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Spina bifida myelomeningocele: screening, prevention, and prognosis

Spina bifida myelomeningocele is a devastating diagnosis for a child and research into its causes, diagnosis, and treatment has wide-ranging implications both for the families involved and the larger medical community.

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Apple and Hewlett Packard's differentiated marketing strategies for personal computers

Different computer makers take different approaches to their marketing. Apple, the industry's #5, and Hewlett Packard, the industry's #1 (no author, 2010), each compete on different dimensions.

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Macroeconomic policy responses to economic crisis: comparing Obama and Biden administrations

Jan 20, 2021, inauguration day is a cold, overcast, and dreary day in the Nation's Capital, representative of the economic malaise which has gripped the country.

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Newman's perspective on the resilience of the working poor class

Social focus on the jobless poor neglects the laboring class who labor on despite horrendous and irksome conditions.

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Balancing the 2006 federal budget: priorities and policy changes

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Fast food regulation and individual autonomy in obesity policy

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Purity, identity, and the Mishnah's regulation of Gentile relations

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U.S. military rules of engagement and civilian protection in conflict zones

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Gender roles and family conflict in Bread Givers and Real Women Have Curves

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Effectiveness and approaches in substance abuse treatment programs

Illicit drug abuse, prescription drug abuse and addiction, and alcoholism are all significant contemporary social problems. All of those problems involve aspects or combinations of behavioral, physiological, or psychological dependence (Gerrig & Zimbardo, 2008).

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