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Qualitative research approaches for understanding military combat PTSD

Individuals returning from military combat are among the most vulnerable demographics to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its related consequences of emotional instability, psychological despair, substance abuse and a host of other war-related dissonances.

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Encouraging reading and writing development in middle school students

There are few skills that are more important in terms of pure academics and in their applicability to later life skills and professional advancement than the basics of reading and writing.

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Japan's modernization through cinema, culture, and social conflict

Contrary to public belief time does not progress linearly. Events do not occur one after the other (though it may seem that way). Therefore in order to understand a culture today, we must look at it in the context of yesterday.

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Critical success factors for Outrigger Hotels and Resorts IT integration

The CSFs for Outrigger hotels include insight and intelligence into how to attain greater loyalty from their customers, more effective use of their it systems across the eleven time zones the company operates in, more efficient use of their legacy ERP system (JD Edwards) and Stellex transactional…

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Capital structure, business risk, and financial leverage analysis

The degree of debt that the company has reflects the amount of risk that the company has. Risk in terms of capital structure is related to the debt obligations of the firm, so the more debt that a firm has, the riskier it is.

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Disciplinary action and misconduct in the case of officer Ima

In the case of police officers, agencies would normally try to first initiate a disciplinary action against the officer before a threat of termination.

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U.S. healthcare reform and the case for single-payer systems

Few issues have drawn more contentious debate and more virulent commentary from both sides of the political fence than has the recent legislation that serves as an overhaul of sorts to the United States' healthcare system.

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Short-term rewards and employee satisfaction at a food bank

Of course that fat, end-of-the-year bonus check is lovely to get. Even in these lean days, when that annual largesse may have been put on a diet, the bonus given for a long period of good work is certainly beneficial in terms of proving to be an incentive for a worker to continue to put in his or…

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Google's approach to job satisfaction and employee innovation through the rule of 20%

Many factors contribute to Google's unique corporate culture and corresponding strength at innovation, employee retention and productivity.

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Poe's tragic life and its influence on his dark fiction

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on 19 January 19 in 1809. Poe's mother died when he was still an infant and Poe found himself separated from his brother and sister when he went to live with John and Frances Allan.

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