital collections. For example, American Memory is a digital library within the Library of Congress.
Some important digital libraries also serve as long term archives, for example, the ePrint arXiv, and the Internet Archive. Many academic libraries are actively involved in building institutional repositories of the institution's books, papers, theses, and other works which can be digitized or were 'born digital'. Many of these repositories are made available to the general public with few restrictions, in accordance with the goals of open access, in contrast to the publication of research in commercial journals, where the publishers often limit access rights.
Institutional, truly free, and corporate repositories are sometimes referred to as digital libraries. The advantages of digital libraries as a means of easily and rapidly accessing books, archives and images of various types are now widely recognized by commercial interests and public bodies alike. Traditional libraries are limited by storage space; digital libraries have the potential to store much more information, simply because digital information requires very little physical space to contain it. As such, the cost of maintaining a digital library is much lower than that of a traditional library.
Library and the Library of Congress are now developing in a Web-based environment. Public, school and college libraries are also able to develop digital download websites, featuring eBooks, audiobooks, music and video. A distinction is often made between content that was created in a digital format, known as born-digital, and information that has been converted from a physical medium, e.g., paper, by digitizing. The term hybrid library is sometimes used for libraries that have both physical collections and digital collections. For example, American Memory is a digital library within the Library of Congress.
Some important digital libraries also serve as long term archives, for example, the ePrint arXiv, and the Internet Archive. Many academic libraries are actively involved in building institutional repositories of the institution's books, papers, theses, and other works which can be digitized or were 'born digital'. Many of these repositories are made available to the general public with few restrictions, in accordance with the goals of open access, in contrast to the publication of research in commercial journals, where the publishers often limit access rights.
Institutional, truly free, and corporate repositories are sometimes referred to as digital libraries. The advantages of digital libraries as a means of easily and rapidly accessing books, archives and images of various types are now widely recognized by commercial interests and public bodies alike. Traditional libraries are limited by storage space; digital libraries have the potential to store much more information, simply because digital information requires very little physical space to contain it. As such, the cost of maintaining a digital library is much lower than that of a traditional library.
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