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Proactive policing effectiveness: crime prevention in Fairfield

There is generally a concept that police respond only after a crime is committed. However, now police do have opportunities to be proactive. Today proactive policing has emerged as the key to a booming future in crime prevention and control.

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Technology and multiple intelligences in high school history teaching

Since the beginning of education in the U.S., the classroom setting has remained the same: Students have sat quietly in their seats with just a pencil, textbook and lined paper to practice their "readin', riting and 'rithmetic." However, the advent of new technologies is heralding a change.

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Allen Verhey's analysis of "playing God" in medical ethics and bioethics

Verhey, Allen. "Playing God and Invoking a Perspective." Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 20 (1995): 347-364.

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Koller on asset bubbles and the 2008 financial crisis

He argues that bubbles typically occur when people in the financial community lose sight of value, and that this is something that should be guarded against. Tried and true economic principles, he argues, will always hold, and the prudent investor will never forget them.

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Afrocentrism and Eurocentrism in African historical interpretation

The work of Lefkowitz (2012) and the work of Bernal (1996) oppose one another on the history of Greece as it relates to the history of Egypt with each of these authors making valid points for their argument however, Lefkowitz stubbornly refuses to consider that anything good or worthy could have…

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Ethical issues in healthcare provision for anorexia nervosa patients

Eating disorders consist of a variety of symptoms with psychological, social, and physical characteristics.

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The project life cycle: defining, planning, executing, and closing

A project is a temporary group activity that is designed to produce a unique result, service, or product. It is temporary since it has defined end and a beginning and has defined resources and scope.

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Leonard Sax's "Boys Adrift": causes of male underachievement

For many years, there was a great deal of concern expressed about the poor performance of girls in schools. Although girls often excelled during the early grades, boys tended to edge out girls in terms of grades and on standardized tests, particularly in the sciences and math.

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Ana Mendieta's Rape Scene and the nature of public art

Before discussing Ana Mendieta's 1973 work "Rape Scene" it is necessary to explore some contradictions in our thinking about the nature of "public" versus "private" acts. Art in general is, of course, understood to be a public act in certain ways: it is intended to be viewed by others.

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Schizophrenia: symptoms, risk factors, and historical development

Schizophrenia is a rare but complex type of mental disorder which often has life-altering ramifications.

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