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India's foreign policy drivers of economic growth and development

India's growth is one of the most compelling economic stories. The country's economy has grown rapidly -- 9.7% in 2007 and 9.6% in 2006.

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The concept of self in Rogers, Freud, and Jung

The concept of self is one of the major themes of personality studies. Personality can be defined as the totality of the behavior and emotional characteristics of an individual.

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A Vietnamese refugee's spiritual journey to Freetown

In November, I boarded an airplane to California with fifty other refugees from my own camp. Of the fifty of us, I was the only one who had a connecting flight to Concord, New Hampshire. Most settled in Los Angeles, and a part of me liked that idea as well.

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Advertising definitions across classical, scientific, and modernist theoretical schools

The general division in the social sciences in terms of theoretical schools of thought has its own influences in other allied functions of management and social science profession.

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Impact of bowel cancer screening on early detection rates

Discuss the impact bowel cancer screening has had on the detection of bowel cancer. Screening for bowel cancer consists of testing in people who do not have any clear symptoms of the disease. The intention is to find any polyps, or trace of cancer early when it is easier to cure with treatment.

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Benchmarking as a performance assessment tool in public sector organizations: the New Zealand PHARMAC case

Performance assessment and benchmarking in the public sector" by K.L.H. Wynn- Williams seeks to explore benchmarking as a tool for overcoming problems associated with accountability in public sector organizations.

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Revenge effects in technology and medicine: Tenner's analysis of unintended consequences

Ever since Frankenstein. This chapter talks about the basics of humans and the machines they use. It notes that people are often frustrated by machines and technology, and they expect it to malfunction.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: history, policy, and military service

It is the author's contention that homosexuality in the military is not a problem per se. So often in any political sexual scandal (the Monica Lewinsky scandal comes to mind), secrecy is the issue.

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Air carrier safety responsibilities and FAA oversight standards

What are the air carriers' responsibilities for safety? And how does FAA judge if an air carrier unable to carry its duties?

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Comparison of three ambulatory electronic health record systems

An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a computerized, longitudinal (captured over time) record of a patient's care and health information, including "patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data . . .

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