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Obesity and health outcomes in elderly populations: a literature review

Alonso, J., Banegas, J.R., Graciani, A., Guallar-Castillon, P., Gutierrez-Fisac, J.L., Lopez-Garcia, E., & Rodriguez-Artalejo, F. (2007). Relationship between obesity, hypertension and diabetes, and health-related quality of life among the elderly.

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Sports psychology techniques and mental performance in athletes

Athletes can often be seen and heard giving themselves positive affirmations concerning how they are going to perform. This scenario often happen before and even during competitions. The purpose of such murmuring is to prepare the mind and the psyche for the task ahead.

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Hidden information and social secrecy in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen's early novel Sense and Sensibility reflects the Enlightenment principles of balance and contrast. The title of Austen's work suggests that the ideal human being and the ideal relationship reflect both good sense and practicality as well an appreciation of romance and refinement.

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Brand effects on Chinese consumer behavior in the Irish luxury market

Investigation of how the brand effect influences Chinese consumer behaviors within the luxury products offered in the Irish market.

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The financial crisis and growing class divide in America

There are signs that the ongoing financial crisis is coming to an end. The GDP has risen in each of the last two quarters, housing prices has stabilized, the Dow Jones Industrial Index is back above 10,000 and the White House has returned to its usual policy of excusing executive excess.

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Group dynamics and executive development in business teams

In today's business world, companies are increasingly realizing the value of group work in order to further their mission and goals.

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Wind energy potential and production in Michigan

I first became interested in the energy of the wind as a young girl flying kites. At that time I didn't think about wind as an practical source in the sense of turning turbines to generate electricity.

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Historic climate change and national income across three centuries

The authors are attempting through their research to make a direct connection between the wealth and prosperity of nations when compared with the effects of long-term climate change, specifically temperature.

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The civil rights movement and significant events of the 1950s and 1960s

Each decade will be evaluated based on only one criteria, and that is the impact that one event had on the American people. In conclusion, the upcoming ten years will be appraised in the same manner to forecast what changes may take place during that time period.

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Channel composition and geomorphologic units of the Guadalupe River

The Guadalupe River is located in central Texas and is comprised by a mixed alluvial-bedrock channel with limestone bedrock "slightly incised and covered with a spatially discontinuous veneer of fine and coarse alluvial deposits that varies in thickness.

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