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The two-party system in American politics and democracy

A two-party system is one in which two political parties have a clear electoral advantage. Other political parties may exist, but in two-party systems the vast majority of elected office positions are held by members of only those two parties.

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Systems thinking as an approach to organizational problem-solving and learning

Systems thinking makes it possible to achieve critical results when problems are chronic and resist traditional approaches. Systems thinking is, at its core, a system for collective inquiry -- it cannot be effectively accomplished with just individual.

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Hemophilia: genetic causes, inheritance patterns, and diagnostic methods

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which a person's blood will not clot normally. This may cause a person with the disease to bleed longer than normal following an injury, or can also result in internal bleeding. Prolonged bleeding can be life threatening.

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Adult learning theory and technology-based instructional design

Initiating technology into the curriculum means more than just "making it work." The ideals of adult learning theory can be used in designing technology-based instruction to make it more helpful.

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Roe v. Wade: constitutional controversy and the right to privacy

In the years preceding the landmark case of Roe v. Wade in 1973, the United States underwent a great deal of social upheaval (Cohen, 2005).

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Nursing perspectives on intimate partner violence in emergency care

Domestic violence is a widely prevalent and highly underreported social healthcare issue. As a major public health concern, intimate partner violence needs to be more effectively addressed.

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Tiger Woods' infidelity, media coverage, and ethical judgment

Tiger Woods is guilty of serious and habitual infidelity. His sexual promiscuity while persisting in a marriage with two children constitutes an ethical trespass which calls into questions Woods' traits of honesty, his capacity to differentiate between right and wrong, his ability to execute…

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Transforming a traditional learning unit into online instruction

David Thornburg with regard to utilizing technology in the learning environment: "Our challenge is not to do old things differently, it is to do different things."

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Nursing patient advocacy and the benefits of insulin pens in hospitals

Even though the use of insulin pens has become more and more common among those patients who are on insulin therapy, the use of these pens has been banned in most hospitals due to safety issues that have arisen surrounding them.

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The Catholic Church's evolving response to capitalism and socialism

The Catholic Church has become less directly involved in the political and governmental affairs of the world following the industrial revolution, but the critiques and commentaries of the Church and especially of the Pope on the methods of government and political ideologies that currently exist…

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