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The Copenhagen Accord and international climate change negotiations

From December 7-18, more than 15,000 people including Government officials and advisers from 192 nations, civil society and the media from nearly every country in the world, came together in the Danish capital, Copenhagen in one of the most significant gatherings in history.

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Amy Alexander's analysis of women's empowerment across global societies

Empowering Women: the Role of Economic Development, Political Culture and Institutional Design in the World's Societies," Amy C. Alexander explores the nature of women's empowerment in various countries across the world.

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The political and economic origins of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack

Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941 and subsequent involvement of the U.S. In the second world war may have been a surprise to the Americans at that time, but the incident which began the Japan-U.S.

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Citizen oversight as a remedy for police misconduct prevention

Police wrongs are real and abhorrent when they are brought to light. For every wrong doing that comes to light there are hundreds of others that are unreported. Largely this is due to the fact that there is no remedy to take action against the erring officers. Some cases like the L.A.

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Organizational change strategies: tuning, adaptation, reorientation, and re-creation

The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the organizational change strategies of turning, adaption, reorientation and re-creation.

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Constitutional rights of homosexuals in the United States

The Modern Legal History of Homosexuality: The Rights of Gays, Lesbians, and Transgendereds in the U.S. Constitution There are only a handful of political issues in the past few decades -- and in the current time-that are as controversial as the debate concerning gay marriage.

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The evolution of abnormal psychology from religious to scientific understanding

Although the science of psychopathology is relatively modern, it is reasonable to posit that there ancient mankind was afflicted by mental illness and that there has always been a need for effective ways to treat it.

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Emotional regulation and cognitive control in human psychology

Emotional Response and Emotional Regulation: Expanding Our Understanding of Causes and Effects Emotional responses are often difficult to control; they are by the very nature impulsive and arise unbidden and sometimes unwanted based on circumstances usually beyond our control.

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Non-technical skills essential for IT project management success

An effective project manager needs a variety of both technical and business skill sets. Discuss the non-technical skills that have been associated with superior project management.

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Sexually transmitted disease prevention through primary, secondary, and tertiary strategies

Despite the increased publicity regarding the role of condom use in the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases, there are an estimated 19 million new STD infections in the United States every year.

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