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Genocide and international law since World War II

Since the end of World War II, the term genocide has been continually brought to the forefront. Simply put, genocide is when violent acts are committed against a particular group of people.

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Outdoor recreation and academic performance in elementary school students

The background of outdoor activity as an aspect of education parallels the relative history of progressive education in the United States.

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Christopher J. Wright's approach to interpreting Jesus in the Old Testament

Jesus Through the Old Testament" and New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament: the Theological Rationale of Midrashic Exegesis

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Preventing Alzheimer's disease: risk factors and early intervention research

The risk for dementia, a major contributor to incapacitation and institutionalization, rises rapidly as we age, doubling every 5 years after age 65.

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Capital punishment as a deterrent to crime: empirical evidence and debate

The debate over punishment as a deterrent to crime is a question that has been part of the societal debate on criminal justice since the first cities were founded.

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Bandura and Vygotsky's theories applied to adult social learning

The act of being social means interacting with others. Learning can be a social process and learning for adults is different than the social process of how children learn. Two pioneers of the social nature of learning theory are Albert Bandura and Lev Vygotsky.

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Florida Department of Citrus marketing strategy in competitive markets

The reasons the Florida Department of Citrus advertises as a singular cooperative rather than on the basis of individual farms is because the market is competitive. Competitive markets have a number of traits that make them distinct.

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The First Amendment and prayer in public schools

Should there be prayer allowed in the public school system? The history of prayer in public school has been one that has had a lot of legal interpretation. The link between religion and government in the United States can be found in the First Amendment to the Constitution.

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Historiography and historical interpretation of the American Revolution

The study of historiography is the study of the manner in which both methods of studying history and the way history is presented are combined to form a greater understanding of the underlying currents behind historical interpretations.

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Pesticide drift exposure and health risks for agricultural workers

The United Nation's World Health Organization estimates that on an annual basis, over 3 million agricultural workers experience severe and sometimes fatal exposure to poisoning from pesticides used in the production of various farming activities.

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