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Sports and Americanization in late nineteenth-century American culture

Thinking about sports, one often focuses on simply the activity and entertainment value.

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Comedy film genres and their characteristics

Comedic texts and phrases have been found in Ancient Egyptian, Sumerian, and Babylonia texts; and of course, the Ancient Greeks took the art to a zenith using comedy and political satire as a way to influence public opinion on numerous issues (Henderson).

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Evidence-based care approaches for urinary incontinence in older adults

The percentage of older adults is increasing in many countries of the world, including the United States in particular. As the so-called Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age, more and more of these older adults will likely experience a number of age-related problems.

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Latino college student persistence and academic success

It is widely understood that that Latino community is the fastest growing ethnic / cultural group in the United States. According to the U.S. Census data, California is among the states with fast rising numbers of Hispanics (most often alluded to in this paper as Latinos).

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Brother conflict over shared housing and family obligations

Two acquaintances of mine are brothers Paul and Frank, aged 24 and 22, respectively. They have a severely dysfunctional relationship with a high level of mutual resentment, distrust, and, at times, outright hostility.

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Applied Behavior Analysis in treating autism and behavioral disorders

Applied Behavior Analysis methodology functions to understand certain behaviors and modify undesirable psychological characteristics not only at the individual level, but also at the collective level.

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Group dynamics in modern business organizations and teams

Organizations are more complex and unwieldy than ever before, and innovations in telecommunications and information technology have created an environment in which new business models are emerging every day.

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Behavioral interventions and physical activity in childhood obesity reduction

OBESITY RESEARCH in CHILDREN. Overweight and obesity has emerged as a serious health issue in the United States. Currently, the overweight/obesity rate among American adults is nearing the fifty percent mark with childhood overweight/obesity rates at thirty percent.

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Adult mediation and sociodramatic play in early childhood development

According to Vygotsky and his followers, children's social environments must be mediated by adults, so that children develop into fully functional adults. Unlike previous developmental theorists, Vygotsky did not believe that children 'naturally' met developmental milestones without direction.

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American indifference to the Holocaust during World War II

The Jewish Holocaust provides one of the most vivid illustrations of the potential moral depravity of which so-called "civilized" modern human societies are still capable of perpetrating under the right circumstances.

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