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Hard drive selection and digital forensic data acquisition methods

Choosing acquisition methods for a hard drive consider thought and research; in actually once you have purchased a hard drive it is probably shortly going to be out of date with something new, better, and faster with more or updated options.

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General Motors' questionable repayment of TARP bailout funds

As the 2008 economic crisis unfolded, the American automobile industry was severely impacted.

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Management style and leadership in school decentralization implementation

Overview of Situation - In essence, this situation revolves around two major issues: potential change management and span of authority.

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The (over)efficacy of terrorist watch lists in airport security

Especially since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th, 2001, national agencies have been extremely watchful of individuals entering and leaving the country, as well as anyone boarding an airplane within the United States or bound for the United States.

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Employee compensation system design at Yang and Associates

The specialized literature presents the reader with a multitude of models for evaluating and compensating the staff members. But the economic agent cannot simply adopt one particular theoretical model and expect for it to work.

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Postimpressionism, psychology, and the 1938 War of the Worlds panic

Postimpressionism reflects the art-for-art's sake spirit, while H.G. Wells debated that novels should be a sort of lecture, have morals, that they should affect the people who read them. What do you think on this? Which side do you take?

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Superintendent's response to a board member's unauthorized state complaint

Background to the Situation - The situation involves a primarily rural school district, a new Superintendent of the School System and a rather crochety School Board member.

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Examining the complex relationship between media exposure and eating disorders in women

The pressure for women to be a certain size (i.e. thin) has long been blamed on the influence of media -- magazines, television, and films -- and the fact that many of these media sources depict the normal and ideal woman as being extremely thin.

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How Google's cloud computing fosters corporate innovation and collaboration

Innovation is fostered by creativity, which means that the simplest way by which a company can encourage innovation is by creating and maintaining a creative work environment. There are several elements that need to be taken into consideration.

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Dual Process Theory and cognitive decision-making in software engineering

Empirical research can be generally influenced by two cognitive processes: one that is based on intuition and one that is based on in-depth analysis. People normally tend to employ an intuitive approach when first presented with a number of facts meant to be analyzed.

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