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  2. Management information system - Wikipedia

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    Management information system. A management information system (MIS) is an information system [ 1] used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization. The study of the management information systems involves people, processes and technology in an organizational context.

  3. Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia ( Malay: Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM), Jawi: جابتن بومبا دان ڤڽلامت مليسيا ‎), commonly known as Bomba, is a federal agency of Malaysia responsible for firefighting and technical rescue. Bomba is a Malay word derived from the Portuguese bombeiros which means ...

  4. Lidar - Wikipedia

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    A satellite-based system, the NASA ICESat, includes a lidar sub-system for this purpose. The NASA Airborne Topographic Mapper [122] is also used extensively to monitor glaciers and perform coastal change analysis. The combination is also used by soil scientists while creating a soil survey. The detailed terrain modeling allows soil scientists ...

  5. Fundraising - Wikipedia

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    Fundraising or fund-raising is the process of seeking and gathering voluntary financial contributions by engaging individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. Although fundraising typically refers to efforts to gather money for non-profit organizations, it is sometimes used to refer to the identification and ...

  6. Society of Saint Vincent de Paul - Wikipedia

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    The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul ( SVP or SVdP or SSVP) is an international voluntary organization in the Catholic Church, founded in 1833 for the sanctification of its members by personal service of the poor. Started by Frédéric Ozanam and Emmanuel Bailly and named after Vincent de Paul, the organization is part of the global Vincentian ...

  7. Emergency Alert System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Broadcast System, Local Access Alert. The Emergency Alert System ( EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite and broadcast television and AM, FM and satellite radio.

  8. Terrorism financing - Wikipedia

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    Terrorism financing is the provision of funds or providing financial support to individual terrorists or non-state actors. [ 1] Most countries have implemented measures to counter terrorism financing (CTF) often as part of their money laundering laws. Some countries and multinational organisations have created a list of organisations that they ...

  9. Angels in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Angel Blowing a Woodwind, ink and opaque watercolor painting from Safavid Iran, c. 1500, Honolulu Academy of Arts.. The Quranic word for angel (Arabic: ملك, romanized: malak) derives either from Malaka, meaning "he controlled", due to their power to govern different affairs assigned to them, [18] or from the triliteral root '-l-k, l-'-k or m-l-k with the broad meaning of a "messenger", just ...