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The history and pharmacological development of Adderall

These compounds were first synthesized in 1887 by Lazar Edeleanu at the University of Berlin (Harrison 2007). He initially called them "phenylisopropylamine." These were among the first series of compounds purified two years earlier by Nagayoshi Nagai.

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Recommended desktop computer configuration with Intel Core i3-550 processor

The minimal configuration that is needed for creating presentations, preparing documents, playing multimedia games, listening to music and viewing movies, storing movies online and chatting with friends is described in this module.

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Teaching as a vocation: fulfilling personal and social obligations

Teaching today has become a challenging profession. Not only are teachers required to maintain a good relationship with their students and the learning material they are to master, they are also required to function within a certain educational and political context.

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Sergeant Stubby: the unlikely World War I hero

What are the personal qualities that transcend an ordinary individual into someone who does something that other people find particularly brave or extraordinary?

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Special interest groups and lobbying strategies in midwifery regulation

The objective of this work is to identify three special interest groups and to discuss the agenda of each special interest group including economic and political incentives including socioeconomic biases and ethical dilemmas and to discuss whether or not each group is a private interest group or…

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African-Americans during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War

Matters seemed to be looking up for African-Americans consequent to the Civil War period. Not only had the government become more tolerant towards them, but they were granted equal rights to white people, thus preventing them from being exploited by society.

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Distinguishing between management and leadership in organizations

Within every organization there are managers and there are leaders. By definition, managers have people who work beneath them, unless their title is honorary and given as a mark of seniority, in which case the title is a misnomer and their power over others is other than formal authority.

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Peer monitoring effects on work-unit performance in organizations

Misty L. Loughry and Henry L. Tosi in an attempt to bring some light to an issue that has not yet been subjected to sufficient study, the issue regarding the effects that peer monitoring has on organizational performance.

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Limited partnership adoption in New York City, 1822-1858

Limited Partnership in New York, 1822-1858: Partnerships Without Kinship" by Eric Hilt and Katharine O'Banion, concerns the adoption of the limited partnership paradigm by the United States.

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Wilhelm Wundt's holistic psychology and evolution of introspection method

Paul -- I made sure that there were at LEAST 300 words per answer, but did not double space since I know how you will be utilizing the data. Glad we connected again -- thank you!

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