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Oral contraceptives and breast cancer risk in women

In a 2002 The New England Journal of Medicine article entitled "Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer," Marchbanks, McDonald, Wilson, Folger, Mandel, Daling, Bernstein, Malone., Ursin, Strom, Norman, and Weiss (2002) reveal that it is not clear whether the use of oral contraceptives…

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Government policies and the obesity epidemic in America

In the last several decades the obesity crisis has reached epidemic proportions. Evidence of this can be seen by looking no further than a recent study conducted by the Trust for America's Health, which found that 119 million adults or 65% of the U.S. adult population is obese.

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Nielsen ratings and television viewership measurement methods

Television ratings are most frequently based on what are called Nielsen Ratings, as this is the major corporate source for accumulating data on television program viewing.

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The blurring of reality and fiction in television crime drama

Television crime dram has been one of the most fundamentally altered genres of the era of television.

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Saltwater intrusion in coastal freshwater aquifers: causes and mitigation

Approximately two thirds of the world's population lives within 400 km of an ocean shoreline. The majority of these coastal regions depend on groundwater as their main source of fresh water.

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Total quality management implementation across organizational levels

The concept of total quality management is relatively new and its application is still ambiguous.

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How social networking websites create value through connectivity and membership models

The social networking websites defined and detailed by the authors in this article create value for their customers in a variety of ways.

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Why Hispanic-Americans are not all Mexican-Americans

The recent controversy over illegal immigration has centered almost entirely on people of Hispanic descent, primarily those making their way into the country over the Mexican border.

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E-commerce investment decision for wholesale company using Bayes theorem

Internet has become a way of life because of the convenience and flexibility that comes with it. One can do a whole lot of things including comparing different products and buying the right product that perfectly fits their needs.

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Internal control weaknesses at Cheese Please Ltd.

Audit Case Study -- Cheese Please Ltd. The internal control at Cheese Please Ltd. is marked by five distinct weaknesses, as follows:

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