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On 6 July 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112141). The act authorised spend...

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Chapter One reviews basis elementary of residence security, classical residence security and health care surveillance system versus computer vision...

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