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The Tree of Life symbol across religious and cultural traditions

Few images are more universal or could be said to conjure a more positive association than the Tree of Life. An idea that has traceable roots to importance for a broad array of cultures, the Tree of Life is remarkable for its importance to both theological and secular ideologies.

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Mrs. Acres' homemade pie business: supply, demand, and expansion options

Mrs. Acres began making her homemade pies as a business venture and quickly found that she had hit on something quite profitable. At a price of four-and-a-half dollars, Mrs.

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IT department leadership and business integration at IVK

In the past, your organization did not view the IT department in a business sense. IT is generally viewed in a more technical light, but it should be understood that it is a viable and necessary part of any organization.

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Advanced nurse practitioners' role in ICD-9 diagnosis coding accuracy

Advanced nurse practitioners provide health care services in their areas of specialty. This specialty is determined by their education and certification levels.

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Images of suffering in Dante's Inferno

The cliche saying, "a picture is worth a thousand words," is true in a great many circumstances, but in the case of many great works of literature it seems that the opposite is true, and that a few carefully selected words can create a much clearer image in the mind of the reader than any picture…

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Combat trauma symptom emergence in aging veterans

Exposure to trauma can have a significant and lasting impact on the lives of all persons. Each individual is affected by trauma in different ways.

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Major League Baseball attendance: strikes, interleague play, and stadiums

Schmidt, M. (2006). The Impact of the 1981 and 1994 -- 1995 Strikes on Major League Baseball Attendance. Applied Economics. 34 (4), 471 -- 478.

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Evolution of university curriculum from medieval times to the modern era

Over the last 800-900 years, the idea of an advanced education has undergone a great deal of dramatic evolution. From the 11th century, when universities began in the larger cities of Italy, France and England; to the modern "electronic" and distance programs of the contemporary world.

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Implementing electronic medical records to improve healthcare access and equity

Information Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives on many platforms. Professionally, an increasing amount of people are not only changing their working style from the office to the home, but also finding work online as an alternative to travelling to the workplace.

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Negotiating school district boundaries in Miami-Dade County

The author would like to point out that the problem of redrawing school district boundaries to deal with demographic issues. It is fortunate that in the Miami Dade County school district situation that the situations are being resolved by negotiations.

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